Glad to see there are some Trotskyists who actually criticize human rights imperialism. “In the interview, Ocasio-Cortez presents the Democratic Party as having been completely transformed into a working class party.” Whatever. The Republicans are far-right plutocrats and militarists (the perfect ARENA/Likud hybrid) and the Democrats center-right neoliberals […]
It was Bill Bishop who originally developed the “Big Sort” theory as well. Some research shows that education level is the primary dividing line in voting patterns, although on a cultural level I think it’s more a matter of WASPs vs. anti-WASPs with the most elite WASPs being […]
By Erik London, World Socialist Web Site An initial examination of the voting data in the 2020 presidential election exposes as false the racialist narrative of American politics that is relentlessly promoted by the Democratic Party. Several aspects of the election data are particularly significant in showing the […]
Many years ago, I started to notice that the emerging geographical divisions in US politics would be between the right in the rural areas, the center in the suburbs, and the left in the urban centers. By Richard Florida, Marie Patino and Rachael Dottle, Bloomberg America’s political map […]
By Nicky Reid aka Comrade Hermit Exile in Happy Valley What is a woman in 2021? Once upon a time, that was an easy question to answer. Boys had a penis and girls had a vagina and nothing in between existed. Then Western Society collectively woke the fuck […]
Anarchist News It has now been more than one year since the world that we have known all of our lives came screeching to a halt. And what a year’s it’s been. The collective unconscious roils in the throes of a bad acid trip, the realization seeps slow […]
Andrew Yang is head and shoulders above many US politicians (obviously, a low standard) and brings many interesting ideas to the table. That said, it’s obvious he knows which lines you can’t cross in US politics. Notice that none of the politicians and mainstream media figures who are […]
Next up: “Today, the Biden administration announced plans to draft migrant children into the US military.” A Pentagon spokesman noted, “Our child soldiers represent the commitment to age diversity in our armed forces.”
By J.C. Tuccille, Reason Predictive policing—a concept seemingly pulled straight from the 2002 popcorn flick Minority Report—has become increasingly hot with law enforcement agencies over the past decade. The field tempts budget-minded officeholders and cops alike with its science-y promise to forecast where crimes will occur in the […]
Krystal Ball and Saagar Enjeti react to Bill Kristol’s Cuba tweet.
Founder of TK News and host of the Useful Idiots podcast, Matt Taibbi, discusses the media’s coverage of Donald Trump and the repercussions of it today.
Krystal Ball and Saagar Enjeti discuss new UFO sightings.
Team Rising discusses Trump’s potential partnership with the social media platform “FreeSpace”.
As of 2020, about 42.9 million Americans owed a collective $1.7 trillion in outstanding student loans — a crisis that touches families across the nation, particularly in communities of color. Some lawmakers have advocated for forgiving student debt to help those struggling to make ends meet. But critics […]
To ask the question is to answer it. I generally don’t take positions on the internal politics of other countries other than to oppose US imperialism and to favor self-determination for everyone. Krystal Ball explains how falsehoods in U.S. media contributed to the coup in Bolivia.
The system clearly fears Andrew Yang, moderate though he is. Saagar Enjeti criticizes the mainstream media’s coverage of Andrew Yang in his run for mayor of New York.
By Hannah Allam, National Public Radio The Facebook message instantly struck Andrew as suspicious. The note was from a stranger in Virginia named Cody who claimed to be a distant relative based on the uncommon last name they share. NPR is withholding it for security reasons. Cody’s profile […]
Some interesting social media posts from Caleb Maupin.
Founder of The Daily Poster, David Sirota, discusses the latest updates on an FBI investigation into Gov. Andrew Cuomo over the nursing home scandal.
Directly from the website of Alexander Reid-Ross. What is the common theme in this image? ARR: “I hate everyone who is even remotely opposed to US imperialism.” State Department “libertarian socialism” and Homeland security “anarchism.”
The system is losing legitimacy. Team Rising discusses Georgia voters’ worsening views of America and democracy.
A great discussion between two genuinely serious thinkers. My guest today is Amy Chua. Amy is a professor at Yale Law School. Her books include ‘World on Fire’, Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother’, ‘The Triple Package’, and ‘Political Tribes’. She made Time Magazine’s list of 100 most […]
By James Carden, The American Conservative Anyone who has spent enough time in Washington or has even a cursory familiarity with the professional functionaries who staff the foreign policy and national security apparatus here will have encountered, at one time or another, well-intentioned, seemingly humble, painfully earnest bureaucrats […]
Homeless folks are cool. By Rick Moran, PJ Media Echo Park Lake in Los Angeles has been home to thousands of homeless people since 2019. But homeless advocates objected when the city decided to renovate and rehabilitate the park, placing fencing around portions of the lake as the […]
TELOS Press On The Agenda with Steve Paikin, the discussion about governmental responses to the COVID-19 pandemic turned to Thomas Brussig’s recent editorial “Risk More Dictatorship,” originally published in the Süddeutsche Zeitung and translated into English in TelosScope. Listen to the discussion below (beginning at 15:01), and read […]
By Peter R. Quinones As Stateless Productions enters the production phase of our new documentary, “America’s Police Crisis,” I can’t get the subject of police brutality out of my head. When people hear the term “police brutality,” depending on their background, they may start to question whether the […]
By Matt Taibbi The Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) has released a much-hyped, much-cited new report on “Foreign Threats to the 2020 Elections.” The key conclusion: We assess that Russian President Putin authorized, and a range of Russian government organizations conducted, influence operations aimed at […]
This is pretty funny in places. Sky News host Chris Kenny says US President Joe Biden’s first press conference was “a whole lot worse than most of the media would like to tell you”. “Since the press conference, pictures have emerged of cheat notes the president had on […]
Fareed Zakaria must be planning on retiring soon.
During Monday’s House hearing over whether the District of Columbia should become the nation’s 51st state, neoconservative political analyst Bill Kristol offered up quite the head-scratching hot take: Make D.C. a state, and while you’re at it, make Cuba one too. “One reason I’m for DC statehood: The […]
President of the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union, Stuart Appelbaum, discusses updates on Amazon workers’ unionization efforts in Alabama.
As I have predicted, the tech-oligarchs and media oligarchs are starting to eclipse the rest of the capitalist class as the dominant faction in the power elite, although the financial, fossil fuels and armaments industries are still highly significant, of course. The tech-oligarchs and financial industries are primarily […]
So the Republicans are basically adopting the #WalkAway approach: neocon foreign policy and Koch economics, but multicultural and Rainbowized. Team Rising discusses the GOP’s plans to focus on diversity ahead of the midterms.
A predictable liberal internationalist/neocon approach to foreign policy as opposed to Trump’s neo-realist/economic nationalist/only semi-neocon but still hardline Zionist/pro-Saudi approach. Saagar Enjeti explains the negative impacts of Biden’s relationships with the leaders of Russia and North Korea.
This guy’s star has really fallen. Krystal Ball and Saagar Enjeti react to reports that Gov. Andrew Cuomo arranged for his family members, including CNN’s Chris Cuomo, to receive scarce COVID tests during home visits from NY health staffers.
In this episode of Feudal Future, hosts Joel Kotkin and Marshall Toplansky are joined by Michael Lind. Michael Lind is a professor of practice at the LBJ School. A graduate of the Plan II Liberal Arts Honors Program and the Law School at The University of Texas with […]
By Joel Kotkin, American Mind The Biden Administration is on track to stiff our desperate working class. Bill Clinton may have been lionized as the “first black President,” and Barack Obama actually was half African, but no politician in American history owes more to African-American leadership and voters than Joe […]
Joel Kotkin on the eco-fascist wing of totalitarian humanism. By Joel Kotkin For most people around the world, the Covid-19 pandemic seems a great human tragedy, with deaths, bankruptcies, and fractured mental states. Yet for some, especially among the green Twitterati and in some policy shops, the pandemic […]
Michael Lind nails it again. By Michael Lind, Tablet The bitter debate over lockdowns and mask mandates in America is not just another polarizing culture war between left and right. It also has elements of a class war. But it’s not the class war you might think it […]
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This is an excerpt from my conversation with Aella.
Today’s episode is a bit different than usual. It’s actually a recording of a talk I gave at Harvard’s Program on Constitutional Government three months ago, entitled The Case for Color-blindness. My talk is about 30 minutes, and it’s followed by an audience Q&A.
Today’s episode is a bit different than usual. It’s actually a recording of a talk I gave at Harvard’s Program on Constitutional Government three months ago, entitled The Case for Color-blindness. My talk is about 30 minutes, and it’s followed by an audience Q&A. Just a warning the […]
My view on China is simply that they’re just another province in global capitalism that largely functions as an economic colony for the hegemonic powers. China’s role in the global economy is to provide cheap labor for Western corporations and cheap loans to Western governments. Its “social credit […]
A social media poster writes: The problem with Keith is he treats idea-sets as if they’re fungible and takes people at their word. He takes the ideological content of things too seriously. Better predictors would be those who said everything will ultimately boil down to biological race. The […]
I could see this becoming a thing. If anti-gun policies get tighter, the pro-gun states could simply say, “Our whole fucking state is a militia! Just like Switzerland.” By Jeffery Collins, AP News State Sen. Josh Kimbrell, R-Spartanburg, left, asks questions of Sen. Tom Corbin, R-Travelers Rest, right, […]
By Güney Yildiz, German Institute for International and Security Affairs Russia and Turkey are backing opposing warring parties in three active conflicts. However, this adversarial positioning has not hindered cooperation between Moscow and Ankara. They reign in opposing sides and, in effect, stage-manage their respective theatres of wars. […]
Almost a year to the day that Louisville police officers killed Breonna Taylor during a no-knock raid, the Kentucky Senate passed a bill which makes it a crime to insult and taunt cops. If S.B. 211 becomes law, you could get up to three months in jail and […]
And what taxpayers can do to stop it.
Nemesis: The Last Days of the American Republic by Chalmers Johnson
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