Friday, September 25, 2026

Tag: socialism

Moderate Democrats: Splitting the party in two

This is the most important midterm election in American history. If the Democratic Party leadership splits the party and the Republicans win, Democrats will go the way of the Whig and the Tory.

Socialism or barbarism

A better country and world is possible.

Socialism’s self-criticism and real democracy

Whatever forms of government (including representative-electoral) coexist with class-divided economic systems, the hard reality is that one class rules the other.

Why capitalism cannot finally repress socialism

Socialism is capitalism’s critical shadow.

Socialism fear-mongering is bananas

It's how societies grow their economies, become more prosperous, and ensure a better life for their people.

Twenty-first century socialism: what it will become and why

Together these goals comprise an effective, attractive new vision to define and motivate a socialism for the 21st century.

The rampage of reckless individualism matches climate change as a global...

Reckless individualism delivers just as many body blows to collective freedom as fascism, communism or fundamentalism.

The 10 happiest countries in the world 2021; why isn’t America...

America, quite likely, will never rise to #1 or even be in the top 10 happiest as long as there is so much animosity and divisiveness in its society.

How conservatives have laid waste to America for 50 years

Conservatism has made 'social' a dirty word. Here are some of the details of fifty years of damage inflicted on America

What should Bernie-ites do?

I want Bernie to consolidate with Warren and the other progressives and take the nomination. If not, I want my vote to be meaningful.

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The Charles R. Huntley Generating Station in Tonawanda, New York. Photo: Andre Carrotflower / CC BY-SA 4.0

EPA finalizes repeal of power plant carbon standards as environmental groups sue

The sector accounts for nearly one-quarter of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions, and the agency separately proposed ending its authority to regulate them.
The Lyndon Baines Johnson Department of Education Building in Washington, D.C. Photo: Farragutful / CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Democratic attorneys general say Education Department is hiding 1,300 documents on its layoffs

A privilege log lists nearly 1,300 records the agency says are too sensitive to hand over.
The lobby of the Palmer House Hilton in Chicago. Photo: Daderot (public domain)

7,000 Chicago hotel workers vote to authorize strike

A union survey found a third of members cannot cover rent or mortgage payments, and the last hotel strike in the city, in 2018, lasted about a month.
A patient exam room at a U.S. urgent care clinic. Photo: Harrison Keely / CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Vance-led task force moves to strip 760,000 people of ACA coverage

Advocates say the crackdown follows 8 million coverage losses already tied to Trump-era health cuts.
Demonstrators protest ICE conduct in Minneapolis. Photo: Fibonacci Blue / CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Federal judge blocks deportation of man shot by ICE during Austin delivery run

DHS and the man's attorney give conflicting accounts of the medical care he has received since.