By Blair Taylor Taylor examines how political transformations within left social movements have helped to construct a “new spirit of capitalism” that addresses widespread demand for an ethical lifeworld, simultaneously innovating and modernizing while neutralizing critique. Today ideas and practices pioneered by oppositional movements have become mainstream political […]
The Signal Why has Elon Musk’s attempt to buy Twitter provoked such an intense reaction? Gilad Edelman on free speech, content moderation, and the less obvious challenges of social media to public life. Ashkar Dave The wealthiest man in the world has offered US$43 billion for Twitter, and it […]
By Peter R. Quinones I know that I used to do the things I rage against now. I would distribute one ‘Barnum Statement’ after another. Everything was a bumper sticker slogan. But how can anyone still hold onto that ‘strategy’ after COVID clearly made the lines on the […]
By Ann Larson, The Nation Workers are quitting their jobs in record numbers, but it’s not a turning point for labor power. In November of last year, I was managing the checkout area of a large grocery store in Utah when a 22-year-old bagger quit on the spot. […]
By Malcolm Harris, The Nation Financial malfeasance has never been more rampant, or more under-punished. Everywhere you look in America, crime is out of control. Whether it’s Elon Musk—the world’s richest man—cutting regulatory corners in public, professional son-in-law Jared Kushner getting a $2 billion payoff from the Saudis, […]
By Caitlin Johnstone The news man tells me the CIA’s “Queen of Torture” now runs a life and beauty coaching business which helps midlife women “look good, feel good, and do good.” “HI, I’M FREDA, A CERTIFIED BEAUTY AND LIFE COACH READY TO HELP YOU OWN YOUR BEAUTY […]
By Akela Lacy The Intercept Mass shootings used to trigger calls for stricter gun control. But with gridlock in Congress and midterms looming, Democrats turn to more cops instead. After a mass shooting on a subway train in Brooklyn, New York, last Tuesday, New York City Mayor Eric […]
By Ryan Devereaux The Intercept With support for advocates on the ground flagging, a new poll shows record lows for Democratic interest in immigration. Two miles north of the line separating the U.S. and Mexico, where El Paso, Texas, meets Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, sits a modest one-story building […]
By Jon Schwarz The Intercept From 1915 through today, politicians have made lots of great-sounding speeches. But human suffering is never part of the equation. If there’s one thing we can say for sure about the governments of the U.S. and Europe, it’s that they sound upset about […]
By Ken Klippenstein The Intercept Affinity Partners boasts of “accelerating transformation through connectivity” in a slide deck obtained by The Intercept. Jared Kushner’s new investment fund, Affinity Partners, nakedly touts the former Trump adviser’s work with Saudi Arabia and his links to several Trump-era deals in the hope of raising […]
By Jesse Cohn Over the course of its history, the anarchist movement has produced a form of literary theory – a critical aesthetics and epistemology grounded in its emancipatory ethics. In sketching an outline of this body of thought, this essay attempts to call attention to several aspects […]
By Caitlin Johnstone You were born in the middle of the most sophisticated and expansive mass-scale perception management operation that has ever taken place. The news media is propaganda and schooling is designed to condition us to accept that propaganda. Public understanding of what a normal moderate position […]
Neocon stooges vs. woke capitalism in yet another heel vs. heel. By W. James Antle III, The Week Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) has once again taken the fight to his political enemies — and in doing so, has sparked a debate among conservatives over the proper use […]
This is so 1979. By Samuel Goldman The Week The kids are not all alright. That’s the message from Vanity Fair, the May issue of which includes a report from a small but colorful corner of the intellectual and political landscape. In the after-parties and corridors of the […]
Krystal and Saagar introduce the new Breaking Points partnership with journalist and podcaster Max Alvarez who will cover all things labor politics, with the first being how time is used as a weapon in the class war
Krystal and Saagar talk about Ukraine war developments, Elon’s Twitter bid getting rejected, momentum on the stock trading ban for Congress, 2024 Dems, Amazon Union polling, Libs of TikTok vs Lorenz, and a congressman describing how DC really works! Timestamps: Ukraine: 0:00 – 12:59 Elon: 13:00 – 21:15 […]
By Paul Gottfried, Chronicles A recent posting on neocon-lite website, Quillette, by its go-to authority on foreign affairs, Ronald Radosh, makes unkind references to Pat Buchanan, Pedro Gonzalez, and me: The current issue of Chronicles, meanwhile, includes an article by Pat Buchanan condemning President Biden’s “vilification” of Putin, […]
A neocon attacks the paleocons. By Ronald Radosh, Quillette The late literary critic and social democrat Irving Howe once quipped that when radicals fail to build a movement, they start a magazine. Howe knew what he was talking about—his own magazine, Dissent, was one of them. The latest […]
By Peter Zeihan Globalization peaked at some point in the 2010s, a decade when global populations were in balance, security for transport was a non-concern, and there was sufficient capital to finance anything and everything. But between COVID and a trio of populist American presidents and the Ukraine […]
Everyone should see George Galloway address the US Senate regarding the Iraq invasion, from 2005. A must see.
I am probably more in the vein of a “post-postmodernist.” In the latest episode of Marxist Voice, Yola Kipcak combats the ideas of postmodernism, which reject the notion of objective truth or lawfulness in the world. These ideas are at odds with Marxism, which has a rational, materialist […]
by Lauren Kaori Gurley VICE Starbucks workers’ union filings make up a shocking percentage of all new union petitions in the United States. On Tuesday, Starbucks workers at five stores voted to unionize in Richmond, Virginia, bringing the count of unionized Starbucks stores to 25 locations out of […]
The Ukrainian Army’s Azov Battalion is controversial due to its use of symbols associated with the Waffen-SS. In this video, we will examine the unit’s history and what those symbols mean.
Imagine if Putin tried this with NATO countries. You would hear about it on Mars.
Alencia Johnson & Emily Jashinsky discuss campaign finance reform and PAC money’s influence in the midterm elections.
Briahna Joy Gray and Kim Iversen discuss Dr. Fauci’s recent statements on whether we will ever be rid of the coronavirus.
Briahna Joy Gray and Kim Iversen react to new developments in the investigation into Jeffrey Epstein’s death.
Briahna Joy Gray & Kim Iversen discuss Donald Trump’s fixation on the 2020 election and whether it will affect his future in national politics.
The DNC will never allow it to happen, just like last time. Again, there is ZERO correlation between the desires of voters and what actually happens, while there is a strong correlation between the desires of banks and corporations, and what legislation happens. The banks and corporations don’t […]
The sad part is: The media has failed to actually critique Trump which is why he has supporters. Trump was never forgiving; he just lacks ideological commitment, administrative competence, and focus. Lacking the skills to get revenge isn’t being “kind and forgiving”, it’s just incompetence.
Unions across America are mobilizing & people are definitely noticing!
The only things Alex Jones resists are exercise, healthy diets, and Zoloft.
The 4-day Work Week is what they should have negotiated for, in the 19/20th Century labor movement, over 100-years ago.
Fragment, fragment, fragment… “Tom Cotton has the personality of a dirty diaper”.😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 SO true!!!
Elon Musk buying Twitter, may be the downfall of Twitter. For that reason alone, he should be nominated for a peace prize.
Briahna Joy Gray and Kim Iversen discuss the ongoing feud between former Rep. Tulsi Gabbard and Senator Mitt Romney.
Briahna Joy Gray analyzes the federal court ruling against travel mask mandates.
The US political class is starting to resemble that of the USSR in its final years. Briahna Joy Gray and Kim Iversen react to reporting that Senator Bernie Sanders may run for president in 2024
Krystal and Saagar bring back journalist Ryan Grim to provide his coverage of crypto billionaire funding Nina Turner’s opponent among other special interests. Ryan will be working with Breaking Points more going forward!
Krystal and Saagar defend Jon Stewart following media attacks claiming that his new Apple TV show has been a flop
Krystal and Saagar break down the decision by Donald Trump to endorse JD Vance in the contested Ohio GOP Senate primary and whether it will push Vance over the top of the field
Due to extraordinary circumstances, there is not the typical Thursday show out today or the newsletter for it. Instead we have put segments together for a Thursday mini show! In the show, Krystal and Saagar talk about the Crypto billionaires becoming political players, media attacks on Jon Stewart, […]
By Pritha Ghosh First Sportz Russian tennis players can continue to compete, they must do so under a neutral status, meaning they cannot display their country’s flag. In the wake of widespread bans on Russian athletes in response to their country’s military incursion in Ukraine, a coach who […]
By W. James Antle III The Week President Biden has tried to walk a careful line on Ukraine: keeping Kyiv in the fight against its Russian invaders while also keeping the U.S. and NATO out of it. His policies are aimed at making the invasion as costly as […]
By Chris Rossdale My research sits at the intersection between international relations theory and the study of resistance, looking at the ways in which our understandings of international politics shift when we begin from the perspective of radical social movements. My major research programme to-date has looked at […]
The small country of Lithuania near Belarus and Ukraine is incredibly important to NATO and Europe. It’s key to global security. How can Lithuania hope to defend themselves against a possible invasion?
By Grayson Quay The Week Some Kremlin insiders have begun surreptitiously expressing concerns about the mounting costs of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the possibility that Russian President Vladimir Putin could order the use of nuclear weapons to achieve his war goals, Bloomberg reported Wednesday. Bloomberg based its […]
Renowned political scientist John J Mearsheimer blamed NATO’s expansionist agenda as the main reason for Putin’s decision to invade Ukraine. In an exclusive interview with Zakka Jacob, the Chicago University professor said that the US has been trying to turn Ukraine into a de facto member of NATO […]
“Intentionally harming a civilian population is a war crime and I strongly condemn it.”, Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid on Russia.
No western free media standing up for Assange shows how “free” they are.
Nemesis: The Last Days of the American Republic by Chalmers Johnson
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