Topic: Thinking Politically

It Wasn’t Russia, It was the Green Party!

Aug 21, 2017

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fitzdon

We have the potential of an Edward R Murrow moment coming up if Jill Stein is called before a public hearing in the House or Senate. I was a supporter of Jill Stein for president in 2016 as I was also a Green Party congressional candidate in Maryland. I campaigned for her, spoke at same…
The Economy of an Ecological Society Will Be at the Service of Humanity

Aug 20, 2017

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rsburke

Mark Karlin interviews Fred Magdoff about the book he has recently co-authored with Chris Williams, "Creating an Ecological Society."
How Europe Underdeveloped Africa: The Legacy of Walter Rodney

Aug 20, 2017

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fitzdon

A number of African economies have experienced a massive boom in wealth and investment over the past decade. Yet most ordinary Africans live in dire poverty with diminished life expectancy, high unemployment and in societies with low-levels of industry. For the roots of these conditions of “under-development,” one historical account stands alone in importance: Walter…
What’s Left of the Bolivarian Revolution?

Aug 19, 2017

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fitzdon

There have recently been a number of pieces featured in NACLA and the progressive media outlet Jacobin evaluating the Nicolás Maduro government in Venezuela and questioning the ongoing viability of Chavismo. Leftist commentators have proclaimed the end of the Bolivarian Revolution and the failure of twenty-first century socialism, and have offered a takedown of the…
Cuba: From Machistas Leninistas to Educating Homophobes

Aug 18, 2017

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fitzdon

Granted, politicians and religious institutions, of all shades and colors, have tried to legislate what were [or are] proper “carnal relations.” Certainly for a brief time the Bolsheviks in 1922 decriminalized homosexuality. But, generally speaking, neither the communists, the socialists nor the capitalists ever elucidated a Policy on Sexual Matters that would be central to their partisan politics. But that…
White Liberal Guilt, Black Opportunism and the Green Party

Aug 9, 2017

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fitzdon

The Green Party held its annual national meeting in Newark last weekend. Amid the workshops, smaller meetings and committeefying, Greens use this meeting to elect people to their 9 member steering committee, the body that conducts the week to week management of the organization. Steering committee members are chosen by and from the 150 member…
Free-Range Chickens and Yoga Won’t Stop Climate Change

Aug 7, 2017

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kimscipes

Argues the need for collectivity to overcome the individualism in which most people are consumed
The Fight for the South

Aug 7, 2017

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kimscipes

Argues that the South is central to any national struggle for social justice, and that we on the left (however defined) must fight for control of it.
Bob Dylan Lays Down What Really Killed Rock ’n’ Roll

Aug 3, 2017

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rsburke

Brent Smith explores the subversive essence of rock music and the establishment's attempts to domesticate and commodify it.
It’s Not Just Class: The Fight for Racial Justice Is Inseparable from Overcoming Capitalism

Aug 3, 2017

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rsburke

David Roediger reminds us that overcoming class oppression involves overcoming racial oppression