Refuse to be silent. Say NO to war.The Biden administration is priming the pump for a war in Eastern Europe. Not just a cold war with Russia but a shooting war that could…Feb 17, 2022Feb 17, 2022
Our fight is here. Always here. Say No to police brutality. Say No to war.Just before 7:00am on February 2, Minneapolis police shot and killed a young Black man, Amir Locke, while carrying out a "no knock"…Feb 6, 2022Feb 6, 2022
Political lessons of the pandemicHere in the US we first confronted covid at a moment in time when our political Left was only beginning to emerge from four decades of…Jan 9, 2022Jan 9, 2022
Yes, it’s January 6, but rapid climate change is the real threat to democracy.It’s January 6 and the center of political discussion is, of course, the Capitol Hill riots that occurred one year ago. But as much as I…Jan 6, 2022Jan 6, 2022
The Lesson of Afghanistan? Anti-communism is a poison in the veins of the US working class.For the last two decades a prominent and recurring theme in the US Left’s response to the US government’s phony war on terror has been to…Aug 16, 2021Aug 16, 2021
Don’t get suckered into the latest US war moves against Russia. Our fight is here at home.Many people of good will are rightly focused right now on the crisis of racist policing in the US. For Black and Brown people policing is…Apr 22, 2021Apr 22, 2021
Knowledge is Power: Why Left Activists Must Study the LawWhen I was in law school, friends were surprised when I announced that I planned to use my first option for an elective course to study…Feb 10, 2021Feb 10, 2021
Which side are we on?Thinking about the Capitol Building riots, it occurred to me that an event that had a big influence on my personal politics also reflects…Jan 8, 2021Jan 8, 2021
The Left, the Pandemic, and Political PowerThe best definition of the word “politics” that I have ever heard is that it is the struggle within a society over the distribution of…Jan 4, 2021Jan 4, 2021
Defeating Trump Is Not EnoughIn recent discussions I have discovered that even though the Democratic Party presidential primaries are already fading into a distant and…Aug 29, 2020Aug 29, 2020