Nick Brisini has written a review of the book Working Class Radicals: The Socialist Party in West Virginia, 1889-1920 by Frederick Barley. The capitalist brainwashing of works over time to convince us that socialism has no place in “our” country. It is, they proclaim, Un-American as if capitalism was synonymous with America. Reading Working Class […]

Socialism? What is that? Several dozen people seeking answers to those questions attended a socialism program at the Johnstown Library Jan. 26, 2025. The presenters were Madeline Burrows and Frank Scarsella of Johnstown, members of the Pittsburgh Chapter, Party for Socialism & Liberation – PSL. Attendees were mostly young people in their 20s or 30s, […]

  On September 29, at the Homecoming parade for Shaler High School I met Lyndsey Williams who is running for the PA State Senate post for district 38.  This is a district once held by Jim Ferlo who was an outspoken advocate for single payer/medicare for all for decades.  In 2014 his district was redrawn […]

It was fun comparing my high school graduating class to the class of ’16 at Bishop McCort, but now I feel that I need to weigh in the election.  Since the conventions the candidates have been focusing on things like Trump’s personality and temperament which I admit are pretty scary but I’m hearing little discussion […]