There are a few on the Left who are calling for a boycott of elections (very few, fortunately). They contend that elections don’t count, that they are controlled by the powers that be in America. They seem to have a different concept of the electoral process than I have. They are convinced it is “rigged,”…
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By Katherine Perlo We’ve all asked this at times, in response to public support for cruel policies towards animals or humans. How can ordinary people vote for right-wing parties? How can they condone cruelty to animals? Of possible explanations, some apply to human issues, some to animals, some to…
I should begin this post with a few words about the election boycott being advocated by a few on the Left. Firstly, I think it is one of the stupidest ideas I have ever heard. It embarrasses me that it originates with Leftists. Secondly, it is ill-advised. It holds those of us on the Left…
Since the Utopian Socialists first posited an alternative to capitalism, socialism has undergone a number of iterations, none more influential than the socialist model described by Karl Marx. But even Marx’s model itself has been morphed by Marxists contending with a different world than Marx confronted. Like the evolutionary escalation of an arms race between…
I use the term “fascism” frequently in my articles and calls to political arms. The word is not chosen injudiciously, I use it purposefully and accurately. Fascism isn’t goose-stepping troops, military parades, or stiff-arm salutes. It is corporate control of government. And that relationship is as apparent in present day America as it was in…
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Note: This is a review of The Chain by Robin Lamont. By Norm Phelps Ayn Rand was right. Capitalism and compassion are antithetical. A society that places its faith in the market is a society that thrives on cruelty. Conservatives like George Will and Antonin Scalia like to pretend…
The Earth is 4.6 billion years old. Scaled to 4.6 years, humans have been here 4 minutes. Capitalism has been here ten seconds. In that ten seconds, humans have destroyed half the world’s forests. In the last two seconds humans have killed off half the world’s wildlife. Capitalism is the most pernicious evil ever to…
OK, Vincent, I’m with you on the revolution in 200 years or so. But what’s the plan for right now? I thought you’d never ask! Voluntary action by caring people should be an added benefit for the animals, not the driving force behind animal protection. Most of what we do should be done by government.…
An apt metaphor for the precious little we accomplish for the animals. All of the cats and dogs rescued by animal activists around the world each year, added to the few saved by ALF commandos, the whales saved by Sea Shepherd, those saved by hunt saboteurs, all combined together does not come close to the…
There is a tremendous distinction between working within the Democratic Party and working FOR the Democratic Party. The Democratic leadership is bought-and-paid-for by corporate interests and Wall Street. Their agenda differs from the Republicans on fiscal matters in only minor variations. They accept bribes as readily as do their Republican counterparts and are as deaf…
Armory of the Revolution 