Baker is a neoliberal's neoliberal—handing out millions to giant multinational corporations like General Electric with one hand while cutting critical social spending with the other.
Apparent Horizon
GE BOSTON DEAL: THE MISSING MANUAL, PART 3
General Electric gets bailed out, people get sold out
GE BOSTON DEAL: THE MISSING MANUAL, PART 2
Gov. Charlie Baker, Mayor Marty Walsh, and boosters like the Boston Globe claim that the investment will be worth it. Yet GE’s record of slashing jobs, despoiling the environment, and evading taxes says otherwise.
GE BOSTON DEAL: THE MISSING MANUAL
Some of the many details the corporate media isn’t telling you.
SILENCE IS COMPLICITY: GREATER BOSTON’S WHITE COMMUNITIES NEED TO SUPPORT #BLACKLIVESMATTER
Walk around these white areas and look for a #BlackLivesMatter or a #JusticeforTamir sign. You will see few—and those mainly outside some progressive houses of worship.
ONE QUESTION FOR 2016
No predictions, no resolutions
GO BIG OR GO HOME: TOWARDS A MASS CLIMATE JUSTICE MOVEMENT
Political organizing is tough work … until it isn't. Until a movement that dwarfs anything ever seen in human history rises and sweeps through the entire population.
GROUNDED MONKEYS: MILLIONAIRES UNLIKELY TO FLEE COMMONWEALTH IF RAISE UP MASS WINS TAX ON 1 PERCENT
That’s basically what I would expect rich people to do if the amendment passes. They’ll play games that allow them to report as little income as possible.
REMEMBRANCE AND PROTEST: THANKSGIVING THEN & NOW
A number of Native American nations were for all intents and purposes destroyed—at least as political entities. The rest were assimilated or marginalized.
LEFT BEHIND: THE PARIS ATTACKS AND THE NEED TO FUND A MASS INDEPENDENT AMERICAN NEWS MEDIA
News Corp succeeds in pulling public discourse far to the right in the absence of major outlets willing to confront them when it matters most.