Charles van Heck's Woodhull Journal

democracy

  • The Whispers Grow Louder: Democracy at a Tipping Point

    We have been hearing whispers coming from the White House about invoking the Insurrection Act over the past eight months. Regretfully, the whispers have grown louder. Joseph Nunn of the Brennan Center for Justice has written an informative article explaining… Continue reading

  • Muggers, Pretzels, and the Integrity of A Small Newspaper  

    Censors sneak up right before your eyes in broad daylight. They aren’t figures lurking in a dark alley on a rainy night waiting to mug you as you make your way from a subway entrance. The censors wear tailored suits.… Continue reading

  • On Libraries and Freedom

    I hesitated in the grip of withdrawals. “Go! Get out!” Lynn Tanaka firmly told me on my final day on Mayne Island. Taking a few reluctant steps towards the door, my eyes locked on the neatly arranged shelves in her… Continue reading

  • THE FRIDAY JIMPLECUTE

    By Carl A. Ten Hoopen Carl A. Ten Hoopen is the political and business reporter for the Evoraberg Independent. Business News To be a successful business person is not an easy task, but it is perhaps decidedly easier when you… Continue reading

  • WHAT DOES IT ALL MEAN

    PART ONE: DEFINING FASCISM Today, as I begin this essay that I envision to be written in three parts, is 24 April,  Yom HaShoah. This is Jewish Holocaust Memorial Day. We pause to remember The Night of state-sponsored persecution and… Continue reading

  • THE SALT OF INDIVIDUAL ACTION:

    THE POSSIBILITY OF ANSWERS But what can one person do? I will not pretend to have all the answers to how to respond to the totalitarian regime that, in a few short months, has blatantly disregarded the law of our… Continue reading

  • THE TIME HAS COME FOR AN AMERICAN SOLIDARITY MOVEMENT

    April 5th marks the beginning of a Solidarity Movement here in the States. Those of us who are older remember the nonviolent struggle against the Polish authoritarian communist government. The movement was a coalition of union workers, students, intellectuals, farmers,… Continue reading