On the Democratic Party’s Long History of Bait and Switch

Last week, the labor organization Workers Strike Back sent an email about the desperate need to build a grassroots movement for Medicare for All. The Democratic Party, they argue, is simply not a reliable actor on the issue. It refuses to mount a serious policy fight to get a program like this passed, instead relying…Read more On the Democratic Party’s Long History of Bait and Switch

“A Really Good Investment for the United States”: On Ukraine, War Profiteering and Historical Revisionism

On Dec. 21, Hilary Clinton appeared on Anderson Cooper to fawn over Volodymyr Zelenskyy's trip to the U.S. Just the night before, the Ukrainian President had given an impassioned plea to the U.S. Congress for humanitarian and military support in their fight against Russia. Beaming psychotically, Clinton proclaimed the Ukrainian war a “really good investment…Read more “A Really Good Investment for the United States”: On Ukraine, War Profiteering and Historical Revisionism