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Barry Wood: Government Fears Chelsea Manning Disclosures May Lead to Indictments for War Crimes
Fidel Castro Ruz ~ September 12, 2010 'A just cause even from the depths of a cave…
Barry Wood: Bds Doesn’t Delegimitize Israel, Mr. Prime Minister – Your Effort To Ban It Does
"Nonviolence is a weapon of the strong." Gandhi.
Eugene Bru: Sanders ready to launch ‘Our Revolution’
Paul D, FYI- Sanders left the Democratic party with the quickness. He is back to being an independent.
Tom Johnson: The Futility of Air Strikes in the War on Terror
This piece is excellent in presenting the details of the many horrors of U.S./allied airpower. However, it has an essentially…
Curtis Cooper: Sanders ready to launch ‘Our Revolution’
It is encouraging that Sanders will continue to politically organize under the loose banner of "revolution," in a way that…
Paul D: Lexit delusionaries
Wow! The resemblance of the pro-Brexit "left" and the similar "never Hillary" (effectively pro-Trump) left on this side of…
Richard Bluhm: Sanders ready to launch ‘Our Revolution’
Questions: #1. Do you believe that there is such a thing as a shadow government or deep state that…
Reg Tydell: Liberal Antiwar Activism is the Problem
Thanks for an excellent article Vincent. I'd be interested in your thoughts on Iraq Veterans Against The War (and…
Peter Bohmer: Interviewing Miguel Rodriguez
Very thoughtful and informative interview about Venezuela in the recent past and present and on Hugo Chavez.
gary olson: Sanders ready to launch ‘Our Revolution’
For another perspective see: http://dissidentvoice.org/2016/08/im-for-jill-not-hill/ http://www.counterpunch.org/2016/08/10/let-the-battle-of-lesser-evils-commence/
gary olson: Sanders ready to launch ‘Our Revolution’
Clinton, yet. Thanks for the correction. Groggy at 5 a.m.
Paul D: Sanders ready to launch ‘Our Revolution’
I assume you mean Sanders endorsement of Clinton. Considering that: 1. The next president will be…
george patterson: Optimism
Noam Chomsky is wise in advising us that it is muchbetter to pursue optimism of the will rather than to…
gary olson: Sanders ready to launch ‘Our Revolution’
First, launching "Our Revolution" as an adjunct to the Democratic Party is a nonstarter. Second, what if Trump drops out…
Kai Katsi: I Support Hillary Clinton. So Should Everyone Who Voted for Me
I think Julian Assange framed the issue well in his address to the Green Party Convention just a few days…
Tom Johnson: Women Day Laborers Are Tired of Waiting for Work, and for Justice
"A new study by Brooklyn-based Worker’s Justice Project (WJP) and Cornell’s Worker Institute, reveals surprising details about the many overlooked…
Peter Bohmer: Thinking About the Election
I am including in quotes the last sentence from my above commentary, the one Michael criticized.…
Michael Albert: Thinking About the Election
Peter, If I have disrespected anyone, in any piece, I would like to know that by reference to the…
Peter Bohmer: Thinking About the Election
Dear Michael and Steve, (This is a letter I sent to long-term friends, Michael Albert and Steven Shalom on…
Paul D: I Support Hillary Clinton. So Should Everyone Who Voted for Me
You are not telling us anything I or Sen Sanders does not know! Repeating the same biolerplate slogan-like…
Tom Johnson: Liberal Antiwar Activism is the Problem
Emanuele (sp.), sorry
Tom Johnson: Liberal Antiwar Activism is the Problem
Ms. Rcisi: Your observations are spot on. And what you say of liberals is also true of…
Tom Johnson: Liberal Antiwar Activism is the Problem
Another fine piece by Emmanuale drawn from his experience in the University of Real Life. The title is especially apt…
John Vincent: Thinking About the Election
I find it goofy that the main point of my comment is ignored and the least relevant part, something made…
Tom Johnson: I Support Hillary Clinton. So Should Everyone Who Voted for Me
This kind of pandering and self-humiliation is truly a sick thing to see. Clinton understands one thing and one thing…
Paul D: Trump vs Hillary
What about the majority of USAns well to the right of Clinton for whom Clinton is trying to connect?…
Richard Bluhm: Liberal Antiwar Activism is the Problem
Vincent - Several other gray-hairs like myself have been conducting an anti-war vigil for the last eleven years. We hold…
Paul D: Thinking About the Election
Chris, Many of the West Virginia homes with Trump signs I've seen along highway 219 tend to…
Paul D: Thinking About the Election
Actually, Michael's analogy is well-taken, but if it helps you to understand it, forget the Hitler part. If both…
Ron Graham-Becker: Thinking About the Election
Michael, I do understand the concept (LEV) that you are so passionate about. But where's the debate?…
Ana Rcisi: Thinking About the Election
Well, the primary argument _you_ have to deal with is that of the insignificance of a single vote in an…
John Vincent: Thinking About the Election
Why must everyone bring up Hitler. I just think it is ironic that Trump has become so obviously bad that…
Michael Albert: Thinking About the Election
Your closing is hard for me to comprehend. If you and Stalin both say you hate Hitler, or, if you…
Michael Albert: Thinking About the Election
Please don't take this wrong but how does having not voted for Clinton in a contested state give you…
Michael Albert: Thinking About the Election
Please don't take this wrong but how does having not vot4d for Clinton in a contested state give you a…
Ana Rcisi: The climate crisis is already here – but no one’s telling us
The 'we' and the 'I' are two different things. There is indeed much that 'we' can do. But…
Ana Rcisi: Thinking About the Election
One of the most important principles of Left activism is 'Don't let the bastards get you down.' We don't…
John Vincent: Thinking About the Election
Michael, I hope the time and effort that you, Stephen Shalom, Robin Hahnel and others are currently…
Ana Rcisi: Liberal Antiwar Activism is the Problem
An anti-war coalition would be nice. However, we should be aware that the Democratic Party and other parts of…
Paul D: Thinking About the Election
Michael, Like you, I, perhaps by my science and engineering training and occupation, (and perhaps you, by…
Tom Johnson: Trump vs Hillary
The greatest loss of the early surrender by Bernie Sanders, and especially his endorsement of Clinton (largely based on fear…
Michael Albert: Thinking About the Election
Charles, The ease with which undoubtedly good people, with radical intents, can besmirch other's motives is breahtaking. This labelling…
Michael Albert: Thinking About the Election
Richard, Since I of course devote almost all my energies to addressing and trying to find diverse means…
Michael Albert: Thinking About the Election
Chris, Voting for Clinton as the lesser evil - meaning by people way to her left - only makes…
Michael Albert: Thinking About the Election
John, Of course I agree taht as always the abiding problem is how to galvanize both understanding and…
Michael Albert: Thinking About the Election
Hi Paul - we tried...
Michael Albert: Thinking About the Election
Kread, I am not sure if your lead sentence is to me - if it is, I am at…
Michael Albert: Thinking About the Election
Ana, Agree on clinton as a war criminal. Find it hard to comprehend how you can say well, okay,…
Michael Albert: Thinking About the Election
Phillip, You address no issue - indicate no mistake of logic or fact - and simply repeat what you…
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