The Raven

The U.S. is broken. Time to think about what comes next

Recalling William Appleman Williams' vision for a continental confederation of regional commonwealths.

Oct 24 • 

Patrick Mazza

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Empire comes home to the U.S.

Trump makes obvious dictatorial potentials that have long been growing

Oct 8 • 

Patrick Mazza

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September 2025

In the disunited states, conflict and uncertainty rule - Time to come home

In a time of national division, we need to build progressive power in the cities and states where we live

Sep 16 • 

Patrick Mazza

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With the coming of fall, a few notes to my readers

In a doomscrolling, clickbait world, the importance of clarity

Sep 2 • 

Patrick Mazza

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August 2025

In Israel's genocide of Gaza we see the face of five centuries of western colonialism

Why the western world has been slow to move against it

Aug 6 • 

Patrick Mazza

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July 2025

The day the world should have changed

Are we sleepwalking to catastrophe?

Jul 16 • 

Patrick Mazza

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Time for a New American Revolution

Thoughts on the 249th anniversary of the first

Jul 4 • 

Patrick Mazza

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June 2025

May 2025

Radical abundance through degrowth - a vision for a communal economy

Can we slow down the economy and be richer in the things that really count?

May 28 • 

Patrick Mazza

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Confronting the nuclear threat at ground zero - Reviving anti-nuclear activism

Reviewing a new comic devoted to that goal

May 9 • 

Patrick Mazza

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Can degrowth communism save the world?

Uncovering Marx the ecologist

May 1 • 

Patrick Mazza

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April 2025

How tool libraries can seed a new economic system and build community resilience

Sharing key to the solidarity economy

Apr 21

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