Wilson Riles

I would advise the Green Party to organize in those areas of the country where the ground of the people is most fertile and build from there. Labels are usually paper tags that you can put on or take off whenever it is useful. If they come in the form of a ‘tattoo’ – where…

. Biondi writes about the African Americans “who mobilized to make the war against fascism a launching pad for a postwar struggle against white supremacy at home.” These New Yorkers did not seek integration in the abstract. They “demanded first-class citizenship – jobs for all, affordable housing, protection from police violence, access to higher education,…

We keep the predators around or even honor them because we consciously and unconsciously believe that our survival as a people is dependent on their predatory natureOne of the subjects you will not hear on the Presidential campaign trail is a discussion about the underlying value structure and immorality of capitalism – even that disastrous,…

About six months ago, my friend, Bob Wing wrote a missive to a selected list (as far as I know) arguing that progressives (the left) should whole heartedly participate in the electoral process from within the Democrat Party. He pointedly invited comment; at the time I reviewed it but waited to see what others had…

One day, my five year old grandson asked me what super power I wanted to have. His world was intensely populated with superheroes from Ninja Turtles through Hancock, one of the many black superheroes, this one played by Will Smith in the movie with the same name. Emilio, my grandson, was trying to figure out…

On June 4, the Pew Research Center For The People & The Press came out with a report titled, “Trends in American Values 1987-2012: Partisan Polarization Surges in the Bush, Obama Years.” My first response was “Yea, tell me something I don’t already know.” There are decisions that both Presidents have made or not made…