17 Jan, 2019
The Annual Whitewashing of Martin Luther King Jr.
“Every year I ask myself questions about the shameful exploitation of Martin Luther King Jr.–why do Americans love to disgrace...
16 Jan, 2019
What about open borders?
“There are things that go unquestioned in the national discussion. Because this is a country wrapped in fear and self-importance,...
14 Jan, 2019
The Wall Already Exists — In Our Hearts and Minds
“My favorite album of all time is Pink Floyd’s The Wall. It should be re-released given the current (manufactured) crisis....
10 Jan, 2019
Best and Worst
“The immortal novel, A Tale of Two Cities, begins: “It was the best of times, it was the worst of...
10 Jan, 2019
Combating Racism With Exposure
“When I started volunteering at a youth detention center, whose incarcerated population was entirely African American and Latino, I was...
10 Jan, 2019
A green future is one without war
“Donald Trump and his base — the leftover scraps of Jim Crow, the broken shards of racist hatred that once...
10 Jan, 2019
Adjust
“”They’ll make adjustments. They always do.” So said Donald Trump when a reporter asked him about the millions of people...
10 Jan, 2019
Crisis
“Donald Trump is a lousy teleprompter reader. His fake crisis speech from the Oval Office was clearly the product of...
6 Jan, 2019
Do We Really Need Billionaires?
“According to numerous reports, the world’s billionaires keep increasing in number and, especially, in wealth…” Lawrence Wittner Published in: Daily...
6 Jan, 2019
Happy New Year from Kim Jong-un
“Kim Jong-un looked quite cosmopolitan on January 1 as he made his annual New Year’s address to the nation from...
4 Jan, 2019
Preventing Brazilian Indigenous Genocide and Protecting the Amazon
“It is official. On the first of the year, Jair Bolsonaro, was inaugurated as the 38th President of Brazil. One...
4 Jan, 2019
PC Culture’s Class Blindspot
“In a lecture at the Heartland Festival last year, the Slovenian social philosopher Slavoj Zizek pointed out that proponents of...
2 Jan, 2019
A loose cannon for peace?
“Circle the wagons! Apparently what’s under assault is war itself, or so the Establishment believes, in the wake of the...
28 Dec, 2018
The United States is First in War, But Trailing in Crucial Aspects of Modern Civilization
“Maybe those delirious crowds chanting “USA, USA” have got something. When it comes to military power, the United States reigns...
22 Dec, 2018
The meaner Trump gets, the more kindness we feel
“In this difficult and traumatic holiday season it struck me tonight that a remarkable phenomenon is occurring. With desperate migrants...