‘Stop interfering’: Ethiopia’s opportunity after the election
The level of condescension and interference displayed by the U.S. and others has angered many Ethiopians.
President blowback
How the invasion of Iraq came home.
Israel’s military is part of the US war machine
As the carnage in Gaza continues, Washington is rushing to provide extra military assistance worth $14 billion.
Broken truce: After Biden’s win, centrist Democrats turn on progressives
Rather than attacking AOC and other progressives as they've been doing for a week now, it’s about time the centrists in the Democratic Party stop talking and start listening to them.
Potential auto strike is a key fight for establishing a people’s economy
Meeting UAW’s demands would be a win-win for the climate and for workers’ rights. So, what’s stopping the Big Three from acquiescing?
Time to Recover Productivity Gains Our Bosses Have Expropriated for Decades
If we can’t make the bosses pay more to their employees, the least we can do is make the them pay more into those workers’ Social Security fund. How to accomplish that? Just raise just the employer share of the payroll tax.
MAGA Trumpism comes down to violence, driving invective, intimidation, insurrection, and invasions
Considering the Inciter-in-chief’s love of violence, who can predict whether winning or losing produces greater mayhem.
The backlash against the bullies
The revolt against Trump is a backlash against bullying in all its forms.
A return to feudalism? The aftermath of Bolivia’s coup
This coup is a disaster, and besides Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, no major North American politician has pushed back against it.
Cable TV news: A mere shadow of what it could and should be
News reporting is, without a doubt, extremely important. But that is just not enough, we also need these T.V. channels to go a step further and expand their horizons.