I was asked by an anarchist newspaper in Caracas, Venezuela to write about our recent election. I don't know if the readers knew much about our "system" of government. This is what I came up with. Read More »
"I am a Marxist and Socialist and/or Communist and a Trotskyist etc and a member of the International Socialist Organization (ISO). I'll cop to any of those..." Read More »
By Alex Wukman We’ve heard it for the better of four years now, the economy is in the shitter and there just aren’t enough jobs to go around. We don’t need someone to tell us that it’s hard out there and that Hustle Town doesn’t seem to give a fuck. Sure, some bright rays are poking over the horizon–it was an early Christmas gift for President Obama that the overall unemployment rate in November was below 9 percent–but that doesn’t mean things are getting easier, especially for the young. We’ve all heard about the jobless recovery and how it’s hitting ... Read More »
By Alex Wukman How often do you find yourself wondering exactly how early is too early to start drinking? If you’re like me, 10 a.m. this past Sunday was about the time you wanted to Irish up your coffee. For those of you who don’t aspire to be paid obscene amounts of money to pontificate meaninglessly in an increasingly irrelevant industry–or have a life–Herman Cain, Mr. Black Walnut himself, was on Meet the Press this past weekend. Anyone wondering why a man who admits that he isn’t familiar with the neoconservative movement was invited on a very serious talk show ... Read More »
OccupyHouston happens tomorrow. At 8:30am people will gather at Market Square and at 9am they will begin to march to the JP Morgan Chase Tower and end up at Herman Square Plaza outside of City Hall in what organizers call a “stand in peaceful solidarity with our brothers and sisters occupying Wall Street and the rest of the nation” to “end corporate corruption of democracy.” There are a lot of questions people have about the event so we reached out to the people running occupyhouston.org to discuss how they saw the event. Before the Q&A, I should clarify is the ... Read More »
By Alex Wukman For over a week now supporters of the internet entity Anonymous have been encamped in the heart of New York’s financial district in an attempt to change the corporate friendly political climate. The media coverage of the event has been spotty at best and what has been reported hasn’t always been positive. The demonstrators proclaimed their desire to turn Wall Street into America’s Tahrir Square–whether it’s working or not is another matter. Now some ambitious Anons want to bring the party to Houston. The group, calling itself Occupy Houston, wants to have protestors meet at Market Square ... Read More »
