Voices for Change

Trump politics are in shambles, whatever he and lackeys try boomerang, and why should anything change in the next five months?

Billions of people throughout the world are desperate for change, for freedom, social justice, greater democracy and environmental action.

When companies do threaten to close worksites, unions step up to preserve jobs and protect communities.

When ideas circulate in an open source environment, they gather strength.

We are living in unprecedented times, times of tremendous opportunity and potential change; out of step with the times the days are numbered for regimes like the EPRDF – it is a question of when they collapse – not if.

A new report, "Body Count", asserts that up to 1.3 million people have been killed in Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan in the first 10 years of the so-called war on terror. When will the cost of war be too much even for the people making money off of it?

Comparisons are odious, and contrary to conservative opinion, Noisy Donald Trump is no Silent Cal.

The good, if grim news about Trump and Gianforte is how readily exposed are their moral, legal and leadership defects – already instant late-night laughing stocks for having acted scandalously without penalty (so far).

Happy news. What the first six months show us, both about Trump and Senate leadership, is they remain their own worst enemies.

The most egregious example of "Americide" is our country's treatment of African-Americans. It's exhibited in the many profitable corporations—manufacturers, banks, insurance, railroad—that had their roots in slavery.