Free Republic

That's the title of a new book by Fred Jerome, a compilation of essays from these and other noteworthies: This anthology features essays by revolutionary thinkers, activists, and artists-including Academy Award-winning filmmaker Michael Moore, civil rights activist Angela Davis, incarcerated journalist Mumia Abu Jamal, and economist Rick Wolff- addressing various aspects of a new society and, crucially, how to get from where we are now to where we want to be, living in a society that is truly fair and just. I suppose that's one way to describe their vision. I might ask the question, "fair and just for whom"?...

1. I don't have to think for myself. Oh my God, its so hard to make decisions or plans for my future anymore. I depend on President Obama for the rest of my life to do all my thinking and make all decisions for me from now on. If he is too busy, someone who works for him will. What a load off my mind. I trust them so much. As I heard someone else say on Barack's election day, "I never thought this day would come. I'll never have to work to pay for gasoline again. I'll never have...

People say that communism died when the Soviet Union fell apart. Hardly. There are still communist countries in existence, and there are literally millions of communists/communist sympathizers living in ‘non-communist’ countries around the world. Europe is thoroughly socialist, and headed towards communism. In addition, people go on about how ‘free’ the U.S. is, and how we aren’t like those oppressive communist countries. I question this view. In my (not so) humble opinion, the U.S. is well down the road of socialism. Now I know that there are those who will deny this, but I would ask that you take a...