Sinking Arizona
By Jim Smith
Oh Arizona, where the elderly go to die
a Death’s Head has gripped your state.
Immigrants raise their eyes and ask why
they must suffer such a criminal’s fate.
Sunstroke has come early to Arizona this year, or so it would seem. The Anglo majority in the Arizona government has tyrannized the Latino minority in ways that [...]
Capitalism is the cause of climate illness! Global Movement begins the cure!
By Ron Ridenour
Presenting the People’s Agreement—“mother earth does not belong to us, we belong to it”—worldwide was the first act of the Global People’s Movement for Mother Earth. This was carried out in May by Bolivia’s President Evo Morales and representative activists from five continents.
Representing 35,000 people from 147 countries, they presented the conclusions of [...]
The Whiff of Fascism
By Jim Smith
“All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men (and women) do nothing.” –Edmund Burke
Alarm bells are sounding throughout the country over the widespread disruptions of congressional town halls on health care. Is it possible that we are seeing the beginnings of a mass fascist movement in [...]
Universal Health Care Versus the Corporations
By Jim Smith
No matter what happens in Congress this year, the fight for real health care reform is just beginning. This year we are likely to see a bill that only the health insurance corporations can love. It will give them windfall profits by creating a true monopoly where everyone in the country is forced [...]
Welcome to the Journal of Peace and Freedom
The Journal of Peace and Freedom is a project of the Venice Peace and Freedom Chapter. It is not an “official organ” of the Party. Anyone may submit an original article for consideration of posting by the editorial board. Articles should have a “left” orientation, and should be political commentary, not news items or [...]
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Jane Harman – Caught In The Act?
By Jim Smith
Jane Harman, our Congressional representative, is in trouble. Before you rush off to save her, consider this. She was caught on a wiretap agreeing to try to get espionage charges reduced for two foreign agents. A 12-year prison sentence has already been handed down for a former Defense Intelligence Agency official, Lawrence [...]
The crisis is not an anomaly of capitalism
Interview with Osvaldo Martinez
Interviewed by Luisa Maria Gonzalez Garcia
March 18, 2009
2009 started off badly. The international economic crisis is top priority of governments, companies, international organizations and individuals whose worries have become having a roof to sleep under and food on the table.
The situation has taken by surprise many nations, but not so much Cuba. [...]
President Obama and Mr. Abajo
By Jim Smith
Down (abajo) goes the economy. In comes Barack Obama. Can he charm the economy into reviving? Is he embracing Corporate America while turning his back on the left-leaning people who elected him? Is it a trap that the rich have cleverly lured him into?
Half way through his first hundred days in office, [...]