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 […]
Tulsi Gabbard: A New Democratic Party Star?
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 […]
Syria: Can Any Capitalist Force Provide a Solution?
Can any capitalist regime help the masses of Syrian people? That is the question of the hour. Some, incredibly including some socialists, believe so. They base this belief on the view that […]
Christmas in the trenches
The real meaning of a shared holiday: WW I was the classic inter-imperialist war, in which working class young men were sent to kill each other for the interests of big business. […]
Trump, Assad and the US Left
Much of the left in the US is basically taking the same position that Donald Trump is taking regarding Syria. As the New York Times reports: Trump’s position is “that the United […]
Debating an apologist for Putin/Assad
Yesterday (Dec. 17), we had a chance to debate with an apologist for Putin/Assad (and Iran’s Rouhani and their client, Hezbollah) on WRFU’s World Labor Hour. (Hear it here, starting at about 60 […]
Interview with Farooq Tariq, Pakistan’s Working Class Hero
Will be on the radio
To those who like the material on this blog,: I’ll be debating the issue of Syria on the radio this Saturday at 10:00 a.m. Pacific Time. I’ll be taking the position that […]
Carpenters Union Leader: “We will work with” Trump
Here is the letter sent out by the president of the Carpenters Union, Doug McCarron. We are also providing a translation of some of the finer points. McCarron: “Our membership is divided […]
Rex Tillerson and Obscenity Laws
It must be the anti-obscenity laws that have created the ban. During the election “debates” three dirty little words were never mentioned: “global climate change”. And now, there is a public furor over […]