People’s Candidates Challenge Corporate Parties The ruling class will attempt to do what they have always done: derail or push the movement off course from its final destination. But, the will of the people is to have an economy and government that are both finally of, for and by the people, and we will not be deterred.

Anger Boils Over at Denial of Healthcare Healthcare is a life or death matter. We have a right to it. The healthcare crisis gives us an opportunity to fight forward. The entire healthcare system should be publicly owned and healthcare should be free and available to everyone. We can take the first step in that direction by enacting a national single-payer public insurance system: improve Medicare and expand it to cover everyone.

In America health care has become a profit-making $3.2 trillion-a-year business, and you will be allowed to die if you don’t have insurance or money. It’s estimated some 45,000 people die every year in America because they lack health insurance. Health care is a human right, and should be available to everyone who lives in our country. Health care can be a for-profit commodity, or it can be a human right, but it can’t be both.

The national March for Science in Washington will be on Saturday, April 22, the annual Earth Day observance. I have been a working research scientist for almost 50 years. I will join the March for Science in opposition to the current threat to science and scientific theory. The dangers faced by the scientific community are inseparably intertwined with the attack on democracy, justice and economic survival. These threats did not suddenly arise with Trump’s election and will not magically disappear when he is gone. For more information, go to www.marchforscience.com

The billionaire ruling class has made several changes to lessen democracy in Baltimore and increase rule by a new form of police terror.  Fascism is much more than the Neo Nazis. It is the corporate/military takeover of government and the destruction of our democracy. The old police terror found in the back of a police van is decried while a new police terror is implemented with little knowledge or discussion.  This is done with tax dollars and private capitalist grants. This police state is for each of us, whether you protest Freddy Grey’s death, the pollution of the Bay, fracking or poor education, a system to deny your rights is being created.  Now is the time to stop it.

From Rev. Pinkney at BROOKS/FREMONT CORRECTIONAL FACILITY Let the truth be told. Capitalism generates inequality and wealth, status and power. You must recognize the unfairness of a system that allows wealth to accumulate to an unlimited degree and claim to provide equal opportunity for the people. It is a system that undermines democracy by concentrating power and wealth in the hands of a few. The establishment no longer needs educated workers as it once did. Whirlpool set its sights on turning the city of Benton Harbor into a lakeside resort for the wealthy. Whirlpool and other corporations teamed up and began transitioning the area from an industrial based economy to a tourist, real estate and service-based economy. I am afraid the parents, teachers and school board members have been misled and lied to by Whirlpool. Now we have three schools closing, overcrowded classrooms and there is no telling what kind of education the children will get. The economy and social equality is the essence of democracy and is the antithesis of capitalism. We must confront the Whirlpool Corporation at all cost.

The Struggle for Democracy in America Intensifies The 2016 presidential election was one of the most divisive in our country’s history. This is no surprise, given the economic, moral, and political crisis. The crisis can’t be solved within an economy controlled by corporations and billionaires. The corporations won’t support workers they don’t need. At the same time, masses of unemployed people are a threat to the system, so the billionaires use racism and every other divisive ideology to pit us against each other. Our fight for a program that can pull our whole society forward and put our country on a path to peace, prosperity, equality and democracy. A coopera`tive society, where the necessities of life are distributed based on need, not money.

Soldier of Truth, The Trials of Rev. Pinkney Editor’s note: Phillip A. Bassett‘s new book, Soldier of Truth, is about the author’s eyewitness account of the persecution of Rev. Edward Pinkney for his leadership in a fight against the takeover of a town by a corporate giant. Purchase the book on amazon.com.   “This book gave me a new perspective on what my stepfather has been called by God to do. It gave me insight on what was done, what was said, some insight on what happened in court. This is a great read.” — Latoya Williams Including interview with Phillip A. Bassett author of “Soldier of Truth”

Candidate Pledges to Wrest Control of Government from Corporations BALTIMORE, MD — In September, hundreds of people gathered in downtown Baltimore to support Green Party Candidate for Mayor, Joshua Harris. Years of one-party rule by the Democratic Party has left Baltimore in shambles.  Now many people want a new alternative. A lot of new energy and new people are developing around this campaign. “My program  is to shift the power from the corporate interests in city government to the people who are impacted most. It’s about giving power to people who have been neglected for too long.”

The People Demand a Humane Society Electronic production is rapidly eliminating human labor in all sectors of the economy. This is causing a political crisis. How will the ruling class control us when our labor is no longer needed. How will we , without money, eat, secure housing, be educated, have health care and have even water ? The corporations need the government to rule in their interests by privatizing public goods and services, transferring social welfare into corporate welfare. We are demanding a humane society and a government that intervenes on our behalf to make that happen. We, the people must unite around our common interests for survival.