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Trump Carries the Big Stick?    

Donald Trump and his cohorts want to take back the Panama Canal.  According to Trump and those who support this desire, this is because China...

23.01.2025 20

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New Year’s Resolution Number One: Join the Movement Against World War

There’s a precipice and we are standing on its edge. The world as it exists on the eve of 2025 is a world of war and genocide. It is a world where...

31.12.2024 10

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Syria After Assad

To most people who read or otherwise consume western media, the fall of the Assad government in Syria was unusually quick and even surprising. For...

27.12.2024 2

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Washington’s Third World War Scores Another “Victory”

While I am certainly not one to begrudge those residents of Syria who are celebrating the end of Assad’s ultimately brutal regime, I am hesitant to...

14.12.2024 6

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Washington’s Third World War Scores Another “Victory”

While I am certainly not one to begrudge those residents of Syria who are celebrating the end of Assad’s ultimately brutal regime, I am hesitant to...

14.12.2024 5

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Just Let Me Flip This Chromium Switch Here …The Comedy of Firesign Theater

“A mighty hot dog is our lord….” The listener hears this incantation, this sacrilege, a few minutes into the Firesign Theater’s recording...

09.12.2024 10

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The Trumpist Bureau of Investigation?

I want the FBI to be disbanded.  Forever. I’ve wanted this to happen since 1970.  When the Senate hearings led by Franck Church revealed the...

04.12.2024 10

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Where the Wind Don’t Blow So Strange: The Journey Begun          

The Grateful Dead were a cultural and commercial phenomenon.  Indeed, one can argue they still are.  Even the band’s detractors would agree with...

29.11.2024 4

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Lula’s Toughest Battle?

Lawfare is a relatively new term. In essence, it is the weaponization of bourgeois law, usually by the right wing. Various US supporters of Donald...

27.11.2024 3

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The Impact of Images

Most people seem to think that the saying “A picture is worth a thousand words” originated with Confucius, Ben Franklin or some other sage. In...

25.11.2024 10

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The Power and Glory of a Pinochet Priest

Roberto Bolańo’s fiction is timeless.  It reflects, comments and investigates the nuances of contemporary cultures with humor, sensitivity, and...

08.11.2024 4

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Don’t Mourn, Fight

Far be it from me to claim that the US government is a democracy.  In my understanding, capitalism prevents genuine democracy because of the...

07.11.2024 5

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Believe Me, It’s Been Going Downhill for Awhile

On September 8, 1974, Gerald Ford pardoned Richard Nixon for any crimes he may have committed while president of the United States.  I remember when...

01.10.2024 5

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F*ck the Army: Revisiting the Antiwar Troupe’s 1971 Tour

When I attended high school at a school for US military dependents in the early 1970s, I got to know a couple of GIs who wrote for the Frankfurt am...

16.09.2024 10

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When Offense is Defined as Defense—Kursk Version

So, let me get this straight. When Kyiv sends its military into Russia, occupying territory and killing residents, it’s a defensive move. When...

29.08.2024 9

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Kamala Harris: A Hubert Humphrey for 2024

The party is over in Chicago. The liberals won. Kamala Harris gave a typical acceptance speech with a bit more military machismo than some...

27.08.2024 3

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