Category: Riverside
Come McMasters of War
Why should I go to my precinct caucus?
When will they say, ‘No More War!’?
BY ED FELIEN MoveOn.org writes: “Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA) has introduced a bipartisan bill to block additional U.S. forces from being sent into Syria. “H.R. 1473 prohibits the Department of Defense from funding any attempt by the administration to expand our presence in Syria by putting U.S. combat boots on…
Resurgent Democratic Socialists chapter tests the waters of Minneapolis politics
Are the MPD collaborating with ICE?
BY ED FELIEN The roundup of “undesirables” has begun. They will be sent to detention camps. The Star Tribune reported Friday that 26 immigrants had been arrested in Minnesota by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents. “The Incarnation Church member arrested on Lake Street last week had lived in the…
Are we sick of reading about him yet?
Reducing health disparities should be a priority
Minneapolis schools: No election, still plenty of politics
Our Revolution endorses candidates
BY LILY KEIRE, ORMN VOLUNTEER Our Revolution MN (ORMN) DFL endorsed candidates at the March 4th DFL State Central Committee meeting. By working to get progressive candidates in office at all levels of government, ORMN seeks to create a progressive Minnesota that works for ALL people. These candidates are progressives…
QUEEN OF CUISINE: Welcome Home
BY CARLA WALDEMAR Lake & Irving 1513 W. Lake St. 612-354-2453 www.lakeandirving.com “You Can’t Go Home Again,” the conflicted Thomas Wolfe entitled his final novel. Thank goodness brothers Chris and Andrew Ikeda paid no heed. The Minnesota-born bros, Culinary Institute of America grads, earned their cooking chops in the fantasy…
CONFESSIONS OF AN UNREPENTANT MAOIST: Hundred Flowers, 1970 (continued) The power of the press
Anti-war protest March 18: Stop the Endless U.S. Wars in the Middle East!
BY MICHAEL LIVINGSTON Soon after President Trump took office General John Nicholson, the commander of U.S. forces in Afghanistan, told Congress that the U.S. faces a stalemate and needs several thousand more troops (New York Times, 2/10/2017, p. A3). The seemingly endless wars in the Middle East continue under Trump…