Entering a third week, this government shutdown isn’t about a border wall. It’s about a power struggle, and neither side represents us. As Republicans and Democrats grandstand and posture, thousands of government employees are on furlough or working without pay. To help, the federal government released tips for employees without wages on how to offer [...]
Capitalism/imperialism is an economic system constructed for the purpose of theft and accumulation of wealth for those in power. Its built-in, insatiable drive for profit has caused measureless human misery all over the world, and is threatening the very existence of life on Earth. […]
Last Wednesday, Florida Gubernatorial candidates Ron Desantis and Andrew Gillum performed their second debate before the midterm elections this Tuesday. Their race for governor has attracted national attention along with races in Georgia and New York because of “fresh” candidates like Stacey Abrams and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Their campaigns have been full of ploys like Jay-Z [...]
On July 7th Haitians filled the streets, burned and looted stores, and erected barricades to block roads. Despite the government’s efforts to use the Brazil vs Belgium World Cup match as a distraction from their 30 - 50 % increases in fuel prices, Haitians clearly were not fooled. Protests went on across the country for [...]
Brazil soccer fans cry out as they watch their team lose 2-1 to Belgium in a World Cup quarter final in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Friday, July 6, 2018. (Silvia Izquierdo / AP) Soccer is a sport for the people but it doesn’t give any benefits to the people. Thirty-two countries leave [...]
This fourth of July, as fireworks fill the skies, the star spangled banner plays, and Americans stuff our faces with hot dogs, hamburgers and apple pie, liberals, the "left," conservatives and fascists are all vying for their variation of how to "Make America Great Again." We’re taught that democracy is an objective concept, and that [...]
Our radios play recordings of children’s screams and our newsfeeds are filled with endless images of bleak detention centers: six and seven year-olds in cages, on matts with emergency blankets, and younger toddlers are even legally barred from being touched or consoled after being ripped from their parents. Trump’s new “zero-tolerance” policy has set in [...]