This is a pretty good analysis/overview although “fascism” really isn’t the correct term for what is being described, which is something far more sophisticated than the classical cult of the strongman. Fascism is something that tends to emerge in societies that are still in a relatively early stage […]
By Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò Might we be witnessing but not heeding a historical moment that years hence, we wouldlookbackandretrospectivelychristenthetwilightofAmericanimperialism? DonaldTrumpstarted a trend the very first year of his presidency of withdrawing or threatening to withdraw from sundry international agreements that previous administrations had negotiated and signed on behalf of […]
I’ve also seen plenty of commentaries describing how yoga, hiking clubs, stamp collectors clubs, and even the Southern Baptist Convention are being infiltrated by SJWs. Apparently, everything is becoming politicized, even stuff that shouldn’t rationally be considered political. And “both sides” are increasingly coming to view an electoral […]
When Trump was elected, there were liberals and leftists call for a reversal of the election by the Electoral College as well. By Tom Porter, Business Insider President Donald Trump has asked aides about a plan to remain in office by subverting the Electoral College, The New York […]
So Chad Himmler defies the orders of the Orange Fuhrer? This has got to be the most limp-dicked “coup attempt” in history. By Steven Nelson, New York Post Department of Homeland Security acting Secretary Chad Wolf is defying President Trump’s order to terminate election cybersecurity official Christopher Krebs, […]
The most immediately obvious problem with this article is that it merely makes the left-opposition into an appendage of the Democratic Party (to the degree they are not already) held captive by rightwingophobia. Although a valid point the article makes is that the neocons will indeed attempt to […]
Good luck with getting Kamala to roll back any aspect of the police state. By Cathy Reisenwitz Kamala Harris’s election as U.S. vice president is truly historic. Harris is the first woman and first Black American to serve as vice president, the first Black woman ever even nominated […]
The ironic thing about this meme is that the Republicans have actually become more diverse under Trump.
This is a somewhat interesting analysis from a left-communist/an-com/Bordigist perspective. Listen here.
A ruling class unity regime is now in power without the distraction of Trump as a chaos agent. I’m sure Bill Kristol is overjoyed.
Caleb Maupin on the rising ruling class that is becoming dominant among the US power elite.
A pretty good discussion of the demographics of US electoral politics from a paleoconnish perspective. I expect to the Republican Party to take more leftward drift in the future and develop elements that more closely resemble European Christian Democrats (very mild social democratic rhetoric couched in quasi-religious terms) […]
A pretty interesting discussion of the Left/Right divide from a thone-and-altar perspective. My take on the Left/Right dichotomy is that while there are important philosophical differences between the two but, as Kirkpatrick Sale and Peter Marshall have pointed out, the wider anarchist critique of power is over and […]
By Sarah Lazare, In These Times In July 2019, while campaigning for the Democratic nomination for president, Joe Biden declared in a foreign policy speech, “It’s past time to end the Forever Wars, which have cost us untold blood and treasure.” But the president-elect — who as vice president oversaw wars […]
By Bradley Birzer, The Imaginative Conservative The grand Anglo-Irish statesman, Edmund Burke (1729-1797) spent much of his last eight years dwelling upon the French Revolution as well as trying to define its most important elements. If the British failed to understand the “armed doctrine” of the Revolutionaries as […]
By James K. Galbreath, The Nation The New Industrial State was my father’s great work of theory. First published in 1967, nearly a decade after the triumph of The Affluent Society, The New Industrial State went beyond criticism of orthodox economics, beyond Marx and beyond Keynes—toward a full […]
By Peter Turchin Something happened in the United States during the 1970s. According to a number of indicators, well-being of the majority of Americans, which had been growing for many decades, entered a regime of stagnation and, eventually, decline. The trend towards greater equality in incomes and wealth […]
By Matt Purple, The American Conservative It’s time for a new electoral map, one that colors the states according to what Donald Trump thinks should happen to the votes there. So make Pennsylvania and Michigan lavender since Trump wants their counting to stop. Arizona can go mauve since […]
By Caitlin Johnstone Well, you’ll be happy to know that the next US president and his crack team of ventriloquists are assembling a cabinet of mass murderers that’s as diverse, inclusive and intersectional as America herself. It’s been obvious for a long time that Joe Biden’s cabinet would […]
By Aryeh Botwinick,TELOS From a Machiavellian perspective, peace is war by other means. You can have a much greater watchful vigilance of your former (or future) opponent in times of peace than in a time of war. Israel as a sponsor (or co-sponsor) of a kind of Middle […]
By Sureyyya Evren Although anarchists have a central interest in problems of domination and oppression, concepts of race and ethnicity have not been subject to sustained analysis in anarchist literature. This failure can be explained with reference to the priority that has been given to the great ideas […]
By Sureyyya Evren Dominant histories of anarchism rely on a historical framework that ill fits anarchism. Mainstream anarchist historiography is not only blind to non-Western elements of historical anarchism, it also misses the very nature of fin de siècle world radicalism and the contexts in which activists and […]
With the exception of Obama and maybe Jimmy Carter, he was the most liberal president in US history.
Krystal Ball and Saagar Enjeti share their thoughts on what will happen after all 50 states certify their election results.
What could possibly go wrong?
The voters said no to the neocons? Jacobin Editor-A-Large, David Sirota, discusses how the Lincoln Project’s goal to “reduce Republican Trump support” may have actually backfired
The richest ruling class in history presiding over a Third World class system. Krystal Ball and Saagar Enjeti discuss The Labor Department’s report that jobless claims hit 709,000 for the week ending Nov. 7, down from 757,000 the week before.
A pretty good discussion of automation is included in this. Founder of Humanity Forward, Andrew Yang, reacts to the results of the 2020 election. He also discusses his hope for the future of UBI.
Trump out of power but as a permanent thorn in the side to both the Democrats and Republicans might actually be a positive thing, particularly if he starts his own TV network to undermine FOX.
By Glenn Greenwald, Subtack That the liberal belief in and fear of a Trump-led fascist dictatorship and violent coup is actually a fantasy — a longing, a desire, a craving — has long been obvious. The Democrats’ own actions proved that they never believed their own melodramatic and […]
I suspect the neocons are planning to find someone they can use to harness the energy of Trumpism toward their own ends, but without the loose cannon of Trump himself. In fact, I’m certain of it. They were successful at embedding themselves in the administration to a large […]
There will be no “coup.” The ruling class and the global power elite of which it is a part have clearly spoken. Kissinger represents the very upper levels of the ruling class and is intricately connected to power elites in other nations and on an international level. His […]
By Jorell Melendez Badillo, Reynaldo Padilla-Teruel Driving to the Canadian border in January 2011, headed for Toronto and NAASN-II with my friends Daniel and Susan, I was asked the purpose of our visit. “To attend an academic conference,” I said, perhaps a little too briskly, because the guard […]
By Dana Williams Anarchism has not had a noticeable impact upon sociology. The two traditions diverged in their interest in society and their relationship to it. This paper contrasts the practitioners or thinkers of one tradition against the other. The analysis shows some strong antagonisms, many instances of […]
By Patrick S. O’Donnell This bibliography has two conspicuous constraints: books, in English. While not exhaustive, it is nonetheless intended to be fairly comprehensive. I have included works on social movements, groups and organizations that may not be avowedly “anarchist” yet display many if not most of the […]
Universe Today In May of 2019, SpaceX began launching its Starlink constellation with the launch of its first 60 satellites. To date, the company has launched over 800 satellites and (as of this summer) is producing them at a rate of about 120 a month. By late 2021 […]
By Adam Payne, Business Insider President Donald Trump has filled a series of senior defense positions with loyalists, causing alarm among Pentagon officials. Four defense officials, including Mark Esper, the defense secretary, and James Anderson, the acting undersecretary of defense for policy, have either resigned or been sacked […]
Everyone hates the ruling class. Co-host of the Bad Faith Podcast, Briahna Joy Gray, discusses why rank-and-file lawmakers in the Democratic Party are nervous.
This is pretty good. Some good attacks on the neocons. Saagar Enjeti explains the dangers of the calls to cancel or render every person who has ever worked for Donald Trump as unemployable.
One thing that should be pointed out is that it is not uncommon for “strongman” rulers to have conflicts within their oligarchies and deep states. Putin is clearly a strongman and quasi-dictator even if he purged the corrupt oligarchy that ruled Russian during the Yeltsin period. Turkey’s deep […]
Raytheon’s point main in the Trump administration has been tossed. By Amanda Macias, CNBC The Pentagon elevated Trump loyalists to powerful positions a day after the sudden termination of Secretary of Defense Mark Esper. The moves also followed the resignations of multiple senior officials in the Defense Department. […]
By Lois Karel I didn’t vote for Trump in 2016, nor for Clinton (had done lots of research on the Clinton Crime Family). I didn’t have a high opinion, or much of any opinion, about Trump before he “mistakenly” got elected. It was only when I saw that […]
By Peter R. Quinones It’s a common refrain among many people but especially those with some kind of public platform (this was inspired by a comedian saying it) that “we” needed Trump gone so wounds could be healed and the people can come back together. Who are these […]
By Elham Manea, TELOS It is becoming difficult lately to turn on the news. And I do not just mean the American presidential elections. The year 2020 was and still is a hard one. COVID-19 has dominated our lives with its limitations. But it has also welded people […]
Nemesis: The Last Days of the American Republic by Chalmers Johnson
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