The Anderson Files
GOP plutocrats’ phony culture war against big business
The marriage between the Republican Party and big business is shattering, according to many breathless news stories. “My advice to the corporate CEOs of...
Is this an extinction-level event for American labor?
The labor movement has been reviving in recent years but now it faces stormy weather with the presidency, the Congress and the Supreme Court...
Fascist spectacle on the American democratic stage
In 2017, Trump’s political strategist Steve Bannon called Robert Kuttner out of the blue about forming an “economic nationalist” alliance of the right and...
Helping heal the wounds of division
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 Anderson file: Poetry on a mission
Lawrence Ferlinghetti, the celebrated poet and publisher of Beat Generation writers, argued in an essay in the San Francisco Chronicle in 1999 that poetry...
Housing is a human right
Housing is really the foundation of so many of our social structures and without it, people just can’t succeed.” — Cathy Alderman of the...
Bernie’s foreign policy looking better everyday
Filmmaker Michael Moore says Trump “will take us to war.” He’s afraid that centrist liberals and the mainstream media will support him like they...
Russian Revolution turns 100, Soviet Union collapse turns 25
There was no official commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the Russian Revolution last year.
Vladimir Putin’s spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, asked, “What is there to...
Kiss Off, Henry
When Henry Kissinger died at the age of 100 recently, leading politicians of both parties praised him effusively. Kissinger was national security adviser and...
Trumpist spy and smear op hiding in Wyoming
The Whine and Cheesy Mussolini is a sick joke, but the war on democracy isn’t over. Trump may fade away but the far right...
The hidden history of U.S.-Cuban relationship
It was a turning point. Beginning in 2013, the U.S. and Cuba began secret talks in Canada and Vatican City. In 2015, Barack Obama...
How the Green New Deal wins
This month, the U.S. House passed the most comprehensive pro-labor legislation since the 1930s. The PRO (Protecting the Right to Organize) Act would significantly...
