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Shut Down Canada Until It Solves Its War, Oil, and Genocide Problem
Photograph Source: tuchodi – CC BY 2.0 Indigenous people in Canada are giving the world a demonstration of the power of nonviolent action. The justness of their cause — defending the land from those...
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Bloomberg is the Equal Evil
Drawing by Nathaniel St. Clair An oligarch is trying to buy the Democratic Party’s presidential nomination with cash payments from his own personal fortune. If his takeover attempt succeeds, it will...
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How the Military is Raiding Public Lands and Civilian Spaces Across the...
Upper West Little Owyhee Wild and Scenic River, Oregon. Military public land grabs and intrusions into civilian spaces are raging in the West. Wild landscapes are targeted for huge seizures of public...
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Why is Black America Supporting Bloomberg?
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View ArticleHillary, Donald & Bernie: Three Who Would Make a Catastrophe
America is a country that both loves and hates its conspiracy theories. On the one hand, our popular culture is lousy with them, from cinema to the president’s goddamn Twitter account. On the other...
View ArticleBrazil’s Bolsonaro Says No to Democracy
“The Big Honcho suppressed all the newspapers that risked timid repairs to his management, and promised that factories would produce better wrapping paper. He then closed most magazines, including...
View ArticleGrace and Gullibility
I’ve been overhearing conversations lately about how people of color, women, people who are LGBTQI, and people who have been mistreated and otherwise disrespected by former New York Mayor Michael...
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The Latest BLM Hoodwinkery: “Fuel Breaks” in the Great Basin
BLM photos (top, then clockwise): a fuel break along a road; a mower chopping down vegetation for same; a “green strip” fuel break of reseeded vegetation, in this case non-native Crested Wheatgrass...
View ArticleHome Sweet Home: District Campaign Financing
Everybody knows that it takes millions of dollars to run for the most important political offices, and even billions (counting PACs and ‘dark money’) to run for president. Although big campaigns can be...
View ArticleKerner Report Set Standard for What a Serious Presidential Candidate Should...
As the Democratic presidential primaries move onto Nevada, South Carolina and the many Super Tuesday states, candidates turn their attention to people of color, and particularly African Americans. Many...
View ArticleAs the Primary Race Heats Up, Candidates Forget Principled Campaign Finance...
At this time last year, newly declared Democratic primary candidates were racing to outdo each other with escalating promises to shun big money support. Contenders vowed not to take corporate PAC...
View ArticleWe Need to Treat Nuclear War Like the Emergency It Is
If the current state of global affairs reminds you of an over-the-top plot by a white-cat-stroking James Bond villain, you’re not far off. When it comes to nuclear policy, we are closer than ever to a...
View ArticleBloomberg Won’t, as They Say, Play Well in Peoria, But Then Neither Should Trump
It seems that having money, plenty of money, must somehow bestow a certain sense of omniscience upon the very wealthiest in society, making some of them feel that they are uniquely qualified to hold...
View ArticleEvaluating the Democratic Candidates: the Importance of Integrity
On March 3, Democrats in the 15 Super Tuesday states (including Democrats Abroad) will have up to 15 (or more) presidential candidates on the Democratic ballots from which to choose. With so many...
View ArticleRidiculing MLK’s Historic Garden State ‘Firsts’
The Governor of New Jersey and that state’s two top black elected officials face criticism for their silence on a recent ruling by New Jersey state historic preservation authorities that devalues the...
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No Fascist USA! Lessons From a History of Anti-Klan Organizing
Ever since fascism first crawled out of the ideological sewer, anarchists and autonomists have been there to confront, antagonize and organize against it. You need not dig deep into past history to...
View ArticleThe Politics of Vengeance
The evil that men do lives after them. . . . – Shakespeare, Julius Caesar It is a threat no one has contemplated and, therefore, not thought to address. We can only hope that that will change and...
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Oil or Food? Notes From a Farmer Who Doesn’t Think Pipelines are Worth It
I live on my family’s farm in Fallon County, Montana near where the Keystone XL pipeline will pass. My neighbors here want the pipeline, believing it will provide a boost to the local economy. I think...
View Article“Leave Our Bloke Alone”: A Little Mission for Julian Assange
“I think that now it is time that the government I am a part of needs to be standing up and saying to both the UK and the US: ‘enough is enough, leave our bloke alone and let him come home.’” – George...
View ArticleA Broken Promise to Teachers and Nonprofit Workers
Before sharing my opinions about Trump’s recent proposal to cut student loan forgiveness, let me explain my own situation. In my 20s, I was fresh out of college with a business degree and worked in...
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