by Philip Farruggio | May 2, 2024 | Blog, CounterCurrents
Fifty four years ago today this writer was getting ready to hitchhike to classes at Brooklyn College. It was a sunny, blue sky early Spring day, and the college was a few miles from our apartment building on the corner of Bedford Ave and Ave U. This writer was into...
by Philip Farruggio | Apr 24, 2024 | Blog
I was channel surfing last evening and watched the Supreme Court’s new case concerning homeless encampments etc. What got me was how the government’s lawyer kept explaining how the homeless situation was being handled. HIs retort was that NGOs ( Non...
by Philip Farruggio | Apr 24, 2024 | Blog
In today’s America there is no need for a contract for millions of my fellow working stiffs. With many states like mine ( Florida) having ‘Right to work laws’, unions are few and far between. Duh, like not even 10% of private sector workers are...
by Philip Farruggio | Apr 11, 2024 | Blog
Sometimes, when I need a good laugh, I go into my inner treasure box of memories. What comes out is hilarious, because it damn well really happened! I’m 19, just got my hack license ,allowing me to drive a NYC Yellow Cab. A few days into the job I find myself at...
by Philip Farruggio | Apr 1, 2024 | Blog
Once someone dares to compare today’s right wing in American politics to that of the fascist Nazi Party of 90 years ago, the snowballs fly. They tell you that it is utterly ridiculous to even equate such a thing. Oh really? Well, straight from the...
by Philip Farruggio | Mar 25, 2024 | Blog, CounterCurrents
Documentary film maker Marc Levin made a ‘must see ‘ film entitled Class Divide (2015) about the gentrification of the West Chelsea area of Manhattan ( 23rd street around 9th and 10th Avenues). HIs former documentary, Hard Times: Lost on Long Island...
