(To receive Ted’s columns via email, contact him at indpol@igc.org)
It’s Time for Resistance Against Injustice This Memorial Day Week — May 28, 2023
Does Manchin Own Biden on Energy Policy? — May 4, 2023
Words to Live By — April 25, 2023
Escalating Save-the-People-and-Planet Tactics — April 14, 2023
Dr. King, Presente! — April 4, 2023
Ukraine, Self-Determination and Peace — March 24, 2023
Defending the Weelaunee Forest — March 12, 2023
Ukraine, Russia, War and Imperialisms — February 24, 2023
Camus’ Plague, and Our Own–Three Years Later — February 11, 2023
Be a Hero, Joe. Declare a Climate Emergency Now! — January 24, 2023
The Long Haul, an autobiography — January 11, 2023
Do Unto Others — December 28, 2022
Is Political Polarization a Bad Thing? — December 18, 2022
AOC for President? — November 29, 2022
Post-Election, Post-COP 27, What Now? — November 16, 2022
For Now, US Democracy is Alive and Well — November 9, 2022
It’s Turnout, Turnout, Turnout! — October 31, 2022
Por Los Ninos — October 21, 2022
Let’s Bring It Home — October 15, 2022
The Ex- (and Future?) President from Hell — October 4, 2022
A Huge Defeat for Joe Manchin, Hooray! — September 28, 2022
A Very Important Lesson Learned — September 26, 2022
A Political Tipping Point on Climate and Progressive Change? — September 4, 2022
Senator Schumer, Did Manchin Tell You Oil/Gas Was Drafting the Side Deal? — August 22, 2022
Victory in Senate a Turning Point? No, Not Yet! — August 8, 2022
The Climate Emergency and Congressional Compromising — July 29, 2022
Principles, Program, Strategy, Tactics — July 26, 2022
A New Cold War in Climate Emergency Times? — July 13, 2022
Si, Se Puede on November 8 — July 1, 2022
A Very Special Human Being — June 21, 2022
Without a Broad People’s Alliance, It’s Hopeless — June 8, 2022
Memories and Memorials on the Walk for Appalachia’s Future — May 31, 2022
Buffalo! — May 20, 2022
The Walk for Appalachia’s Future — April 29, 2022
Ceasefire for Ukraine Now! — April 13, 2022
No War, No Warming, No White Supremacy — April 1, 2022
Facts, Not Blind Ideology — March 11, 2022
News from Manchin land: We’re wearing the fossil fuelers out— March 4, 2022
Keeping Our Eyes on the Prize — February 7, 2022
The Most Important Climate Book Ever Written — January 31, 2022
Basics of Grassroots Organization — January 22, 2022
Marching to Biden’s House on New Year’s Day — January 3, 2022
Jesus the Carpenter — December 22, 2021
It’s Time to Occupy Biden — December 18, 2021
Hunger Striking in a Time of Climate Emergency — November 17, 2021
Manufacturing Hate — November 7, 2021
Stop Line 3! No New Fossil Fuel Projects! Climate Emergency!–October 16, 2021
This Is What a Strengthening Left Looks Like — October 5, 2021
October 11-15 in DC: It’s History Making Time — September 22, 2021
21st Century Revolution — September 12, 2021
Voting Rights Now! — August 30, 2021
Covid Denial on the Left — August 17, 2021
Doom to the MVP Pipeline — August 11, 2021
Keeping the Faith — August 1, 2021
Sabotage? — July 20, 2021
Walking and Rocking for a Fossil Fuel Free World — June 30, 2021
It’s Time to Hit the Streets — June 6, 2021
Walking For Our Grandson — May 28, 2021
Israel/Palestine! — May 19, 2021
FERC: From Rubber Stamp to Climate Action Leader? — April 20, 2021
A Winning Climate and Political Approach — April 5, 2021
On Aging and Clear Vision — March 31, 2021
Senate Action An Historic Turning Point? — March 8, 2021
The Purpose of Power: a book review — March 6, 2021
A Big Victory at FERC — February 21, 2021
How We Keep the Neo-Fascists and White Supremacists Down — February 14, 2021
Obama’s “The Promised Land,” a book review — February 3, 2021
It’s a New World? — January 21, 2021
Revolution Around the Corner: a book review — January 18, 2021
Trump’s Mob: An End, or a New Beginning? — January 7, 2021
Thinking Beyond the Pandemic — January 1, 2021
At Christmas Time, Howard Thurman and the ‘Inward Center’ — December 24, 2020
Civil War? — December 13, 2020
FERC Into FREC — November 29, 2020
Want USA Unity? Go Solar and Wind! –November 8, 2020
Day 31 of Fast to Defeat Trump — November 2, 2020
Historic Voter Turnout, Historic Trump Defeat — October 28, 2020
Water-Only for 22 Days to Defeat Trump — October 24, 2020
My Race to Freedom, a book review — October 18, 2020
Fasting in the 20th/21st Centuries, and Right Now — October 11, 2020
Beginning the 2020 Fast — October 3, 2020
The Sociology of Freedom: a book review — September 28, 2020
Voting in Person or by Mail? — September 12, 2020
For a Stable Climate, Trump Must Go — September 8, 2020
Fasting to Defeat Trump — August 29, 2020
Raising Monarchs, 2020 — August 23, 2020
The Moment to Decide — August 7, 2020
President Chaos — August 1, 2020
Some Concerns About Some Portland Tactics — July 28, 2020
The Green Party’s Problematic Electoral Strategy — July 19, 2020
A Climate Movement Turning Point? — July 7, 2020
Tom Paine, Revolutionist — July 5, 2020
Is There a Method to Trump’s Madness — June 25, 2020
Trump Is a Hideous Lying Clown — June 21, 2020
Dealing With Government Repression — June 11, 2020
Unlearning and Organizing Against White Supremacy — June 5, 2020
Walking and Chalking Because Black Lives Matter — May 31, 2020
Opening Up for Demonstrations — May 18, 2020
Trump’s Death Denialism — May 10, 2020
On Lying and the 2020 Presidential Election — May 4, 2020
Michael Moore’s Gift to the Fossil Fuel Industry — April 29, 2020
Pandemics, Climate Crisis and the Turbulent Future — April 22, 2020
Revolutionary Love, a book review — April 18, 2020
After Bernie’s Suspension Announcement — April 12, 2020
Camus’ Plague, and Our Own — April 6, 2020
Phone Calling for Bernie — March 31, 2020
Demonstrating During Pandemic Times — March 28, 2020
Teach, Bernie, Teach, and Stay In — March 20, 2020
Would Joe and Donald Support Using Cuba Coronavirus Medicine? — March 17, 2020
Who Is Our Best Leader in a Time of Multiple Crises? — March 14, 2020
Keep Running, Bernie, Keep Running — March 11, 2020
A Sobering Setback for Bernie — March 4, 2020
The World Turned Upside Down — February 23, 2020
Dealing With Government Repression — February 13, 2020
Bernie, Bloomberg, and the Other Billionaire — February 7, 2020
Bernie’s the One — January 22, 2020
Bernie and Elizabeth Spat — Making Trump’s Day — January 14, 2019
Bernie Songs and Revolution-Making — December 30, 2019
A Winning Strategy for Power, Already Underway! — December 23, 2019
Impeachment and the Democrat/Progressive United Front — December 19, 2019
How We Win via NVDA Campaigns: a Book Review — December 1, 2019
Roadshowing to Replace Rubber-stamping FERC — November 25, 2019
AOC on How We Win — October 23, 2019
Impeachment in a Broader Context — October 4, 2019
That Was a Time I Wish I Had Been Living In — September 21, 2019
A Book Review: “Troublemaker” — September 19, 2019
Einstein: Science Alone Won’t Transform Society — September 1, 2019
Bernie’s Political and Green New Deal Revolution — August 25, 2019
Young and Old Together in Global Climate Strike — August 22, 2019
Free Puerto Rico From Colonialism! — August 2, 2019
Reading the Mueller Report — July 21, 2019
People in Cages on the Border on July 4th — July 4, 2019
After the Debates: Go Bernie and Elizabeth! — June 29, 2019
Climate Tipping Points and the Poor People’s Campaign — June 19, 2019
It’s Monarch Season Again! — June 11, 2019
Remembering, This Memorial Day Weekend — May 24, 2019
No Green New Deal Without a Transformed FERC — May 11, 2019
Mueller Time and Equating Trumpublicans and Democrats — April 19, 2019
The Green Party Electoral Strategy is a Failure — April 9, 2019
Oppression Is Not a Laughing Matter — Or Is It? — April 2, 2019
Pelosi’s Unforced Error on Impeachment — March 14, 2019
Will Democratic Divisions Help Trumpublicans? — March 9, 2019
Bernie, His Army and the Historical Moment — February 23, 2019
Breaking the Back of Dirty Energy by 2030? — February 19, 2019
Does Working to Keep Fossil Fuels in the Ground Narrow Our Movement? — Feb. 1, 2019
Remembering Dr. King — January 21, 2019
Organizing and Movement Building Through 2020 and Beyond — January 17, 2019
Bernie and Mafioso Don — December 28, 2018
You’ll Never Walk Alone — December 21, 2018
McNamee Win a Pyrrhic Victor for Fossil Fuelers? — December 7, 2018
Two Weeks Without Food for a Stable Climate — November 30, 2018
Water-Only for 14 Days for the Climate, Health and Safety — November 5, 2018
Get Out the Vote Time — to Stop Fascism — October 20, 2018
Climate Denial on the Left — October 4, 2018
(Dr.) Kavanaugh and Mr. Judge — September 30, 2018
Dancing Is Life — September 9, 2018
Trump on the Ropes–What About Mike Pence?–August 23, 2018
A Week to Remember in the Climate Fight — August 12, 2018
Tapping a Power Stronger Than the Fossil Fuel Industry — July 28, 2018
Right Before Our Eyes, a Strategy for Power Unfolds — July 22, 2018
November 6: Knowing What Time It Is — July 3, 2018
Poor People’s Campaign Building Toward June 23 in DC — June 8, 2018
Facing Up to Worldwide Ecological Unraveling — May 27, 2018
Wind and Solar 94, Gas 2–Yes! — May 7, 2018
Singing for Our Future in Cuomo’s Space — April 25, 2018
Dying So Others Will Live — April 20, 2018
Revolutionary Leader Jesus — April 2, 2018
NRA, You’re Going Down — March 24, 2018
What Makes a Good Organization? — March 11, 2018
Does the US Green Party Have a Future? — February 21, 2018
Helping in Puerto Rico — February 12, 2018
Dr. King and Ms. Baker — January 15, 2018
Iron Jawed Angels: a book review — January 11, 2018
Something New This Christmas — December 20, 2017
On January 20th, Let’s Demand Trump’s Impeachment! — December 6, 2017
The Beginning of Trump’s End — November 12, 2017
Religiously Grounded Pipeline Resistance — October 29, 2017
Dangerous, Upside-Down, Trumpian Lawsuits–October 6, 2017
Vietnam! — October 1, 2017
Religion and Revolution, Part Two — September 27, 2017
Religion and Revolution — September 16, 2017
FERC, the Climate Movement and September 20th — September 4, 2017
Ten Points on Charlottesville, the Week Since and the Future — August 19, 2017
Charlottesville — August 12, 2017
Jailed Again — June 28, 2017
We’re Baaack! — June 13, 2017
Climate Leaders Don’t Support Fracking — June 9, 2017
It’s Time for a Trump Impeachment Campaign — May 10, 2017
The Merkley Climate Bill and the Climate Movement — May 6, 2017
The Joy of Spring Biking and Resistance — April 24, 2017
Trump Voters: Racist, Sexist, Homophobes? — April 9, 2017
Next Up: the Peoples Climate March — March 26, 2017
Dealing with the Trump-time Blues — March 16, 2017
No New Permits for Fossil Fuel Infrastructure — February 26, 2017
Debating Black Bloc Tactics — February 4, 2017
Take That, Trump! We Believe That We Can Win — January 22, 2017
Martin Luther King Jr., Leonard Peltier and Trump’s Inauguration — January 13, 2017
Eight Days on Water Only for Peltier — January 9, 2017
Stand with Standing Rock, Free Leonard Peltier — January 2, 2017
Justice Protectors, Let’s Take Action Inauguration Day — December 29, 2016
Jesus of Nazareth — December 18, 2016
Taking on Trump — December 14, 2016
First-ever National People’s Hearing on FERC Held in DC — December 6, 2016
Punched in the Gut by Trump’s Victory — November 9, 2016
Memories of a Romney Rally, and Trump’s Last Night — November 6, 2016
I’m Voting for Hillary Clinton — November 1, 2016
Organizing Among Trump’s White Supporters — October 21, 2016
The Four Candidates on Climate: the Basics–October 13, 2016
Strategic Third Party Presidential Voting–September 30, 2016
Raising Monarchs — August 11, 2016
Build, Bernie, Build — July 29, 2016
It’s Time for the Climate Movement to Focus on FERC — January 24, 2016
A Game Changer from Hillary Clinton? — October 22, 2015
FERC Showing Cracks, It’s Time to Act — May 17, 2015
Norman Bay, Tough Guy — April 17, 2015