A struggle is under way. It is the struggle for the hearts and minds of the US working class. Actually, that struggle has been here all along, but the Covid-19 crisis is […]
Coronavirus and the battle for hearts and minds
Coronavirus, Trump and the “adults in the room”
Three days ago, I wrote on Facebook: “Folks, place your bets here: How long will Fauci remain in his position? Trump has quarreled with and ultimately ousted every ‘adult in the room’ […]
Will the dollar collapse?
I’ve been saying that inflation was coming here for many years. That was because the dollar supply (M1 or M2) had vastly increased vs. the US GDP – in other words, more […]
Sanders-Biden Debate: First and Last?
Bernie Sanders and Joe Biden debated each other one-on-one for the first, and possibly last, time last night. Despite the claims of the Sanders campaign, Biden more or less came out on […]
Coronavirus, “M4A” and socialized medicine
I remember back in the 1980s sometime when a campaign for health care reform was first getting underway. At that time, the slogan was for “socialized medicine”. I remember we were meeting […]
leaflet: What next for Sanders campaign?
I handed out this leaflet at the East Bay DSA meeting. There was some interest.
What next after “Super Tuesday”?
Bernie Sanders strategy has been based on an appeal to younger voters and the belief that he could get increased turnout of that age group. While there has been some reason all […]
HHS whistleblower, denialism and the crisis of US capitalism
In mid February, a worker at the federal Health and Human Services (HHS) agency filed a whistleblower complaint that HHS had bungled the response to the Covid 19 (AKA coronavirus). That complaint […]
“Coronavirus”, covid 19 and expecting the unexpected
“I’ll lay my cards on the table: To me, Sanders is looking increasingly electable, the virus looks like it could reshape much of daily life at least in the short term, and […]
Democratic Party Debate in Nevada was enjoyable but skimmed the surface
Like the gunfight at the OK Corral, the confrontation with Michael (“Mike can get it done”) Bloomberg was a much anticipated event. It did not disappoint as far as seeing an autocratic […]