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09/22/2026

For decades, fossil-fuel corporations have benefited from tax advantages, government subsidies, access to public lands, and policies that transfer private risks to the public. Subsidies, War, and the American Taxpayer follows this flow of money and explains how taxpayers are frequently left paying for pollution, abandoned wells, environmental cleanup, damaged infrastructure, military protection, and corporate disasters.
The book also examines the growing human and financial costs of climate change. More destructive fires, floods, droughts, hurricanes, extreme heat, and other disasters are damaging communities, raising insurance costs, and forcing governments to spend billions of public dollars on emergency response and rebuilding.
Armando Oscar Olmos and Maria Teresa Zambrano Rivera present a fifteen-year transition plan to reduce fossil-fuel consumption by approximately 60 to 70 percent while protecting workers and energy-producing communities. The plan supports batteries, wind and solar power, a modern electrical grid, cleaner vehicles, hybrid machinery, and new technologies for trucks, heavy equipment, and aviation—creating a cleaner economy built around public accountability, reliable energy, and human survival.

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09/22/2026

A democracy cannot remain healthy when extraordinary wealth becomes extraordinary political power.

Our *Billionaires Inc.* book series examines how a small group of extremely wealthy individuals and corporations gained enormous influence over American politics, the economy, the media, public policy, and everyday life. These books ask a fundamental question: What happens when billionaires possess more power than millions of working people combined?

For more than four decades, working families have faced stagnant wages, disappearing pensions, rising housing costs, expensive healthcare, and growing economic insecurity. During the same period, billionaires accumulated fortunes once considered unimaginable. Tax reductions, deregulation, stock buybacks, corporate consolidation, weakened labor protections, and political donations helped transfer wealth and influence upward.

This concentration of wealth affects much more than personal bank accounts. Billionaires and powerful corporations can finance political campaigns, employ armies of lobbyists, purchase major media organizations, influence public debate, and shape the laws under which everyone must live. Their decisions can determine which industries receive public subsidies, which communities receive investment, and which workers are left behind.

*Billionaires Inc.* follows the connections between money, political access, media ownership, infrastructure, taxation, labor, technology, and democratic accountability. Each volume examines a different part of the system while remaining connected to the central story: how concentrated wealth changes a nation.

This series is not an argument against success, entrepreneurship, or innovation. It is an argument for fairness and accountability. No person or corporation should be so powerful that elected government becomes more responsive to wealth than to the public.

As authors, we write from the perspective of people who have witnessed discrimination, economic inequality, labor struggles, and the consequences of political decisions made far from working-class neighborhoods. We believe history must be told honestly—and that ordinary people deserve a voice in decisions affecting their jobs, families, communities, and future.

We invite you to read the *Billionaires Inc.* series, share these ideas, and join the discussion about the kind of democracy and economy America should build.

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09/22/2026

A democracy cannot remain healthy when extraordinary wealth becomes extraordinary political power.

Our *Billionaires Inc.* book series examines how a small group of extremely wealthy individuals and corporations gained enormous influence over American politics, the economy, the media, public policy, and everyday life. These books ask a fundamental question: What happens when billionaires possess more power than millions of working people combined?

For more than four decades, working families have faced stagnant wages, disappearing pensions, rising housing costs, expensive healthcare, and growing economic insecurity. During the same period, billionaires accumulated fortunes once considered unimaginable. Tax reductions, deregulation, stock buybacks, corporate consolidation, weakened labor protections, and political donations helped transfer wealth and influence upward.

This concentration of wealth affects much more than personal bank accounts. Billionaires and powerful corporations can finance political campaigns, employ armies of lobbyists, purchase major media organizations, influence public debate, and shape the laws under which everyone must live. Their decisions can determine which industries receive public subsidies, which communities receive investment, and which workers are left behind.

*Billionaires Inc.* follows the connections between money, political access, media ownership, infrastructure, taxation, labor, technology, and democratic accountability. Each volume examines a different part of the system while remaining connected to the central story: how concentrated wealth changes a nation.

This series is not an argument against success, entrepreneurship, or innovation. It is an argument for fairness and accountability. No person or corporation should be so powerful that elected government becomes more responsive to wealth than to the public.

As authors, we write from the perspective of people who have witnessed discrimination, economic inequality, labor struggles, and the consequences of political decisions made far from working-class neighborhoods. We believe history must be told honestly—and that ordinary people deserve a voice in decisions affecting their jobs, families, communities, and future.

We invite you to read the *Billionaires Inc.* series, share these ideas, and join the discussion about the kind of democracy and economy America should build.

Subscribe to this newsletter for book updates, historical commentary, and new writing about civil rights, economic justice, the working class, and political accountability.

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09/16/2026

I'm glad to share that my new book, War & Fossil Fuel Book I, co-written with María Teresa Zambrano Rivera, is now available on Kindle — with a Spanish edition, Subsidios, guerra y el contribuyente estadounidense, out alongside it.

This book started from a simple, uncomfortable question: who actually pays for the fossil fuel industry's privileges — and who benefits from them?

For decades, American energy policy has quietly transferred public wealth into private hands through preferential tax treatment, subsidized leases on public land, and government support that rarely shows up as a line item taxpayers can see. This book traces where that money goes, what it costs beyond the balance sheet — in public health, environmental damage, and global instability — and what real accountability would require.

In this book, we dig into:

- How decades of preferential regulation have shaped the true cost of fossil fuel dependence
- The hidden costs that never make it onto a utility bill: public health, environmental cleanup, and geopolitical risk
- Who benefits from current subsidy structures, and who bears the risk
- What a just transition would actually require — for workers and communities, not just balance sheets
- A framework for real fiscal and regulatory transparency going forward

This is Book I in a series — the beginning of a closer look at where public money goes, and who's accountable for it.

If this is a subject you care about, I'd love for you to check it out.

Get the book and see all my titles here:
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Thank you, as always, for reading — and for supporting independent nonfiction.

— Armando

09/15/2026

THE 1968 EAST LOS ANGELES WALKOUTS

In March 1968, thousands of Mexican American students walked out of schools across East Los Angeles to demand better educational opportunities. Students called attention to overcrowded classrooms, unequal educational conditions, limited representation of Mexican American history and culture, and the need for reforms such as improved college preparation and bilingual education.

The East L.A. Walkouts, also known as the Chicano Blowouts, became an important chapter in the Chicano civil-rights movement. Young students demonstrated that they were willing to organize, speak publicly, and demand a greater voice in their education and their future.

This history is personal to me. I attended Roosevelt High School before leaving high school in 1967, shortly before the historic walkouts. I grew up in the communities where this movement developed, and members of my family attended Roosevelt during this historic period.

I invite you to read our latest Substack article and learn more about the students who helped change the history of East Los Angeles.

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09/13/2026

📚 **NOW AVAILABLE ON AMAZON**

**DETENTION CENTERS**
*By Armando Oscar Olmos and Maria Teresa Zambrano Rivera*

Discover a powerful examination of America’s immigration detention system—its human cost, private profits, abuse of authority, and the families whose lives have been changed forever.

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09/12/2026

In March 1968, the East Los Angeles Walkouts—commonly remembered as the "Chicano Blowouts"—ignited one of the most powerful youth-led civil rights mobilizations in American history. Frustrated by decades of systemic inequality, thousands of Mexican American high school students coordinated a mass strike across several major campuses, including Garfield, Roosevelt, Lincoln, and Belmont High Schools. The walkouts were not spontaneous outbursts, but carefully planned acts of direct action organized by young leaders alongside mentors like Lincoln High teacher Sal Castro, all determined to challenge a public school system that systematically neglected Eastside communities.

At the root of the protests was deep indignation over blatant educational discrimination, substandard facilities, and institutional racism. Chicano students faced staggering dropout rates hovering around 60% and were routinely tracked into vocational labor or homemaking rather than college-preparatory coursework. Spanish was strictly prohibited on school grounds under threat of punishment, Mexican history and culture were excluded from classroom curricula, and high schools operated with severe overcrowding and outdated materials. Armed with handmade picket signs bearing slogans like "School Not Prison" and "We Are Not 'Dirty Mexicans,'" students openly condemned daily indignities and demanded that their schools function as institutions of learning rather than holding facilities.

As the strike gained momentum, more than 15,000 to 20,000 students poured into the streets over several days, capturing citywide media attention and provoking swift institutional pushback. Student committees formulated a comprehensive list of 36 demands presented to the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) Board of Education, calling for bilingual education, revised history textbooks acknowledging Mexican American heritage, hiring of Chicano teachers and administrators, and facility upgrades. The establishment responded with heavy police crackdowns, harassment, and the eventual indictment of thirteen organizers and community leaders—known as the "East L.A. 13"—on felony conspiracy charges, though community-wide protests, school board sit-ins, and subsequent legal battles ultimately led to their charges being dismissed.

The East Los Angeles Walkouts marked a transformative watershed moment that galvanized the broader Chicano Civil Rights Movement nationwide. The protests demonstrated the organizational sophistication and political power of youth, directly pressuring the school district to introduce bilingual and bicultural programs and recruit more Latino educators. Beyond secondary schools, the momentum catalyzed college students to demand and establish the nation's first Chicano Studies departments, spurred university affirmative action initiatives, and inspired a generation of activists, scholars, and political leaders who permanently reshaped American civil rights history.

09/11/2026

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The Zoot Suit Riots of 1943 were a violent chapter in Los Angeles history rooted in racial discrimination, wartime tension, and hostility toward Mexican American youth. Young Mexican Americans—many of whom identified with the pachuco culture—often wore distinctive zoot suits with long coats and wide-legged trousers. During World War II, newspapers and public officials sometimes portrayed these young people as criminals or troublemakers. The 1942 Sleepy Lagoon case, in which a group of Mexican American youths were convicted following the death of José Díaz, intensified racial tensions and helped create an atmosphere in which an entire community could be treated with suspicion.

In June 1943, groups of U.S. servicemen traveled through Los Angeles searching for young men wearing zoot suits. Mexican American youths were beaten, stripped of their clothing, and publicly humiliated. The violence spread through downtown Los Angeles and other communities, while Black and Filipino youths were also targeted. Police responses were heavily criticized because many Mexican American victims were arrested rather than the servicemen attacking them. Newspapers frequently described the violence as a conflict caused by Mexican American "gangs," contributing to stereotypes that obscured the racial discrimination behind the attacks.

The Zoot Suit Riots became an important part of Mexican American and Chicano civil-rights history. They demonstrated how discrimination in policing, the courts, newspapers, and public institutions could reinforce one another. The convictions in the Sleepy Lagoon case were eventually overturned in 1944, representing an important victory against injustice. Remembering the Zoot Suit era means remembering more than clothing or street culture—it means recognizing a generation of Mexican American young people who faced discrimination while asserting their identity, dignity, and right to belong in Los Angeles and the United States.
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09/11/2026

John Fetterman has officially crossed the line from "independent voice" to doing campaign PR for the Republican Party.

Delivering a surprise video message played directly at the RNC Midterm Convention in Dallas—extensively highlighted across Fox News—is a slap in the face to every working-class Pennsylvanian who organized, donated, and voted to send him to the Senate.

Standing in front of a steel mill, Fetterman recorded a clip introducing Republican Senator Dave McCormick as a "great American," repeating GOP talking points about "rejecting socialism," and openly pledging to work with Donald Trump. In response, McCormick took the stage to lead the GOP crowd in cheering him on.

You don't fight for everyday working people by cutting hype videos for Republican conventions and feeding conservative cable news cycles just months before high-stakes midterm elections. It’s a total abandonment of the platform he ran on and the coalition that put him in office.

Watch the clip and judge for yourself.

What are your thoughts on his appearance at the GOP convention? Drop your comments below. 👇

09/10/2026

The Great Depression devastated millions of American families, but it also led to bold reforms that reshaped the nation. In *The New Deal Coalition*, we examine how President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Frances Perkins, organized labor, and working people fought for jobs, Social Security, workers’ rights, and economic security.

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