By Norman Solomon The human condition includes a vast array of unavoidable misfortunes. But what about the preventable ones? Shouldn’t the United States provide for the basic needs of its people? Such questions get distinctly short shrift in the dominant political narratives. When someone can’t make ends meet and suffers dire consequences, the mainstream…
In the video interview below, Chris Hedges talks to Ralph Nader about our current fascist dilemma, and how we got here. He recounts his years and his successes as a consumer advocate, successes he owed in large part to a reasonably functioning democracy with the guardrails still in place. He emphasizes that democracy can…
[Editor’s comment: Gee, once again morality and practicality coincide. When will Democrats learn that they will continue to lose until they return to representing the working class? In the meantime, we can thank the Democrats for Trump. Don] “Twenty-nine percent of non-voters who supported Biden in 2020 said U.S. support for the genocide was…
Thomas Frank described the Democrats’ betrayal of the working class in his book (“What’s The Matter With Kansas”) twenty years ago, and again in his talk (below) six years ago. Here’s an excerpt from that talk (see full video below): “I wrote a book 15 years ago, called What’s the matter with Kansas?, and…