Change comes from the bottom up
The whole knock on President Obama not living up to his promises ignores that nothing major can be done in the U.S. political system without the support of Congress.
Political power comes from using hard-won freedoms
Genuine power of the people comes from using our freedom, as in freedom of speech and the vote.
The Kenyan roots of the Occupy movement
With the presidential election looming over 2012, we should take a cue from our Kenyan brothers and sisters. We need to take our analysis of the gross negligence of our financial institutions into the electoral arena.
GOP's empty rhetoric on Obama's immigration record
A record 400,000 people are being deported each year under Obama, who took a minor step to protect immigrants. Now Republicans are accusing him of treason.
Herman Cain: Defense of bigotry, the ultra rich and the ultra right
Herman Cain's main role is to give a kind of seal of approval to the racism, and bigotry of the Republican Party and he does it well. And right-wing Republican audiences adore him.
The Jewish New Year and political vampires
This may be a good time to think about repairing frayed relationships, taking a long view of our movement's needs and the struggle for peace and justice.
Millions make change
The initiatives and actions of the American people were an essential ingredient in the progressive-democratic thrust in the 1930s and 1960s. The same is true today.
Rahm Emanuel’s first 100 days: new style, same substance
After 100 days on the job, new Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel is touting his administration's first accomplishments. The impression is one of boldly charting a new course of change.
It’s complicated: President Obama and mass movement building
The building of a mass movement on the scale of the 1930s or 1960s is a complicated process, despite the many-sided problems today's movement has the potential to eclipse them.
Senator Sanders got it right
The passage of the debt ceiling bill marks a dangerous moment for the workers movement in this country.
