An Open Letter to DNC Chair Tom Perez

Jeff Gibbs’ and Michael Moore’s movie, Planet of the Humans, must have “made my day” for the executives in the board rooms of Exxon, Chevron, Shell, BP and all the other fossil fuel corporations

It is us, the people, and our true authentic voices – the ‘organic intellectuals’, not the celebrity philosophers – who have the right and the moral legitimacy to rise up to reclaim our democracy

Nixon’s unexpected escalation of an already unpopular war in Vietnam triggered a chain of events culminating in the largest student strike in  U.S. history

On Labor, Climate, and the Long Way Forward

Be careful what one asks for

“By replacing the world with a person, fascist politics makes us unable to assess arguments by a common standard. The fascist politician possesses specific techniques to destroy information spaces and break down reality.” Sound familiar?

We must learn from the history of past efforts at systemic change which have floundered because they were male-dominated, monochromatic instead of consciously multi-racial, led too often by white men who too often got wrapped up in ego and power

A political system that is structurally incapable of acting for the common good, even when millions of lives are at stake, is not just failing to solve our problems. It is the problem

In a recent letter a group of old SDSers hoped to engage some young critics of the Democratic Party and Joe Biden.…

Interview on COVID-19, WHO, China, Gaza and Global Capitalism

Citizens should organize and not despair

Spitting as a Weapon in the Hand of Colonial Israel

There have been at least 45 walkouts for coronavirus protection already and there is growing talk of a nationwide strike to force the government to act

Progressives should never stop fighting for policies that truly represent our values. And activists, unlike even the best politicians, can avoid the pitfalls of making diplomatic statements that aren’t true

Democratic governments have already used the virus to crack down on freedoms, while those regimes that were authoritarian to begin with have used the pandemic to grab even more power.

If the labor movement revives, the Sanders movement, which is very significant, he’s achieved great successes, if that can take off, it could be, we once again could get out of the capitalist crises as was done in the ’30s

Let’s insist that the U.S. government call off its airstrikes, artillery and night raids in Afghanistan, Somalia, Iraq, Syria and West Africa, and support ceasefires in Yemen, Libya and around the world

Interview on the coronavirus pandemic in the context of neoliberal capitalism’s failures, climate change, potential nuclear disaster, and Donald Trump’s authoritarianism

So yesterday afternoon, I had no idea what the onset of Covid-19 would be like. I may still have no idea. Who…

The problem is our electoral system. We don’t have proportional representation, where people vote for their favorite party, as well as, usually, individual candidates, and parties get representation in government based on the percentage of their vote

Neoliberal indoctrination has pampered big business and Wall Street into believing that corporate socialism will always be theirs for the asking

On Faith, Humor and ‘Dutch Candy’

Wise folks now realize The Virus is going to cause countries to wind up moving either hard right with fascistic racism, authoritarianism,…

The worst crime he committed, in the eyes of the establishment, is not the policy he’s proposing; it’s the fact that he was able to inspire popular movements, which had already been developing — Occupy, Black Lives Matter, many others — and turn them into an activist movement

Interview on coronavirus, Assange, propaganda and human rights

Let COVID-19 be that opportunity that will allow all nations, especially in the Middle East, to take a stance against war, hunger and disease, to share their wealth and to extend the hand of solidarity to Africa and our historic allies throughout the world

We will often lose. We will not give up. We must not give up

There are certainly plenty of people whose actions during this pandemic have been despicable. But they are vastly outnumbered by those who, during this difficult time, are performing admirably, some heroically

The late Martin Khor united activists, officials, and thought leaders against trade and climate policies that plundered the Global South. Here’s how his comrades remember him

On faith, humour and ‘Dutch Candy’

Its Face is Cruel and Selfish

There’s no doubt that Bernie Sanders will do all he can to help defeat Donald Trump

There have been more than a dozen strikes in the past two weeks by workers striking to protect themselves against infection by the coronavirus. They have already won increased protection. What do they portend for the future?

On April 4, 2020, my friend Steve Kelly will begin a third year of imprisonment in Georgia’s Glynn County jail

The Obama administration foresaw the problem, and contracted with a small firm that specialized in producing inexpensive, high-quality ventilators. But then capitalist logic intervened

Lacking linkages to the necessary street-heat that should accompany all the new policy demands, most pro-poor advocacy has been directed at meekly persuading a Presidency, Treasury and Reserve Bank to reverse course

VA Privatization Leaves Veterans Waist Deep in Another Big Muddy 

In their zeal to boost the number of Biden delegates as fast as possible, the Biden campaign and the DNC chair ignored or distorted the guidelines that were in effect at the time from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

“Car demonstrations” had people arriving in cars to an open parking lot area, standing outside at appropriate 6 feet or more apart distances, with organizers giving directions and instructions and coordinates to join a Whats App channel for communication purposes

Classical economics helped kill millions in the British Empire’s famines—following economic orthodoxy today could be just as deadly

Particularly now, with intense focus on U.S. health care, it’s timely to recognize that in the past five years U.S. supported Gulf Coalition airstrikes bombed Yemen’s health care facilities 83 times

Whether the epidemic helps deliver the good or the most evil society will depend, of course, on us – on whether progressives manage to band together

Interview on why the Left around Europe is struggling to overcome Syriza’s disastrous legacy

The Great Recession could have killed globalization, but China emerged as the champion of a new global “connectivity.” With the coronavirus, that phase is finished

Listening to whatever moves, informs, and also pleases you ear may aid living better in all times and especially in our times

To fight like hell for the living — to protect people from the ravages of the coronavirus and a harsh economic system — will require unrelenting work from progressive movements willing and able to organize effectively in every political arena

Infection spreads, pontification too. Some is smart and helpful, some is disgusting. With all the interruptions of so-called normality, have you noticed…

Syrian Refugees Should Not Be Used as Political Pawns

The U.S. invasion was a crime of aggression under international law, and was actively opposed by people and countries all over the world