Jan 12
Our Revolution: A Future to Believe In by Bernie Sanders Published 11.15.2016,Thomas Dunne Books, 464 Pages Review by Tom Gallagher Reposted by permission A SWISS JOURNALIST working in the United States tells a story of people from her home country asking about the Bernie Sanders phenomenon and wondering if he is some kind of dangerous radical. She would …
Dec 18
Temporary victory at Standing Rock Defiant tribes and 4,500 vets block oil pipeline By Dave Welsh Cannon Ball, North Dakota, Dec. 12 – Since last spring, volunteers from 280 Native tribes and countless other folks have been pouring into the various camps of the Standing Rock Sioux – ultimately up to 25,000 people, some for …
Dec 09
When I got the news of the Ghost Ship fire, I sent a panic text to my son who lives in Berkeley. He’s the same age as most of the victims. He’s in the arts scene. He might have been there. It was the same trembly, sinking feeling I had on 9/11, when my other …
Nov 27
If further evidence of Trump’s backstabbing of allies were needed, there’s his recent attack on Jill Stein’s recount initiative. He should be sending Stein flowers. Trump is deeply indebted to Stein’s Green Party and her siphoning votes away from Clinton. In two of the three recount target states, Stein’s votes exceeded Trump’s margin of victory over …
Nov 27
He was a modern-day David who slew Goliath. Leader of a ragged band of mountain guerrillas who drove a bloodthirsty monster into exile and seized state power just ninety miles from the sulfur-breathing behemoth that ruled the continent, he not only prevailed, he endured. Where a young Lumumba was hunted down and murdered, King and …
Nov 09
Tens of thousands of developer dollars didn’t outweigh Bernie Sanders’ endorsement in Berkeley’s mayoral race. Bernie-blessed progressive Jesse Arreguin pulled the surprise upset of the century by beating the developers’ darling Laurie Capitelli convincingly in an instant-voting runoff. The National Association of Realtors in Chicago had spent more than $60,000 on behalf of Capitelli. Capitelli …
Nov 09
Sitting with a group of friends last night at a party that had been advertised as a celebration, we felt depressed, frustrated, infuriated, impotent. In short, we suffered. Why was that? Mental suffering, according to a Buddhist teaching, comes from a craving for gratification that is frustrated because it is rooted in ignorance about reality. …
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