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Socializing at the Socialist Social, in Wichita, KS
Last night I went to a Socialist Social! event at the Vagabond Cafe. About 20 people attended the event were we all discussed various issues connected with socialism as well as some people who...
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Ocasio-Cortez upset should be a wake up call—yet probably just a snooze fest...
By SJ OttoThe latest Democratic upset—Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez beating long-time mainstream Democrat Joseph Crowley of New York, should be a wake-up call to the mainstream Democratic Party...
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Thoughts and feelings over the US Fourth of July celebration- 2018
By SJ OttoIn just a few days it will be Fourth of July for 2018. Each year I write an article about the Fourth of July and what I really think this holiday means. I analyse the US...
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"What To The Slave Is The 4th Of July?" FREDERICK DOUGLASS SPEECH, 1852
"What To The Slave Is The 4th Of July?"FREDERICK DOUGLASS SPEECH, 1852This is a Fourth of July classic. I like posting this almost every Fourth of July. It gives us time to think about our country for...
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Pain patients overlooked in opioid hype campaign—we told you so!!
By SJ OttoWhen this opioid campaign began I noticed a clear and sharp problem arising in that people with real pain were going to suffer as the opioid "crisis" led to public hysteria and government...
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ICE Protest here in Wichita, KS
By SJ OttoThere has been an occupy movement, Occupy ICE ICT, here in Wichita against the Immigration and Customs Enforcement, (ICE) center at 555 N. Woodlawn, here in Wichita, KS. Protesters have had a...
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Another socializing event from Democratic Socialists of America, Wichita, KS...
Another fine outing with DSA members, last, July 9. We had to move our dinner to Paleteria La Reyna, just down the street from bills. SJ Otto
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Many Wichitans think a good college education is for the sissies
By SJ OttoOnce again we see backward and conservative views from people in Wichita. The latest, from The Wichita Eagle, is that people in Wichita don't value higher education. It is not hard to see...
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Bernie Sanders and James Thompson at Century II...
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a congressional candidate from New York, a Democratic Socialist of America (DSA) member, who recently unseated the centrist incumbent Rep. Joe Crowley, will be here in Wichita...
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Bernie Sanders come to Wichita to support James...
By SJ OttoIt was a great day in Kansas for those of us who came to see Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Bernie Sanders. But off course they came to back up Jim Thompson for his race against the idiot Ron...
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Why The Thai Cave Rescue Story Drew So Much Attention Compared To Other...
For weeks we have seen every detail of the lives of those 12 boys who were rescued from that cave in Thailand. It was a remarkable story. It was a story with a happy ending. It was newsworthy. But...
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Mao and Stalin greet us from the small town of Lindsborg, Kansas
By Steve OttoMy friends from Spain, Mark Davis and Pedro Esbrit, along with my wife Cam Gentry and I, have been travelling around our home state of Kansas (except Pedro who has never lived here)...
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Vote Lacey Cruse on Tuesday, for 4th district Sedgwick County
By SJ OttoThis coming Tuesday, August 7, The voters of SedgwickCounty's 4th Districtwill have an opportunity to get rid of the bigoted ass hole Richard Ranzau, the present county commissioner. Let's...
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Who should be our next governor?
By SJ OttoIn just a few days Kansas will determine who will run for governor. So who should we vote for, who should this blog endorse? For the Republicans the very worst is Kris Kobach. He is...
View ArticleTwo other candidates for Democrat in Kansas, Jack Bergeson, Arden Andersen
By SJ OttoI have looked all over the web to get ALL the candidates on the Republican side and the Democrat side and in both cases they have left people off. I'm guessing these people don't have a lot...
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Progressive Democrats influenced the Democratic Primary
By SJ OttoFor those of us who are working in Democratic Socialists of America (DSA), we had two major victories last week. Lacey Cruse, a folk singer and political newcomer whose campaign poster...
View ArticleAretha Franklin: The sound of the civil rights movement
-SJ OttoAretha Franklin was more than just a singer and entertainer, she was also a voice for the civil rights movement. We can be thankful that we had such entertainers during the civil rights...
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Little homes in Wichita bring out the worst (classism) in people
By SJ OttoBigots against poor people have raised their angry voices once more. Landowners have hired a lawyer and they have made threats against the City of Wichita hoping to force them not support...
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Workin’ for the Democratic Man!—Book excerpt
Workin’ for the Democratic Man!- Chapter 3The following is a chapter excerpt from Mark Spies is alive and well and living in the suburbs, by Steve Otto,a yet to be published book. This book is less...
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