Interview with John Brakey, election transparency

Bob interviews John Brakey, election transparency activist who is traveling the country to check out if every state uses the ballot imaging function on their voting machines to provide an audit trail.

http://www.wcrsfm.org/audio/by/artist/bob_fitrakis_and_john_brakey

 

Puerto Rico: Crisis and Resistance

Black man holding a sign above his head saying USA, Wall St. Out of Puerto Rico

Thursday, March 29, 7pm
2115 North High Street (The Busch House), NOT St. Stephen’s
Hurricane Maria hit Puerto Rico six months ago. It was the most catastrophic storm to hit the island in over a century. 200,000 people are still without power making this the longest blackout in U.S. history. 
Federal neglect, colonial oppression, and climate change brought devastation even before the storm. After the storm, we have seen a battle between wealthy investors and working class Puerto Ricans fighting for the island's future. The Puerto Rican government, under the control of US Empire, has pushed intense forms of austerity and neoliberalism on to the island. They have tried to privatize public power providers as well as public schools. However, just last week, teachers planned a day-long strike to resist the privatization. The story of Puerto Rico after Maria is one of suffering and imperial exploitation, but also one of solidarity and the struggle against oppression.
Join ISO this Thursday as we discuss the state of Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria, and stick around to discuss our upcoming plans for the Socialism 2018 Conference!

Bolton Means Another War for Israel is Coming

With the appointment of leading neoconservative John Bolton as National Security Advisor, the Zionist war-party takeover of the White House is nearly complete. With Mike Pompeo as Secretary of State, Nikki Haley at the U.N. and now Bolton whispering in the President’s ear, we have a fully endowed war cabinet that will make sure the Mullahs, Russkies and Rocket Man begin to pay attention. As Haley laid down the law in the United Nations last week, “Our patience is not unlimited.”

Dear Donald Trump: How Do I Loathe Thee? Let Me Count the Ways…

Dear Mr. President (or should I say, Dear Mr. I-Lost-the-Popular-Vote-By-3mm-and-Needed-Putin-to-Steal-the-Electoral-College-For-Me):

I never liked you. Not even back in the 80’s and 90’s when most people kinda sorta liked you. When you were “fun” Trump. Liberal Trump. Brash New Yorker Trump. The kind of egotistical big-city blowhard that people, for some reason, admire and were attracted to. Which explains why you were given a tv show which became wildly popular.

But now you’re president. And not just president, but the worst president in the history of presidents. And also the least popular. To be frank, you’re an abomination. You and your presidency are more chaotic than Jeb Bush could’ve ever imagined. Than any of us could’ve imagined. It’s that bad.

Enough!!

  My wife and I moved from the Los Angeles area to the hills of Northern California in 1971, seven miles from the nearest paved road; far enough from any immediate help from law enforcement that the local police told us “Make sure you’re right, and call us when he stops twitching.”     I own five firearms.  Each of them has a specific purpose, ranging from bears and deer to varmints and snakes (rattlers and small children don’t mix), to intruders if necessary.  The point I’d like to make here is that I’m fully aware that firearms have legitimate uses.  Further, I understand that many people enjoy shooting them.  I do not.   I use my guns only when necessary.  I don't like the noise, and I do not enjoy the taking of life from any living creature; I will do so if I have to, but with regret.  

Reflections on the “March for our Lives” Movement by an Aging Anti-War Activist

15 years ago, on January 25, 2003, 1,500 Duluth-area, anti-war activists participated in a downtown march and rally at the Civic Center, protesting what the George W. Bush administration and his allies in the right-wing, pro-war Project for the New American Century (google it) promised to be the start of an endless series of senseless, illegal, unaffordable and perpetual wars for empire and resource acquisition in the Middle East.

 

6 weeks later, on March 8, 2003, sensing an increased urgency that was well-understood by the entire peace-loving world, 1,400 Duluth-area altruistic activists participated in another Civic Center rally against the promised war.

 

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