by Howie Hawkins | Jun 25, 2019 | Ecosocialism
Give Bernie Sanders props for popularizing the term “socialism.” It used to be a conversation stopper. Now it is a conversation starter. But Sanders isn’t helping the socialist cause by confusing it with the old New Deal liberalism of FDR. As Norman Thomas, the...
by Howie Hawkins | Apr 25, 2019 | Anti-imperialism, Exploratory
Yesterday I wrote about the devastating impact of economic warfare against Venezuela by the US. The special rapporteur on Venezuela for the UN Human Rights Council said last September that these sanctions should be investigated by the International Criminal...
by Howie Hawkins | Apr 24, 2019 | Anti-imperialism, Exploratory
Donald Trump, the head climate denier in charge, wants Venezuela’s oil. National Security Advisor John Bolton spilled the beans on Fox News on January 24 when he said in response to a question about the seizing the U.S. assets of Citgo, a subsidiary of the Venezuela...
by Howie Hawkins | Apr 11, 2019 | Exploratory, Freedom of the Press
The freedom of all of the press is threatened by the US indictment of Julian Assange in connection with the publication of U.S. government documents. We must oppose Assange’s extradition to the U.S. because he is unlikely to receive a fair trial in the Eastern...
by Howie Hawkins | Apr 4, 2019 | Exploratory
I got up early this morning to be at the U.S. State Department for a No to NATO demonstration. The foreign ministers of NATO countries were inside, presumably to get the marching orders from the military superpower, the United States. Among the other Greens there were...