Socialism
Woody Guthrie, a Christian Socialist?
Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008RedStater:Call it The New Christianism?
. . . Written about, back in 2005 at the George Mason University History News Network, the new “Christian Left” has deep roots here in Oklahoma and might even lay claim to the foundation of the philosophy of the entire current movement. Woody Guthrie (pictured above in 1945) is a legend […]
Ron Paul on racism
Saturday, January 12th, 2008 This is a continuation of my discussion of Ron Paul (a mostly Libertarian running for President as a Republican) from a leftist political perspective. To see my last post on this topic, click here.
CNN: Ron Paul ’90s newsletters rant against blacks, gays (also see CNN: Excerpts from the Ron Paul discussed in the […]
More leftist thoughts on Ron Paul
Monday, December 17th, 2007Revised for style and grammar 11:36 p.m., December 17, 2007.
I have had a whole flurry of comments on my prior post about Ron Paul (Thoughts on a Ron Paul/Dennis Kucinich ticket, so I thought it might be helpful to post some more thoughts.
First though, let me say that my commentary is firmly rooted in a […]
Thoughts on the Venezuelan Election
Monday, December 3rd, 2007MSNBC: Voters reject Chavez’s constitutional changes — Constitutional changes would have broadened his power over Venezuela
The results of the election in Venezuela are interesting. I do think the Constitutional proposal was troubling, but was certainly not what the media portrayed it to be either.
Most of the provisions of the proposal were actually very positive […]
Castro to Bush - “You will never have Cuba!”
Monday, June 18th, 2007
Granma.cu: They will never have Cuba - statement of defiance by Fidel Castro
CNN: Castro vows U.S. ‘will never have Cuba’
I don’t agree with everything Castro says but this particular statement is very compelling and inspirational. I can’t help but admire (warts and all) that this small nation has stood against the American Empire […]
The youth of Latin America are rising up against Bush’s imperialist agenda!
Saturday, March 10th, 2007
DemocracyNow.org: Protests Sweep Latin America as Bush Begins Five-Nation Tour
Radio Habana Cuba: US President George Bush Encounters Hostile Demonstrators In Uruguay
Radio Habana Cuba: Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez Addresses Thousands of Supporters in Argentina
. . . He dismissed claims that his trip to Argentina and later Brazil, is aimed at counteracting Bush’s Latin American tour, and […]