Glenn Greenwald: American liberals confused on where power lies
Journalist Glenn Greenwald reacts to the left’s embrace of intelligence agencies on ‘Tucker Carlson Tonight’ Watch here.
Federal civil rights charges for 4 ex-officers in George Floyd’s death
A federal grand jury in Minnesota has indicted Derek Chauvin, the fired Minneapolis police officer convicted in the death of George Floyd, and three other former officers on civil rights charges. Chauvin is also facing charges in another incident. CBS News chief justice and homeland security correspondent Jeff […]
People LOVE Biden’s Spending Programs As GOP Attacks FAIL
Krystal Ball digs into polling by Morning Consult analyzing support for the American Families Plan.
Inside FIGHT OVER Higher Wages At Denny’s
Daily Poster founder, David Sirota, discusses the pressure Denny’s is facing from shareholders who want the company to end support for the National Restaurant Association lobbying efforts against a $15 minimum wage.
How Trailblazers Bolster Regressive Politics
Doctoral student, Irami Osei-Frimpong, shares his thoughts on regressive politics.
HILLARY Emerges To BASH Biden For Afghan Withdrawal
Of course. Team Rising discusses concerns over Joe President Joe Biden’s plan to withdraw from Afghanistan.
Liz Cheney’s Replacement Shows MAGA Is OFFICIALLY MEANINGLESS
Saagar Enjeti weighs in on Elise Stefanik’s previous comments about talks with the Taliban and John Bolton’s resignation.
Are We Facing Eviction CRISIS When Moratorium Expires?
Team Rising reacts to the upcoming end of a federal moratorium on evictions.
Blue States OUTPACE Red In Vaccinations, Setting Stage For Disaster
Krystal Ball and Saagar Enjeti analyze vaccination rates across the country.
Chris Hedges: Who Cancel Culture Really Serves
The principal weakness in some of my earlier work is that I a)greatly overestimated the interest of many supposed “anti-system” people in actual opposing the system and b) greatly underestimated the entrenchment of tribal politics in US society. It would seem that tribal politics trumps class politics, populism, […]
Evaluating Biden’s Shift Leftward
In this Wolff Responds, Prof. Wolff comments on Biden’s policies and his shift to the left. Wolff argues that Biden is simply softening and slowing the effects of a declining US economy, but shows no signs of wanting to stop or reverse it. Biden’s tactics are no where […]
The PMC Thesis Relies Upon Forgetting Historical Materialism
My view is that the liberal-technocratic “left” (and not the socialist left) is the managerial elite within the context of a wider state-capitalist plutocracy dominated by technological, financial, and industrial oligarchs in collusion/collaboration with the national security state. This shouldn’t be too hard to understand. This video will […]
Wokeness Is Hurting Democrats
It is somewhat amusing to watch these 20something and 30something woke/hip “progressives” finally starting to at least partially realize what I have been telling them for 25 years. The reasons that I became such an outspoken critic of “political correctness” (or whatever one wishes to call it) were […]
Incarceration, crime, and race | Glenn Loury & Adaner Usmani
08:45 Public sentiment and punitive policy on crime 18:02 Glenn and Adaner on crime in America vs. Northern Europe 20:58 Democracy’s effect on criminal justice policy 24:29 Does the “New Jim Crow” cause higher incarceration? 31:33 Glenn puts on the hat of a Trump voter on crime and […]
How Should the Left Think About Crime?
Adaner Usmani, assistant professor of sociology and social studies at Harvard University, joins us to discuss the current wave of violent crime in the US, the law-and-order backlashes of prior decades, and the origins of mass incarceration. The Jacobin Show airs every Wednesday at 6 PM ET and […]
Everything You Know About Mass Incarceration Is Wrong
On The Jacobin Show, Adaner Usmani explains the economic origins of mass incarceration and discusses solutions for rolling back the police state today.
What is Imperialist Realism?
Since its emergence in the middle of the twentieth century, the American Empire has been fueled by the search for an enemy. This episode of Zero Squared features a conversation with Daniel Bessner features a conversation about Karl Schmidt, the friend/enemy distinction, the cold war, and American Empire’s […]
New Perspectives on Anarchism, Labour and Syndicalism: The Individual, the National and the Transnational
By Constance Bantman and David Berry Recent years have seen an upsurge of interest in the history of European anarchist and syndicalist movements. The rise of alter-globalisation protest borrowing many of its direct-action tactics from pre-World War I anarchism and syndicalism has been important in bringing it on […]
Alternative Security Conference: “Woke Imperialism” with Aaron Maté, Katie Halper and Rania Khalek
“Woke Imperialism / Diversity Among War Mongers” explores the fairly recently adopted language of Western foreign policy establishments post-Trump. During this session, we will discuss how the Western military, surveillance and financial establishments continue to extrapolate different formerly countercultural trends borrowed from identity politics, in order to airbrush […]
John McWhorter on Cursing, Anti-Racism, and Why ‘We Need to Stop Being So Afraid’
If advocates of “wokeness,” “critical race theory,” and “anti-racism” seem to be acting like religious zealots who must crush all heretics, that’s because they are, argued Columbia University linguist John McWhorter at a 2018 debate at the Soho Forum. “Anti-racism as currently configured has gone a long way […]
The Three Lefts
Michael Lind discusses the “three lefts”: trade unionists, socialists, and intersectional leftists. I’d say that for all practical purposes, the USA now has what amounts to three political parties: The party of “woke capitalism” (most Democrats, neocons, and Never Trumpers), the populist right (which is becoming more like […]
What the Fed DOESN’T Want You to Know About Inflation
By Stefan Gleason, Money Metals Exchange Is it a temporary blip… or the beginning of a long-term trend? That’s the key question facing consumers, investors, and retirees when it comes to inflation. There’s no denying that inflation pressures have picked up dramatically over the past 12 months. Price […]
Are Businesses CRYING WOLF On Labor Shortages?
WAPO White House economics reporter, Jeffrey Stein, details how President Biden is dealing with labor shortages and inflation.
Judge STRIKES DOWN Eviction Moratorium, Is Crisis Coming?
I suspect that homelessness and housing costs will be the future of class struggle in the US as opposed to organized labor, along with issues related to debt. Krystal Ball and Saagar Enjeti discuss a federal judge’s decision to vacate the CDC’s eviction moratorium.
Bezos CAUGHT Using WAPO Ownership To Cover Up His SEXTING Scandal
More aristocracy/clerisy collaboration. Saagar Enjeti discusses how the book “Amazon Unbound” reveals that Jeff Bezos used his ownership of WAPO to combat personal crisis.
Facebook’s Ban Has CRUSHED Trump. That’s Not Good.
The tech-oligarchs are what you get when you combine the aristocracy and the clerisy to the point they can collectively overrule even royalty. Krystal Ball explains how Facebook’s ban of Donald Trump “worked more effectively than anyone predicted.”
Biden CAVES To Pressure, Lifts Vaccine IP. Here’s What To Watch NEXT
Perhaps this could be a foot in the door to abolishing patents generally, although that’s obviously an uphill battle (or more like climbing Mount Everest). Krystal Ball and Saagar Enjeti weigh in on President Joe Biden’s decision to back Covid vaccine intellectual property waivers to expand access to […]
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19 Dead in Colombian Protests Over Pandemic-Related Taxes
–At least 19 are dead in Colombian protests over a pandemic-related tax proposal
The Takedown of a Liberal Done Right
We’re gonna have some fun with this one.
“You are NOT an Anarchist and I AM!”
By Keith Smith “You are not an anarchist!” Probably one of the most espoused statements from within the anarchist circles. The definition of anarchism seems to be the very foundation that many within anarchists constantly argue about. Stray or disagree with on opinion? Not an anarchist. Have a […]
Snowden DRAGS Kamala For PRETENDING To Care About Press Freedom
Krystal Ball and Saagar Enjeti weigh in on an effort that urges the Biden administration to drop a Trump-era effort to prosecute WikiLeaks founder, Julian Assange.
Dem, GOP Senators CAUGHT Trading TENS OF MILLIONS On Stock During Pandemic
Saagar Enjeti makes an argument for restrictions that would prevent lawmakers from “succumbing to self interest.”
Is Biden ALREADY Blowing It On Anti-Trust?
Research director at the American Economic Liberties Project, Matt Stoller, explains how Joe Biden may have given the green light to mega mergers.
Biden Promised Bare Minimum And FAILING To Deliver Even On That
Fmr national press secretary to Bernie Sanders & co-host of The Bad Faith Podcast, Briahna Joy Gray, shares her thoughts on the American Family Plan only offering free community college.
Biden’s DOJ Uses Woke Language To Ask For MILLIONS To ‘Fight Domestic Extremism’
The DOJ, the CIA, the FBI, the Pentagon. The totalitarian humanist revolution is complete. Krystal Ball and Saagar Enjeti discuss the Biden administration’s domestic violence extremism review.
Panel REACTS LIVE As Trump FB Ban Upheld
The tech-oligarchy is increasingly assuming the powers of the medieval Catholic church or the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. Team Rising discusses Donald Trump’s new social platform.
Are Progressives Falling For Another MeToo SCAM?
Years ago, I noticed that within left-anarchist circles there is an inordinate number of accusations of sexual assault that are constantly being floated around. Apparently, that kind of thing is now working its way into the mainstream. Krystal Ball gives her thoughts on the allegations against NYC mayoral […]
Fauci PAVES WAY For Biden To CAVE To Pharma On Patent Protections
Abolish patents. Period. Krystal Ball and Saagar Enjeti react to Dr. Fauci’s statement that he’s “agnostic” on vaccine patents.
U.S. Prison Population Trends: Massive Buildup and Modest Decline
From 2019. It appears that the number of prisoners has leveled off and even declined slightlyly over the past decade even as population size has increased. My guess is that the overlords of the system have decided that two million prisoners is the optimal amount needed to keep […]
Stacey Abrams WARNS of possible slide to AUTHORITARIANISM in the US
So, apparently, we presently have an anarchic oasis, according to Ms. Abrams. Because the right to vote for some idiot or sociopath every few years is the most sacred right of all. Stacey Abrams issued a dire warning that the US could be sliding to authoritarianism because of […]
Caitlyn Jenner releases campaign ad for California governor run
Olympic gold medalist and reality television star Caitlyn Jenner, who is running for governor of California, released a campaign ad on Tuesday branding herself as a “thoughtful disruptor.”
Eighties Nostalgia: No, there will not be another Reagan
A far-right commentator explains why the America of Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan is finished. And good riddance. The Reagan Revolution was just as damaging to what Sam Francis called the “post-bourgeois proletariat” (the conventional working to middle classes) as anything from the Left. While the cultural assault […]
The Coming Demand Surge Brings Back Memories of 1970s Inflation
By William N. Walker, Wall Street Journal The lifting of lockdowns and easy monetary and fiscal policy will likely lead to much higher prices. The last bout of inflation the U.S. experienced was in the 1970s. Commentators duly note this historic reference but don’t really understand it—many weren’t […]
Liberals REVOLT, Bring Back Mask Mandates AGAINST CDC Guidance
Saagar Enjeti explains why he believes “the people who run society are just as crazy, if not more, than the people who insist covid is fake.”
Where political power moved in the 2020 Census
Southern and Western states saw the most growth over the past 10 years according to the US Census Bureau, and they gained congressional seats because of it. In this latest episode of The Point, CNN’s Chris Cillizza explains who gained (and lost) the most from reapportionment, and what […]
Cancelling Comedians: Highlights From The Book Launch
It is interesting that an increasingly greater number of folks on the economic left are now realizing what I have been saying for over 20 years, i.e. that “political correctness” is used by the ruling class to distract attention from class (and other) issues and prevent class unity […]
Why the Conservative War on Woke Capital Is Doomed To Fail
I would go further than this analysis by Soave and argue that “woke capitalism” IS conservatism at this point if by conservatism we mean someone that wants to defend the interests of the existing ruling class and political status quo. Those who oppose “woke capitalism” from the right […]
The Missing Right-Wing Firms: A Beckerian Puzzle
By Bryan Caplan I teach the economics of discrimination every chance I get. Why? Because the analytical framework, launched by the great Gary Becker in 1957, mightily illuminates so many questions that we care so much about. When you see that almost all garbage collectors are male, for […]
The Missing Right-Wing Firms: Hanania’s Plausible Resolution
By Bryan Caplan Last year, I tried to figure out why there aren’t a lot more right-wing (or apolitical) firms. A recent piece by Richard Hanania comes down firmly in favor of my Explanation #4. To review: Explanation #4. Few moderates or right-wingers care enough to create a major profit […]
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