by Liano Sharon | Dec 11, 2019 | Blog, Editorial, MDP SCC, Michigan Democratic Party, Michigan Politics, Party Politics, Progressive Movement, The Party Line
The following statement by the Young Democrats of Michigan (YDM) was read at the Michigan Democratic Party State Central Committee meeting where the recording ban was passed. The statement was read by Zahra Abbas, Secretary of YDM and a State Central Committee...
by Liano Sharon | Nov 26, 2019 | Blog, Editorial, Party Politics, Progressive Movement
Last Friday, a group of Sunrise activists and allies occupied Rep. Debbie Dingell’s (D-MI12) office in Ypsilanti, and several were arrested and taken to jail, as I wrote about here. They were asking Rep. Dingell a single question: do you support the Green New Deal...
by Liano Sharon | Nov 21, 2019 | Blog, Economics, Editorial, Featured, National Politics, Progressive Movement
Right-wingers and centrists, many economists, and many US-based socialists, have a strange gap in their knowledge of capitalism. They have no idea what it is. Neoliberals like Warren cheerlead for capitalism, and when they’re asked about capitalism they start rambling...
by Liano Sharon | Jul 29, 2019 | Blog, Economics, Editorial, Featured
Here’s a fact. We the people, through our agent the US government, have an enforced monopoly on the creation of US dollars. Every US dollar in circulation, every electronic US dollar in every bank account anywhere in the world, ties back to an account at the...
by Liano Sharon | Jul 22, 2019 | Blog, Campaign Finance, Editorial, Environment, National Politics, Newest 4 Posts, Party Politics, Progressive Movement
Tom Perez, chair of the Democratic National Committee, doesn’t want there to be a debate focused on climate change. He says, if they were to do that, how would they say no to other single issue debates? First, you just say no, if that’s what you need to do....
by William McMullin | Oct 8, 2018 | Editorial, National Politics
The Trump administration has been weakening the Animal Welfare Act (AWA), a law that provides for proper care of animals by dog breeders, dealers, zoos, traveling animal acts, and research laboratories and has received bi-partisan support for the past five decades. We...
