America needs it badly and needs it now, this progressive power at scale. If things in America are not making sense, or you are left out or even scared, this is for you. This is an introduction to progressive power. All you are being asked to do is think. To start, here are a couple…

My guess is that there were a hundred and fifty or more at Saturday’s general meeting of the Detroit DSA. I was one of the smattering of older folks in attendance. This is a bright energetic group of young people doing the elusive “right thing” – living it. There was a beautiful eagerness for life…

Lesser-of-evils treachery has been refined over the years to bring America to its sputtering state. It was blatant this election, with right-leaning people holding their nose and voting for Trump, with lefties holding and voting for Harris. If you are a lefty, your lesser-of-evils lost, and vice-versa for Trump. With Trump and Musk, we have…

Anticipatory obedience is not good. It is a basic indicator of tyranny, something that you should not do or expect in healthy politics. Not in a functioning democracy. Anticipatory obedience means, for example, sucking up to someone, or at least not offending them, because you think they are going to have power over you. So,…

We can just call it; “call it fascist”, said Kamala Harris today in Detroit, in response to Charlamagne Tha God’s confirming question. She was responding in relation to Trump and Trump types, as I heard it. But Trump is certainly no more fascist than Israel. Fascist behavior abounds. AIPAC has bought hoards more Democrats this…

The Michigan uncommitted made up 100000 of the 700000 that expressed their demand that Biden act to stop the Gaza conflict. So far, Harris has shown an even more callous disregard (and implies to continue support) for Israel’s genocidal war. According to NPR’s White House correspondent Asma Khalid, she has seen an increased unwillingness to…