Many column inches have been dedicated to the recent food truck controversy on the Eastern Prom of Portland. The ‘debate’ is framed in traditional neo-liberal terms, with free-market entrepreneurs (the food truck owners) hustling for a living and...
The office is empty today. Folks are with family or friends, celebrating the holiday or the good weather, as they should be. May Day doesn’t always fall on a Sunday, but when it does, it feels right. Most Americans don’t give a thought about May...
Pine & Roses is a project of the Maine chapter of Democratic Socialists of America (DSA). Our publication mainly focuses on news and opinions about issues affecting working class Mainers and U.S. leftists. While the following piece is primarily...
The following is a reprint of a statement published on March 8, 2022, by a coalition of seven leftist European parties calling for leftists and governments to show material solidarity with Ukraine as that country faces an invasion by Russia. This...
The following is a reprint of a statement by the Ukrainian democratic socialist political party, Sotsialnyi Rukh (Social Movement), on the recent move by the Ukrainian government to ban political parties it claimed were either sympathetic to or...
This is the third installment of our Ukraine Series, a number of pieces focused on the invasion of Ukraine by Russian state forces. This is all in lead-up to Maine DSA's next General Meeting on April 3, 2022, which will be a panel discussion open...
The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have long been compared to the US aggression in Vietnam. The similarities are obvious: broad support for an imperialist project at first until guerrilla fighting tactics prove the US soldiers are in over their...
The following is from Marc Normandin's ongoing project "Baseball coverage, featuring leftism" where he primarily discusses baseball, but other sports, too, with a focus on labor through a leftist lens. You can check out his work and sign up for his...
The seizure of Odessa would solidify President Vladimir Putin’s control of Ukraine’s Black Sea coast. Russian troops have already captured several smaller port cities, shelling civilians and destroying infrastructure along the way. An assault on...