Trump and the Cycle of Abuse
Some people reading this will undoubtedly conclude it is a stretch to connect the cycle of abuse on a human interaction-based individual scale with the political pattern of oppression on the collective scale.
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Author: Daniel H. Crawford III
Lift the Working Class to Save Democracy
As of this moment I am convinced that this remains true in 2020, not because Bernie is some perfect saint, but because he has demonstrated throughout his life’s work that he gets it; there is a class war, the working class has been losing, democracy has been failing as a result, and the only way to save democracy is by handing the reins of power back to us all.
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The Race for Entertainer in Chief
With the dust now settling from the first set of debates for the hoard of Democratic presidential hopefuls, we are beginning to see the initial reactions to the first debates subside. On debate night, the viewing public and the professional pundit class review the drama-infused question of “who won” by assessing who scored the most perceivable imaginary “points”.
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All Politics is Local
In the maelstrom of national news it is often too easy to forget that there is more going on than whatever Congress, the President, the Supreme Court, and all the Presidential candidates are doing or saying.
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Why Progressives Should Stop Watching Opinion Polls
Regardless of whether the polls show us that Bernie is stomping his competition or getting trounced himself, we expend too much energy on this useless charade produced by the same wealthy interests we are attempting to topple.
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