Matriotism: Cindy Sheehan
Much as I wish I could take credit for the word 'matriotism,' another woman wrote to me and gave me the concept. I was so intrigued by the word that I have been meditating on the possible ideology behind it, and a new paradigm for true and lasting peace in the world.
Michael Moore Statement on Canadian Election
Oh, Canada -- you're not really going to elect a Conservative majority on Monday, are you? That's a joke, right? I know you have a great sense of humor, and certainly a well-developed sense of irony, but this is no longer funny. Maybe it's a new form of Canadian irony -- reverse irony! OK, now I get it.
Bush Chose Iraq Over America’s Homeless
According to a Congressional report on the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), the agency made an estimated $1.4 billion in improper payments in 2003, the last year for which financial records are available.
Evidence of War Lies
Were I to list all the pieces of evidence that Bush took us to war with lies, we'd have lost tens of thousands of lives and tens of billions of dollars before I finished. So, I'll give you a short version.
Rev. Al Sharpton Wants GLBT, Black Church Dialogue
The Republican Party 'came and invaded the Black Church and tricked people into supporting Bush,' Reverend Al Sharpton told a National Black Justice Coalition (NBJC) Summit here.
Mother of Mercy: Is this the End of Schwarzenegger?
Like Forrest Gump, Arnold Schwarzenegger has been a witness to history. He likes to say that he remembered the horror of Soviet tanks on the streets of his native Austria, even though he was born two years after the war ended and the Americans liberated Vienna.
'A New Edition of McCarthyism': Interview with Ali Ruckert
Some representatives from East European countries – who still like to present themselves as 'victims of Communism' – are trying to find an opportunity to halt the re-strengthening of the communist parties and their youth organisations in their respective countries, and they even would like to eliminate those parties from the political landscape.
Canada's Election: Stop the Tories, elect progressive MPs
The possibility of a Conservative victory constitutes the main danger for the working class and its allies today, for women, Aboriginal peoples, for youth and seniors, for New Canadians and oppressed minorities, and for all those concerned about peace and social justice issues here and around the world.
Capitalism, War and the Future of the Working Class
The 'new' world order of capital The collapse and the destruction of the socialist states in Europe, especially the Soviet Union paved the way for capital to subjugate all areas of social and cultural life under its interests. Pre-existing crises have worsened and new trouble spots have emerged.
The Death Penalty in the United States
As someone who has for years been a faculty advisor to a group at Rutgers campaigning for a death penalty moratorium, I was very happy that New Jersey's legislature had the courage to establish a death penalty moratorium.
