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HOPING FOR A ‘HOT SPRING’

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted February 21, 2022 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, COVID, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Politics

"Hoping for a Hot Spring." Photo by Jason Pramas. Copyright 2022 Jason Pramas.

If we want to live in a democracy, we all have to take to the streets … and stay there

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, COVID, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Politics Tagged With: abortion, anti-racism, Apparent Horizon, Attorney General Maura Healey, Boston, Column, contingent work, coronavirus, COVID19, debt, Democracy, Democratic Party, DoorDash, evangelical, gig work, Healthcare, Instacart, Jason Pramas, loan, Lyft, Massachusetts, Medicare for All, middle class, military, Peace, Politics, President Joe Biden, Protest, public health, racism, Republican Party, Russia, student, Uber, Ukraine, United States, voting rights, war, Women, worker, working class

THE RIGHT QUESTION FOR THE BROAD LEFT

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted July 2, 2019 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS

 

On July 5, start asking the Democrats, “What policies will help working families?”

 

The patriotic season is upon us. With it comes the arrival of the 2020 presidential race—far too early, in my estimation. Which in turn tends to generate conservative political ripples all the way down to the local level in the service of “winning” ...  read more

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: America, anarchist, Apparent Horizon, Boston, capitalism, City Councilor Michelle Wu, Column, communist, corporations, Democracy, Democratic Party, Democrats, Environment, Gov Charlie Baker, Green Party, Jason Pramas, July 4, July 5, left, left wing, Massachusetts, Politics, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Rep. Ayanna Pressley, Rep. Mike Connolly, Republican Party, Republicans, right, right wing, socialist, usa

A WINDOW INTO THE STATE HOUSE

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted January 9, 2019 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS

 

Rep. Mike Connolly’s blog offers a critical look behind the curtain of Mass politics

 

The Massachusetts State House is not a bastion of democracy. I think a growing number of people in the Commonwealth are pretty clear on that fact. Dominated for decades by a series of imperial House speakers, and to a lesser extent by its Senate presidents, ...  read more

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Apparent Horizon, Blog, Column, corporation, Councilor Denise Simmons, Democracy, Democratic Party, Democrats, general court, Gov Charlie Baker, Housing, Jason Pramas, legislature, Maria Robinson, massachusetts state house, news, oligarchy, policy, Politics, Real Estate, Rep., Rep. Mike Connolly, Republican Party, Republicans, Rules, socialism, zoning

VOTING AS A SOCIALIST IS STILL HARD (IN THE MASSACHUSETTS OF 2018)

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted August 28, 2018 Filed Under: Analysis, NEWS+OPINIONS

 

Plus an endorsement for Michael Capuano for Congress (MA 7th District)

 

It’s never easy being a socialist in the United States. And at no time is it more difficult then come ...  read more

Filed Under: Analysis, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: anarchism, anarcho-syndicalism, Apparent Horizon, Column, Democratic Party, Democratic Socialists of America, economy, Green Party, Green-Rainbow Party, Jason Pramas, Labor Party, left libertarian, Massachusetts, Politics, Republican Party, socialism, socialist, Socialist Alternative, third parties, unenrolled, usa, voting, Working Families Party

BROKEN MEDIA, BROKEN POLITICS

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted May 1, 2018 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS

Charlie Baker

 

If Mass journalists were doing their jobs, Baker would not be so popular

 

It’s always funny to hear that Charlie Baker is a very popular governor… The most popular governor in the country at the moment,  ...  read more

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Amazon, Apparent Horizon, biotechnology, boondoggle, Boston, Charlie Baker, Column, convention, corporate, corruption, economy, General Electric, Giveaway, higher education, Jason Pramas, Journalism, journalist, Massachusetts, MBTA, media, news, Politics, public, public transportation, Republican Party, taxes

THE REPUBLICAN PARTY IS NOW OUR VERSION OF THE FRENCH NATIONAL FRONT

Written by GARY ZABEL Posted October 29, 2017 Filed Under: NEWS+OPINIONS, Op-Ed

Demonstration against National Front in Paris after the results of the 2014 election. Creative Commons BY-SA 4.0 by Jiel Beaumadier.

What Are We Going to Do About It?

 

My wife’s family on her mother’s side are French Jews who escaped from the Germans who occupied France in 1940. First they moved from their home in Paris to the southern part of the country, which was ruled ...  read more

Filed Under: NEWS+OPINIONS, Op-Ed Tagged With: Democratic Party, fascism, france, government, international, Le Pen, national, National Front, Politics, Republican Party, Sanders, Trump, Vichy

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