As the latest corporate-media-approved election spectacle draws near, I have a few thoughts, and a proposal.

As you contemplate the Obama-Romney contest, ask yourself: What do I believe?

If you believe, for example, that the United States was, in fact, founded on Christian principles; that t… Read full post »

Well, this is it. The fascists have finally removed their masks. The gloves have finally come off. I'm sure there are some other mismatched metaphors I could mix in there but I'm too poison-pissing angry at the moment.

I 'd intended to write something about America's deeply flawed student l… Read full post »

Meet Lt. John Pike, of the UC-Davis police.

Lt. Pike is the latest executive-ranking police officer to grab media attention with blatant, disgraceful acts of brutality against peaceful protesters, but his cruelty eclipses even the now-infamous Anthony Bologna. In the… Read full post »

Now that everyone's favorite billionaire has forcibly evicted the Occupiers from Zucotti Park, the Movement has to think hard about its future. From where I stand, this is an opportunity: we're no longer tied to defending a small piece of real estate, and can start to focus on the real political… Read full post »

For over half a century, the American Right's strategy has been the same: declare, with great fanfare, a culture war, then use it as a diversion from a much more serious, clandestine class war. From civil rights to communism to immigration to gay rights and beyond, the p… Read full post »

Once, a few centuries ago, the Catholic Church's agents stood behind every throne in Europe, advising, supporting and, when necessary, threatening.  The Church held power that no mere earthly ruler could dream of: power over not just people's bodies but their souls, the keys… Read full post »

This past week, after the media finally took notice, after labor unions offered endorsements and joined in marches, after prominent conservatives publicly attacked the movement, Barack Obama, Nancy Pelosi, and other top Democrats suddenly spoke out in support of Occupy Wall Street. In reply… Read full post »

As I read report after report of traveler after traveler--from infants to the elderly--being bullied, humiliated, groped and insulted by employees of the Transportation Security Administration, I repeatedly ask myself the simple question, Why? Not why is the government doing this, as I'm we… Read full post »

This is Anthony Bologna, the white-shirt cop who attacked peaceful protesters with pepper spray in several incidents last week, and who has a record of excessive force, going back years, at other protests.

If the NYPD can't be counted on to discipline its officers, even the most ob… Read full post »

They have no clear demands. They have no organizational structure. They're unrealistic. They're politically naive. They're anarchic.

They're also making history. The very things that conservatives and "progessives" alike despise about this movement are precisely what make it so vital, and so vitally… Read full post »

     In the aftermath of the presidentially ordered assassination of U.S. citizen Anwar al-Awlaki, the Obama administration now claims that the killing was justified because  al-Awlaki not only incited others to commit violence, but was directly involved in terrorist plots, g/… Read full post »

     A long time in slipping, the mask at last comes off completely.

     Today, on orders from President Barack Obama, an American citizen—unconvicted of, unindicted in, uncharged with any crime--was assassinated by the U.S. military, for the offense… Read full post »