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The Cuban Revolution at 50new

I have learned one thing from my various visits to Cuba over the years, and that is not to predict the demise of the regime. Nevertheless, change may be lurking around the corner at last, for Barack Obama represents the greatest danger that the regime has faced since the collapse of the Soviet Union and the end of its subsidies seventeen years ago.
NOW Magazine  |  Gwynne Dyer  |  01-09-2009  |  International

Mudslinging Socialismnew

Obama has also been slandered with the "socialist" moniker for wanting to reform national health care, fund education and reinvest in our nation's infrastructure -- all very socialist ideas according to McPalin.
Random Lengths News  |  James Preston Allen  |  10-31-2008  |  Commentary

What We Talk About When We Talk About Socialismnew

There's something worth examining in the McCain campaign's desire to boil the archetypal Joe the Plumber and the prosecutorial Joe McCarthy up into a strange brew they hope will get an anxious electorate drunk enough to put the Arizona senator in the White House.
L.A. Weekly  |  Joe Donnelly  |  10-31-2008  |  Commentary

(I'm Glad) I Was Wrong About Obamanew

Sometimes it's hard to admit mistakes, but this time, I'm happy to say I was wrong back in January when I wrote that Barack Obama was not electable.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte)  |  John Grooms  |  10-29-2008  |  Commentary

'The Land of Orange Groves and Jails'new

San Francisco Bay Guardian publisher Bruce Brugmann talks with Lauren Coodley about Upton Sinclair and her anthology of his extraordinary life and times in California.
San Francisco Bay Guardian  |  Bruce B. Brugmann  |  03-30-2005  |  Author Profiles & Interviews

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