81 Years in the Shadow of the Bomb
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81 Years in the Shadow of the Bomb
Eighty-one years ago this week, on August 6 and August 9, United States dropped two atomic bombs on Japan, the first on Hiroshima and the second on Nagasaki, killing an estimated 200,000 human beings and poisoning and sickening many others.
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AOC for President? Will She Run? Could She Win?
AOC has not yet said whether she will run for senator or president.
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The Streets Are Asking Questions the Leaders Cannot Answer in Ukraine
This is not a protest for a minister. It is a protest against a system.
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Italy: The Murderous State, Presumed Innocent
Democracy thwarted, democracy suspended, democracy gutted: a new political era is dawning in Italy, the United States, and also in France. The piece-by-piece construction of an absolutist governmental sovereignty, which is taking hold by methodically disarming each of the powers that could stand in its way.
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Nicaraguan President Ortega Says, “No More Elections”—What’s Next?
With this announcement, Ortega has put the last nail in the coffin of the revolution, the final hammer blow in a long process.
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Fourth of July at 250: The On-Going Struggle for Equality, Democracy, and Justice
I have written this essay because I have been irked by the media’s discussion of whether or not our country has fulfilled the ideals of its founding fathers. So, I wished to clarify just what their ideals were.
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After Cuban Communism
We cannot allow ourselves to become advisors of the empire on how to govern Cuba, including what to do with the survivors of the PCC.
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The End of Communist Cuba?
There seems to be nothing at present to stop Trump from terminating the Cuban Communist government.
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Demonstrations and Demographics
In the aftermath of the “No Kings Day” demonstrations of March 28th, there has been renewed interest—and concern—that in many cities the participation of people of color generally, and Black people specifically, has been limited.
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Cesar Chavez: Horrifying Abuse, but One of Many Errors of Judgement
We have all been horrified to learn of Cesar Chavez’s sexual assaults and rape of young girls and women.
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Why DSA Should Attempt to Lead the Movement against the War on Iran
DSA should enter into a coalition with the groups like Indivisible that have organized the No Kings protests, most of whom are liberal democrats and independents, and many of whom are progressive activists, while some are democratic socialists.
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Trump Launches War on Iran: Will Americans Support It?
President Donald Trump promised to be the “president of peace” and to avoid foreign wars of regime change such as America’s “endless wars” in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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Rev. Jesse Jackson, 1941-2026
Rev. Jesse Jackson, civil rights leader and two-time candidate for president, died on February 17, 2026 at the age of 84.
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The Origin of the Australian Working Class: Convicts and Free Workers Unite
Most of the convicts were transported for petty property crimes, but a significant minority of them were political dissidents and industrial activists.
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Minneapolis General Strike as Federal Agents Murder Another Person
The events in Minneapolis confirm that we now live in the grip, the death grip, of an authoritarian government, but also that there is a powerful, popular resistance. We are in a struggle for justice, for democracy, and for our lives. And that struggle goes on, most intensely in Minneapolis, but also everywhere else in…
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ICE Murder of Minneapolis Woman Leads to Grief, Anger, Sparks National Protests
Millions of Americans are deeply saddened and increasingly angry about the murder of a mother of three by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and thousands are protesting in hundreds of cities and towns around the country.
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Six Lawmakers Tell U.S. Troop: Don’t Obey Illegal Orders
The six Democrats by making their video have challenged Trump and they have done a great service to our country, to those in the military, and to those at home or abroad who might be victims. This too forms part of the growing, complex resistance movement.
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TDU at Fifty: From Rank-and-File Rebels to Defenders of the Establishment
But this year there will be those inside and outside the convention hall challenging TDU’s direction and arguing that it has abandoned its ideal. At the center of the controversy is TDU’s support for Teamster president Sean O’Brien who is allied with President Donald Trump.
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Millions Protest Trump in Defense of Democracy and Social Justice
Millions of people in 2,600 cities in all 50 of the United States participated in the second round of “No Kings” protests against President Donald Trump’s increasingly authoritarian and inhumane government.
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Impressions of Mexico—Some Delightful, Some Disturbing
Now I’m just back from a visit, my first in several years, seeing and talking with old friends of various views, left, right, and center.
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A Who’s Who of Bolivia’s Tumultuous Elections
This is not just any election campaign: it features low-budget TikTok videos, recycled soap opera actors—almost all of them from the 1990s—and a political narrative that offers no redemption but promises dire consequences.
