In late June, I wrote to Mike Davis to see if heād be up for an interview. His reply: āIf you donāt…
Freed from Trumpās electronic fatwas, moreover, some of the younger Republican senators may prove to be much more formidable competitors for the white college-educated suburban vote than centrist Democrats realize
Notes on the 2020 Election
A new, profoundly sinister nature is rapidly emerging from our fire rubble at the expense of landscapes we once considered sacred. Our imaginations can barely encompass the speed or scale of the catastrophe. Gone California, gone
āAmericaās Doctor has accomplished great things in the past, but his hubris now makes him an accomplice of a dangerous and criminal regime
it is obscene and criminal that this choice, this impossible choice, between income for people who have to meet their mortgages, people who are desperate to put food on their table, and to choose to work and, on the other hand, bring disease home to the people you love, or to yourself. This is, of course, a totally artificial situation
Heeding the siren call of the MAGA demonstrators, puppets on strings manipulated by hedge funds and billionaire casino owners, to āreopen the economyā would only result in tragedy
The super-capitalism of today has become an absolute fetter on the development of the productive forces necessary for our species survival
Our demands must be for properly international public-health infrastructure
Pandoraās Box is open, and our ruthless economic system is making everything far worse
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