During the Vietnam War, there were some self-described “socialists,” primarily the followers of Max Shachtman associated with tendencies like Social Democrats USA, that took pro-war positions, ostensibly on anti-Stalinist grounds, having been influenced by Trotskyism and anti-Communist social democrats like Shachtman. These right-wing social democrats were commonly derided […]
Joel Kotkin describes California’s high-tech feudalism. By Joel Kotkin, City-Journal “We are the modern equivalent of the ancient city-states of Athens and Sparta. California has the ideas of Athens and the power of Sparta,” declared then-governor Arnold Schwarzenegger in 2007. “Not only can we lead California into the […]
Team Rising reacts to Facebook executive, Benny Thomas’, comments on Big Tech monopoly issue
Saagar Enjeti discusses Ford Motor Co. farming jobs out to Mexico instead of to a plant in Avon Lake, Ohio.
Team Rising discusses a New York Times piece on the five factions of the post-Trump GOP.
Krystal Ball and Saagar Enjeti react to the earnings of America’s billionaires throughout the pandemic.
In the 20 + years that Putin has been the de jour or de facto leader of Russia, who has killed more people? The Russians or the Americans? It’s not even a close comparison. The Putinists are more comparable to the Five Families in terms of body count. […]
By Brett Wilkins, Common Dreams Affirming that healthcare is a basic human right and that people must come before profits, Reps. Pramila Jayapal and Debbie Dingell introduced the Medicare for All Act of 2021 on Wednesday, exactly one year after the first coronavirus cases were confirmed in all […]
By William Nattrass, The Spectator A new party is riding high in the Czech Republic, with the wind of change in its sails. Polls now suggest that the Czech Pirate Party, in coalition with a collection of mayors and independents, could win the largest share of the vote […]
They seem to try to freeze Wilders out, and Baudet seems to be more hilarious than taken seriously. Website: https://tarlwarwick.net
Shroomheads rejoice!
–Dan Kovalik, labor and human rights attorney and author of the book “Cancel This Book: The Progressive Case Against Cancel Culture,” joins David to discuss the book and cancel culture. Get the book: https://amzn.to/3f5l5HJ
A more educated John Gotti vs. a slightly less incapacitated Professor John Gill. I can just imagine Biden trying to debate Putin. He could barely speak during his debates with Trump and Putin would be a far sharper and more formidable opponent. Biden’s handlers would have him so […]
He sounds like the kind of incel type who would probably be such a loser he couldn’t get laid even in an Asian massage parlor. That’s probably what set him off. 11 Alive, Atlanta ATLANTA — A crime spree across metro Atlanta left eight people dead and another […]
The present situation is probably perceived as one of those “nowhere to go but up” scenarios. On today’s What America’s Thinking, a new Hill-HarrisX poll finds 57 percent of voters say the pandemic is getting better while 33 percent say the same of the economy. This survey was […]
A powerful historical lesson is that attacks on religious institutions, often done for the purpose of forcing social change at a route that it won’t go, often have the effect of fueling religious extremism and right-wing authoritarian backlashes. Be careful with this, folks. Senator Mike Lee: “Churches, synagogues, […]
Rep. Grace Meng delivered a powerful rebuke to Republicans in emotional remarks about the rise in anti-Asian American violence.
It just keeps getting worse for Prince Andrew the Other. Team Rising discusses Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s attempts to discredit sexual harassment accusers.
The shooter sounds like some incel type who was such a loser he couldn’t get laid even in an Asian massage parlor.
And just in time for the Derek Chauvin trial to begin. Hopefully, we will have another great summer of lumpenproletarian insurrection!
Russia is more like the mafia, but the USA is more like the Galactic Empire in “Star Wars.”
Krystal Ball and Saagar Enjeti discuss Trump supporters who refuse to take the COVID vaccine and debate what went wrong in the vaccine messaging.
The global oligarch vs. petty nationalist conflicts continue. By Irrawaddy The military regime has seized control of the bank accounts of billionaire George Soros’ Open Society Foundation (OSF) in Myanmar and announced that it will take legal action against the foundation, which is accused of violating restrictions on […]
The Latin Americanization of the US economy over the long-term is what matters. Not intermittent fluctuations. Washington Post economics reporter, Jeff Stein, discusses the Fed’s latest projection of the unemployment rate.
The optimism about Biden’s America (“Back to the 90s”) reflected in this segment is way overstated. A slight, temporary improvement in the economy and the post-pandemic reopening will not outweigh the widening class divisions, reproletarianization of labor, growing lumpenproletarianism, and the existential conflict associated with the “culture war,” […]
“Let them eat cake” is not a winning strategy? Who would’ve thought? Krystal Ball and Saagar Enjeti discuss how popular stimulus checks are amongst Americans despite pushback in Washington.
By Matt Taibbi In an interview with “Useful Idiots,” Daniel Ellsberg talks about official deceptions, and how he was upheld as the “good” whistleblower to disparage the likes of Ed Snowden and Julian Assange. “On Tuesday morning, August 4th, 1964,” writes Daniel Ellsberg in Secrets: A Memoir of […]
I tend to have a more negative view of Alexander the Great than Peter but whatever. By Peter R. Quinones Whenever there is a perceived political movement happening, those that are in opposition quickly stop politics from being the focus of the movement. Almost immediately detractors will say […]
By Tom Woods As my regular listeners know, I do a lot more than COVID. In 2019 my friend Jimmy Morrison and I hosted the New York City premiere of the documentary film The Bubble, about the 2008 financial crisis. On stage with us for commentary afterwards was […]
It appears that the main foreign policy difference between Democrats and Republicans is that Democrats prefer a US-dominated multilateral liberal internationalism, while Republicans favor US unilateralism within a neoconservative or neo-realist framework. Republicans are more concerned about keeping China in its place as a potential economic rival and […]
A job well done. It seems the prevailing trend is that leftists attack state outposts at the local level, while rightists attack the state directly in the capitol. Fair enough. Unfortunately, too many “conservatives” and even some “libertarians” are taking a position that defends state institutions when they […]
Once again, this is not socialism. This is workers’ capitalism. Thirty years ago, every self-identified socialist, from Stalinists to an-coms, would have agreed that socialism is not merely taking control of the means of production away from the capitalist class but also abolishing market relations where production is […]
Genuine Marxist-Leninists, Maoists, and other forms of historic authoritarian leftism have practically zero representation in US politics, even on the far fringes. I think this meme is correct that most of the M-L groups in the US are functional social democrats which puts them in the center-left. For […]
On a meta-paradigmatic level, I think the anarchist achievement of cultural and intellectual hegemony would rival the emergence of the Axial Age, the transition from polytheism to monotheism among world religions, or the Enlightenment in terms of world-historical significance. On a more intermediate or micro-level, we have prototypes […]
It’s Going Down The following text argues that the push by the fascist far-Right will continue in the current time period and to combat its rise, the anarchist movement must form a federation of different groups in order to better organize. The events of the 6th demonstrate that […]
The Onion ATLANTA—In a press conference updating the public on the ongoing investigation, the Atlanta Police Department revealed Wednesday that they had ruled out mass shooting as a cause of death after the 21-year-old suspect told officers that he didn’t shoot anyone. “Following an exhaustive interrogation in which […]
I was just thinking the other day that we haven’t really had a major mass shooting recently and that we were about due. Police say the suspect blamed the killings on his “sex addiction.”
Duh? Navajo Historian Wally Brown teaches about the traditional view on how people have to learn to be good.
Author and journalist, Ioan Grillo, discusses the crisis at the southern border and explains what the Biden administration is doing about it.
So what took them so long?
State terrorism.
Wonderful.
Geez, I can’t imagine why.
Dr. Bjorn Lomborg is president of the Copenhagen Consensus Center, visiting fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University, and visiting professor at Copenhagen Business School. He’s also been speaking and writing about climate science for almost 20 years. In this wide-ranging discussion with Peter Robinson, Lomborg analyzes the […]
The Voice of the Deep State/Bezos Axis tells lies?
Imagine that.
Woke capitalism on the move.
Saagar Enjeti explains how the Washington elite is using Russiagate to their advantage.
Team Rising discusses Joe Biden’s latest statements on sexual harassment allegations against Gov. Andrew Cuomo.
Krystal Ball discusses the Amazon union efforts in Alabama and explains how the system is rigged against the workers.
Nemesis: The Last Days of the American Republic by Chalmers Johnson
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