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The Socialist Insurgent: Three Takeaways from Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s Primary Victory

Posted By: Adam Marlettaon: July 15, 2018In: Cause Blog, CommentaryNo Comments

by Adam Marletta Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s recent defeat of ten-term Democratic Party establishment insider, Joseph Crowley in the New York Democratic primary for the 14th district i... Read more

It is Happening Here: Reunite Families, Deport Trump

Posted By: Adam Marlettaon: June 25, 2018In: Cause Blog, CommentaryNo Comments

By Adam Marletta My mother developed polio as a child. It left her paralyzed from the waist down. She is one of the few remaining polio survivors still alive. She often reflects on ho... Read more

Chamber Has It Wrong on Paid Sick Time

Posted By: Tony Zelion: June 11, 2018In: Cause Blog, CommentaryNo Comments

By Tony Zeli, Publisher & Editor It’s time to set the record straight. In a May 21st special to the Press Herald, “Portland mayor’s divisive politics bode ill for businesses,” Portland R... Read more

Solidarity with Palestine

Posted By: Adam Marlettaon: May 28, 2018In: Cause Blog, CommentaryNo Comments

by Adam Marletta Israel’s May 14 assault on peaceful Palestinian protesters is the latest escalation of its 70-year long campaign of ethnic cleansing in Gaza. While American and... Read more

A Win for Labor in “Trump Country”

Posted By: Adam Marlettaon: March 18, 2018In: Cause Blog, Commentary, UncategorizedNo Comments

By Adam Marletta The successful teachers strike in West Virginia that resulted in a five percent pay increase for all of the state’s public workers is a major victory for the labor mo... Read more

Solidarity with Parkland Student Activists

Posted By: Adam Marlettaon: March 05, 2018In: Commentary, UncategorizedNo Comments

By Adam Marletta The activism of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School students in the wake of gunman Nikolas Cruz’s February 14 murder of 17 students is truly inspiring. Wa... Read more

Tilting at Russian Windmills

Posted By: Adam Marlettaon: February 19, 2018In: Cause Blog, CommentaryNo Comments

By Adam Marletta If the left is serious about resisting not just Donald Trump, but the entire racist, misogynist, nativist, capitalist system that spawned him in the first place, then... Read more

… As the War Machine Keeps Turning

Posted By: Adam Marlettaon: February 12, 2018In: Cause Blog, CommentaryNo Comments

By Adam Marletta The latest round of Congressional budget negotiations — which seem to have become a routine feature of the U.S. capitalist government — ended with both Republicans and Democ... Read more

The Perils of Ultra-Leftism

Posted By: Adam Marlettaon: January 29, 2018In: Cause Blog, CommentaryNo Comments

By Adam Marletta Last weekend’s Women’s Marches, while nowhere near the size and magnitude of last year’s historic Women’s March on Washington which drew four million people, w... Read more

Notes From a S!#@hole Country

Posted By: Adam Marlettaon: January 22, 2018In: Cause Blog, CommentaryNo Comments

By Adam Marletta One year into Donald Trump’s nightmarish presidency the United States government has shut down. It is, indeed, an ironic — and highly fitting —symbol to mark t... Read more

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