Ten Things I Learned from Hugo Chávez
I like to gather signs of hope that things really can change for the better in a major way. With that in mind, I keep the website venezuelanalysis.com as my browser’s home page. Years ago…
How did the Venezuelan economy get so messed…
Venezuela is facing significant difficulties, and one of the worst is the widespread misinformation spread by governments and media. Here is a list of 13 basics to help shed light on this complicated situation. There…
Why did both Obama and Trump sanction Venezuela?
This question has deep relevance. In my first BLOG after returning from the Alliance for Global Justice "End Venezuela Sanctions" delegation, my goal was to provide the most fundamental information possible about what we can…
What is really happening in Venezuela?
I just returned from 11 days in Venezuela, my sixth trip there since 2005. Plaza Bolivar in Caracas, Venezuela Many people have asked me how they can understand what’s really happening in Venezuela based on…
Why I am going to Venezuela
Hope. That’s it, in one word. And there’s more! I am writing this because many people have been asking - and have been worried - about my planned trip to Venezuela. The political delegation -…
District 13’s Wish List for Congress
DISTRICT 13's WISH LIST FOR CONGRESS WHAT WE WANT: OUR DEMOCRACY IS IN PERIL Corporate money out of campaigning Endorsements of candidates Improve democracy and elections THE VERY BASICS WE NEED Improved and expanded Medicare…
Healthcare For You and Me
I received many different reactions from people when they first heard I had won the June primary write-in campaign and would be facing Barbara Lee in November. As you can imagine, some people were shocked that anyone…
Green New Deal
A platform of integrated policies Why was there a New Deal in the Great Depression of the 1930s and none in the Great Recession that started in 2008, the year Obama was elected president? In…
Corporate-Free Politics
Serve the People Not Corporations How do you get the government to serve people and not corporations? One way is to change the laws. Grassroots organizations “left and right” have been working for years to…
Eco-Socialism
System Change Not Climate Change On a personal level, it seems I have always been reluctant to characterize myself as anything ending in “ist”. In my twenties, I’m sure everyone could tell I was a…