From the Washington Post Capitalism in crisis: U.S. billionaires worry about the survival of the system that made them rich April 20 at 7:46 PM PALO ALTO, Calif. — A perfect California day. […]
Bernie Sanders: Minority candidate in the Democratic primaries
Sanders supporters are bemoaning the planned “superdelegate coup” if Sanders doesn’t win an outright majority of delegates. What would happen is that if no candidate gets over 50% of the delegates in […]
Report from Britain: “Brexit rumbles on”
Ridhard Evans reports from Birmingham, Britain: Brexit rumbles on. Yet another last chance deadline missed. Same again next week. It doesn’t matter much materially, if Britain is a semi-detached EU member (which it […]
The Mueller Report and Global Climate Disaster
It’s happened again! In October of 2018, after a fraudulent one-week FBI investigation, the US Senate confirmed sexual predator Matt Kavanaugh to the US Supreme Court. The Democrats had placed all their […]
Debate Inside International Socialist Organization: A Sign of the Times
For the first time in over 75 years “socialism” is becoming nearly a household word. That is why what happens with the different socialist groups matters, despite the fact that they are […]
Boeing 737Max crash: Deregulation and the airline and nuclear power industries
What happened with the Boeing 737Max crashes, and are we seeing the same process under way in the nuclear power industry? In 2018, Boeing delivered its 10,000th 737. Originated in 1967, the […]
A US invasion of Venezuela?
The announcement by US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo that all remaining US personnel will be withdrawn from the US embassy in Venezuela is ominous. The NY Times reported that he said their […]
Pictorial History of Oakland Teachers Strike
Here are a few pictures of Oakland’s teachers strike of 2019. Oakland has not seen such an outpouring of support from its working class community in many years. Many articles have already […]
Cohen Testimony: Skating on Thin Ice
The Wall St. Journal editors nailed it: Following Michael Cohen’s testimony before congress, they concluded “the impeachment machinery is now up and running. Democrats may find it’s not easy to stop, though […]
UAW Local 2865 calls for state-wide student walkout
UC Davis student-worker union (UAW Local 2865) has passed a resolution calling for a state-wide student walkout in support of striking Oakland teachers. Here is the text of the resolution. If there […]