Elections
Donald Trump’s greedy Big Oil backers want more
Donald Trump, a shifty real estate and casino mogul who is in some way connected to the New York mob, was mostly unknown outside of New York City until 2004. That’s when Trump started […]
Author: Gary Wilson
Elections
Trump lays groundwork to steal election
The newly unleashed federal police force entered the Portland, Ore., area on Sept. 3 and assassinated anti-fascist activist and Black Lives Matter supporter Michael Reinoehl. Attorney General William Barr triumphantly announced: “Agitator removed.” In the […]
Capitalist crisis
Election by coup?
With President Donald Trump ruling mainly by decree, there were many who thought his recent tweet about delaying the election meant that he intends to decree himself president for another four years. The purpose of […]
Capitalist crisis
Ruling by decree: Trump interrupts golf game to issue executive orders
No relief in sight On Aug. 7, President Donald Trump interrupted his game of golf at his course in New Jersey to announce four executive orders he says will provide economic relief for struggling workers […]
Capitalist crisis
Unemployment crisis: It’s about to get worse
At the end of July, the extra $600 per week in expanded unemployment benefits will expire. Congress has not acted to extend the benefits or provide anything in its place. But nearly half of […]
Elections
Black voter suppression near 1950s level
The Supreme Court unanimously ruled July 6 that states can penalize members of the Electoral College who do not support the winner of their state’s popular vote in a presidential election. The court’s ruling is […]
Fight racism
Donald Trump’s June 1 coup attempt
On Monday, June 1, Donald Trump called Attorney General William Barr, Secretary of Defense Mark Esper and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley to the White House, where he got on […]
Capitalist crisis
U.S. unemployment hits depression levels. Don’t blame China
The New York Times headline declared: “U.S. unemployment worst since the Great Depression.” (New York Times, May 9, 2020, print edition) Actually, the Times report understated the unemployment numbers. In a press release, the […]
Elections
The rule of the rich is not democracy
The U.S. was established as a republic in 1787 and remains so to this day. It is a republic, but not a democracy. The American Revolution was not a bourgeois democratic one, like the great […]
Covid-19
How Covid-19 shows U.S. dependence on workers
Health care workers, nurses, farmworkers, transit operators, grocery store clerks, warehouse packers, delivery workers, truck drivers, dockworkers, restaurant order takers, call center workers, service and industrial workers form the backbone of the U.S. economy. When […]