Confession
March 1, 2022
“When buying and selling are controlled by legislation, the first things to be bought and sold are legislators.” � —P. J. O’Rourke � � “Councilmember XYZ, you said�you’d support my… READ MORE
Article Subjects and Geography: Democracy
Anatomy of a Propaganda Campaign: Jeremy Corbyn’s Political Assassination
February 1, 2022
Florian Zollmann is a senior lecturer in journalism at Newcastle University. His latest book is Media, Propaganda and the Politics of Intervention. T. J. Coles is a postdoctoral researcher at… READ MORE
Red Current, Pink Tide: A Visit to El Maizal Commune in Venezuela
December 1, 2021
Chris Gilbert is a professor of political science at the Universidad Bolivariana de Venezuela, and the creator and co-host of the Marxist educational television program Escuela de Cuadros. � In… READ MORE
Disease, Disability, and Paternalism in the Fight for Medicare for All
December 1, 2021
Maggie Mills is a single-payer health care activist living with multiple sclerosis whose writing has been published in Common Dreams and LA Progressive. Mills is an artist and member of… READ MORE
Moving the Bar: Michael Ratner, Social Justice, and a Life Defending the Revolution
December 1, 2021
Bernardine Dohrn is an activist, academic, and child advocate. She was director of the Children and Family Justice Center and clinical associate professor at Northwestern University School of Law, Bluhm… READ MORE
The Eyes of Texas and the Nays
December 1, 2021
The governor says, My people must�be free! No mask mandates for our�schools or businesses. Forget�vaccines. Only if you feel like it. � The governor says, My people are�free! They can… READ MORE
Can the Chinese Diaspora Speak?
July 1, 2021
Qiao Collective is a grassroots media collective of diaspora Chinese writers, artists, and researchers devoted to challenging imperialism. In May 2017, Yang Shuping took the podium before a packed auditorium…. READ MORE
What Is Happening in the United States? How Social Class Influences Political Life
June 1, 2021
Vicente Navarro is a professor of health and public policy at Johns Hopkins University. He is emeritus professor of political and social science at Pompeu Fabra University and is the… READ MORE
The Guaidó Era: A Sixth, Very Long Coup Attempt
June 1, 2021
Joe Emersberger is an engineer, writer, and activist based in Canada. His writing, focused on the Western media’s coverage of the Americas, can be found at FAIR, CounterPunch, The Canary,… READ MORE
I wake to the possible
April 1, 2021
Today for the first time in four�years, I go to the computer�without dread about what new�horror is done or pending. � Hope has felt dangerous,�remote, unlikely. I dare now�to feel… READ MORE