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It’s (Still) the Economy, Stupid

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

By Adam Marletta Seven years after Wall Street’s debauched binge of speculator fraud wiped out 40 percent of the world’s wealth, the capitalist press continues to laud the suppos... Read more

Forget Elections, Let’s Build a Revolutionary Movement

Posted By: Adam Marlettaon: January 24, 2016In: Commentary, Commentary, Featured, Uncategorized1 Comment

By Adam Marletta Historian, Howard Zinn once wrote, “If the gods had intended us to vote they would have given us candidates.” I am inclined to agree. As the upcoming presidential primaries... Read more

Obama’s Legacy: Saving Capitalism From Itself

Posted By: Adam Marlettaon: January 18, 2016In: Commentary, Commentary, Featured, UncategorizedNo Comments

by Adam Marletta Following President Barack Obama’s final State of the Union address last week, the courtiers of corporate media have begun the obligatory philosophical bloviating on the pre... Read more

Dickensian Days Are Here Again: An Homage to Charles Dickens

Posted By: Adam Marlettaon: December 21, 2015In: Commentary, Commentary, Featured, UncategorizedNo Comments

Adam Marletta Charles Dickens, whose classic holiday tale, A Christmas Carol is ubiquitous on television and local theater stages this time of year, is one of my favorite authors. The... Read more

Death of the Fourth Estate

Posted By: Adam Marlettaon: December 13, 2015In: Commentary, Commentary, Featured, UncategorizedNo Comments

Adam Marletta A massive crowd of close to 1,000 people gathered in Monument Square to decry racism and Islamophobia and stand in solidarity with asylum-seekers on Sunday, December 6. The ral... Read more

A History of Violence

Posted By: Adam Marlettaon: December 06, 2015In: Commentary, Commentary, Featured, Uncategorized1 Comment

Adam Marletta There is a darkly humorous scene in David Cronenberg’s excellent 2005 film, A History of Violence. Viggo Mortensen‘s Tom Stall reprimands his teenage son, Ja... Read more

Confronting the War Machine at Bath Iron Works

Posted By: Adam Marlettaon: November 02, 2015In: Commentary, Commentary, Featured, Uncategorized2 Comments

Adam Marletta BATH- As trick-or-treaters and Halloween celebrants scrambled for last minute costume ideas, the real fright was at Bath Iron Works, where the lionized shipyard u... Read more

The Big Problem With Small Business

Posted By: Adam Marlettaon: October 25, 2015In: Commentary, Commentary, Featured, UncategorizedNo Comments

Adam Marletta Something unthinkable happened during the recent Democratic debate in Las Vegas: Hillary Clinton said something I agree with. During an unprecedented (for a corporate-ow... Read more

Calling All Spooks!

Posted By: Tony Zelion: October 20, 2015In: UncategorizedNo Comments

The Annual West End Halloween Parade is set to take place Saturday, October 31st. City Councilor Dave Marshal and West End resident Wynne Wirth are co-organizing this event with help from th... Read more

The West End Halloween Parade Is On!

Posted By: Tony Zelion: October 12, 2015In: UncategorizedNo Comments

West End resident Wynne Wirth and City Councilor Dave Marshall will be co-organizing the Annual Halloween Parade on Halloween evening, Saturday, October 31st, beginning at 6:15 p.m. Last yea... Read more

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