Trump Recycles the Racist Divide and Conquer Message
Donald Trump sank to a new low this past week with his call to temporarily prevent all Muslims from entering the U.S. in the wake of the shootings in San Bernardino. He even referred to the shameful chapter of history where the US government put Japanese-Americans into concentration camps during the World War II as […]
Electoral Circus and Social Front
Finishing first in six regions, the National Front (FN) comes out the winner of the first round of the regional elections. By choosing the FN, an openly racist and xenophobic party, one quarter of the voters who did not abstain have, in fact, followed the path opened by the Hollande-Valls government, which differs in no […]
Paris Climate Talks – The Future is Not Theirs to Decide
Leaders of countries from all over the world are in Paris, France at the U.N COP21 meetings to discuss the problem of global warming. Up to 30,000 people are participating in the conference and hundreds of thousands more have been demonstrating around the world for real action. Following the terrorist attacks in Paris, the French […]
Millionaire Water Wasters
The East Bay Municipal Utility District (EBMUD) recently released a list of 1,100 names of customers who were the largest water wasters in the Bay Area, those who used more than 1,000 gallons of water per day. The majority of the biggest water wasters are from some of the wealthiest households in the Bay Area. […]
Stephen Hawking is Right
Recently in an on-line question and answer forum, the famous physicist, Stephen Hawking, was asked a question about the connection between using robots and unemployment. This is what he replied: “If machines produce everything we need, the outcome will depend on how things are distributed. Everyone can enjoy a life of luxurious leisure if the […]
French Imperialism – The Origin of the Terror
On the 13th of November, Paris was struck by terrorist attacks. For many people this seemed like a random act of evil. Certainly, those who carried out these attacks have nothing but cynical goals. But leaving it at that does not account for why the attacks happened. For all of the focus on ISIS, the […]
University of Missouri Students Fight Racism
This fall, students at college campuses and high schools organized to confront the racism they face at their schools. These protests have often been followed by little response and minimal support for Black students from school administrations at majority white schools. Until, of course, the actions at the University of Missouri. Since then, student protests […]
Paris Climate Talks – A Useless Ritual
From November 30 to December 11, The United Nations 2015 Paris Climate Conference (also known as COP21) will bring together so-called world leaders from nearly 200 countries, along with scientists, environmental groups, and the heads of many corporations, some of which are in the fossil fuel industry. The stated goal of this conference is to […]
Facing the Climate Crisis (Saturday, December 5th, 2015)
Saturday, December 5th, 2015 (Oakland, CA) The environmental crisis created by this system of production is so overwhelming that it can seem we only have the choice to deny or ignore what is happening or accept a fatalistic view that we are doomed. There are other options – first to organize our forces to put […]