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We Are Back!
Greetings As you may know, Liberal Resistance was recently adopted by our organization, USAUnify. We are delighted to have a chance to write for Liberal Resistance’s many readers and friends. We will start publishing here again soon. Also, the long time editor of Liberal Resistance, Michael Jay Tucker, is no longer editing this page. However,…
Read MoreDems, don’t throw away your cup of Joe and Let Liz get her 2 cents in
Editor’s Note: Liberal Resistance does not yet endorse any of the candidates for the presidency. However, individual writers can and do have their preferences. Today, David McElhaney explains why he feels Democrats should take both Biden and Warren more seriously. One morning on NPR they interviewed voters for the Caucus in Iowa and a voter…
Read MoreWhy Fascism On the Rise Should Terrify You
By J.W. Krauss Editor’s Note: “J.W. Krauss” is the pseudonym of a writer who contacted us shortly after we began publication He or she informed us that s/he is very young, a teenager, who must use a penname because s/he lives in a very conservative family in a very conservative place. LR welcomed “Krauss” to…
Read MoreWe’ve Been Here Before
Editor’s Note: This piece originally ran in LR Net in August of 2017. However, we have decided to rerun it because many of the issues it addresses are still with us, and are getting more ominous. We no longer even have the “adults in the room” referenced below. As we move into the election year,…
Read MoreFlu Shots & Loving Songs NOW for Kids in Cages
Incredibly powerful piece from The Shalom Center… Holy-Day Love Songs for Children in “Detention” Cages [Dear friends of all communities of love and Spirit, Hanukkah and Christmas are approaching. Both holy times beckon us to Light and Love. In “detention centers” that are really becoming concentration camps of illness and trauma, refugee and…
Read MoreFalse Equivalency Between Truth and Lies? Result: Erosion of Democracy
From Chris Hedges via Truthdig: “The Democratic Party and its liberal supporters are perplexed. They presented hours of evidence of an impeachable offense — Perhaps journalists, by giving voice to opponents of impeachment—who do indeed live in a world not based in fact—created a false equivalency between truth and lies. [It might have been useful to…
Read MoreTarquinius and Trump: Two Tyrants Separated by Two Thousand Five Hundred Years
Tarquinius Superbus makes himself King Tarquinius, The Arrogant, reigned from 535 BCE to 509 BCE. His tyrannical rule came to an abrupt end through a popular uprising. This marked the end of the seventh and final Roman monarch and the establishment of the Roman Republic. Tarquinius had gained the throne through the murder of…
Read MoreAmericans Handing Putin a Longed-for Victory
Fiona Hill, former White House adviser on Russia, said in her opening statement before the House Intelligence Committee that lawmakers were weaponizing “falsehoods” that advance Russian interests and distract from its aggression in eastern Europe and around the world. “I refuse to be part of an effort to legitimize an alternate narrative that the Ukrainian…
Read MorePoem: Spent Shell
At one point I was so proud to serve, Wearing my battle dress, Ready for the call to duty, A call only so many can hear, But what do we do when we can no longer answer the call. What purpose do we have, Our battle dress no longer needed, Our efforts spent like gun…
Read MoreCoffee with Yeshaia
Evening Coffee With Yeshaia Prophet On Channel DEF November 19, 2019 Volume 1 Yeshaia: Good Evening, ladies and gentlemen and boys and girls. This is the first of what I hope to be many broadcasts of Evening Coffee with Yeshaia Prophet. That’s me, folks. First, a disclaimer, I am neither a prophet nor the son…
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