March 12, 2018 » MobyLives! Archives

The internet should be a public utility, Ajit Pai is obviously in the pocket of ISPs, and how to save the internet: A primer

Peter Clark

When I tell people that I work for an independent publisher, they usually give me a confused look. For most, media is media is media. If a conglomerate happens to own… Read more »

Government

"Sustainable Sue" discusses Keeping the Lights On: The What, Where, and How of Consumer Energy in New York — Christina Cerio
Author Spotlight: Ron Fein, John Bonifaz and Ben Clements at Need to Impeach Summit — Christina Cerio
Interview with author of No Human is Illegal — Christina Cerio
Is it time to stop taxing ebooks? — Nikki Griffiths

Socialist Survivalism: A Democracy Beyond Democracy

Tomorrow, North America will ring out with the music of cannons and popping champagne corks, as modern master Curtis White returns to fiction with his new novel, Lacking Character. In a state… Read more »

A harassment campaign continues at a small Communist bookstore

Melville House

Back in October, we wrote briefly about a harassment campaign being directed by the far right against Revolution Books. However one feels about the Revolutionary Communist Party, the organization that runs… Read more »

Happy birthday to Jack Kerouac, Dave Eggers, and Elaine de Kooning

Melville House

Jack Kerouac would be ninety-six today, had he not died in 1969. There are probably better ways to remember him than dashing between English and French and being superbly inappropriate,… Read more »