Seattle-based writer of journalism, criticism, progressive economics and politics pieces, and comic books. Snelson, my comic with Fred Harper was a New York Public Library Best Adult Comic selection for 2022. Email: thisispaulconstant at gmail dot com.
Paul Constant
One hundred percent agree. And also we need to break the corporate media behemoths into a bunch of itty-bitty pieces.
Our World's Ceaseless Effort To Bury Systemic Problems Under Layers Of Bogus "Fight Amongst Yourselves" Individual Responsibility, Part 47,290,155: Books
More than 10,000 people applied for Seattle's social housing lottery after the social housing developer bought its first building. www.seattletimes.com/business/rea...
U.S. politicians: “Gas prices are so high and cars are so expensive! Maybe we should eliminate the gas tax?”
Mexico politicians:
It's the Bezoses and do-nothing Speaker Mike Johnsons of the world who are creating conditions allowing all the money to concentrate at the top of the publishing world while everyone else fights for scraps. Libraries support authors! This is a class issue, not a distribution issue..
Authors blaming libraries for lower pay gives off real "let's you and him fight" energy. The real reason authors don't get paid what they're worth is an exploitative system created by corporate consolidation among publishers, distributors, and retailers.
Fascism is the threat, but credulous elites are the mechanism through which fascism gains power.
Happy to see a Kickstarter offering affordable PDF and print options. More importantly, it’s Mark Russell and Russ Braun! Of course I’m going to buy in! www.kickstarter.com/projects/com...
For years, CEOs have sold a story that a $15 minimum wage would kill jobs.
The Washington establishment bought this trickle-down lie, and workers paid the price.
But the evidence debunks that myth.
It's long past time to raise the minimum wage.
Seattle’s first social housing building has just 150 apartments. The number of applicants to move in is a sign of the city’s need for affordable housing.
You all-- I never thought I'd see the day, but library peeps, strap in for a fight. The Author's Guild is going after us as the reason why authors are making less money. I don't think they understand who they are dealing with: www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
