Article by David Edwards. ————————————————————————————————————————————————— Topics: Jennifer Fox ♦ pepper spray A woman who was pepper sprayed during during a raid on Occupy Seattle last week is blaming police after she miscarried Sunday. Jennifer Fox, 19, told The Stranger that she had been with the Occupy protests since they started in Westlake Park. She […]
Says a writer for The Nation. ————————————————————————————————- Occupy Wall Street protesters hold a general assembly meeting inside an enclosed site near Canal Street on Tuesday, November 15, 2011. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig) It is becoming something of a refrain among the well-meaning multitudes now energized by Occupy Wall Street […]
Article by Ian Huyett. —————————————————————————————————————————————————- I was euphoric when I heard that my favorite French politician was coming to the United States to meet my favorite American politician. I was less thrilled – but sadly unsurprised – when Paul’s spooked advisorscanceled the meeting to avoid upsetting politically correct sensitivities. The course of events […]
Article by Richard Spencer. ————————————————————————————————————————————————– North Korea’s media is notorious, but few doubt the veracity of their reports of the death of Kim Jong Il (unless, of course, the Dear Leader is planning some kind of miraculous public resurrection in the future…) There’s little left to say about […]
R.I.P. ————————————————————————————————————————————————— SEOUL, South Korea (AP) – Kim Jong Il, North Korea‘s mercurial and enigmatic longtime leader, has died. He was 69. By Dmitry Astakhov, AP North Korean says leader Kim Jong Il died at age 69. Kim’s death was announced Monday by the state television from the North Korean capital, […]
Article by Aidan Rankin. This really nails it. Here’s a money quote: “Typical of such philanthropists is Mrs Jellyby in Dickens’s Bleak House, whose eyes ‘had a curious habit of looking seeming to look a long way off, as if they could see nothing nearer than Africa’. […]
From Taki’s Mag. ————————————————————————————————— Thursday marked 220 years since the Bill of Rights was signed. As tribute, the US government fed the Bill of Rights through a paper shredder. This week they shoved forward two bills that would neuter the constitution. Then, almost as if they were deliberately […]
Article by Stephen Bender. If I had written a critique of the Left circa 1992-93 when I first started drifting away from that milieu, this is more or less what I would have said. I’d like to think I’ve progressed since then. ————————————————————————————————- First off, we don’t have […]
From The Daily Mail. ——————————————————————————————————————————————————– Soldiers stormed a protest camp outside Egypt’s Cabinet building today, prompting clashes with demonstrators calling for an end to military rule. The violence came just as officials were counting votes from the second round of the country’s parliamentary elections when police tried to […]
This article by Walter Block provides an illustration of why my attitude towards the organized libertarian movement has always been: “Read the works of their scholars, which are quite helpful, but ignore their movement, which mirrors the Left in that it is composed primarily of students, intellectuals, academics, […]
Hat tip to David Kramer. So much for the sincerity of the Left’s “anti-fascist” convictions. —————————————————————————————————————————————————– Left-wing TV political commentator Cenk Uygar rips into the current Warmonger-in-Chief about the Fascist National Defense Authorization Act that was passed by the Congress. He says all of the things that we classical liberals have been saying for […]
An interesting discussion of some very important ideas. —————————————————————————————————————————————————— Robert interviews Siryako Akda. Topics include: How nationalism and race is viewed in the Philippines and elsewhere outside the West; How the adoption of New Right ideasoutside the West will give legitimacy to the New Right movement in the West. […]
Article by Kevin Carson. I think Carson is overestimating the radical potential of OWS just as the Lew Rockwellians overstate the potential of the Ron Paul thing for truly attacking the system. I see both of these things more as a prelude to something much bigger and much […]
From Free Association. ———————————————————————————————— On December 8 Jack Ross’s excellent biography of Rabbi Elmer Berger, Rabbi Outcast (also on Kindle), which chronicles the life one of the leading Jewish anti-Zionists of the second half of the twentieth century, was honored with a panel discussion at the National Press Club. […]
Article by Pat Buchanan. Having successfully lost the war in Iraq, the neocons are now agitating for war with Iran. ———————————————————————————————— For the Army and Marines who lost 4,500 dead and more than 30,000 wounded, many of them amputees, the second-longest war in U.S. history is over. […]
From the Green Star. —————————————————————————————————————————————————- Portland Occupy has adopted this tactic to outsmart their local Pig-force. Read on… (excerpted from a article by Lester Macgurdy). The Portland Occupation stumbled upon a tactical innovation regarding occupying public spaces. This evolution in tactics was spontaneous, and went unreported in […]
Article by Thomas Meaney. ————————————————————————————————————————————————— The anthropologist David Graeber has a strong claim to being the house theorist of Occupy Wall Street. A veteran of the antiglobalization uprisings in Seattle and Genoa, he helped orchestrate the first “General Assembly” in New York this summer, and has since become […]
Article by Kevin Carson. —————————————————————————————————————————————————– Has this previous year of global uprising been the opening skirmish of the “final conflict?” At this point, who can say? Who could have answered with any confidence at the start of the successful revolutions of the past? We can only examine events […]
From Rehmat’s World. —————————————————————————————————————————————————— US forces have been forced to vacate their drone base at Shamsi air base in Bolochistan. Islamabad had leased it to United Arab Emirates (UAE) in 1992. The UAE later donated to Pentagon during US invasion of Afghanistan. This became the third military humiliation […]
Article by Tommy Christopher. ——————————————————————————————————————————————————— Fourth-tier GOP presidential candidate and one-time debate sensation Gary Johnson became the latest to level a “serial hypocrisy” attack at frontrunner Newt Gingrich over the weekend, telling MSNBC’s Alex Witt that in 1997, Gingrich “proposed the death penalty for marijuana — for possession of marijuana above a certain quantity of marijuana, and […]
By Nathan Guttman and Josh Nathan-Kazis —————————————————————————————————————————————————– In the battle for the Republican pro-Israel vote, Newt Gingrich lacks Mitt Romney’s broad base of prominent Jewish donors. But he has something potentially more powerful: the support of one of Benjamin Netanyahu’s most significant American backers, and a relationship with the Israeli prime […]
Article by Elise Labott. ——————————————————————————————————————————————————– It appears the international community will usher in the new year with new pressure points in the campaign against Iran’s developing nuclear program. Both the United States and the European Union are considering going after Iran’s oil profits, which account for more than […]
Article by Andy Xie. ——————————————————————————————————————————————————- BEIJING ( Caixin Online ) — A rising empire rewards people who contribute to its growth and invest in its future. The empire’s decline begins when certain members of society are over-rewarded by means of privileges, and the empire’s money is wasted on outdated endeavors. […]
Article by Matthew Holehouse. WTF? —————————————————————————————————————————————————– A demonstrator is arrested during the protests Photo: DEMOTIX Shops were attacked, passers-by threatened and car windows smashed during a demonstration in central London against the election result in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The carol concert was raising money for MacMillan […]
Article by Sorcha Faal. ——————————————————————————————————————————————– A grim Ministry of Defensebulletin issued to Prime Minister Putin and President Medvedev today states that President Hu has “agreed in principal” that the only way to stop the West’s aggression led by the United Statesis through “direct and immediate military action” and that the Chinese leader has ordered his Naval Forces to “prepare […]
From CNN. ——————————————————————————————————————————————————- WASHINGTON (CNN) — A series of e-mail exchanges between officials at the Department of Health and Human Services shows growing alarm at the amount of projected profit from a government contract for a drug company whose controlling shareholder is a longtime Democratic Party activist. Ronald Perelman […]
Article by Nathan Hodge. ————————————————————————————————————————————————— OVER EASTERN AFGHANISTAN—Parachuting a barrel of fuel to a remote Afghan base takes sharp flying skills, steady nerves and flawless timing. It also costs a lot of money—up to $400 a gallon, by military estimates. But the Pentagon is stuck with the expense […]
Article by Sal Gentile. ————————————————————————————————- Oakland police officers in riot gear line Frank H. Ogawa plaza, the site of an Occupy Wall Street encampment, Tuesday, Oct. 25. (AP Photo/Ben Margot) Is our Constitution under siege? Many civil liberties advocates fear it might be. They’re worried about a provision […]
It looks like some hearts and minds didn’t get won. These are the kinds of demos we need in the U.S. ———————————————————————————————- AFP/Getty Images Hundreds of Fallujah residents burn U.S. and Israeli flags as they demonstrate in celebration of the departure of US troops from Iraq, on December […]
Article by Eric Blair. —————————————————————————————————————————————————- For all the evidence of how the War on Drugs has failed society, there’s equally as much evidence of how it is a great success to those who continue to support it. The drug war has many advantages if you wish to control […]
The struggle ahead. —————————————————————————————————————————————————– There was a time when mercy was shown for those facing economic hardship. Even the Internal Revenue Service would reduce debt if a family could show they were in “trouble.” Hospitals would often gift part of an extensive medical bill, if not all, due […]
A young man discovers a new way in….
From Slate.Com. This article reflects the typical liberal hysteria over a supposed imminent theocratic coup by the Christian Right. It’s the same hysteria the Left has preached for 30 years. The GOP is led by cosmopolitan businessmen motivated by greed and its intellectual leadership comes from mostly Jewish […]
From Haaretz. As critical as I am of Israel’s treatment of the Palestinians and its control over U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East, Israel is actually less of a totalitarian country than the U.S. Case in point: You would never see an article criticizing Israel in this […]
This is hilarious. LOL! Jon is Jewish, so he can get away with this.
I found this interesting post at a blog called Quisling’s Quest. This is somewhat simplistically stated, but the core vision is correct. Anarchists should be at the forefront of developing a movement like what this blogger describes. In fact, anarchists should be the natural leadership of such an […]
From the Philadelphia Weekly. This guy has my endorsement. I don’t know how he would feel about pan-secessionism or the idea of decentralizing Philly along the lines of the Mailer model, but he in many ways resembles what I’ve always thought an anarcho-pluralist/pan-secessionist leader in a large, […]
Article by Kelley Vlahos. —————————————————————————————————————————————————- Next week, as the country’s Christmastime frenzy is in full swing, a 24-year-old American Army private will be on trial for his very life. His supporters say “we are all Bradley Manning,” and perhaps they are right. His first hearing since he was […]
Article by Pat Buchanan. ——————————————————————————————————————————————————- In August 2008, as the world’s leaders gathered in Beijing for the Olympic games, Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili, hot-headed and erratic, made his gamble for greatness. It began with a stunning artillery barrage on Tskhinvali, capital of tiny South Ossetia, a province that […]
Article by Debra Goldschmidt. —————————————————————————————————————————————————– In 10th grade English at Los Angeles’ Grover Cleveland High School, Danielle Taklender’s students read the book “Luna” by Julie Anne Peters. It’s a story about a transgender teen. Taklender has been teaching the book for seven years without any fanfare or push back. It’s […]
Article by Robert Johnson. ——————————————————————————————————————————————————- The U.S. military has some of the most advanced killing equipment in the world that allows it to invade almost wherever it likes at will. We produce so much military equipment that inventories of military robots, M-16 assault rifles, helicopters, armored vehicles, and […]
From Oathkeepers.Org ——————————————————————————————————————————————————— Oath Keepers has learned that federal agents recently visited a Latter Day Saints (Mormon) Church food storage cannery in Tennessee, demanding customer lists, wanting to know the identity of Americans who are purchasing food storage from the Mormons. This incident was confirmed, in person, by Oath Keepers […]
Article by Benjamin Domenech. ——————————————————————————————————————————————————– According to data collected by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Medicare has spent more than $240 million of taxpayer money on penis pumps for elderly men over the past decade, and will surpass a quarter of a billion dollars this […]
From CNN. ——————————————————————————————————————————————————– Militants attacked and destroyed at least 22 oil tankers parked in Pakistan. STORY HIGHLIGHTS Police say 7 militants on motorcycles attacked the parked oil tankers Thursday night The tankers had been parked since Pakistan shut down NATO supply routes last month Closing the routes was […]
From the Gawker. —————————————————————————————————————————————————- After collecting tips from (drunk? bath salts-addled?) witnesses and obtaining a warrant, a Santa Maria, California SWAT team stormtroopered the home of Hope and Javier Bravo Sr. in search of their son, Javier Bravo Jr. But he was already incarcerated. Which seems like something […]
Article by Gary Chartier. ——————————————————————————————————————————————————- The anti-capitalists, now more than 50 days outside St Paul’s, have a point: capitalism is proving unfair. But I would like to try to persuade them that the reason is because it is not free-market enough. (Good luck, I hear you cry.) The […]
Article by Kevin Carson. Glad to see Carson attacking the “institutional Left.” —————————————————————————————————————————————————- Mainstream liberals and the Institutional Left frequently criticize the Occupy movement for its lack of public spokespersons and its lack of clear demands. But according to David Graeber, it came very close to having those […]
Article by Todd Purdum. ————————————————————————————————————————————————— The private papers of the late George F. Kennan, Cold War architect and diplomat extraordinaire, reveal his anguish over the way his famous 1947 warning about Soviet expansionism helped transform the America he loved into one he no longer recognized: a national-security state. A half-century […]
Article by Justin Raimondo. ——————————————————————————————————————————————————— Libertarians “don’t do foreign policy,” writes Leon Hadar, a foreign policy analyst who for some years was associated with the Cato Institute, an institution whose principals like to think of it as the premier pro-liberty Washington thinktank. As evidence for his contention, Hadar cites a seminar he […]
Nemesis: The Last Days of the American Republic by Chalmers Johnson
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