Charles M Young

Charles M. Young is a journalist and contributor to the collectively-run news organization, This Can’t Be Happening.

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The Budgies Are Listless

On Thursday, January 5, I was waiting for the elevator in the lobby of my building when I was joined by a woman who lives up the hall…

by: Charles M Young,; This Can't Be Happening

January 13, 2012

Op-Ed

All Hail the Unknown Organizer!

The Unknown Organizer. Liberated Autonomous Manhattan — In a century, community organizers will still be debating what to call Zuccotti Park/Liberty Plaza/Liberty Square. The surrounding skyscrapers…

by: Charles M Young,; This Can't Be Happening

October 17, 2011

Op-Ed

Hail to the Trump, Class Traitor

In the past few months, Obama has had time to play golf. He’s had time to fill out his NCAA basketball playoff bracket. He’s had time to go…

by: Charles M Young,; This Can't Be Happening

April 17, 2011

Op-Ed

Who Are the Liquidators?

The prime minister of Japan has said that his government is “not in a position where we can be optimistic” about the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant. Is…

by: Charles M Young,; This Can't Be Happening

March 28, 2011

Channeling the Pentagon Channel: The New Socialist Realism

The Pentagon Channel is not the Military Channel. The Military Channel is Hitler plus top ten lists. You wanna know about the failed plot to assassinate the Fuehrer…

by: Charles M Young &; Charles McDermid,; thiscantbehappening.net

June 7, 2010

Radio Free Maine: Today Augusta, Tomorrow the World

In the spring of 1994, I went to the Socialist Scholars Conference in New York, where I encountered a large red-faced man with white hair. He had the…

by: Charles M Young &; Charles McDermid,; thiscantbehappening.net

June 5, 2010