With this announcement, and the release of a memorandum recording the June 25 telephone conversation between Donald Trump and Ukraine President Zelensky, a virtual die is cast. Now, the blazing question regarding whether the art of the jig is up, will be decided by Congress and the American people. “The actions of the Trump presidency…

Tina: Why are you running for president? EM: I am running for President because there is a real emergency in this country. Everything from the climate to world peace is at risk of falling into a very deep, problematic, destructive, and dystopian future for all people. My campaign’s focus is to bring awareness to these…

I am not writing about anything new. My  concern involves an age-old (no pun intended) problem  plaguing women who don’t work outside the home. It is a looming concern regarding my husband’s and my financial security as we reach old age.At least at the moment, we are together and neither of us is 100% disabled. …

Have you noticed lately how much we are being pressured into“self-care”? Ever wonder why? It’s because we are living in a society that doesn’t serve human needs. Capitalist society is overworking and underpaying us, stripping us of benefits and time off we need and deserve, overloading us with things to do, and overwhelming us with…

By 2012 I had been to my fair share of demonstrations; taken part in Occupy Los Angeles, learned a lot about Socialism, and was introduced to the Socialist Party USA (member since 2015). More recently, I’ve joined fellow Comrades in the ever growing Democratic Socialists of America. During this same period, I had begun my…

American jails and prisons do not deliver justice. Instead, they deliver revenge and create a toxic social environment. They hurt every human with any connection to the “cage,” and create more problems than they solve. They carry not only a high monetary cost, but they are a drain on the human heart and soul. Other…

During 2016, I wrote an article entitled “Explaining Marxian Engaged Buddhism” for The Secular Buddhist Association. The article reworked thoughts previously offered in The Socialist. Both articles provided a strategy for “engaged” Buddhists wishing to use Marxian theory to inform political activities, while avoiding inconsistency with Buddhist practice.  The central issue concerns Buddhism’s disapproval of…

Part 2 “The Debate” How Do We Get To Socialism? How we bring about a socialist society has been debated throughout time and is still being debated until this very day. I would argue we have to replace the capitalist system itself with a socialist one, but how that happens is still unknown.  I am…

Part 1: The Definition Socialism has been a hot topic as of late. As a self-identified socialist for twenty years and someone who was active in an independent socialist political party for most of that time, I have a lot to say about it. One thing that has bothered me lately is how many times…

Women have no obligation to be “nice” to men. Women don’t owe men anything. There is absolutely a place for anger of women and it is totally justified given how women are treated (mostly by men). However, what there is not a place for is dehumanization, and calling all men ”trash” is just that.  We…