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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A Time to Build
A TIME TO BUILD
As economic power continues to concentrate in fewer giant corporations and banks, working and living conditions continue to deteriorate. The Democratic Party mimics the Republican, in order to qualify for the same corporate funding. The working classes of all ethnic groups go virtually unrepresented as their futures are destroyed, and […]
Jeannette Rankin - How Dearly We Need You NOW!!
by Jeanmarie Simpson
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The book, Jeannette Rankin: America’s Conscience, by Norma Smith, is wisely titled. It is agonizingly clear that Jeannette Rankin’s conscience is missing in today’s political and socio-economic climate – in the overtly political, certainly, but also in the personal, the private and the intimate. Our choices are forever linked to their […]
The Economic Crisis, the American Working Class, and the Left: The Situation Today and the Situation in 1930
by Dan La Botz
The world appears to be on the verge of an economic crisis and, if it turns out to be as serious as some think, one that could rival or exceed the great panics of the late nineteenth century and the decade-long Great Depression. The crisis began with unscrupulous mortgage lending on […]
The Situation Tomorrow: A Critique of La Botz’s The Economic Crisis, the American Working Class, and the Left
By Jim Smith
Dan La Botz’s article, The Economic Crisis, the American Working Class, and the Left: The Situation Today and the Situation in 1930, should be welcomed by socialists and labor activists. It’s easy to find fault with certain formulations and to have ideological differences with the article, but I believe its value is […]
Folk Singer Utah Phillips
By Karl Abrams
Famous folk singer U. Utah Phillips blew into town recently and met with Beachhead Collective members. The following is an account of his visit and his performance at McCabes Guitar Shop.
I was blown away – permanently. Barely getting a back row seat, at the last minute, into the packed house at McCabes Guitar […]
The Greatest Generation? Not Who You Think
By Jim Smith
They stopped a war, ended racial segregation, set off an explosion of creativity in arts and music, and changed the world.
The World War II generation? Think again. It was the much maligned generation of the 60s that did all this, and more.
While we respect the generation of our fathers and grandfathers, we cannot […]
An Electoral Strategy for the Peace and Freedom Party
By David Wilcox
I moved to California last year after living in Vermont, where I had attended college. Only a few months after I left, Vermont became the first state ever to elect a self-described socialist to the U.S. Senate – Bernard “Bernie” Sanders. Previously, Sanders had served three terms as mayor of Burlington (Vermont’s largest […]