April 2025

  • Links to Recent Articles of Interest “Tax Season and the Making of the American Fiscal State” By Ajay K. Mehrota and John Fabian Witt, Made by History – Time, posted April 16 A historical primer on how and why the US came to replace protective tariffs with a graduated income tax, and how Trump administration actions “are combining…

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  • Resolution to Oppose Scholasticide in Gaza Whereas the US government has underwritten the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) campaign in Gaza with $17.9 billion inmilitary aid between October 2023 and October 2024. Whereas that campaign, beyond causing massive death and injury to Palestinian civilians and the collapse of basic lifestructures, has effectively obliterated Gaza’s education system;…

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