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SHARE        Monday, February 27, 2023
Gov. DeSantis: You're a history grad. Tell me when systemic racism ended. Boisterously banning books, educational curricula and college programs that address racism or LGBTQ dignity - or both (with added bigotry toward writers like James Baldwin and Audre Lorde) - DeSantis is building his national "anti-woke" profile as he seems to be readying a presidential campaign against his former hero Donald Trump.

(1 comments) SHARE        Monday, August 29, 2022
Steps Left for Electing Progressives and Defeating Republicans in the Midterms Almost all the primaries are behind us now, and the current outlook is still grim for the midterm elections this fall. The semi-fascist Republican Party is very well-positioned to win control of the House and has a decent chance of also gaining a majority in the Senate. But demagoguery is not destiny. Progressives can help steer the future in a better direction over the next two months.

(2 comments) SHARE        Thursday, May 19, 2022
Looks Like Another 'Bad Blue' Just Bit the Dust Three years ago, we helped write a report for RootsAction.org targeting 15 corporate Democrats in Congress who deserved to be "primaried." We called the report "Bad Blues." A common reaction back then was that those establishment pols were too strong and entrenched to be defeated. On Tuesday, yet another "Bad Blue" apparently went down to defeat

SHARE        Tuesday, March 1, 2022
Major U.S. Media Oppose Military Aggression . . . Unless the United States Is Doing It as we rally to support Ukrainian civilians against great-power aggression from Russia, let's do so with the understanding that imperialism should always be opposed, that all civilian victims of wars and violent coups are worthy whether Iraqi or Honduran or Ukrainian -- and that all criminals who violate international law should be held accountable whether they're based in Moscow or Washington, D.C.

(3 comments) SHARE        Tuesday, September 14, 2021
To Avert Failure, Biden Should Listen to the "Radicals" - Not Corporate Media If President Biden fails to act boldly and quickly in improving the material lives of poor, working-class and struggling middle-class Americans of all colors, the right wing is likely to come storming back into power through the 2022 and 2024 elections. With Biden's popularity lagging, Will he side with the "radicals" or with the go-slow, yes/no, status-quo corporate media?

SHARE        Monday, May 10, 2021
Pramila Jayapal Misses Mark with "A" Grade for Biden It's the job of progressive advocates and activists to tell inconvenient truths, without sugarcoating or cheerleading. Progressives need to soberly assess everything -- good, bad and mixed.

SHARE        Wednesday, April 28, 2021
Media Evasions on Racism and the Role of Derek Chauvin Chauvin has played a useful role for corporate media - a rare villain who could be identified and named, a symbol of deadly racism in news outlets that are structured to refrain from identifying the economic forces responsible for far more hardship and death in communities of color than Chauvin could ever inflict.

(1 comments) SHARE        Sunday, April 4, 2021
The Liberal Contempt for Martin Luther King's Final Year The standard liberal canon waxes fondly nostalgic about King's "I have a dream" speech in 1963 and his efforts against racial segregation. But in memory lane, the Dr. King who lived his last year is persona non grata.

(2 comments) SHARE        Thursday, March 11, 2021
Rahm Emanuel Is in the Running for a Top Ambassador Post. The Prospect Is Appalling Rahm Emanuel has never been associated with the word "diplomatic," but news reports say that President Biden is seriously considering him for a top position as U.S. ambassador to Japan or China. Naming Emanuel to such a post would be an affront to many of the constituencies that got Biden elected. The saga of Emanuel's three decades in politics is an epic tale of methodical contempt for progressive values.

(1 comments) SHARE        Wednesday, September 23, 2020
Earth to Presidential Debate Moderators: "I'm Burning Up" A new petition asks presidential (and vice-presidential) debate moderators not to remain silent on climate, as they have in the past.

(6 comments) SHARE        Tuesday, September 1, 2020
Four Years Ago, We Warned That Trump Could Win. Now We're Warning Again. Trump actually could win. If he did, we shouldn't "have an inflated view of our own power to block the policies of a President Trump."

SHARE        Friday, July 3, 2020
Politicians of Color Should Not Be Immune from Criticism To me, being an anti-racist activist means that one consistently challenges the structures of racist exclusion, exploitation, repression and incarceration It does not mean that one must defend or praise establishment politicians of color.

(4 comments) SHARE        Wednesday, June 17, 2020
Let Us Name the System: "Racial Capitalism" It's oddly disconcerting nowadays to hear regular mentions of the phrase "systemic racism" from mainstream journalists who adamantly refuse to criticize (or even name) the system that U.S. racism is entrenched in. That system is "CAPITALISM." Or as historian Khalil Gibran Muhammad calls it: "racial capitalism."

SHARE        Tuesday, May 12, 2020
Important TV documentary: "Bernie Blackout" If you have Vice TV on your cable or satellite TV system, don't miss "BERNIE BLACKOUT," a unique documentary premiering tomorrow, May 13 at 8pm (ET/PT).

(1 comments) SHARE        Thursday, March 5, 2020
Does the Democratic Establishment Really Fear That Bernie CAN Win in November? Mainstream news outlets keep pounding home the same message that the "Democratic establishment" or "Democratic moderates" are worried sick that Bernie Sanders can't beat Trump. They worry about a Trump landslide, and a "down-ballot disaster" in Congressional races.

SHARE        Thursday, February 13, 2020
When CNN Introduces Bernie-Bashers Only as "Former," CNN Is Lying To You CNN and CBS do it. NPR and PBS do it. They all do it. It's a "gentleman's" agreement between elite media and their establishment guests - a courtesy major news outlets bestow upon former officials who get to pontificate and editorialize about today's events with no worry they'll be identified by their jobs TODAY.

SHARE        Tuesday, December 10, 2019
Warren vs. Buttigieg Clash Offers Contrast with Bernie's Consistency As Sen. Warren and "Mayor Pete" heatedly question each other's career history, they put Sanders' strongest suit into the spotlight: his remarkably consistent history.

(8 comments) SHARE        Monday, September 23, 2019
Will Joe Biden Be a Rerun of 2016 Tragedy? Either Warren or Sanders would fare better against Trump than a candidate like Biden, who is easily tied to moneyed elites and a blatantly unfair status quo. We've seen that movie before and it ended in the 2016 disaster.

(4 comments) SHARE        Monday, September 16, 2019
What George Carlin Taught Us about Media Propaganda by Omission In the old George Carlin joke, the TV sportscaster announces: "Here's a partial score from the West Coast Los Angeles 6."

(4 comments) SHARE        Friday, March 22, 2019
Let's Not Restore or Mythologize Obama With former Vice President Joe Biden seemingly ready to join the presidential race, a Washington Post reporter wrote: "Biden and his allies picture an election that poses a choice between four more years of Trump disruption and a chance to restore the Obama administration." Ah, the hope of an Obama restoration!

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