12 Jul, 2020
Humans Are an Endangered Species: Will They Act to Save Themselves?
“Have you noticed recently that things are collapsing?…” Lawrence Wittner Published in: City Watch LA, Daily Koss, International Physicians for...
7 Jun, 2020
The Subversion of New York City’s Official Policy to Curb Police Brutality
“In early November 1966, my sister and I?armed with a bucket of home-made paste, a wide brush, and a thick...
8 May, 2020
Amid the Coronavirus Pandemic, America’s Billionaires Thrive and Prosper
“Although most Americans currently face hard times, with unemployment surging to the levels of the Great Depression and enormous numbers...
24 Apr, 2020
If Farmworkers Are “Essential,” Why Are They Treated So Badly?
“On March 19, 2020, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, spurred to action by the coronavirus pandemic…” Lawrence Wittner Published...
9 Apr, 2020
Will the Coronavirus Pandemic Help Curb War and Militarism?
“Decades ago, when I began teaching international history, I used to ask students if they thought it was possible for...
5 Apr, 2020
The Coronavirus Pandemic, Like Other Global Catastrophes, Reveals the Limitations of Nationalism
“We live with a profound paradox. Our lives are powerfully affected by worldwide economic, communications, transportation, food supply, and entertainment...
24 Mar, 2020
The World’s Major Military and Economic Powers Find Happiness Elusive
“Long before the advent of the coronavirus pandemic left people around the world desperate for survival, a popular assumption emerged...
15 Mar, 2020
Trump’s Budget Proposal Reveals His Values
“It is often said that government budgets are “an expression of values.” Those values are clear in the Trump administration’s...
23 Feb, 2020
Trump Betrays His Promise to Protect and Fight for American Workers
“ampaigning for the presidency in 2016, Donald Trump promised that, if he was elected, “American worker[s] will finally have a...
26 Jan, 2020
Could the climate crisis be “The Good News of Damnation”?
“On August 12, 1945, six days after the U.S. government obliterated the city of Hiroshima with a single atomic bomb,...
6 Jan, 2020
A Historian Reflects on the Return of Fascism
“Back in 1941, the year of my birth, fascism stood on the brink of conquering the world. During the preceding...
23 Dec, 2019
Americans are ready for a different approach to nuclear weapons
“Although today’s public protests against nuclear weapons can’t compare to the major antinuclear upheavals of past decades, there are clear...
18 Nov, 2019
Which would you prefer?nuclear war or climate catastrophe?
“The world owes an enormous debt of gratitude to Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin, Xi Jinping, Narendra Modi, Boris Johnson, and...
2 Nov, 2019
The widening gap between the super-rich and other Americans
“Despite the upbeat words from America’s billionaire president about the “economic miracle” he has produced, economic inequality in the United...
6 Oct, 2019
Why are Americans so confused about the meaning of “Democratic Socialism”?
“The meaning of democratic socialism?a mixture of political and economic democracy?should be no mystery to Americans. After all, socialist programs...