Month: July 2012

Would You Dodge the Draft in Afghanistan?

By Alexander Cockburn Two years after he was sacked by President Obama as the top commander in Afghanistan for suggesting to Rolling Stone magazine that the real enemy were ”the wimps in the White House”, General Stanley A McChrystal has recycled a perennial chestnut: Bring back the draft – i.e. a conscripted army, not the volunteer army of today. […]

Dissident News Update July 14, 2012

Fidel in Haiku Mode NELSON P. VALDES Recently a number of journalists and commentators have wandered whether Fidel Castro has lost his marbles [or as… Obamacare Wins, We Lose JOHN STAUBER It was a brilliant move by far Right (but oh so likable) Chief Justice Roberts to side with… Why […]

We need progressive religion

salon.com Sara Robinson This article originally appeared on AlterNet. Often, religion offers much that progressives need to build movements for change One of the great historical strengths of the progressive movement has been its resolute commitment to the separation of church and state. As progressives, we don’t want […]

DOT Construction Signs Hacked To Read ‘Impeach Obama’

Todd Walker KTUU.com Tamara Douglas snapped a picture of the sign message around 6 a.m. Thursday. Several electronic road construction signs around Anchorage were hacked late Wednesday night or early Thursday morning, according to the state Department of Transportation. Signs that normally display closure and detour information, like […]

Time to get crazy…. but not too crazy.

by Vincent Rinehart Chris Hedges says Native resistance, both violent and passive, didn’t work in the face of oppression. He also doesn’t want to advocate violence in the face of global catastrophe brought on by the world’s corporate elite. But he won’t stand idly by and just watch […]

The Nagging Persistence of Tribalism

Goad’s latest @ TakiMag. _______ Last week in rural western Alabama, members of the Christian Identity movement teamed up with Klansmen to host a three-day shindig that ended on Friday with a cross burning. The event gained national attention after local residents complained about a flyer that specified […]

The Much Maligned Free Market

From Kyle’s Corner. ________ It’s official, the commies are winning. Recent Pew polls have shown a slow but consistent increase in socialism’s popularity, despite a 50 year Cold War fought ostensibly against the concept. Youth 18-29 years of age (AKA the future) now prefer socialism over capitalism, and […]

Obamacare Wins, We Lose

By John Stauber It was a brilliant move by far Right (but oh so likable) Chief Justice Roberts to side with the Dem-appointed Justices and uphold ObamaCare.  After all, this is a massive victory for corporate power, forcing citizens to buy an expensive insurance product that won’t serve […]

The Rise of Southern Nationalism

From the Missouri Tenth Any discussion concerning the natural rights of man in relation to state sovereignty, independence from tyranny,  self-determination, and de-centralization, certainly wouldn’t be complete without bringing awareness and understanding towards today’s important cause of Southern Nationalism. John P. George, a member of the League of […]

Maoists used “human shields” in forest encounter

khabarsouthasia.com Chandan Das in Jamshedpur for Khabar South Asia In this June 2010 file photo, government-backed troops stand guard as women walk in a Chhattisgarh village. India’s home ministry says Maoist insurgents, known as Naxals, used women and minors as human shields during a recent encounter with the […]

Myths of Individualism

Tom G. Palmer set the communitarian crowd straight. Kudos to Kyle Kidwell for bringing this to my attention. ____________ It has recently been asserted that libertarians, or classical liberals, actually think that “individual agents are fully formed and their value preferences are in place prior to and outside […]

The tax man cometh to police you on health care

By Stephen Ohlemacher WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court’s decision to uphold most of President Barack Obama’s health care law will come home to roost for most taxpayers in about 2½ years, when they’ll have to start providing proof on their tax returns that they have health insurance. That scenario puts the Internal Revenue […]

Dissident News Update July 7, 2012

A Groundswell of Activism Against Drones Activist opposition to Washington’s new affinity with unmanned aerial vehicles for use in surveillance and war is growing by the day. Anti-drone campaigns are now established in New York, Nevada, California, Colorado, New Mexico, and Arizona, as well as a growing movement […]

Special treatment for Israelis to enter the US

Program with Israel pre-clears Israeli travelers from immigration and customs into the United States. “Special friendship” says Napolitano. Listen to the interview here. —- forward.com Nathan Guttman Homeland Security Sec’y Defends Controversial Grant Program NATE LAVEY Secretary Speaks: Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano speaks to staff at the […]

Obamacare: Mo’ Money, Mo’ Problems

By Gavin McInnes Last week, the Supreme Court decided we all have to buy government broccoli for $1.7 trillion. This is the analogy fiscal conservatives are using to describe the Obamacare mandate that insists everyone pay their “fair share.” John Derbyshire says that “healthcare isn’t broccoli,” because while […]

The Court and the “Ring of Capitalists”

By David D’Amato Last week’s 5-4 decision from the US Supreme Court, holding that Congress did indeed possess the constitutional authority to enact the individual mandate that remains Obamacare’s most controversial provision surprised many. The Court’s majority opined that although the US Constitution’s Commerce Clause doesn’t give Congress […]

Why Congress Doesn’t Work

This sounds like a mainstream, reformist version of ARV/ATS. By Leo Linbeck III gary718 / shutterstock Faced with a complex, hard-to-solve problem, there is a natural human tendency to solve a much simpler, easier one instead. Nobel Laureate Daniel Kahneman, in his book,Thinking, Fast and Slow, dubs this cognitive process […]

Israeli National-Anarchism?

This looks to be an interesting book. This book reveals for the first time the ancient Israelite culture, which Moses established in the Sinai Desert, as an Anarchistic society. The Ancient Israelite culture rejected all forms of law and administration on principle because of their belief in Yahavah […]