August 9, 2016

U.S. Empire’s Syrian Air War – Two Year Anniversary Stats (AIRWARS SYRIA)

Monday, August 8th, 2016 marked the second anniversary of the US-led Coalition’s war with so-called Islamic State (Daesh) in Iraq and Syria. Here at Airwars we’ve […]
August 18, 2016

Con Versus Con: The 2016 Presidential “Election” Charade

Publisher’s note: Thanks to Chris Hedges for this article, originally published on Truthout on June 19, 2016. During the presidential election cycle, liberals display their gutlessness. […]
August 18, 2016

Broadway’s “Hamilton” Whitewash: Orwellian Theater for the Neoliberal Age

Publisher’s note: Thanks to Paul Street for this brilliant critique of “Hamilton: The Musical,” which swept the 2016 Tony Awards with its clever and creative (if historically […]
August 21, 2016

“Neoliberalism” Imploding: What Comes Next, Other Than Trump’ism?

Publisher’s Note: Our answer. Decentralism and the Commons. Read the whole article from the always-insightful Martin Jacques at The Guardian newspaper. Here’s a slice: A Trump America […]
August 21, 2016

#FeelTheBern(?!): Did Vermont’s Bernie Sanders Actually Win The 2016 Democratic Primary?

And why have we not heard a PEEP from the Sanders campaign, given ElectionJusticeUSA’s new 100 page report compiling evidence of massive election fraud during the 2016 […]
August 21, 2016

“#Texit” Update: 3 of 5 Trump-Friendly “Lone Star” Republicans Call For Secession (TIME Poll)

As we in the 2nd Vermont Republic like to joke, Texans are secessionists for all the wrong reasons. However! Here’s the majority opinion “money shot” from […]
August 22, 2016

The Vanishing Vermonter: The Loss of a Rural Culture

Publisher’s note: This commentary is by Peter Miller, who is a photographer and author who recently published “A Lifetime of Vermont People,” a collection of photos […]
August 22, 2016

The Thought Revolution: Beyond Pavlovian Thinking and “Conspiracy Theories”

Publisher’s Note: We are pleased to welcome Vermonter Chris Pratt, the “Reluctant Activist,” to our masthead. Look for regular features by the Reluctant Activist in the […]
August 26, 2016

A “Brexit” Strategy for the UNtied States? Nonviolent Secession, and Vermont Can Lead the Way…

Publisher’s note: We publish decentralist viewpoints from across the political spectrum. We don’t agree with everything Mr. Dunkin states here – climate change/global warming is actually […]
August 28, 2016

Noam Chomsky: How the U.S. of Empire Under Obama Has Ushered in ‘a New Era of International Terrorism’

The following is a recent interview with Noam Chomsky on the Middle East and the Obama Administration’s policies towards Syria, Egypt and Iran, and the rise […]