Rethinking the "unthinkable": An updated view of communism from Ike to Mao and beyond by Bob Avakian. 449 pp. 2005 How does a good California boy of the 50's, an elementary school "Traffic Boy" who loved Smilin' Ed's "Froggy the Gremlin," a high school quarterback ("a little guy, brimming with…

Some resent the term “class warfare,” but what a great description for our headlong rush to war with Iraq: Class Warfare. Ask yourself, “Who will benefit and who will pay?” While there is no evidence of a connection between Iraq and Al-Qaida, there ARE many indications that war with Iraq will…

Some resent the term "class warfare," but what a great description for our headlong rush to war with Iraq: Class Warfare. Ask yourself, "Who will benefit and who will pay?" While there is no evidence of a connection between Iraq and Al-Qaida, there ARE many indications that war with Iraq…

"We are often told that the poor are grateful for charity. Some of them are, no doubt, but the best amongst the poor are never grateful. They are ungrateful, discontented,disobedient, and rebellious. They are quite right to be so." - Oscar Wilde…