Democratic Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker joins demonstrators during the second “No Kings” protest on October 18, 2025 in Chicago. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images) “Remember, these fascist freaks pardoned the actual people convicted of ‘seditious conspiracy’ while falsely accusing their opponents of this serious crime,” said one journalist. Jessica Corbett… Continue reading
November 22, 2020 by richardlfloyd (richardlfloyd.com) “PITY THE NATION”Lawrence Ferlinghetti (After Khalil Gibran) 2007 Pity the nation whose people are sheepAnd whose shepherds mislead them Pity the nation whose leaders are liarsWhose sages are silencedAnd whose bigots haunt the airwaves Pity the nation that raises not its voiceExcept to praise conquerorsAnd acclaim the… Continue reading
24 October 2025/SF Politics/Joe Kukura Even though there’s only one issue on your upcoming November 4 ballot, Trump’s Justice Department is calling out the cavalry of so-called election monitors to spy on polling places, perhaps as a warm-up for the 2026 midterms. There’s only one issue on the ballot… Continue reading
by Xueer Lu and Joe Eskenazi October 24, 2025 (MissionLocal.org) Oakland Mayor Barbara Lee said in a press release on Friday that she has been told by Alameda County’s sheriff that ICE and border patrol operations have been called off for the rest of the Bay Area in addition to San Francisco. “I spoke… Continue reading
ISSUE DATE July 2020 (journalofdemocracy.org) VOLUME 31 ISSUE 3 PAGE NUMBERS 69-84 Print Download from Project MUSE View Citation MLA (Modern Language Association 8th edition)Chicago Manual of Style 16th edition (full note)APA (American Psychological Association 7th edition) Over the past fifty years, nonviolent civil resistance has overtaken armed struggle as… Continue reading
