Author: Tom Kertes

If we take to the streets…

…we let it be known that many Americans are ashamed our President’s failure to lead.  We let Democrats know this.  We let our fellow Americans know this.  And we let the people of New Orleans and the...

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Call to Action: Protests Being Organized

Protests are being organized throughout the US on Wed Sept 7th to hold Bush to account for his criminal neglect of the needs of Americans of color and the poor.  I will at the Seattle protest, and hope to see thousands...

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Rehnquist Killed the Republic

The Rehnquist Court should be remembered for one thing: Nailing the republic’s coffin.  George W. Bush was not elected president in 2000.  And yet he assumed the office with the blessing of the Supreme Court....

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Race and Class Warfare

I use the words “class warfare” and “race warfare” sparingly because I think that the concepts behind those words are so serious as to require restraint.  We shouldn’t cheapen their meaning...

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