The Anderson Files

Boulder restaurant workers get scrooged over the holidays

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The call and response was loud. “What’s disgusting?” “Union busting!” On a chilly Saturday evening on Dec. 17, some 40 boisterous demonstrators outside Ash’Kara restaurant at 1043...

Fascism, American style

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Racially tinged fear mongering about crime was crucial for Donald Trump’s campaign and now his presidency. In his inaugural address, Trump talked about how...

Trump’s trial run for a fascist state

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A few weeks ago, Trump tweeted that he will quickly deport millions of undocumented immigrants from this country. “They will be removed as fast...

Fighting the Gentleman’s Insurrection

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The House committee to investigate the violent January 6 attempted coup d'etat is in a race against time. If the Democrats lose the House...

Trump, Israel and the Palestinians

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On Dec. 23, the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) adopted Resolution 2334, which declared that Israeli settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem...

Another reason to vote

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The tide is turning. Donald Trump’s popularity is sinking fast, and it looks like the Democrats may win control of the U.S. House and...

Lessons from Nixon and Kent State

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Tin soldiers and Nixon coming, We’re finally on our own. This summer I hear the drumming Four dead in Ohio. — Neil Young, “Ohio” Something ugly...

May Day is still relevant

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With total control of the federal government, Trump and the Republicans have encountered remarkably massive resistance as they begin to roll back decades of...

Helping heal the wounds of division

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The massive 10-part PBS documentary series on the Vietnam War by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick starts by saying the war  was “begun in...

The doublespeak of The Donald

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Many in the mainstream media talk about how similar Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders are. Supposedly they are both “anti-establishment” populist candidates who are...

The student debt mess grew out of Reagan’s war on ‘intellectual...

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It was a shock when the Supreme Court blocked President Biden’s plan to cancel up to $20,000 for student loan borrowers. Biden responded with...

YIMBYs and housing justice

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If you spend more than 30% of your income on housing, the federal government says you are “cost-burdened.” You are paying too much. According...