COVID-19 and the parallel nuclear war and climate change threats
We can create a new and better world—but we must fully commit ourselves to it and work for it, “pressing, making changes.”
You Owe Us, Corporations: Four Reasons Why, and One Way to Pay
Because corporations have used our resources to develop technologies that are gradually reducing the need for human involvement, and because all of us have contributed to our national productivity, either directly or through our parents and grandparents, we all deserve to benefit.
Debunking ‘no one wants to work anymore’
Instead of saying “no one wants to work anymore,” we should be saying, “no one wants to be exploited anymore.”
This is not a drill. Fascism is on the ballot. But …
Rather than being for personal absolution, voting is a tool in the political toolbox—if the goal is to avert the worst and improve the chances for constructing a future worthy of humanity.
Why billionaires don’t really like capitalism
Capitalism doesn’t work well with monopolies, insider-trading, political payoffs, fraud, and large amounts of inherited wealth.
A Model for Democracy at the Grassroots Level
A grassroots movement in Iowa is an uplifting example of organized people power in action taking back democracy. Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement is fighting the avarice and arrogance of big-money corporations.
Smearing ceasefire protesters, Pelosi combines devotion to Israel with Cold-War mania
Bipartisan loyalty to Israel has been the political reflex, with few exceptions. But Pelosi is notably servile to Israel.
Trump’s entire worldview is a nut job conspiracy theory
"Why is everybody always picking on me?"
Franklin’s ‘keep the republic’ demands Democrats must win over the majority—or else
The absence of outrage, if not indictments, to the Big Lie is as significant as the wickedness of the disgrace.
The time for a debate on gun control is now
The list of massacre sites will continue to grow, without end, until we have the debate and enact sensible gun control.