The Jones Report
We're all familiar with the Dow Jones Report. What about a Jones Report? A report on the average American. Is she working? Does he have health care? Does the average American have basic access to the essentials of life?
Politics in the Zeros
"A republic, if you can keep it." Vegas, taxes.
Politics in the Zeros
"A republic, if you can keep it." Vegas, taxes.
Category Socialism
Food Stamps
A story in yesterday’s New York Times about the rising use of food stamps paints a pretty grim picture of where we are as a nation. For instance, the program, now helps feed one in eight Americans and one in…
Legoland and the far left
Dave Riley has a thoughtful essay on the tendency of the far left to build castles of rhetoric based on their interpretation of Marxism and to defend it against all other factions. The complication being that inasmuch as you are…
Socialist left distinguishes itself by continued irrelevance and purges
This time it was SWP in Britain who purged Clare Solomon, apparently for thought crimes that led to traitorous behavior. As one who was purged from a far left US Marxist grouplet a few years back, I can sympathize. The…
Democratic Green Socialist online magazine out now
From their home page “Democratic Green Socialist is a bi-monthly online magazine for socialism, independence, the environment and peace. ‘For those who think outside the box.’” “Socialism Yes – Egon, No” – Banner at the Alexandraplatz demonstration, 1989, (Egon Krenz…