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Not a Paying Customer? Go Shit Somewhere Else.
Jun 2, 2018 Maybe on the streets, and good luck with the cops.
Getting From Profits for a Few to Health Care for All
Mar 19, 2018 Organizing people dedicated to change begins with a conversation among friends and comrades. Start small, and start now.
California’s Democratic Primary and the Sham of Elections
Mar 6, 2018 Career politicians in big corporate parties don't want competition. They want the illusion of fair and functional democracy.
Eco-Activist and Filmmaker Josh Fox Opposes a Political Revolution Against the Corporate Parties
Oct 29, 2016 In a recent recorded interview with Truthdig, Fox exposed his failure to grasp that a third-party presidential campaign is a way to raise funds and awareness for the issues and candidates he says he supports.
The Front Page of The New York Times Now Includes a Public Record of Donald Trump’s Sexual Bragging
Oct 9, 2016 I am 61 years old and cannot recall the front page of The Gray Lady being so spicy.
Justice for Chelsea Manning and Edward Snowden
Sep 23, 2016 A radical defense of the human and political rights of Manning and Snowden should not be limited to only the known views and statements of such whistleblowers.
The Problem With Samantha Bee
Sep 14, 2016 By turning Green Party presidential nominee Jill Stein into a nonperson, comedian Samantha Bee encourages her audience to choose only from the mainstream parties, Democratic and Republican.
Opposing Hillary’s Corporate Campaign: A Response to Joe Conason
Jul 6, 2015 In one Truthdig columnist's rebuttal of another, Scott Tucker takes on what he calls "a piece of Clintonista campaigning" by Joe Conason.
Glass Ceilings and Class Consciousness
Nov 1, 2014 If Tim Cook and I ever had a political conversation -- unlikely -- we might well begin from some shared premises, but would certainly reach different conclusions.
A New Nuclear Arms Race: Why Peace Activists Must Wage an Open Battle Against the Democratic Party
Oct 4, 2014 Barack Obama never had a truly independent policy for peace If we say that Obama was constrained by a renewed collision of imperial spheres of interest, we are telling only the convenient half of a half-truth.