So What is Democracy?

We love the word “democracy,” which literally means rule by the demos, the common people of a city-state. That was … More

Don’t Mess with Cossack Women

Cossack-the word means “free man” and feisty independence has always been an ethnic trait of Cossacks. An eastern Slavic (Russia/Ukraine) … More

Class War: The Big Picture

Is a society rigidly divided into grossly unequal classes a natural phenomenon, just part of the human condition? After all, … More

Turning America into Chile

Crushing socialism, dismantling the welfare state, “freeing” the markets, privatizing social security-the economic policy changes in Chile following the U.S.-sponsored … More