Back in the day, I used to have a real problem with losing important floppies. Then I got smart.

The death of historian Gordon Wood 3 weeks before the 250th anniv. of the Declaration of Independence is a terrible tragedy. He kept the revolutionary fire burning & defended its legacy when NY Times 1619 Project attacked it from right wing identity politics standpoint. RIP!

More proof that the immigration court system is an anti-democratic farce. Immigration Judge Amy Lee orders dead non-citizen deported, finding "insufficient proof of death." You can't make this up!

I saw the word "classism" go by. I don't use it. Racism and sexism are about how people are viewed because of their race or sex. The problem with the working class is that they ARE the working class. The fight isn't to eliminate class prejudice, it is to abolish social classes.

I love it when someone finds an elegant, succinct way to express what I've been thinking.

The federal government has stolen a parent of 100,000 US citizen children in 16 months. That number equals the population of Flint, Michigan. Over 4 years the kids deprived of a parent would equal almost 400k, equivalent to a city the size of Minneapolis.

Today, as a Ukrainian-Jewish and a scholar of the Holocaust, I feel deeply ashamed. I never could have imagined that in my country — the country where the Nazis murdered 1.5 million Jews, the country of Babyn Yar, the very symbol of the Holocaust in the Soviet Union, a country that claims to be fighting for “freedom and democracy” — a Nazi collaborator and OUN leader like Andriy Melnyk would be buried with full state honors. Men under Melnyk’s leadership served in the Auxiliary police under Nazi. They hunted Jews hiding in attics, basements, forests, and barns, desperate to survive the Holocaust. They guarded ghettos and camps. They marched Jews to execution sites. And they took part in the shootings alongside the Germans. By the spring of 1943, the Holocaust in Ukraine was nearly complete. The Jewish neighbors were gone — murdered before the eyes, and often with the assistance, of Melnyk’s followers. And it was precisely then that Melnyk supported the creation of the Waffen-SS Galicia Division, whose members swore an oath to Adolf Hitler. And today, the president of my country — a man whose own relatives were murdered by the Nazis — kneels before the coffin of this Nazi collaborator. One could hardly imagine a greater humiliation for Jews. It is a humiliation for everyone who once believed that “Never Again” meant something in contemporary Ukraine — a country where militant ethnic nationalism increasingly dictates the politics of memory, and national identity.

I had a fun interview with Shivam Bhatt. youtube.com/watch?v=6o5CwMZ3…

This is an excellent development, but this protest movement must turn to the Israeli, Arab and int'l working class, otherwise it will be isolated and ineffectual. Class struggle is the way forward. International socialism is the way forward. wsws.org/en/articles/2023/03… #TelAviv #Gaza

I just saw, flitting by, someone invoking Jesus to justify the mass extermination of Palestinians, and the only question is why was I surprised.

Outstanding

Don't forget re USCIS rule change: the Biden admin is responsible for overturning 2022 9th Circuit decision holding US citizens have a due process interest in their spouses' visa adjudication through the consular process! We won @ CA9 & Biden got SCOTUS right-wing to side w him.

Loved seeing that first worker telling off the guy trying to tell them not to talk to the WSWS reporter. Despite crap about them just being aloof armchair revolutionaries don’t see interviews like this with workers from anyone else

In the battle of Man vs automated phone systems, readyrefresh has set a new benchmark. "Would you like to speak to someone about setting up a new account?" "Yes" "Thank you for taking this brief 3-question survey.. Was your issue resolved?" Um....

Outstanding thread on basic economics.

That’s funny because in 1861 the idea of ending slavery was used to recruit soldiers for the U.S. army. Also, you: “None of the seceding states cite slavery as their primary cause.” Mississippi: “Our position is thoroughly identified with the institution of slavery” Oof.

New blog post: On "pantsing" a story. dreamcafe.com/2026/05/01/a-l…

Warm greetings to all on this day of international working class solidarity.

The vaccines are safe and effective. What is not safe is the virus, #SARS2. People are accepting repeat infections with a highly pathogenic virus—this b/c the capitalist class has duped them into thinking SARS2 is harmless. It is not. Zero #COVID now. Defend public health now.