Month November 2008

A Judean People’s Front moment

Why we left the Workers International League The entire Portland branch and the majority of the San Francisco branch recently submitted our resignations to the Workers International League (WIL). Many of us joined the WIL over two years ago because…

Iceland protesters storm police station

Thousands of Icelanders protested in Reykjavik on Saturday, demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Geir Haarde and Central Bank Governor David Oddsson, for bankrupting their country. A group of protesters also stormed the city’s central police station to release one…

Robert Reich on the Citigroup bailout

This is not a particularly good deal for American taxpayers, but it is a marvelous deal for Citi. In return for all the cash and guarantees they are giving away, taxpayers will get only $27 billion of preferred shares paying…

Obama and netroots

What netroots doesn’t quite understand yet is that Obama didn’t need their advice about using the Net because he clearly already lives there. He has a Mac laptop, is addicted to his Blackberry, his election night photos are on Flickr,…