caucus99percent

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What is the "working class"?
If you read any source other Marx or Lenin you are likely to wind up confused and misinformed.
Karl Marx and Vladimir Lenin made it extremely simple to understand.

EDIT: These videos are from 2013 and were reposted at the RNN today.

Happy 4th anniversary folks! January 7, 2015 is the date the 99 officially went live. I can't believe it's been 4 years already.

I would like to meet you all and check out Portland as a possible place to live as I am currently a nomad. Perhaps we could arrange a time and place, not too soon, not too far off?

French President Emmanuel Macron declared war on the yellow vest protest on New Year's Eve.

The ACLU on the bipartisan Senate attempt - in the midst of the shutdown! - to pass as its first bill a new law to punish the free speech rights of American citizens in defense of Israel https://t.co/AZOfTIg9vF pic.twitter.com/BDJ6Q427Z3

Part 1 of this series is here. (This series and your replies have been teaching me about so much more than only the Democratic Party. I fervently hope that is as true for you as it is for me.)

Learn and Grow

It is a new year and time for new growth. When I arrived (like the shipwrecked person floating on the C99 sign) on this site, I was hopeful. I thought Bernie was destined to the presidency and our nation was going to move in a better direction. As Bernie was being cheated from the nomination illustrating the impotence of politics, we had the Standing Rock protest which I saw as a powerful statement about many things from environmental justice, indigenous rights, and citizen movements to fossil fuel's dominance, climate chaos, and complete corporate control... including mercenary domestic policing. I continue to study and learn of our situation...social, political, and ecological. Perhaps there are answers and political paths toward peace and prosperity, but I personally don't see a political way forward. I come more and more to the conclusion of my youth - to be a gardener, a naturalist, a musician and enjoy my corner of the world - the biologically rich eastern deciduous forest. So I want to shift the focus of this column to look at stories about people and communities that are living at peace and harmony with the planet while maintaining an eye on the news of the day.

The two political parties are more alike than they are different, but there are differences.
One of those differences is the Republican's outright demonization of the poor.