Lorenzo's political lessons

Facing Reality

Facing RealityBy Lorenzo Canizares6/18/22It feels wonderful to be corroborated. For some time, I have been saying that we are a nation in deep trouble. On 6/1/22 in an article titled “The Nation Can’t Wait Any Longer,” I wrote “Somebody would have to be willfully blind not to see the crisis of inaction that we are […]

Time to Build a United Front Against Fascism

Time To Build a United Front Against Fascism By Lorenzo Canizares 12/24/21 The Sense of Urgency that I and some others have indicated several times in the past regarding the state of our democracy is finally gaining speed. Many nationally and locally important players in our fight for a better tomorrow, are understanding that we […]

To Survive : Aim High

To Survive : Aim High By Lorenzo Canizares 11/8/21   There is no doubt that democracy in the USA is hanging by a thread. But sadly, not many people realize that. Not everyone has the time to be following the latest news and be to tie the knots that makes some of us capable of […]

To practice decency in politics you don’t have to be a communist.

 In Miami, maybe more than any other place in the nation, people are branded as Communists for being to the left of Hitler. This incredible political distortion is having a tremendous effect in the people of South Florida and has spread around the nation as also an attack on socialism.    Republicans have been the […]

Willful Collapse

Today the nation and people on the Blue side of the equation received the bad news that Congressman John Yarmouth from Kentucky is retiring. Cong. Yarmouth is a member of the Congressional Progressive Caucus and is also chairman of the House Budget Committee. This is what he is quoted as saying in an article posted […]

Unable to Think Straight

By Lorenzo Canizares 9/9/21 Tonight, Fox TV was unhinged. Sean Hannity was blasting the President unmercifully because of Biden’s newly announced Covid-19 mandate. The mandate will require all federal employees and government contractors to get vaccinated against Covid-19.  According to a 9/9/21 Reuters article, this will affect millions of people. It seems as if Right-wing […]

Fight Racism

Curtailing the Big Lie

The Big Lie keeps reverberating through right wing media. Believers are doing crazy things like what happened in January 6th. Talking out loud about the second coming of Trump. Threatening people with mayhem on the Donald’s name. Is this a way to run a civilized nation? Why are these people getting away with creating havoc?  […]

LCA Endorsed Candidates For The General Election on Nov 3, 2020

he Labor Community Alliance of South Florida (LCA) Endorsed Candidates for the General 2020 Election Pam Keith-U.S. House Florida 18th CD Danielle Levine Cava-Miami-Dade County Mayor Shevrin Jones-Florida State Senate Marie Woodson – FL House District 101 Maureen Porras-FL House District 105 Dotie Joseph-FL House District 108 Lucia Baez-Geller-Miami-Dade School Board District 3 Michael Joseph-North […]

VOTING DURING THE PANDEMIC

Deadline to Register to Vote October 5th. Planning to Vote in the GeneralElection during these challenging times of the pandemic.  This may raise thoughtful health concerns for the best manner to ensure your safety and the safety of your family members.  Fortunately, you have options to participate in the upcoming election process. For vote-by-mail ballot […]

THE PEOPLES CORNER

BY LORENZO CANIZARES The count now is 182,923 people that has officially passed away because of Covid-19. The projections are for 300,000 by November. I sincerely believe that is low-balling. Why? because we are coming now to a point that medical science is going to be placed aside to accommo-date the needs of the economy. […]