Archive - Bruce Lesnick

Look Before You Leap

October 7 and its aftermath remind us that those who have brazenly lied in the past should not be given the benefit of the doubt going forward.

Mar 4 •

October 2023

As a Jew and Fighter for Human Rights, I Stand with Palestine!

Colonized people have a right to resist, as Malcolm X put it, by any means necessary.

Oct 11, 2023 •

September 2023

Seattle School Board is on the Wrong Side of History

Just like the Dover, PA School Board that in 2004 mandated “creationism” be taught as an alternative to evolution.

Sep 30, 2023 •

July 2023

Profit-Driven Systems Are Driving Us To Our Doom

Listen to a reading of this article (reading by Tim Foley): I just read a disturbing paragraph in a New Yorker article about the Instant Pot, a popular…

Published on Caitlin’s Newsletter • Jul 14, 2023

June 2023

Some Socialists Double Down on Support for Reactionary Gender Ideology

And in the process, jettison material reality and all pretense of rational thought.

Jun 8, 2023 •

February 2023

Know Your Left from Your Right

Whether an issue is progressive or reactionary has more to do with material reality than with the list of those who claim to support it.

Feb 10, 2023 •

October 2022

The US Has no Right to Negotiate Anything in Ukraine

Antiwar activists should demand: US/NATO Out of Ukraine Now! Not One Dollar, Weapon, Soldier, or Advisor for the Ukraine Proxy War! Money for Jobs and…

Oct 13, 2022 •

September 2022

My Uncle is a Terrorist

Putting September 11, 2001 into perspective.

Sep 13, 2022 •

August 2022

Gender Ideology is a Right-Wing, Reactionary Phenomenon

The response to the Port Townsend women’s rights protest makes this abundantly clear

Aug 17, 2022 •

April 2022

Ukraine Through the Looking Glass

Before adding an image of the Ukrainian flag to your online profile, you may want to dig a little deeper.

Apr 29, 2022 •

February 2022

Older Posts Now Available

My older, pre-substack writings are now available right from my substack page.

Feb 4, 2022 •

December 2021

Name-Calling and Hand-Waving Don’t Constitute an Argument

Nor will they lead to an effective covid-19 response

Dec 3, 2021 •

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