The twentieth anniversary of the US invasion of Iraq reminded me of something I will be bitter about for the rest of my life.

Where is Powell? Where is Yellen? Stop this crisis NOW. Announce that all depositors will be safe. – David Sacks, PayPal co-founder and Silicon Valley libertarian commentator, 3/10/2023 OK. We can all enjoy some schadenfreude as the Silicon Valley techno-libertarians discover that maybe there is a role for government, after all. Especially when their money…

Paul Buhle interviews socialist humorist Danny Katch, on the publication of a new edition of Socialism….Seriously, by Haymarket Press, 2923 I wrote the first version of this book in early 2014, when TikTok was a Ke$ha song, Donald Trump was a joke, and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was a bartender. #Blacklivesmatter was a hashtag and not a movement,…

This year, the end of the 53rd Black History Month coincides with the 155th birthday of W. E. B. Du Bois–one of the most influential thinkers of the last century, whose ideas enter into every conversation about race in this country, whether the participants know it or not. This year also marks the 120th anniversary…

As #BlackHistoryMonth wraps up, are you looking for something to watch that’s NOT a franchise or Oscar bait? You’re in luck thanks to the Global Labor FilmFest Network (GLFF) 2023 Online Screening Series, co-sponsored by the DC Labor FilmFest (Washington, D.C.), the Rochester Labor Film Series (NY), the Socialist Labor Party Hall in Barre (VT), Reel W.ork Labor Film Festival (CA), and the Labor Heritage…

In the latest Bureau of Labor Statistics’ (BLS) Employment Situation for January, the official unemployment rate fell a tenth of a percent to 3.4%. If we had no hidden unemployment, this would be a very positive  number. And even with uncounted joblessness, it is a very low rate. The rate for Black workers fell .3…

The extreme inequality of our time isn’t the natural state of things. It requires the elites’ constant maintenance to keep it that way. We should take heart and keep organizing.

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