Jim Craven (Omahkohkiaayo i’poyi) teaches economics in Vancouver. He is a veteran and long-time activist on behalf of anti-imperialism, which includes the ongoing imperial predations of the US and Canada against the First Nations. We (virtually) met on the former “Crashlist” hosted by Mark Jones, to whom Jim refers in this post pasted in below. [...]

Hat tip to De for passing this along. Please distribute this story far and wide. Make this a more public scandal; and notify your Congressperson about it so they can’t hide. The House of Death When 12 bodies were found buried in the garden of a Mexican house, it seemed like a case of drug-linked [...]

Now there is an unattractive phrase if ever there was one. So is “renal failure,” but if it’s something that’s going on, it is very important to understand it. For those who have been following the breakout discussions on finance capital from heterodox socialists, or for those who are interested, I am enclosing a couple [...]

There is nothing more tragically amusing than watching the right-wing catch liberals off guard. Bill O’Reilly has caught the whole crew flat-footed with one of those trick questions: Do you want the United States to win in Iraq? Set aside for the moment that this ignores the fact that the US government has already lost [...]

[Warning: Angry Post] On November 21, Atlanta cops serving a no-knock warrant gunned down 88-year-old African American (of course) Kathryn Johnston in her own home. The controversy now is about whether or not a police informant set up the warrant, or was told to lie about it afterwards. Franky, I couldn’t give two shits. We [...]

[Dismal and dull as it is, this may be one of the most signficant events of the decade.] Hard US lessons, harder landings By Max Fraad Wolff Reposted from Asia Times Online The arriving Democrats in the US Congress are likely to plan little and execute on even less in the way of seismic economic [...]

The top contenders for the 2008 Democratic Presidential nomination, according to the latest poll, are Hillary Clinton (33% of likely D-voters support her), Barack Obama (15%), John Edwards (14%), Al Gore (14%), and John Kerry (7%)… sorry, John. The same poll has 63% of the likely D-voting population opposing the war in Iraq. That position [...]

Any time you hear the term bipartisan, check your six and check your wallet. It means the ruling class is united and on the move. Given the history of this term, I can’t imagine why it doesn’t send shudders down our collective spine. They call it bipartisanship; but it’s more like The Bipartisan Ship — the primary war vessel of the ultra-elite.

I spent yesterday at the Durham Road Fire Station, voting point for Precint 08-08, Wake County (Raleigh) North Carolina. I arrived at 7:30 AM about one hour after the polls opened and stayed until 6:30 PM, one hour before they closed.