Everybody has a story to tell. Everybody has a philosophy of life. For almost all longer-time Oakland residents, the issue of money and rents is huge. That’s clear from Cetima* and Cloud, […]
Appeal to Socialist Alternative
Comrades: At the Democratic Party “debate” on Saturday (12/19), the word “Israel” did not come up once. This is at a time when literally fascist settler thugs are roaming the streets and […]
Qilombo: The Struggle Lives On
Struggles rise and fall back, but they always leave something behind – a heritage, lessons for people to learn from and carry on. Occupy Oakland was one example. It couldn’t last forever, […]
Donald Trumpenstein
“Is Donald Trump a fascist?” the “Newsweek” headline asked. They answered: “Since World War II, the ideology he represents has usually lived in dark corners, and we don’t even have a name […]
Behind the Scenes at Oakland City Council
The Oakland City Council meeting of Tuesday, June 2, considered a controversial measure to give a large tract of valuable land right next to Lake Merritt to a real estate speculator to […]
More video from Ferguson
Here is some more video taken in Ferguson last August. (Note: If you scroll down to the bottom of this page, you will find some more video, including interviews.) These three show the […]
Ferguson: Interview with grassroots activist
“People want change. They don’t want the illusion of change. They don’t want the appearance of change. They understand that the system is broken, it’s corrupt, it’s racist. And change cannot come […]
Cliff Willmeng: Interview with a “Fractivist”
We interview Cliff Willmeng, one of the leading anti-fracking activists (“fractivists”) in Colorado. In this video, Cliff explains several points: How communities in Colorado are moving to ban fracking and, thereby coming […]
Greg and SS “I Don’t Know Her Name”
Oakland “On the Waterfront”
Music: The Sounds of Nature?
“…after the mighty advances made by the natural sciences in the present century, we are more than ever in a position to realise, and hence to control, also the more remote natural […]