Articles on US politics, culture, economy, etx.
We talked with long time socialist , New York City subway worker and union fighter, John Ferretti, about why he’s supporting Zohran Mamdani for New York City mayor. Here is an edited […]
Here are some photos plus a short video of the “No Kings” protest in Oakland yesterday. I mix in photos that give an idea of crowd size (estimated at 10,000) with photos […]
A View from Ukraine by Aleksandr Skyba* At present, Ukraine endures a state of war – where every political statement is tested against the harshest of realities. Observing current events in the […]
Trump has sent some 700 U.S. Marines into Los Angeles. He has also deployed thousands of National Guard troops, without the request of California governor Gavin Newsom. Both of these measures are […]
The ICE raids in Los Angeles combined racist anti-immigrant raids with union busting raids. This fact has been hidden by all the media. Also hidden is the failure of the union leadership […]
The bulk of this article was written before the spectacular breakup of the Trump/Musk bromance. That breakup is partly a product of two narcissistic megalomaniacs clashing. Musk’s opposition to the “Big Beautiful […]
Enjoy… & peer beneath the surface
Introduction: In the first part of this series we discussed why a nearly exclusively focus on economics is inadequate to oppose Trump and MAGA. Economic self interest is vitally important, but as […]
A movement against Trump is starting to develop. This coincides with the general decline in his support as seen in the opinion polls. The question is what general direction such a movement […]
I spent an interesting half-day in court the other day. The court was holding bail hearings for a series of defendants. Every single, one of the defendants, with only one exception, was […]
