Exactly what the mainstream of US capitalism feared now seems to be under way: Trump has poked a hornets’ nest. Consider: “The Metro public transit system reported that about 275,000 trips had […]
Women’s March and the Coming Battles
Chelsea Manning and the Coming Movement
The commutation of Chelsea Manning’s sentence has to be welcomed. But it also has to be understood in its context. The context is the coming movement against Trump and the role of […]
Mumia on MLK Day
Join The Labor Action Committee To Free Mumia Abu-Jamal at the MLK March Monday 16 January 2017 at 10:45 AM Meet us with the Labor Rising contingent at: 16th & Clay, downtown […]
Tulsi Gabbard: A New Democratic Party Star?
The latest rising star on the liberals’ horizon is Tulsi Gabbard, the Democratic Congresswoman from Hawaii. A military vet and a prominent participant in the Bernie Sanders campaign, she has all the […]
A New Political Party: “Blueprint” or Perspectives?
A bit of a discussion is under way (again) about an alternative to the Democrats. Seth Ackerman has written an article “A Blueprint for a New Party”, for example. His “blueprint” is […]
Trump: A Method to his Madness
When Corporate America installed George Bush as president, it indicated a shift in foreign policy. Drunk with the collapse of “Communism”, they believed that as the world’s unchallenged military power, they could […]
Outlines of Trump Presidency
The outlines of a Trump presidency are starting to appear. His appointment of Senator Jeff Sessions (R., SC) as attorney general is key. He has been one of the hardest core senators against […]
DAPL, Federal Lands and “Jobs”
There was a protest against the Dakota Access Pipeline in San Francisco this morning. What the protesters and socialists in general have to consider is this: Many of us think that when […]
“Political Revolution” Revealed
“That sounds to me like people want a political revolution at the DNC.” So that’s the real reality of Sanders “political revolution”. Support for corporate liberals like Pramila Jayapal, who got money […]
Thank you, Donald Trump
Thank you, Donald Trump. You brought tens of thousands of young people out into the streets on the night after elections to protest against you and what you stand for. We notice […]