From Russia Today video still from youtube user sf99er TAGS: Crime, USA Officers with the San Francisco Police Department in Northern California shot a man believed to have a knife this morning, but preliminary reports suggest that the victim was in handcuffs while the authorities opened fire. Police officers with […]
By Keith Preston The erotic sculptures of Khajuraho Of the various manifestations of the egalitarian cultural revolution that has transpired in the Western world over the past half century, none have been quite so enduring or become so deeply rooted in the culture of modern society as […]
By Anna Morgenstern Those of us who mistrust the evolution of our current politico-economic system, often look toward dystopian novels to portray a warning glimpse of where we are headed. The two most common examples are 1984 by George Orwell or Brave New World by Aldous Huxley. While there certainly are elements […]
Richard Spencer explains why: “Even delusional Republicans like Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum—men who make televangelists seem noble in comparison—must surely recognize that only older, church-going White people would conceivably vote for them. Thus, the mainstream Republicans soft talk on immigration*, their refrains about lifting up “all Americans”—and […]
“To learn who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize.” – Voltaire
By Paul Buchheit Wealthy individuals and corporations want us to believe they’ve made it on their own, without the help of government or the American people. Billionaire financier Sanford Weill blustered, “We didn’t rely on somebody else to build what we built.” He was echoing the words of […]
By Keith Preston Sean Gabb has some good observations regarding this essay on the Libertarian Alliance blog: “This is an impressive piece of writing, though also alarming. The more I learn about certain nationalist movements of the 20th century, the less alien I find the orthodox Marxists. They […]
Way to go, Egyptians!! From YNetNews.Com US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton landed at Ben-Gurion Airport Sunday night for a two day visit. During her stay, Clinton is expected to meet with top level officials. Clinton arrived on a flight from Egypt shortly along with US Middle East […]
By Tessie Castillo What the U.S. government is doing in Colombia has not slowed drug trafficking, but rather, created millions more victims through fumigation and displacement. July 9, 2012 | Imagine for a moment that China, in an effort to reduce cigarette smoking and associated health costs among its […]
By Kevin Carson In last month’s Rio +20 (UN Conference for Sustainable Development) declaration, “The Economy We Need,”RIPESS (French acronym for Intercontinental Network for the Promotion of Social and Solidarity Economy) dismisses the “so-called green economy” model promulgated “by governments and corporations” with the contempt it deserves. There are […]
This passage caught my attention: “I am chagrined, if not surprised, that rural upstate legislators are the primary obstacles to reform. Keeping watch over the largely downstate prison population has become a staple of the regional economy, a degradation to which we have become accustomed. Prison jobs sure […]
By Paul Gottfried On July 11 Mitt Romney addressed an NAACP conference in Houston, and the GOP media oozed admiration for his presumed courage and outreach. Although Romney is not likely to get more than five percent of the black vote, our smiling warrior was still trying to court […]
An old friend of mine is in some trouble in the Czech Republic. I would really appreciate it if ATS readers would sign this petiton: https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/help-free-d-randall-blythe-prage-czech-republic-where-he-falsely-accused-commiting-manslaughter/3dsZD2Gd His wife is interviewed on Czech television here:http://www.blesk.cz/clanek/video-udalosti/177880/manzelka-metalisty-randyho-blythe-je-mi-lito-smrti-fanouska.html I’ve known Randy and Cindy for about 15-20 years each. They’re good folks. This case is […]
By Roderick Long Minimizing Marriage: Marriage, Morality, and the Law, by Elizabeth Brake, Oxford University Press, 240 pp., $24.95. Opponents of same-sex marriage are quick to raise the specter of polygamy. If “everybody should have the right to marry,” Rick Santorum asked on the campaign trail earlier this […]
There should be a constitutional amendment barring anyone from the Bush family from holding any state office. The fourth-generation heir to the Bush political dynasty, groomed for office since his childhood, is coming of age and building a political network. George P. Bush, left, with his father, former […]
By Stuart Bramhall In a shelter for homeless runaway teens in New Delhi, the residents have created an unlikely society where everything from healthcare to banking has been initiated, implemented and executed by the kids themselves. http://www.rt.com/news/indian-children-banking-system-637/ The Question of Teen Age Rights Makes you wonder whether know […]
By Kevin Carson Since early 2011 the mainstream press has expressed moral panic over an alleged “War on Cops.” That panic was sparked by a rash of police killings in January 2011. According to a March Christian Science Monitor article, 24 cops were killed on the job compared to only […]
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. […]
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 […]
From Mad for Monaco Once upon a time money problems were the rule rather than the exception in the Principality of Monaco. The Grimaldis seemed to be constantly cash-strapped and one of the things that had to be considered when marriage discussions were going on was usually how […]
By Thomas Naylor Since 1971 the Southern Policy Law Center (SPLC) has fought racism and hate crimes in America, most notably in the Deep South. Particularly during its earlier years when its co-founder, Atlanta civil rights activist Julian Bond, was still involved, the SPLC achieved an admirable record […]
By Tom Junod Sure, we as a nation have always killed people. A lot of people. But no president has ever waged war by killing enemies one by one, targeting them individually for execution, wherever they are. The Obama administration has taken pains to tell us, over and […]
By Roderick Long Consider the following two lists of names: Group 1 Group 2 Pierre-Joseph Proudhon Josiah Warren Stephen Pearl Andrews Ezra Heywood Anselme Bellegarrigue Lysander Spooner Benjamin Tucker Francis D. Tandy John Henry Mackay Voltairine de Cleyre (early) Franz Oppenheimer Gustave de Molinari Herbert Spencer (early) Auberon […]
By Kevin Carson We’ve seen another “patriotic” holiday come and go, and with it the same obligatory maudlin comments from local TV news anchors about troops overseas “defending our freedom.” Just like we saw on Memorial Day, and just like we’ll see again on Veterans’ Day. Grade AAA, […]
By Abel Folger News sources have been reporting on Cro-Mags founder and bassist, Harley Flanagan, going on an inspired stabbing and biting melee in the VIP area of the Webster Hall during the CBGB Festival this past July 6. The 42-year old punk rocker, MMA enthusiast, and Krishna follower supposedly gained access to […]
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 […]
By Collin Harris As the global wave of rebellion that began in 2011 and eventually spread to the beating heart of Empire, and the new subcultures of resistance it has spawned, continues to grow and diversify, there is an obvious dilemma that will have to be worked out […]
By Jamie Dettmer Supporters of the Justice and Construction Party, the political arm of the Libyan Muslim Brotherhood, celebrate the end of the election campaign in Tripoli Photo: Reuters While the elections for a 200-member National Congress is unlikely to grant a majority to any one faction, the Muslim […]
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 […]
By Kathianne Boniello First smoking, then soda — now there’s no dancing in New York City. Caroline Stern, 55, and her boyfriend George Hess, 54, claim they were handcuffed for having happy feet on the platform of the Columbus Circle subway station — and spent 23 hours in […]
By Arthur C. Brooks WHO is happier about life — liberals or conservatives? The answer might seem straightforward. After all, there is an entire academic literature in the social sciences dedicated to showing conservatives as naturally authoritarian, dogmatic, intolerant of ambiguity, fearful of threat and loss, low in […]
From Hiddenfromhistory.Org Preamble: Who are We and What Can We Become? The time has come to end our complicity in mass murder. Our exposure of the Canadian genocide has simultaneously indicted the social order that gave rise to it. Euro-Canadian Christian society as a whole stands condemned in the […]
By Ralph Nader If the Democrats in Congress were all drinking water from the same faucet, there might be a clue to their chronic fear of the craven and cruel corporatist Republicans who dominate them. But they don’t, so we have to ask why their fear, defeatism, and […]
By William Blum I’m sure most Americans are mighty proud of the fact that Julian Assange is so frightened of falling into the custody of the United States that he had to seek sanctuary in the embassy of Ecuador, a tiny and poor Third World country, without any […]
By Eric Alterman Las Vegas Sands Chief Executive Officer Sheldon Adelson speaks during a media briefing in Singapore December 21, 2009. REUTERS/Vivek Prakash If a Jew-hater somewhere, inspired perhaps by The Protocols of the Elders of Zion, sought to invent an individual who symbolizes almost all the anti-Semitic clichés […]
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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 […]
From Popular Mechanics By James Vlahos The phone rang when I was shoeless and only a couple of sips into my morning coffee. “Hi, it’s Novella Carpenter,” the caller said. “My goat is giving birth.” Twenty minutes later I was crouched in the hay at Ghost Town Farm, pushing […]
By Alexander Cockburn Since what is now going is being described as “the greatest financial scandal in the history of Britain” — the Barclays imbroglio – I have a question to ask. Where are those tents outside St Pauls? Or ones in solidarity this side of the Atlantic? […]
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 […]
Nemesis: The Last Days of the American Republic by Chalmers Johnson
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