I talked with Craig Pasta Jardula today. Craig recently did an admirable job in questioning RFK Jr. on Israel and also Cornel West regarding Covid policies in the last third of his recent interview with West.
The Origin of My Voting Strategy
When I was young, my dad and I would go on walks. Sometimes I loved them. Sometimes I hated them. We would talk and some of those talks were hard. But that’s a story for another day. We’d sometimes go to a park and toss a frisbee around. Sometimes we’d go to the IHOP. I […]
RFK Jr. and the Architecture of Electoral Revolution: VotePact on Steroids
RFK Jr.’s run for the presidency can be both an opportunity or a peril. Or it could be part of a larger strategy to upend the establishment. Needed: A challenger to Trump’s phony populism.
Collapse of the Peace Movement, Part II: Left-Right Cooperation
With minimal effort, there has been real success with the left and right working together. Rather than demonize the Rage Against the War Machine rally, left-right cooperation should be expanded.
The Art of Strategic Voting: Talking VotePact on TheNewView
The antiestablishment left and right can come together and dethrone the establishment. In voting, people can pair up and vote for an independent candidate rather than cancelling out each other.
Three Cheers for Justin Amash; Seeing the Two Centers
Former Rep. Justin Amash — who quit the Republican Party and lost a valuable committee assignment in 2019 and then decided not to seek reelection in 2020 — has put himself forward as a possible House Speaker. Amash putting himself forward for House Speaker took guts. It’s a step to seeing the reality of our political spectrum: There’s the establishment center and the anti-establishment center.
Trump is the Opposable Thumb of the Establishment: Trump appears to stand in opposition to the establishment, but in fact helps it grab more.
Two years after he lost the presidency, Trump continues to dominate much discussion in the US, yet the meaning of Trump’s time as president is still poorly understood by many across the political spectrum. There are several layers to it, but at his core, Trump was the opposable thumb of the establishment. He pretended to be against it, […]
Craig Murray: “It is a neat concept”
Human rights activist and former British Amb. Craig Murray writes: With two such appalling candidates, is major problem. Many people are voting Trump to stop Clinton, even though they don’t like Trump. Many others are voting Clinton to stop Trump, even though don’t like Clinton. Both Republicans and Democrats fear that support third party candidate, […]
A VotePact Dialogue
Steve: Why Jason, will you my vote buddy?
Jason: What ever are you proposing?
Steve: You’ve been a right winger as long as I’ve known you. I dare say you’ve not ever voted Democratic?
Jason: I avoid doing things that would lead me upon reflection to blow my brains out.
Steve: Well, I should admit to you I’ve voted Democratic at times. Why just this election, I voted for Bernie Sanders.
Can A Third Political Party Bring Change in US Foreign Policy?
The dissatisfaction with the two establishment parties is substantial, and is hardly a new phenomena. But the establishment of a third political party has not reached a tipping point for several reasons. by Sam Husseini A widely-covered Gallup poll in mid-February found support for a third party at a highpoint. This was apparently fueled in substantial […]