81 Years in the Shadow of the Bomb
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81 Years in the Shadow of the Bomb
But here it is, August again. I will turn 81 in a few days and so will my age-mate the atomic bomb. You and I will continue, as we know, to live in the shadow of the bomb until we create a movement to rid ourselves of it.
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Mamdani: Two Views: Second View
The embrace of his campaign by a broad NYC Left is inextricable from the substantive social, economic, and political struggles being waged within (and beyond) New York City
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Can Democratic Socialist Mamdani become Mayor of New York?
Mamdani ran on a campaign platform that called for a rent freeze, for free buses, and free childcare, all to be paid for by taxing rich New Yorkers and corporations, and he criticized Israel’s genocide in Gaza.
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No Kings Day Protests in Los Angeles
Hopefully this protest was only the beginning of massive protests to help uproot Trump’s authoritarian rule.
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No Kings! Freedom! Millions Protest Trump across the United States
A report on the largest protests so far of Trump’s second term.
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Freedom for Political Prisoners, Down with Repression in Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela
We are going through a stage marked by Trumpist aggression against Latin America, and Mesoamerica in particular, in a sort of 21st century Monroe Doctrine.
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Widespread Protest in Los Angeles agains ICE Raids and Trump’s Mobilization of the National Guard
CA Gov. Gavin Newsome, a Democrat, said of Trump’s action, “That move is purposefully inflammatory and will only escalate tension. This is the wrong mission and will erode public trust.” He said the Trump administration was deranged.
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Jorge Mújica on Immigrant Organizing in Chicago: A Video Interview
Since 1987 Jorge has lived in the United States and for more than a dozen years, he has worked for Arise in Chicago as a strategic campaign organizer with immigrant workers.
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Trump Tariffs and U.S. Imperialism
What we need is not nostalgia for the collapsing liberal order, nor Kamala-style “politics of joy” in the face of atrocities like Gaza. Instead, we need what Stefan Kipfer calls “concrete internationalism.”
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American Unions and Workers Confront Trump’s Savage Attack
Tens of thousands marched in New York City on April 5 as part of the national “Hands Off” demonstration against President Donald Trump. Few unions turned out in New York City, but the Professional Staff Congress (PSC), the union of
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Ukraine Solidarity Under the Trump Administration
The Ukraine Solidarity Network-U.S. (USN) opposes any attempt to impose a settlement that is not acceptable to the Ukrainian people.
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No! Where are you really from?
Looking back at the last sixty odd years, at different times and different places, I have to say I have been asked that question about once every year. Mostly by suspicious white folks.
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Indigenous migrants in the US fight renewed segregation
The beginning of Donald Trump’s second presidential term on January 20 was a crucial day in international politics and for Indigenous migrant communities in the United States.
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Elon Musk Is Leading an Electronic Coup D’État
Musk’s take-over is tantamount to a coup, and far more effective, serious, and dangerous than the insurrection that Trump organized on January 6, 2021.
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Trump’s Illegal, Brutal, Callous Attack on Working People; And an E-Coup by Musk?
In his first two week in office, President Donald Trump has violated the Constitution and broken the law to carry out measures that threaten millions working peoples’ jobs and the health, education, and social welfare programs of the elderly, children and the poor.
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Trump’s New Cuba Policy: Bad for Cuba and Migrants
On his return to the presidency on January 20, Donald Trump rescinded his predecessor Joe Biden’s short-lived removal of Cuba from the State Sponsor of Terrorism (SSOT) designation. The SSOT designation will further isolate Cuba diplomatically and economically. Biden only removed
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A Complete Unknown: Film Review
Here is my problem with the film. While enjoyable, it is not a great film.
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Understanding Trump’s Reelection
These are just symptoms of the decline of the Democratic party as the supposed party representing the working class and social progress.
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Understanding the Rebellion in Syria
In this interview, conducted amidst a rapidly changing situation in Syria, Tempest asks Swiss Syrian socialist Joseph Daher about the process that led to the fall of Assad’s rule, the prospects for progressive forces,
