The overwhelming majority of Democratic candidates at both the local and state level represent a step backward, which is a real shame. This is largely due to the lack of social movements and progressive political infrastructure in our region and state

Perhaps this is the limitation of an organizer’s perspective: we have too much to do and not enough time to contemplate what sort of society we’re trying to achieve

Reflections on Charlottesville, WWII and Activism

Corporate and state power seek to extinguish not only our impulse for collectivity, but also the very essence of individual freedom and liberty

Originally published in Class, Race and Corporate Power (July 2017) as part of a special issue on “US Labor and Social Justice,” edited by…

“It happened that a fire broke out backstage in a theater. The clown came out to inform the public. They thought it…

We aim to utilize our collective knowledge and experiences and create what we see lacking on the left: alternative spaces where people can create independent organizations and movements

A talk at Open University of the Left

The fact that business executives and military generals no longer require middle-men to negotiate their interests should worry anyone interested in living in a quasi-democratic society

We need activists to operate with less emotions and urgency, and with more focus, which requires discipline, education and time