Bow and Scrape or Stand and Fight?
At times like these—who am I kidding, when were there times like these?—one wants to stay in bed, bury one’s head, dream another dream. Or perhaps to privately twist and…
Michael Albert
Negate the Nazi Then Free the Future
Is today’s moment that different from all prior moments? Haven’t we endured extreme subterfuge forever? “Defense Department”? “Serve the people”? “Health and human services”? “Workers rights”? “High technology”? “Home of…
Class and/or Identity?!
As resistance to fascism grows, and it is growing—how could it not—activists will face many choices. One that has often been quite contentious will re-arise. How should we decide whether…
Appropriate Response
The administrative spectacle now unfolding exceeds all expectations. How should we respond? What is appropriate? I remember Abbie Hoffman and the general inclination of New Left times and other situations…
Garbage Rises Until We Dump It
Trump, Musk, Vance, Kennedy and the rest of our new government’s murderous members now oversee political life in the USA. Things were already horrific and have been for ages. But…
Meet Mr. Dylan
[The following is a close transcript of the 319th episode of the podcast titled RevolutionZ.] Perhaps you are aware there is a new movie out titled A Complete Unknown. It addresses…
Fascism and Us or Radical Left Lunacy?
Donald, the idiot, the madman, the consummate cowardly thug is preparing to unleash shock and awe to paint his agenda onto the American and the world stage such as we…
Then and Now
I was recently invited to give a talk at MIT on campus organizing and battling against Trumpism. This was because in 1965, I entered MIT as a Freshman and was…
By Any Means Necessary?!
Trump is a pestilence, an abomination. Really. He is. No more debate. It is as evident as a cloud of locusts. It is as undeniable as his pronouncements, appointments, and…
Life With and After Trump
How does one take seriously having a vaccine denier in charge of public health? How about having the world’s richest corporate owner in charge of cutting regulatory agencies? Or having the…
“Post Growth”—Why and How?
People against destroying our planetary home often favor “No Growth”—“steady as she goes”—or even the rhetorically catchier “DeGrowth”—“shrink baby shrink.” Their pro-growth opponents sometimes say, “grow baby grow,” or more…
Can We Win?
By win, I mean win it all, not win a little. Win a new world. Win new defining social institutions. Win an end to injustice, inequality, subordination, and domination. Win…
Crunch Time
A week from now is Election Day. How much longer than that until the election tally is decided? No one knows. How much longer than even that until we know…
Practical Utopia- Replying to Scipes
First, I thank Kim Scipes for his review of a recent book of mine- Practical Utopia – and for the many kind things he had to say about it. While…
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