Richard D. Vogel is a political reporter who monitors the effects of neoliberal globalization on working people and their communities. He is a retired high school and junior college teacher who also worked as a truck driver and carpenter, always as an active union member. He served in the US army paratroopers during the Cold War and attended the University of Houston where he earned a BA in English and a MA in sociology through hard work and the aid of the GI Bill. He has been married to Idell for 34 years and is the father of three children and grandfather of two.

Richard's work as a columnist on Axis of Logic primarily involves our mission to build a Civic Revolution. Civic Revolution is a new social and political movement designed to empower the masses for a just and peaceful society against the Global Corporate Empire. We want to enlist Axis of Logic readers to participate and support this new positive thrust by commenting on the articles and by sending us reports on the work you are doing in your communities to build a Civic Revolution in the United States. We also encourage readers from other countries to share their strategies, experiences, and victories so we can all grow together. Richard has published articles in Monthly Review, Canadian Dimension, and MRZine that have been widely circulated on the Internet. Visit his website, From the Left -- A US Forum on Combating Globalization Contact Richard D. Vogel