If you’re still trying to convince yourself that a 21st century coup is not underway, please, please snap out of it January 31, 2017 (CommonDreams.org) by Michael Moore His upcoming action tonight demands an immediate response from us. Most of the country lives near a city with a federal courthouse (US… Continue reading
A note from SF: We are asking that people who have been expecting or are expecting visitors to arrive at SFO from one of the seven countries in yesterday’s executive order – Iraq, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, and Yemen – and have not heard from their visitors or have heard… Continue reading
“We are suffering just now from a bad attack of economic pessimism. It is common to hear people say that the epoch of enormous economic progress which characterized the 19th century is over; that the rapid improvement in the standard of life is now going to slow down — at any rate… Continue reading
On October 4, 1789, a crowd of women demanding bread for their families gathered other discontented Parisians, including some men, and marched toward Versailles, arriving soaking wet from the rain. They demanded to see “the Baker,” “the Baker’s wife,” and “the Baker’s boy”. The King agreed to meet with some… Continue reading
George Orwell in 1940. (Wikimedia Commons) January 25, 2017. This post originally appeared at The Huffington Post. Last week, I reached for my Philip Roth — his splendid novel, The Plot Against America. This week, I reached for my George Orwell. In 1946, as Europe was digging out from the ruin… Continue reading
By Alex Bregman (yahoo.com) Rolling Stone magazine contributing editor Matt Taibbi spoke to Yahoo News and Finance Anchor Bianna Golodryga about his new book, “Insane Clown President: Dispatches from the 2016 Circus,” a compilation of his reports from the 2016 campaign trail and new analysis of what’s happened since Donald Trump’s election…. Continue reading
January 25, 2017 (theguardsman.com) Bob Dylan is an American icon and folk paragon who is now the first singer, songwriter to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for literature. City College student, poet, philosopher, rambler and Mutiny Radio host “Diamond” Dave Whitaker not only knew Bob Dylan back in the… Continue reading
Many say that Donald Trump is a fascist, Fox News has repeatedly referred to Barack Obama as a socialist, and, if you read the comments below my articles on Facebook, it won’t take long to find some dingbat claiming that I’m a liberal hack (usually with all-caps, too). All of these political labels, however, are wrong. On… Continue reading
