Wednesday, July 2, 2025

Four Ways You Can Take Caring Action Around Coronavirus – Even if You’re Overwhelmed

Some coronavirus coping and action strategies.

The Coronavirus Stimulus Bill Is a $2 Trillion Slush Fund for Washington Cronies

Why you should hate the coronavirus “stimulus” bill.

COVID-19 and the Working Class in the United States

Whither the working class after the Sanders campaign?

2:00PM Water Cooler 3/27/2020

Today’s Water Cooler:

Closing Hours of 2020 Mini-Fundraiser for Water Cooler!

2020 Mini-Fundraiser for Water Cooler

The Irish Buddhist Monk Who Faced Down the British Empire

Dhammaloka’s story sheds new light on the history of non-violent resistance.

Links 3/27/2020

Give Us This Day Our Daily Bread: Coronavirus and Food Security

UN warns about coronavirus and food shortages. Will the crisis revive policies to encourage regional and national food self-sufficiency?

Covid-19 Hits the Dual Economy: Incomes Destroyed at the Bottom, Profits Supported at the Top

Why preserving (big) corporate profits will not bail out the economy.

Can the Intra-Party Rift Be Healed, At Least For Now? Or Must the Fight Be Fought in 2020?

Is the Democratic Party redeemable?

COVID-19 and Class in the United States

Globalization , globalizers, and COVID-19.

2:00PM Water Cooler 3/26/2020

Today’s Water Cooler: Coronavirus stats, no polls, Cuomo, Sanders, unemployment statstics, GDP, gold, influencers, Walmart, the Montreal Protocol, #COVID19 needs a Manhattan Project, #COVID19 and Canadian single payer, Thomas Piketty, corporate logos re-imagined with social distance

Announcing 2020 Mini-Fundraiser for Water Cooler!

2020 Mini-Fundraiser for Water Cooler

Edible Forest Gardens: A Quick Review of a Very Beautiful and Useful Book

A permaculture gardening book for those isolated and seeking a project, or just a good read.

The COVID-19 Pandemic: A Letter to G20 Leaders (“The G20 must act now”)

Delaying emergency measures in emerging and developing economies will lead to unimaginable health and social impacts which will come back to haunt us for decades. The G20 must act now.