Revolution

Nevada's Humboldt County Democratic Convention - a participant review

Submitted by telebob on Sat, 04/02/2016 - 4:41pm

So, Humboldt County has a population of around 14,000, and went about 70% for Romney. There are some Democrats and left-leaning to leftist independents around though, and we're pretty strong for Bernie. Our caucuses elected 53 Bernie delegates and 27 for the other Democratic candidate. I've never caucused before, nor have I attended a party convention, so what follows are my first impressions of the process.

The Reason Why We Berniecrats, Berniacs, and Berners Need to Go All 50 States and Beyond

Submitted by poligirl on Sun, 03/20/2016 - 6:39pm

A lot is being said and written about how the primary is over (or should be over) and that we have a nominee. There are some folks that keep reminding us that the math is daunting or impossible, and that our uphill battle will not be won. Well, 2 things about that: they are missing the forest for the trees and/or they don’t seem to understand this revolution.

Hellraisers Journal: Eugene V. Debs for the Appeal to Reason: "AROUSE, YE SLAVE!"

Submitted by JayRaye on Fri, 03/11/2016 - 12:30pm

If they hang Moyer and Haywood,
they've got to hang me.
-Eugene Victor Debs

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Sunday March 11, 1906
From the "Rescue Edition" of the Appeal to Reason: Debs Issues Call to Action

Down the center of the entire front page of Saturday's edition of the Appeal, Comrade Debs issues a call to action to protest the attempted judicial murder of the officers of the Western Federation of Miners.

Appeal to Reason, Banner, Mar 10, 1906.png

Debs, Arouse Ye Slaves 1, AtR, Mar 10, 1906.png

The Declaration of Political Independence

Submitted by poligirl on Sat, 03/05/2016 - 12:59pm

(I wrote this a few years ago - 2012 - and even though it's been published before, I think it's more pertinent this primary season than it ever has been. apologies for publishing again.)

(My apologies to Thomas Jefferson)

Talkin' 'bout a Revolution

Submitted by enhydra lutris on Wed, 01/13/2016 - 12:23pm

Really, it's time. Even Bernie Sanders is talkin' 'bout a revolution. It's legal and not at all scary, though the government's though control police have been splitting skulls and worse for longer than anybody can remember in an attempt to keep the lid on. But, hell, they shoot and kill people just for being uppity, or insufficiently subservient, so there is no extra penalty involved in being out there.

The Declaration of Political Independence

Submitted by poligirl on Sat, 07/04/2015 - 1:39pm

(My apologies to Thomas Jefferson)

When in the course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another and to assume among the powers of the citizen long guaranteed by our Constitution, a decent respect to the opinions of humankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to that separation.