Stewart Acuff

May 23

Sickening Radical Right-wing Hypocrisy

When I was a union organizer in my early 30′s building the Georgia State Employees Union – SEIU 1985 in the late 1980′s – I got a call one day from the IRS. They

May 20

Honoring the Fallen & Picking Up the Struggle

This past Saturday was a perfect spring-summer day in Chicago. The sun was bright. The air and sky were clear. There was a cool breeze off the lake. I joined with labor activists from across

May 16

Defending Democracy

In a military style pincer movement, the radical right-wing Republican moved desperately before the 2012 elections to defeat Democrats and undermine democracy. First, Republican governors and state legislatures in state after state moved to disenfranchise

Apr 30

Radical Right-Wing Republican Knuckle Draggers

This bunch of right-wing radical Republicans in Congress have to be amongst the most dim-witted politicians since a Senate was first convened in ancient Greece. First, their answer to every question, including how we get

Apr 26

Progressive Values vs. the Values of the Radical Right

Yesterday, I joined the conversation on John Case’s morning labor radio show at Shepherd University in Shepherdstown, West Virginia. It was not an unfamiliar scene for me. I’ve been going up for John’s 7

Apr 22

Unregulated Capitalism is ALWAYS Destructive

My friend and longtime union organizer Jim Williams posed the very appropriate question of whether blatant management negligence resulting in deaths, maiming, and massive property destruction is a form of domestic terrorism. At the fertilizer

Apr 11

Conservatism vs. Radical Right-wing Idiocy

I was happy, fortunate, and blessed to be on the great Thom Hartmann tv show on RT America. Thom is the most progressive, smart, and thoughtful tv and radio host on the air in

Mar 29

How the Sequester is Jeopardizing Our Safety

The Huffington Post has reported that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is closing 149 air traffic control towers at America’s airports. The FAA is laying off or furloughing so many air traffic controllers that they

Mar 25

No Amount of Re-Branding Will Save the Radical Right!

Right-wing Republican National Chairman Reince Priebus has done what has been alternately called a study of their electoral problems or an autopsy to decide how to re-brand themselves or figure out a new marketing

Mar 14

The Deficit Fever

All of Washington is in a helluva back and forth stir about the federal budget. I swear Radical rightwing Republicans would rather see the Republic destroyed than to make the rich pay anything near their

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