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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

Condemning Donald Trump

Posted By: Editoron: January 15, 2016In: Commentary, Commentary, FeaturedNo Comments

Not Enough to Condemn Donald Trump, Let’s Beat Him by Wells Lyons Fear has set the stage for the presidential candidacy of Donald Trump. Fear of being maimed or killed in a terrorist a... Read more

Pharma Bro Goes to Jail

Posted By: Editoron: January 14, 2016In: Commentary, Commentary, Featured, Our Readers2 Comments

by Asher Platts Martin Shkreli finally goes to jail! Photos of the “Pharma Bro’s” perp walk populated many of our Facebook feeds in celebration of this unscrupulous capitalist finally gettin... Read more

The Democratic Party: Where Impeachment is Always “Off The Table”

Posted By: Adam Marlettaon: January 13, 2016In: Commentary, Commentary, FeaturedNo Comments

Adam Marletta A group of Maine legislators will introduce articles of impeachment for Gov. Paul LePage on Thursday for, among other abuses of power, his role in preventing Speaker of the Hou... Read more

The Empire Triumphant: On Mass Culture and Star Wars

Posted By: Adam Marlettaon: January 04, 2016In: Commentary, Commentary, FeaturedNo Comments

Adam Marletta What would we do without local NPR-affiliate, the Maine Public Broadcasting Network (MPBN), to keep us informed of the pertinent news and information that is truly relev... 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

Why I Am a Socialist

Posted By: Adam Marlettaon: November 30, 2015In: Commentary, Commentary, FeaturedNo Comments

Adam Marletta The reports of socialism’s death, to paraphrase Mark Twain, have been greatly exaggerated. Perhaps you did not get the memo, but Marxism is back. The “spectr... Read more

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