Protests at the pump
The first major protest of the post-Communist era in Eastern Europe was not about corruption. It wasn’t about disappointments with democracy.
US wants a new war or at least public fears of one
As US forces head to Europe and Asia, war risk grows.
Is Joe Biden right that the Russians are committing genocide in Ukraine?
President Biden admitted that he is making an argument from the gut when he says this, and that jurists of international law will make the final determination.
Who are the Pickpockets Prowling your City’s Airport?
They are not just charging fees for changing your flight, airlines even charge you a fee for calling to buy a ticket from them!
Women life freedom
With every death, in Tehran or elsewhere, with every reactionary clampdown, whether it be arresting activists, stifling free speech, demonising people calling for change, outlawing protests and/or increasing police powers, the numbers demanding change increases, the outrage intensifies, the wave draws breath, rises and strengthens.
The Incredible Shrinking Populist: Donald Trump’s Tiny Economic Vision
Donald Trump is all talk and no action. In the end, he’s just another selfish and small-minded Republican, with tiny dreams and a tiny vision in a nation that is still capable of greatness.
Economic growth in G7 versus BRICS: a reality check
Like rose-colored glasses, anti-systemic glasses make economic problems appear less dangerous, narrower, and more limited in effects than they actually are.
Solidarity From Solitary: The National Prison Strike
The national scope of the prisoner strike, with actions in 40 to 50 prisons around the U.S., is truly historic, as is the solidarity demonstrated between the prisoners and the guards.
Imagine Cruz as President
Ted Cruz is getting a head start on all the other wannabes seeking the 2016 Republican presidential nomination. But can this nation really "imagine" him as president? He will be just another fool for the history books.
The Money Primary
Running for America's highest office in our democratic republic has been perverted into a gold rush. The donors and political sycophants involved in this obscene corruption of the system are playing with dynamite.







