How To Take Back America

Marching in the streets is important work, but wouldn’t we have greater success if we also took control of the United States government?

Written on March 24, 2003 | Posted in Democracy/Politics | Comments Off| Read More »

When Democracy Failed: The Warnings of History

The 70th anniversary wasn’t noticed in the United States, and was barely reported in the corporate media. But the Germans remembered well that fateful day seventy years ago – February 27, 1933. They commemorated the anniversary by joining in demonstrations for peace that mobilized citizens all across the world. It started when the government, in [...]

Written on March 16, 2003 | Posted in Democracy/Politics | Comments Off| Read More »

The Empire Needs New Clothes

It’s easy to vilify George W. Bush as a cynical warmonger, anxious to attack Iraq to repay the oil companies that funded his election campaigns. But to do so is to make a dangerous and fundamental error, and such a myopic view of the Bush administration’s policies puts America’s future at risk.

Written on March 11, 2003 | Posted in Democracy/Politics | Comments Off| Read More »

Now Your Vote Is The Property Of A Private Corporation

Santa Clara County, of all jurisdictions in America, should have known better. They could have started by looking at Florida.

Written on March 6, 2003 | Posted in Democracy/Politics | Comments Off| Read More »