“Chuy Garcia and the right to a city” first appeared on PeoplesWorld.org on March 27, 2015. Read it on PeoplesWorld.org. Chicago is abuzz these days as incumbent Mayor Rahm Emanuel is in an unexpected and fiercely competitive election runoff with…
“Obama and the politics of outrage” first appeared on PeoplesWorld.org on February 9, 2015. Read it on PeoplesWorld.org. Some of the commentary from the left on President’s Obama’s recent State of the Union address struck me as too negative, even…
“A season’s reflections on socialism” first appeared on PeoplesWorld.org on December 23, 2014. Read it on PeoplesWorld.org. This season, besides gaiety, good food and drink (and may all of us have an abundance of these), brings moments of quiet reflection.…
“Climate change requires a new abolition movement” first appeared on PeoplesWorld.org on October 20, 2014. Read it on PeoplesWorld.org. With the elections a few weeks ahead and the People’s Climate March in New York a few weeks in the rear…
“What our society needs to learn from the Ray Rice scandal” first appeared on PeoplesWorld.org on September 17, 2014. Read it on PeoplesWorld.org. “Oh what a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive.” Sir Walter Scott (Marmion,…