Doctor Jekyll and Mr. Good Neighborby Clifton Ross and Marcy Rein (Originally posted at www.upsidedownworld.org) In the wake of the…
El Salvador: Fast Forward to the (19)80s
I arrived in El Salvador half-expecting to see soldiers guarding the corridors of the airport with made-in-the-U.S. machine guns, the…
From Tegucigalpa to El Paraiso: Curfew to State of Seige
(Author’s note: This is a bit rough, I know, but I felt it urgent to get this out now rather…
The Classroom at the End of the Occupation: A Report from the Sidelines of Oakland
The first tweet from the Occupy Oakland had gone out just a few minutes before 3 and we managed to…
The New Realism: Voyage of an Epigraph from Paris to Oakland
What is crucial: to transcend without transcending.– Ernst Bloch In the 20th Century, real socialism failed. In the 21st Century,…
Elections in Venezuela: Did anyone notice?
By many accounts, the December 8, 2013 municipal elections in Venezuela strengthened Nicolas Maduro’s hold on power and guaranteed the…
Swimming in Sumter Little Theatre
When I taught critical thinking at Berkeley City College, one of the resources for the class that I used was…
To my Chavista Friends
First of all I know many of you must be doing some soul searching right now. I’ve spent the past…
Venezuelan Enantiadromia: A Sequel
Nine years ago PM Press, to their credit, put out my film under their label, even though Ramsey Kanaan—how should…
Year’s End in Venezuela
2017 has been a rough year for Venezuela, one from which no one in the country will emerge unscathed: Bolivarian,…