Adam Marletta, Author at The West End News

Adam Marletta Articles 90

Resistance and Class Struggle in the Age of Trump

Posted By: Adam Marlettaon: January 02, 2017In: Commentary, Commentary, Election 20161 Comment

By Adam Marletta If there is any solace to be found in the coming administration of Donald Trump—small though it may be—it is in the fact that those who oppose him and all the hate, fear mon... Read more

Solidarity with Standing Rock

Posted By: Adam Marlettaon: December 01, 2016In: Commentary, UncategorizedNo Comments

By Adam Marletta The extreme state violence unleashed on the indigenous protesters at Standing Rock, North Dakota, is not only shocking, but should also be very instructive to all Americans... Read more

Now What? Reckoning with a Trump Presidency and the difficult struggle ahead

Posted By: Adam Marlettaon: November 20, 2016In: Commentary, Election 20161 Comment

by Adam Marletta Warning: This article quotes President-elect Trump directly. Language may be unsuitable for some readers. Discretion is advised. Twelve days after the 2016 presidential elec... Read more

The Folly of Lesser Evilism: The Socialist Case for Jill Stein

Posted By: Adam Marlettaon: October 17, 2016In: Commentary, Election 2016No Comments

Green Party presidential candidate, Dr. Jill Stein, protests outside the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia. by Adam Marletta The electoral strategy of “lesser evilism,” which fe... Read more

The Psychosis of Capitalism

Posted By: Adam Marlettaon: October 07, 2016In: CommentaryNo Comments

by Adam Marletta Capitalism is, at its heart, a form of psychosis. In its relentless pursuit of ever greater amounts of profit, capitalism turns everything, including human lives and the eco... Read more

Why Lost Contract is Good News for Bath Iron Works–and the Planet

Posted By: Adam Marlettaon: September 19, 2016In: Commentary, Uncategorized1 Comment

by Adam Marletta Years ago, back when the nation was still gripped in a post-9/11 atmosphere of “love-it-or-leave-it” enforced patriotism, my father was banned from a local Internet c... Read more

On Those “Privileged” Third Party Voters

Posted By: Adam Marlettaon: August 28, 2016In: Commentary, Election 20161 Comment

Third Party Voter Takes on the Privileged Argument By Adam Marletta As a routine voter of third party candidates, I am used to having all sorts of ugly and ridiculous insults hurled my way.... Read more

Peaceful Protests and the Liberals Who Denounce Them

Posted By: Adam Marlettaon: August 07, 2016In: CommentaryNo Comments

By Adam Marletta Are you one of the many Portlanders who were annoyed by the recent Black Lives Matter demonstration that brought traffic on Middle Street to a halt? Did it prevent you from... Read more

After Bernie Sanders, it’s Time to Ditch the Democrats

Posted By: Adam Marlettaon: July 31, 2016In: Commentary, Election 2016, UncategorizedNo Comments

By Adam Marletta And just like that, Bernie Sanders’ “political revolution” has died, not with a bang, but with a whimper. Not only did the Vermont Senator do nothing to challenge the corona... Read more

Black Steel in the Hour of Chaos

Posted By: Adam Marlettaon: July 17, 2016In: CommentaryNo Comments

By Adam Marletta Local Black Lives Matter protesters finally made good on the promise in one of their call-and-response chants to “shut it down!” on Friday, when they stood in the middle of... Read more

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