George Bush: Pardon All the Turkeys

BY BILL MAHER Dateline: November 20, 2007 | Crosspost with Huffington Post New Rule: The president can’t pardon just one or two turkeys this Thanksgiving. He’s got to let them all go. It’s probably too much to expect from the man who wanted “no child left behind,” then vetoed health care for kids. But think [...]

TAKING AIM: Animal Rights ||| Recommended

THIS IS AN AUDIO PRESENTATION: CLICK HERE TO VISIT AUDIO PAGE Ralph Shoenman Mya Shone A special program (first aired 20 November 2007) on animal rights and factory farming. Listen to the editors of this celebrated radio show on New York’s WBAI describe with their customary eloquence the unspeakable suffering of mind-boggling numbers of fully [...]

BOOK REVIEWS: New Red-Green Politics

By John McGough Coming to Terms with Nature Socialist Register 2007 edited by Leo Panitch and Colin Leys New York: Monthly Review Press, 2006. 363 pages, $25 paper. [Crosspost with original site, SOLIDARITY, a fraternal site] IN THEIR PREFACE to the 43rd volume of the Socialist Register, Coming to Terms with Nature, editors Leo Panitch [...]

Defining Class

Class solidarity often shows itself in surprising places. By Susan Rosenthal How do you define class? According to the 2006 General Social Survey, most Americans view society like a giant football, with a small group of rich people at one end, a small group of poor people at the other end, and the majority filling [...]

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