William Hathaway

1 month ago | countercurrents.org | Suraj Gogoi |William Hathaway |Dan Corjescu |Ramzy Baroud

To Shri T V Somanathan Cabinet Secretary Govt of India Dear Shri Somanathan, I understand that the Government has “decided to give a major relief to telecom companies, running into thousands of crores of rupees, by waiving off spectrum usage charges (SUC) on airwaves bought through auctions before Sept 2021” (https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/relief-to-telcos-govt-set-to-waive-spectrum-usage-fee/articleshow/119390874.cms) I remind the government that the apex court,...

Dec 26, 2024 | commonwealmagazine.org | William Hathaway

Secret deeds bigwigs did wayback and unbeknownst even to themselveshave dirtied our city yet again. So us modest ones clamor yet once more at palace gates. SOS. Our mindsare all one mind and so our masksall gloom one woe and our wailsare as one as well. “This governmentwe insist should overthrow itself should do something!” I myself rememberback in the day when great men were half-gods and ate their sons. We ourselves still don’t matter much.

Apr 24, 2024 | commonwealmagazine.org | William Hathaway |Thomas Geoghegan |Beverly Willett |Sharon Mesmer

AFTERLIFEIn the years before we died, we putteredinside our houses while motorcyclesand leaf blowers roared and groaned in savagerage and pain outside, and if our old blackBakelite telephones, squatting silent amidst motley clutter like abstract statuesof outsized toads, should ever jangleas of old, startling dust motes into dancein stale air, it would be only robot voicescalling to beg or scare us into giving upour secret numbers.

Feb 29, 2024 | countercurrents.org | T Vijayendra |Richard D. Wolff |Carlos L Garrido |William Hathaway

An Interview with the Editor of ‘The New Socialist Reader’Reader: What are the aims of your journal? Editor: As the bold lines at the bottom of every page in our journal says:Our short term goal is to unionise all the working classes. Our long term goal is to achieve socialism. R: What are the main issues you take up in your journal?  E: Every issue of our journal carries material to help educate the working class in the ideas of New Socialism. R: What is New Socialism?

Dec 19, 2023 | countercurrents.org | Carlos L Garrido |Richard D. Wolff |William Hathaway |Hiren Gohain

A comrade recently pointed my attention to a comedy skit by Foil Arms and Hog called “Santa is Captured by the Russians,” where for two minutes Mr. Clauss is interrogated by the Soviet police. Below are some excerpts from the conversation: ​Santa:  I think there has been some sort of a mistake. You see I have a very busy night tonight. Soviet Police 1: He was found attempting to hide in a chimney. Soviet Police 2: Chimney? What were you doing in Russian airspace?