Burlington’s Mayor Miro Weinberger and his pro-war faction on the City Council have trashed democracy to support Israel’s apartheid state and its genocidal war on Palestine.
Category: Opinion
Rather than take a stand for peace and justice, Burlington’s Mayor Weinberger and his pro-war allies on the City Council blocked a resolution calling for a ceasefire. That put them at odds with the country’s majority who want an immediate end to the war.
Political life in the city of Burlington leaves a lot to be desired. The forces of big money are laying siege to our homes, schools, hospitals, public spaces, and social expression. Like vampires, the insular cliques of entrepreneur groups intrude into our communities and suck out the social surplus. They monopolize every aspect of our lives and raise the rent. They attack us with their ideology to sanctify their exploitation.
Watching local Vermont Jewish organizations react to the crisis in Gaza and pro-Palestinian protests in Burlington with victimization, dehumanizing language, and even the outright rejection of anti-Zionist Jews as members of the broader Vermont Jewish community, has affirmed to me, an anti-Zionist trans woman and Jewish Vermonter, that Zionism has completely hollowed out generations of Jewish values, even in Vermont.
“Hold up, folks, the employees saw us and are calling the cops.” The message came in only 15 minutes after my roommate and I left, flush with almost a dozen bags stuffed with yogurt, cheese, and frozen meals.
I just found out that my hairdresser is a hardcore MAGA enthusiast who loves wearing shirts that say “I don’t kneel” and posts lots of pictures with American flags and guns. She does my hair perfectly, but I can’t keep giving her my money, right?!?!
I celebrate Christmas and I love it. Can I just say… “Merry Christmas”?
Sincerely,
Happy Holidays
For the terminally online, this discourse has been done to death, but if you’re the token Vermonter at the dinner table this topic will likely come up. We want to prepare you for this possibly drunken, certainly awkward conversation.
As a growing transphobic reactionary movement throughout the country uses both state and informal power to intimidate trans people out of public life, Vermont media shows mixed ability to cover these issues with sensitivity.
Dear A Leftist™, I try to always put my name on anything I write or say. Why do some leftists stay anonymous online? I think if you wouldn’t say something face to face you shouldn’t say it at all!
In the latest episode of Unsolicited Bridge Pics, Gabrielle Bills is joined by fellow members of The Rake Matt Moore and Mike Fife to present
In the middle of a spring marked by widespread anti-trans political action and legislation in the US and heightened transphobic and homophobic violence in Vermont, Wright invited right-wing activist Karlyn Borysenko onto his radio program.
To local media our lives are worth nothing — but our deaths are worth advertising dollars.
Dear A Leftist™,
What’s with leftists hating people who make money and are successful?
Many of City Hall’s stones were carved by socialist hands. This fact can appear inspirational to leftists who desire to take power within. But let’s not forget who directed those hands: capital.
Welcome, valued reader, to The Rake Vermont’s 2022 Burlington City Council Election Prospectus. Below you will find a cursory guide to each of Burlington’s wards
Ward 3 candidate Christopher-Aaron Felker has scrubbed his public image of his past extremely transphobic comments, now calling for civility and a campaign focused on “community safety,” but he has never publicly apologized or made amends for his history of hateful rhetoric.
“Dear A Leftist™, Why are there homeless people in Vermont during the winter? Why don’t they move south?” There are two tempting and connected ideas
Though weeks have passed since the City of Burlington’s removal of the Sears Lane community, its impact remains fresh, as those displaced continue to seek
“Enjoy your homes.” Those were the last words of a comrade at the latest city council meeting that covered the fate of Sears Lane, before