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Category: Politics

  • And now a word from my old college hero…

    And now a word from my old college hero…

  • Jonathan Pie

    Jonathan Pie

    With the exception of Jon Steward, Jonathan Pie (comedian Tom Walker) is my favorite political comedian. Though I find myself laughing at his howling at British politics, that I usually don’t understand, he also covers U.S politics where his analysis is, in my opinion, spot on. The difference between Steward…

  • Another Reason Why Billionaires Shouldn’t Exist: Their Bagmen

    As a rule I hate billionaires. Like AOC and Bernie says, I believe they “should not exist.” But like flies and mosquitos I guess they have their place. On second thought, we definitely could live without billionaires, though professional sports would look very different. I also question the existence of…

  • Baseball Fans Are Starting to Realize That the Owners Are Not Their Friends

    If you peel back the curtain of professional baseball, there’s a labor battle between players and owners that has been raging for more than a century… Baseball Fans Are Starting to Realize That the Owners Are Not Their Friends

  • Two of my favorite lefties meet (remotely) for the first time.

    AOC in Conversation With Noam Chomsky — Jacobin I’m sharing a post from one of my favorite political magazines, Jacobin. Noam Chomsky was probably the first great dissident I discovered by myself. (I was already introduced to I. F. Stone, Howard Zinn, and others by my mentor in college the…

  • Happy Thanksgiving, Pass the Smallpox Blankets

    Something to chew on besides turkey. Yeah, I know I’m a stinker. Wait ’til 9/11 comes around and I post something about the CIA overthrowing Allende’s Chile on that date in 1973. I guess that’s why no one invites me to parties anymore.

  • Right on Sister–ur Mother!

    Yes, you should absolutely call your mom today. But you should also know that Mother’s Day isn’t just a holiday for greeting card and chocolate companies to make a buck, but of radical antiwar and feminist organizers.   Women Strike for Peace activists at a Censure Nixon rally in Washington, DC,…

  • “To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all”

    I ran across this article in Jacobin here on WordPress and wanted to share it. I have always enjoyed Oscar Wilde’s work but didn’t know he wrote a political essay supporting socialism. It just made the top of my Goodreads list! To some degree, it makes sense that he would…

  • This Machine Kills [Proto]Fascists

    If only Woody Guthrie was around today I’m sure he would have a song or two about Donald Trump–he had one for his father. Arvind Dilawar interviews Will Kaufman author of three books on Guthrie for Jacobin.  Legendary folk singer Woody Guthrie is best known for his anthem “This Land…

  • How clueless the privileged are

    I like David Doel’s The Rational National. It is my favorite channel on YouTube.com. (Though I have to admit, lately I am watching more and more of The Hill’s Krystal Ball and Saagar Enjeti insightful Rising.especially as the Democratic Primaries approach. The clip below is from TYT’s No Filter with…