Article by John Sinclair. ———————————————————————————————– When I was coming up in Flint at the end of the 1950s and beginning of the ’60s, I used to hang out at the legendary Sweetie’s Barbershop in the city’s north end. There my close pal Charles Leonard Boatwright Jr. — better […]
Article by Jeff Armstrong. ——————————————————————————————- Amnesty International has called on prison authorities at the Lewisburg Federal Penitentiary to reconsider draconian sanctions against imprisoned American Indian Movement activist Leonard Peltier and to improve conditions for Peltier and other inmates held in isolation at the facility. In an August 3 […]
Article by Carl Finamore. ——————————————————————————————– Several days of unprecedented revolt by the most impoverished minority-populated neighborhoods of London has shaken the normally staid and reserved British Estblishment. Prime Minister David Cameron cut short his Italian vacation in Tuscany to return to the red-orange glare of a burning city. […]
Article by Paul Craig Roberts. ——————————————————————————————– On Friday, August 5, the credit rating agency, Standard & Poors, downgraded US debt from AAA to AA+. Gerald Celente’s view that S&P’s downgrade of the US Treasury’s credit rating reflects a loss of confidence in the political system was confirmed by […]
From UhuruNews.Com. ———————————————————————————————– On Wednesday, August 10 at 5:00pm, the African Socialist International (ASI) will hold a demonstration in front of the British Embassy in Washington, DC at 3100 Massachusetts Ave NW in solidarity with African people resisting the police violence and containment in Britain. Since, August 4, […]
From Anarkismo.Net. ————————————————————————————— This recent article in an academic journal examines how the revolutionary syndicalist IWW (an integral part of the broad anarchist tradition) sought to marry class struggles with struggles against racial and national oppression through the One Big Union. This story is an important part of […]
Article by Alex Kurtagic. ———————————————————————————————– The United Kingdom is marvelling at the enrichment being visited upon the country by the multicultural state. Inexplicably, the politicians, who worked so hard for so many years to ensure Britons did not miss out on the joys of diversity, are proving shy […]
Article by Mark Koba. ——————————————————————————————— London is reeling from three nights of rioting that’s poured hundreds of people into the streets, leaving several local neighborhoods in shambles. One man is dead, dozens injured and arrested. Leon Neal | AFP | Getty Images Two police cars and a large […]
A left-anarchist take on the events in London. ———————————————————————————— Even if you heard about this for the first time maybe a few minutes ago, you pretty much know how everything went down, because it has gone down just this way everytime it happens. Cop kills someone of color, […]
Article by Anthony Gregory. ——————————————————————————————— The left loves to talk about humanitarianism, putting people above profits, and saving the poor and disadvantaged from the inequity of private enterprise. Yet behind the rhetoric of all economic interventionism is the iron fist of the state. The statists will usually try […]
From Roderick Long at Austro-Athenian Empire. ————————————————————————————————————————————– Have you noticed that whenever mention is made of secession, establishment types always say, “that issue was settled in 1865”? Even leaving aside the absurdity of the suggestion that military victory could settle a legal issue (let alone a moral one) […]
Article by Kevin Carson. ——————————————————————————————————————————————— Matt Yglesias, some time back, summarized Bruno Bezard’s resume (“Where Socialism Lives,” Think Progress, April 18, 2010). Besides senior posts at various economic and industrial policy ministries and the Treasury, he held directorships at the France Telecom Group, Renault, Air France-KLM, and France Televisions. […]
Article by Russell Longcore. —————————————————————————————————————————————- I’m tired of hearing the bleating coming from Washington and its willing accomplice, the Media, about jobs. Seems all we ever hear about is creating jobs. But sadly, we hear about it, from public school to public policy, like it’s government’s responsibility to […]
Article by Clare Byrne. ———————————————————————————————————————————— Paris – Seen from France there’s a feeling of deja-vu about the riots that have convulsed London and other British cities this week. Six years ago the suburbs of Paris presented a similar picture of marauding group of youths, faces obscured by hoodies, […]
An interesting example of direct action, though a little too cop-friendly in some instances. ———————————————————————————————————————————- Members of the public have taken to the streets of London to protect their communities from violence and looting. On the streets of Enfield, in the north of the capital, a group of […]
“Unless you want world government, you’re already an anarchist. We’re just haggling over the level.” -Sheldon Richman Hat tip to Chris George.
Article by Derek Turner. “The police are bein’ abusive—they don’ like black people, they don’ like Asian people, they don’ like their own people.” That sums it up pretty well. ————————————————————————————————————————————————- “Black people gotta lotta problems But they don’t mind throwing a brick” Joe Strummer’s longing lyrics to […]
From the British Resistance. ———————————————————————————————————————————————- The reality is simple; the English can no longer depend on the state for protection of life and livelihood. I watched in horror as hundreds of decent, mainly white locals stood powerlessly observing their homes and businesses being put to the torch. No […]
From Political Ticker. ————————————————————————————————————————————- Washington (CNN) – Need more evidence that Americans are extremely angry at Congress? Well, here you go: According to a new national survey, for the first time ever most Americans don’t believe their own member of Congress deserves re-election. Read full results (pdf). And […]
A growing police state is symptomatic of an unraveling society. ————————————————————————————————————————————- (CNN) — Philadelphia’s mayor described his stiff curfew on teenagers’ “flash mob” attacks on city residents as a dose of “tough love” and called for parents to keep better watch on their kids. “I have an understanding […]
Article by Jesse Walker. A great man, but he really screwed up on this. ——————————————————————————————————————————————- Mark Hatfield, Oregon’s Republican governor from 1959 to 1967 and then senator from 1967 to 1997, has died at age 89. In World War II, he had been among the troops who […]
Article by Mark Kosman. —————————————————————————————————————————————— n the 20th century, every attempt to go beyond capitalism ended in failure. Either people looked to socialist politicians, whose reforms made capitalism even more secure, or they supported revolutions that degenerated into repression and mass killing. Consequently, today, few people have much […]
Article by Jim Goad. ——————————————————————————————————————————————- It’s said that no news is good news, but the problem is that there’s plenty of news, and all of it’s awful. I scanned my memory banks to try and remember the last time I heard a news story that pleased me or […]
Article by Laurence Vance. ———————————————————————————————————————————————— “My God, what have we done?” ~ Robert Lewis, co-pilot of the Enola Gay Americans love anniversaries, and especially of horrific events. Every year at this time we are reminded that the atomic bombs the United States dropped on Hiroshima on Monday, August […]
Article by Tom Woods. ————————————————————————————————————————————- In time for the anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, the leftist National Catholic Reporter treats us to an entirely conventional rendition and defense of that awful episode in U.S. history, a rendition I might have expected to read in the neoconservative […]
Article by James Leroy Wilson. ——————————————————————————————————————————————– One of those enduring questions is moral universalism vs. moral relativism. I’ve preferred the relativistic side of the argument, with one caveat. I WON’T say that there is no Right and Wrong and that everything is random. Nor would I say that […]
Article by James Leroy Wilson. ——————————————————————————————————————————————– I noted these four points at the Downsize DC Foundation. In February, 2010, the Democratic-controlled Congress raised the debt ceiling to a level expected to be reached in the spring or summer of 2011 (This became the infamous Aug 2 deadline) When […]
Article by Tom Baugh. ————————————————————————————————————————————————- With the downgrade of the banksters’ confidence in their ability to beat their tax slaves harder, a lot of you are worried about what is happening to your portfolios now, and what will happen to them in the months ahead. Don’t be. A […]
Watch the video. —————————————————————————————————————————————- James Turk, Director of The GoldMoney Foundation, talks to Jim Sinclair, host of http://www.jsmineset.com/, about his successful gold price predictions, US debt problems, how to ride the trend and the second phase of the gold bull. It’s a gear change from arithmetic to exponential […]
From Market Watch. ——————————————————————————————————————————————- By Sue Chang SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services on Monday lowered the ratings on U.S.-guaranteed bonds issued by the Israeli government to AA+ from AAA. The downgrade comes in the wake of the ratings agency’s move on Friday to strip […]
…if you’re a Congressman. ———————————————————————————————————————————— A fifth of members of the House of Representatives will be taking their summer holidays in Israel this year with almost all the trips being paid for by one of America’s most powerful lobby groups. The American Israel Education Foundation is shelling out […]
Birmingham: The city that spawned heavy metal music, and now an insurrection that takes out Armani and McDonald’s. ——————————————————————————————————————————————— Rioting erupted in Birmingham overnight, with shop windows smashed and stores looted in what police described as “mindless thuggery”. A police station in Handsworth, nearly three miles out of […]
So says a left-wing British columnist. It looks like I was ahead of my time in identifying gangs as a potential constituency for the anti-totalitarian humanist coalition. —————————————————————————————————————————————– London riots: This is what happens when multiculturalists turn a blind eye to gang culture The roots of these appalling […]
Article by Russell D. Longcore. ———————————————————————————————————————————————– Unless you live in a cave in Papua, New Guinea, you’ve been inundated with the story of Washington’s dithering voodoo dance over the debt ceiling. This has been one of the best examples I’ve ever seen of sleight-of-hand by the DC criminals […]
TIME Magazine’s coverage of the latest in the Afghan war. ——————————————————————————————————————————————- A CH-47, similar to the one apparently downed by insurgent fire, flying a special-ops mission over Afghanistan in April / Army photo by Daniel Shook A deadly golden BB apparently found its target over Afghanistan early Saturday, […]
From CBC. ———————————————————————————————————————————————— WTF? The judge decides not to send the revenue agents to jail because “it wouldn’t be safe for them”.
Article by Loni Steele Sosthand. ———————————————————————————————————————————————- My affirmative action fail I’m half-black, and I’m opposed to race-based hiring. But after years of struggling in Hollywood, I gave it a try I do not look black. I know this to be true not just because I own a mirror, […]
Whatever else could be said about the Taliban, they’re the front line troops against the Empire. Hat tip to Jim Duncan. —————————————————————————————————————————————– Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN) — A day after the worst single-incident loss of American lives in the Afghan war, four more NATO soldiers were killed in separate […]
Good for them. Those on this side of the pond need to take lessons. ———————————————————————————————————————————————- London (CNN) — Rioters took advantage of a vigil for a man killed by police and turned violent Saturday night, tossing petrol bombs and “missiles” at officers and looting stores, London’s Metropolitan Police […]
An interesting critique of the Alternative Right from a European New Right perspective. I have no idea who wrote this, although this writer apparently has a favorable view of yours truly. One thing I love about the comments threads at AltRight is that it’s one of the few […]
A recent column at AlternativeRight.Com. The discussion thread that follows this is pretty interesting at times. One thing that I find to be the most interesting about my critics is that while Nazis are often quite hostile to my views, they are at least capable of interpreting them […]
Remembering the legacy of the Asshole Ronald Reagan. ——————————————————————————————————————————————- THIRTY years ago today, when he threatened to fire nearly 13,000 air traffic controllers unless they called off an illegal strike, Ronald Reagan not only transformed his presidency, but also shaped the world of the modern workplace. More than […]
Thanks to the efforts of Miles Joyner. —————————————————————————————————————————————— In this essay, Anarchist researcher Keith Preston offers a compelling case for forming a vanguard to resist the most oppressive forms of the American government. In “Liberty and Populism,” Preston disregards the stigma attached to Anarchism and the mainstream Anarchist […]
Article by Yacov Ben Efrat. —————————————————————————————————————————————– It was supposed to come in September. For months there have been warnings of a political tsunami when the Palestinians bring their quest for statehood to the UN. The Israeli populace was being readied, the media campaign went into high gear, select […]
This is a perfect issue for pitting the lumpenproletariat against the upper middle class from which the managerial strata is drawn. ————————————————————————————————————————————————– With more than a dozen homeless camps and 453 displaced residents, Virginia Beach may be the first community in the state to sanction a homeless “tent-city.” […]
PIGS and kiddie porn. ——————————————————————————————————————————————– A Henrico County police officer faces child-pornography charges after his arrest in Bedford County by Virginia State Police and Bedford County sheriff’s deputies, officials said Saturday. Allan A. Hoffman III was arrested at a residence late Friday, said Sgt. Thomas J. Molnar, a […]
Hmm. It looks like the U.S-Mexico immigration problem is definitely a two-way street. ———————————————————————————————————————————————- CNN)— A 14-year-old American citizen has been found guilty in a Mexican court of torturing and beheading at least four people and kidnapping three others. Judge Jose Luis Jaimes sentenced the teenager, known as […]
From CNN. Hat tip to Jim Duncan. —————————————————————————————————————————————- Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN) — In the single deadliest loss for U.S. troops since the Afghan war began in late 2001, 30 service members died early Saturday when a helicopter carrying them went down while they were reinforcing other troops, officials […]
by Larry Gambone ——————————————————————————————————————————————— In order to understand the degeneration of the Socialist (Second) International, Karl Korsch in 1920 applied an historical materialist analysis to Marxism. He related Marxist praxis to the level and nature of class struggle. He posited three periods of Marxist activity. The first period […]
by Larry Gambone. ———————————————————————————————————————————————- John Curl’s book is an exhaustive study of cooperatives, mutual aid and intentional communities from the First Nations to the present. Scores of obscure and forgotten groups can be discovered here. What Curl shows is the record of struggle by ordinary people to construct […]
Nemesis: The Last Days of the American Republic by Chalmers Johnson
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