by Clifton Ross Even in the best of times a coup in Honduras wouldn’t get much coverage in the U.S.…
Clifton Ross’s Blog
Dr Jekyll and Mr. Good Neighbor
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…