Fox News Panel FREAKS At Four Day Work Week Idea
Krystal and Saagar comment on a bizarre Fox News panel discussion about the proposal of a four day work week in California that resembles the existing laws in France
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When The Star[bucks] Align (w/ Kshama Sawant)
This week, Briahna spoke to Seattle City Council member Kshama Sawant about the rash of Starbucks coffee locations unionizing around the country, why the Staten Island Amazon unionization effort was successful, the problem with some professional organizers, Chris Small’s Tucker Carleton appearance, the difference between DSA and Socialist […]
What US Media Covers Up About French Election
Economist Richard Wolff talks about the U.S. media’s “grotesque misrepresentation of not on the French election but French and European politics in general. Find the full chat at Patreon.
How The U.S. Is Uniting Russia And Asia With Vijay Prashad
Vijay Prashad discusses the possibility of a PanAsian movement and outlines the way the United States’s “pressure campaign” against China and Russia has only strengthened ties between Russia and China as well as greater Asia.
From Alterglobalization to Occupy Wall Street
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 […]
Why has Elon Musk’s attempt to buy Twitter provoked such an intense reaction?
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 […]
What The Fuck Are You Even Talking About?
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 […]
“The Great Resignation” Is a Great Exaggeration
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. […]
We’re in the Midst of a White-Collar Crime Wave
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, […]
CIA Torture Queen Now A Beauty And Life Coach
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 […]
After Years of Failure on Gun Control, Democrats Push More Police Funding
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 […]
Border Aid Groups Fear Supreme Court Will Entrench a Humanitarian Disaster
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 […]
The Armenian Genocide Holds a Bitter Lesson for Those Who Weep for Ukraine
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 […]
Jared Kushner Flaunted His Influence With Saudi Arabia, Russia in Pitch to Investors
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 […]
What Is Anarchist Literary Theory?
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 […]
Hard To Swallow Pills
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 […]
Taking on Disney is just a first step for the new right
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 […]
The new right isn’t conservative. They don’t want to be.
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 […]
How Bosses STEAL Your Time, Control Your Life
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
Breaking Points: 4/22/22 Weekly Roundup
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 […]
Radosh’s Rant Against the Old Right
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, […]
Point of Compact
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 […]
The End of the World: Colombia
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 […]
Caleb Maupin with Tara Read – The Politics of Survival
Everyone should see George Galloway address the US Senate regarding the Iraq invasion, from 2005. A must see.
Marxism vs Postmodernism
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 […]
The Starbucks Union Movement Is ‘Unstoppable’
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 […]
Azov Battalion – History & Symbols
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.
The US-Backed Siege of Yemen [Arabic Subtitles]
Imagine if Putin tried this with NATO countries. You would hear about it on Mars.
ALL IN: GOP Super PAC To Fund $10M Midterms AD BLITZ
Alencia Johnson & Emily Jashinsky discuss campaign finance reform and PAC money’s influence in the midterm elections.
Fauci: LOCKDOWNS Are For ‘Getting People Vaccinated’, NO CHANCE Covid Can Be Eradicated
Briahna Joy Gray and Kim Iversen discuss Dr. Fauci’s recent statements on whether we will ever be rid of the coronavirus.
Epstein Prison Warden QUIETLY RETIRED During DOJ Investigation Of Suicide
Briahna Joy Gray and Kim Iversen react to new developments in the investigation into Jeffrey Epstein’s death.
Piers Morgan, Trump Interview STAGED? Leaked Audio Shows NO Trump Walkout
Briahna Joy Gray & Kim Iversen discuss Donald Trump’s fixation on the 2020 election and whether it will affect his future in national politics.
REPORT: Bernie “Hasn’t Ruled Out” 2024 Run
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 […]
New ‘DARK MAGA’ Movement Explained
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.
POLL: Amazon Labor Union Fever SWEEPS The Country
Unions across America are mobilizing & people are definitely noticing!
Alex Jones Hawks Sales To ‘Save’ Infowars From Bankruptcy
The only things Alex Jones resists are exercise, healthy diets, and Zoloft.
4 Day Work Week Popularity EXPLODES
The 4-day Work Week is what they should have negotiated for, in the 19/20th Century labor movement, over 100-years ago.
Republicans Plot Run Against Trump In 2024
Fragment, fragment, fragment… “Tom Cotton has the personality of a dirty diaper”.😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 SO true!!!
MSNBC Host Pleads For Twitter Crackdown: Don’t Let People ‘Run Wild’
Elon Musk buying Twitter, may be the downfall of Twitter. For that reason alone, he should be nominated for a peace prize.
Tulsi Gabbard Sends CEASE & DESIST To Romney, Olbermann Over ‘Treason’ SMEAR
Briahna Joy Gray and Kim Iversen discuss the ongoing feud between former Rep. Tulsi Gabbard and Senator Mitt Romney.
Federal Travel Mask Mandate Ruling Is JUST BAD LAW
Briahna Joy Gray analyzes the federal court ruling against travel mask mandates.
BERNIE SANDERS Will Run For President If Biden BOWS Out: Memo
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
Big Crypto THROWS MONEY At Dem Establishment
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!
Media FALSELY Claims Jon Stewart Show Is Flop
Krystal and Saagar defend Jon Stewart following media attacks claiming that his new Apple TV show has been a flop
Can Trump’s Endorsement SAVE JD Vance?
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
Breaking Points: 4/21/22 Special Thursday Mini Show
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, […]
“Did they ban Americans when they killed millions in Iraq?”
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 […]
Drums of war start to beat in Democrats’ chests
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 […]
Anarchism and Critical Security Studies
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 […]
Lithuanian Army Ready For War? Avg Infantryman Perspective
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?
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