Originally posted on Paulitics:
I am sick and tired of reading ignorant people who’ve never read anything Marx or Engels wrote (except possibly the Communist Manifesto) baselessly claim that ‘socialism doesn’t work’. My simple response to people who spout this empty rhetoric is to ask: how do you know? Ever since the West witnessed the…
Does a serial killer deserve to live? Does a murderer? How about a rapist or a child molester? What about someone who is responsible for the murders of 300 animals per year? If you believe all sentient life is equally valuable, that every creature who wants to live has the same right to life that…
Bella Bond was a beautiful two year old, murdered by her mother’s boyfriend. She came to be known as Baby Doe after her remains were found in a trash bag in Boston Harbor in June. Her mother and boyfriend are now facing charges in Bella’s death. The boyfriend for murder, the mother for being an…
Pope Francis, in speaking to a joint session of Congress, called for the end of the death penalty. The death penalty claims a hundred or so criminals per year. It is an outrageous exercise of state power, and no civilized society should be a party to it. But it is a ridiculous concern when compared…
Divide And Conquer The concept is basic. And is as old as is human conflict. A small band can defeat a much larger one if it can peel off a portion of the larger contingent, engage and defeat that portion, then continue to winnow the larger force down in manageable skirmishes. It is the formula…
Wall Street passes out bribes to Members of Congress, to US Senators, to presidential candidates. The bribes are legal because the recipients pass the laws. It is illegal to bribe a bureaucrat, but perfectly OK to bribe an elected official. Legalized bribery is the mechanism by which special interests, Wall Street, the banks, Big Oil,…
Intersectionalism is the convergence of common interests. On the left it is the commonality of opposition to oppression by the victims of bigotry, capitalism, misogyny, xenophobia, etc. Included among the victims of capitalism are animals. And animal activists should be an integral part of the political left. Most on the left, however, rather than espousing…
Many animal activists have been forcefully raising the alarm that animal agriculture is the largest single contributor to global warming and climate change, myself included. My Facebook group Animal Rights and the Environment is dedicated to that very issue. Animal agriculture causes more greenhouse gas effects than does the entire transportation sector, which includes all…
Law is the biggest obstacle to social change. It is the weapon of those in power against those who are not in power. It is touted as the great achievement of civilization, without which there would be chaos and injustice. In actuality, law is the method governments use to create and perpetrate injustice. It is…
Armory of the Revolution 