Sharon Smith’s excellent article in CounterPunch takes you step-by-step through Rep. Dennis Kucinich’s biggest flaw: he’s a Democrat party loyalist to the end. Smith concludes that
Kucinich must therefore be faulted for compromising his principles in one crucial respect. He remains beholden to the Democrats-a ruling-class, imperialist party that coexists in a power-sharing arrangement with [...]
The New York Times’ review of Dell machines featuring the Ubuntu GNU/Linux distribution is a recent illustration of the problems one faces confusing price and freedom, then deciding that freedom (the more important of the two) isn’t worth talking about.
But why would anyone want to use Linux, an open-source operating system, to run a PC? [...]
AWARE, the Anti-War Anti-Racism Effort in Urbana, Illinois, wrote an informative essay on why Congress chooses not to stop the war. AWARE has been distributing the following at the Urbana farmer’s market and have graciously allowed others to distribute it as well.
Why can’t Congress stop the war in Iraq?
Actually, they can. All they [...]
On Monday (2007-10-01) the US Senate authorized another $150 billion for the occupation of Iraq. This money is authorized, not guaranteed, to be used to further fund war. But anything short of funding an immediate withdrawal should offend progressives. Why don’t progressives see how fraudulent the Democrats are by design? Their [...]
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