The Mobster-in-Chief : Will the November Election Be Decided in the Streets?
The white mobs didn’t care whom they killed as long as the victims were Black. They murdered people in public with guns and rocks. They set fire to houses and…
US Election 2020
The Rise of Christian Nationalism in America
On August 26th, during the Republican National Convention, Vice President Mike Pence closed out his acceptance speech with a biblical sleight of hand. Speaking before a crowd at the Fort McHenry National…
The Truth Hurts
Well, to this writer, a student of the esoteric sciences, the great Indian Yogi Paramahansa Yogananda was correct: This must be a dream! So many friends and acquaintances over the…
Who Is President Trump?
Someone who much likes Trump and who plans again to vote for him asked me to provide proof that he is corrupt in presidential dealings. So here is my reply:…
Like A Rowboat In A Typhoon: Why 2020 Center-Right Yankee Election Outcomes Are Dead In The Water
Turning and turning in the widening gyre The falcon cannot hear the falconer; Things fall apart; the center cannot hold Mere anarchy is loosed up the world…. The best lack…
“Losing both elections” is a sideshow for U.S. militarism
In an op ed titled “Losing Both Elections” Gwynne Dyer sees Trump’s presence in the White House as exposing the U.S.’ racism leading to its being “extinguished”, a “necessary evolution…
For What It’s Worth…. 53 years Later!!
The group, Buffalo Springfield, with both Neil Young and Stephen Stills as members, had a major hit song For What It's Worth, in 1967. It was the lyrics that are…
Biden Urged to Adopt a Good Neighbor Policy Toward Latin America
By Medea Benjamin and Leonardo Flores Election season is a difficult time to develop good policies towards Latin America, since both Democrats and Republicans cater to the small, but organized,…
Perils To Canada’s Borders as Fascist Storm Mounts in U.S
UNCERTAINTIES OF AMERICA’S LAW & ORDER PARTY The moment of truth fast approaches in the 2020 U.S. Presidential Election, and soon the world will learn whether or not if it…
Climate And The U.S. Election
Why the 2020 election is so important Why did Prof. Noam Chomsky call the US Republican Party “The most dangerous organization in the history of the world”? He did so…
A Green New Deal for Workers
By Howie Hawkins and Angela Walker Workers in 2020 have a unique opportunity to vote to put two fellow workers in the White House. Howie is a recently retired Teamster…
Israel’s Friends at the RNC: ‘Christian Zionists’ Dictate the Agenda of the Republican Party
It is difficult - and futile - to argue which American president has historically been more pro-Israel. While former President Barack Obama, for example, has pledged more money to Israel…
My Last ( Electoral ) Dance
Here I am stranded on this island called Dumarika. Being a baby boomer this writer can recall the days when this place was never as dumb as it is now.…
Life During a Trump Second Term: Paramilitary Democracy Accelerates
“We must take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented. Sometimes we must interfere. When human lives are endangered, when human dignity…
Trump’s acceptance speech at the RNC epitomized scare tactics
On Thursday night (August 27, 2020) President Donald Trump of the United States delivered his acceptance speech as the presidential candidate at the Republican National Convention (RNC) that was held…
Light vs. Darkness’: What to Expect from the US Presidential Election
Ideology: Mobilizing the Popular Base under Neoliberalism In his acceptance speech for president, Joe Biden framed the election in moral terms, stating: “I will be an ally of the light,…
Hymn for a Broken Empire: Republican National Security Officials for Biden
If fodder is needed for the argument that a Deep State is running wild and determined to depose President Donald J. Trump, this will surely help. In a statement by…
Responding To Voter Suppression, Understanding Manipulated Elections
Co-Written by Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers Voter suppression in the 2020 election has become a topic of great concern. In reality, voter suppression has been part of US politics since…
From Protecting Voting Rights to Honoring Veterans, The Post Office Is An Essential Service
The capacity of the United States Postal Service (USPS) to provide mail services that generations of Americans have relied on has been severely weakened by the Trump administration. The assault…
The Fault Dear Citizens….
" ... Is not in our stars but in ourselves". Paraphrased right out of Shakespeare ( Julius Caesar) you have it in a nutshell, for all of you, like myself,…
Send in the Clowns for the Circus Is in Town
Don’t bother, they’re here, already performing in the center ring under the big top owned and operated by The Umbrella People. Trump, Biden, Pence, Harris, and their clownish sidekicks, Pompeo,…
Biden Wins-Then What?
Assume Joe Biden wins the presidency. Assume as well that he genuinely intends to repair the damage our country has sustained since we declared ourselves history’s “Indispensable Nation,” compounded by the traumatic…
Dems are Determined to Have Trump Re-Elected
This article arose from disbelief at South Carolina Congressman James E. Clyburn’s awkward response to one of President Trump’s ridiculous and mendacious tweets. The Democratic Party is engaged in "déjà…
Vote By Mail: An Alternative To The USPS
The US Postal Service is in trouble According to an article by Prof. Philip F. Rubio, entitled “Save the Postal Service”, published in Atlantic Monthly on April 24, 2020, “The…
Dump Trump then Combat Biden
The U.S. presidential election has so far involved and will undoubtedly continue to involve a clash over voting strategy for the left. A significant array of left commentators, for example,…
The Republi-Fascists’ Multi-Pronged Drive to “Win” the November Elections
This letter from a revcom.us reader exposes systematic efforts by the fascist Trump/Pence regime and its supporters to undermine the integrity of upcoming elections in their favor. This is an…
US In A Downward Spiral
The US Presidential election by November 2020 is slowly-slowly gaining momentum and Donald Trump and Joseph Biden are into a gruelling battle for the coveted rank. US all over…
Trump, Tulsa, and the Rise of Military Dissent
It was June 20th and we antiwar vets had traveled all the way to Tulsa, Oklahoma, in the midst of a pandemic to protest President Trump’s latest folly, an election…
Vote Blue No Matter Who!
There is something profoundly offensive about this declaration and, worse, there is something profoundly insufferable about the sentiments and beliefs behind it. First of all, it is a matter of…
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