Again, my observations regarding the writers strike have received knee jerk reactions stating the default position that we should defend all unions no matter what. That refusing to support any union for whatever reason would be destroying solidarity which we so desperately need to defeat (i.e. bring to the table)…

The trees are budding The flowers, blooming The grass is growing The world is alive. No one told them It’s just the time A great awakening It’s written in their genes. From a long, unnatural Winter They wake They emerge They grow. Sticking their heads above the ground Where before they…

The trend lines are all quite clear, yet we still look away: -As technology advances, wars are becoming more and more destructive, especially world wars. -Global temperatures continue to rise. -Biodiversity is on the decline. -Human populations continues to increase. -Resources are diminishing. While the situations continue to worsen, we…

Last night I wrote about the WGA writers strike, questioning if it is really in the best interest of the average working person to support a group of people whose job is to produce content that props up the narrative of the capitalist class. Or at the very least, produces…

(Consider this more of a rant than a position on the writer’s strike. Feel free to tell me why I am wrong, I’m just throwing out ideas rather than taking a side.) When I first heard about the writer’s strike, I immediately supported it, just as I have supported every…

(Originally written in March of 2021, this conversation is still happening) My MAGA coworker showed me an article today about Dr. Seuss books being banned. I usually avoid political conversations with him because they run so far afield I really don’t know how to respond. But I was kind of…

I sometimes wonder what life must have been like for my parents when they were young. Both born in 1923, they grew up in the Great Depression and came of age at the beginning of World War II. My Mother, being from Canada, saw her older brother and many if…

Thanks to Caitlin Johnstone for pointing out that sanctions are the modern day equivalent of siege warfare. The comparisons are obvious once you think about it. Both sanctions and sieges are means of one group of people attempting to achieve their objectives through force over another group of people. When…

The renaissance came about as the result of a rediscovery of Greek and Roman culture. By stepping beyond the restrictive confines of the church/state power structure, European culture and science flourished.