The Anderson Files

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...

Despairing Johnstown workers and the election

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Anxiety, dread, fear. Almost 70% of Americans said the presidential election is a substantial source of stress, according to the American Psychological Association’s Stress...

Middle East meltdown

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The illegal airstrikes by the United States, Britain and France seem to be more of a publicity stunt to demonstrate the moral virtue of...

Trump exposes liberal ignorance of the working class

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The working class is invisible in this country much of the time. But in election years, the white folks in this demographic are discussed...

Democrats become the progressive family values party

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"Other countries have social safety nets. The U.S. has women.” — sociologist Jessica Calarco Many Republicans went full-tilt culture war when Joe Biden introduced his...

A progressive, populist message leads to Democratic victories

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A growing number of Americans are dissatisfied with both political parties and the quality of candidates, according to a recent poll by Pew Research. Nevertheless,...

Medicare for All is a solution for the pandemic crisis

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It gets tiresome staying at home (if you are able to) or wearing a mask and social distancing when encountering other humans. So you...

A new reality for Israelis, Palestinians and U.S. politics

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The Israel-Palestine conflict is frequently portrayed as an eternal Hatfields versus McCoys dispute. There is calm now after the fighting.  But Yousef Munayyer, a political...

Why the King Soopers strike matters

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“The companies were thriving, but our workers didn’t thrive. Know what our workers got? COVID. Attacked. Beat up. Spit on. Slapped. Overworked. And the company? They did great. They did absolutely great, sitting behind their desk doing their job by Zoom.”— Kim Cordova, president of United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 7 in Colorado

The untold story of Mexico’s COVID-19 strikes

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Let me introduce you to Susana Prieto, a hero of the pandemic you haven’t heard about. She is a longtime Mexican labor lawyer and...

Castro’s Cuba: The good and the bad

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When Fidel Castro died, conservatives told us that he was a uniquely horrible dictator. These are the same people who have defended U.S. support...

Time for the next step in health care

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We have been told over and over that the United States has the best health care system on the planet. This notion is contradicted...