Jul 12
Today Bernie formally endorsed Hillary, as expected. Reading between the lines of his “Forever Forward” email, it looks like Hillary made some platform concessions to sweeten this sour deal. She supported reduction of student debt and increases in medical coverage. Apart from that, Hillary’s people appear to have blocked all forward movement on the platform, …
Jul 06
An Old-Time Convention In Philadelphia? By Tom Gallagher Reposted by permission It’s quite understandable that some might think this whole Democratic nomination thing was over long ago — or at least should have been — even though they’re still counting June 7 California primary votes (Hillary Clinton’s overall win is not in doubt, but Bernie Sanders …
Jun 04
Deeply moved by the loss of Muhammad Ali. He brought grace and beauty to a brutal sport. Amidst a corrupt and venal business, he was a beacon of principle and an exemplar of moral courage. I will never forget his heroic stance of opposition to the Vietnam war. The price he had to pay makes me …
Jun 01
I tried to go to the Bernie rally in downtown Oakland on Monday but by the time the BART train let me out, Oscar Grant Plaza was already filled with bodies from wall to wall and there was a long line of people waiting to go through the security tent and get in. How long? …
May 02
By Tom Gallagher Really, you can’t fault Hillary Clinton’s campaign for trying to get Bernie Sanders out of the race. It’s a campaign – that’s what you do. They want to win the nomination. We on the Sanders side want it too and we’d love to see Clinton out. But we’re also campaigning to change the …
Apr 08
By Tom Gallagher Gallagher is the author of ‘The Primary Route: How the 99% Take On the Military Industrial Complex.’ He lives in San Francisco. Reposted from Common Dreams with permission of the author. Wisconsin was another great Sanders campaign success story. When the voters realized their choices were not limited to the usual corporate options, …
Apr 04
Yesterday more than hundred news organizations simultaneously broke a wall of secrecy surrounding the financial transactions of prominent business and political figures in more than a dozen countries. The source of the articles is a treasure of 11.5 million pages of documents leaked from the files of Mossack Fonseca, a law firm in Panama, that …
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