On March 15, Socialist Alternative and the 15 Now campaign held a march and rally in Seattle. It was organized as a major step in advancing the struggle for a $15 per […]
Kshama Sawant speaks on March 15
Open Letter to Kshama Sawant
Dear Kshama Sawant: Congratulations on having been elected as the first openly socialist representative in many decades. Your victory has given some people hope and has made the issue of […]
US “Democracy” in Action
The framers of the US Constitution consciously set up the government into three different parts – executive, legislative and judicial – in order to ensure that even if the majority of the […]
Tennessee auto workers turn down (company) union
Frank Fischer, the chairman and CEO of the Volkswagen plant in Tennessee, left, and Gary Casteel, a regional director of the UAW, hold a joint press conference on Feb. 14. Can workers […]
Michael Dunn Trial… The past isn’t past.
Michael Dunn – a respectable murderer Back in the bad old days, white people could kill blacks with complete impunity, especially in the South. Have things really changed? In November of 2012, […]
America the Paranoid
Yesterday, as I was leaving a parking space, I saw that my ticket had quite a bit of time left on it. (In Oakland, the parking meters issue a ticket valid for […]
Corporate America Speaks: President Obama’s State of the Union Address
Near the opening of his state of the union speech, and sprinkled throughout it, US President Barack Obama bragged about the increased production of fossil fuels in the United States. In doing […]
Kshama Sawant inaugurated
Here is a video of the inauguration of new city officials in Seattle. Sawant’s speech begins about 30 minutes into the ceremony. The other speeches are typically canned and boring, but it’s […]
The mood in Chicago
Apparently, Al Sharpton called a town hall meeting in Chicago related to the corruption of local politicians. The video shows the mood that is building up there. Several speakers blamed the voters […]
The Demise of the WASP
Today’s Wall St. Journal has an incredible article on the demise of the “WASP” – White, Anglo-Saxon, Protestant – as the unchallenged ruling stratum in the US. They describe how in the past, […]