Ellen Isaacs

FEAR, The Engine of Fascism

Trump’s opening fascist tirade, during which I kept picturing him with a little moustache and straight arm salute, was designed to engender fear. He wanted to make it clear to…

The First Day of King Trump

In the first hour of TrumpdomMy new King gave to meMillions o' deportees In the second hour of TrumpdomMy new King gave to meOne border closingand Millions o' deportees In…

Capitalism Won the US Election

by Ellen Isaacs and Karyn Pomerantz I must admit that we were surprised at the outcome of the election. We thought that Trump’s overt racism against so many groups and…

Fascism and War Cannot Be Voted Out

Many progressive friends declare they will “hold their nose” and vote for Harris, if only to prevent Trump from instituting fascism. “Bad as she is” - intolerable on Palestine, flipflopping…

Police attacking pro-Palestine protestors at UCLA

Kamala is a Kapitalist

“She’s a capitalist at heart — she wants businesses to do well,” said Yasmin Nelson, a former senior Harris adviser.1 This is what we must keep in mind as millions…

Slaughter in Sudan and the US Role

Thousands of Americans have been protesting for eight months against the murder and misery in Gaza. We have felt complicit because the bill is largely paid for by the US…

Israel and the US: Ironclad

The massive movement in the US and around the world against Israel’s genocide has been inspiring in its breadth and militancy. It has played an important role in exposing this…

Anti-Racism as Communism, A Book Review

Retired philosophy professor and communist Paul Gomberg has written a truly revolutionary book about racism. By this I do not mean just that he believes the revolutionary destruction of capitalism…

The End of (The War in) Gaza

Today a friend asked me what I thought the end game in Gaza would be. That’s a hard question, but I can’t think of any possible good outcome. I go…

Gaza Conflict May Spark Far Wider War

A hospital bombed, thousands killed, made homeless, deprived of food, water and power. The racist degradation of Zionist Israel has reached a new depth as the number lives it annihilates…

If China is Red, Revolution is Dead

My question is this. When war inevitably breaks out between competing imperialists, the US and China, will there be “leftists” who, because they oppose the US ruling class, take the…

Palestinians Don’t Exist?

“Palestinians don’t exist.” (https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2023/03/paris-israels-smotrich-says-palestinian-people-dont-exist-calls-them-fictitious)  This was the recent statement by Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich that made shocked headlines around the world. And, of course, he meant it as an…

Disgrace at the New York Times

The New York Times, that paper in which one can reliably find the agenda of the liberal wing of the US ruling class, is sounding increasingly absurd lately. There was…

The Villainous Reign of Eric Adams

  For many centuries, the powerful have helped control their working poor by elevating some of the oppressed to wield the whip. The Romans had the Vigiles, poor men and…

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