Adam Marletta, Author at The West End News

The Great American Stick-Up

Posted By: Adam Marlettaon: December 04, 2017In: Commentary, UncategorizedNo Comments

By Adam Marletta Regular readers of this column do not need me to tell them the Republicans’ tax plan, which passed the Senate early Saturday morning, is basically a giant Ponzi scheme for t... Read more

November Spawned a Monster

Posted By: Adam Marlettaon: November 19, 2017In: Commentary, UncategorizedNo Comments

One year after Trump’s stunning electoral victory, the left remains paralyzed in a state of shock. By Adam Marletta One year after Donald Trump’s astonishing election as president, the... Read more

Beyond “Toxic Masculinity”

Posted By: Adam Marlettaon: November 12, 2017In: CommentaryNo Comments

How Women’s Oppression is Inextricably Linked to Capitalism By Adam Marletta The widespread allegations of sexual assault leveled at a growing list of Hollywood celebrities and produce... Read more

Evict the Landlord! Vote “Yes” on Rent Control

Posted By: Adam Marlettaon: November 05, 2017In: Commentary, UncategorizedNo Comments

By Adam Marletta Portland is becoming as expensive to live in — and potentially as “bougie” — as my hometown of Kennebunk. From 2014 – 2016 my mother rented a small house in Kennebunk... Read more

Capitalism IS the Crisis

Posted By: Adam Marlettaon: October 23, 2017In: Commentary, Uncategorized1 Comment

By Adam Marletta After a summer-long hiatus, West End News readers can relax: I am back with more long-winded political diatribes. I know — just what you have been missing in your life... Read more

Trump to Planet Earth: Drop Dead!

Posted By: Adam Marlettaon: June 05, 2017In: CommentaryNo Comments

By Adam Marletta In a recent conversation with Democracy Now!’s Amy Goodman, Professor Noam Chomsky outlined the two gravest threats to the survival of the human species: Nuclear war and cli... Read more

Impeach The Entire System, Starting With Trump

Posted By: Adam Marlettaon: May 23, 2017In: Commentary, UncategorizedNo Comments

By Adam Marletta One of the biggest challenges of activism in the Trump era is just keeping up with the constantly shifting developments of the daily news cycle. Indeed, every day seems to b... Read more

The Failure of Identity Politics and the Case for Solidarity

Posted By: Adam Marlettaon: May 16, 2017In: CommentaryNo Comments

By Adam Marletta I maintain that one of the greatest obstacles to developing a mass, diverse working-class movement to fight not only the Trump regime, but also the system that spawned it in... Read more

The Fire This Time – A Look at the James Baldwin Biopic

Posted By: Adam Marlettaon: March 20, 2017In: CommentaryNo Comments

By Adam Marletta Author, Chris Hedges, in a recent column for Truthdig, calls Raoul Peck’s Academy Award-nominated film about James Baldwin, I Am Not Your Negro, “one of the finest documenta... Read more

Beating Back the Trump Attack

Posted By: Adam Marlettaon: February 12, 2017In: CommentaryNo Comments

By Adam Marletta Well, it was bound to happen sooner or later: I have been reported to the FBI. Apparently, a reader believes my opinion column (which is clearly labeled “Commentary”) consti... Read more

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