As I have said, the power elite apparently does not yet feel threatened by the insurrection. If there were, Raytheon puppet Esper would most certainly be calling for invoking the Insurrection Act.
The Trump administration is using Antifa as a scapegoat to deflect attention away from the substance of the insurrection. It couldn’t have happened to nicer people. Clearly, the centrist, balanced, nuanced, moderate position on looting is to favor attacking governments, corporations, banks, police stations, courthouses, and the ruling […]
Not bad.
As one who strives to be a consistent anarchist, I have been in favor of both sets of protests.
This is hardly new. After the melee at the 1968 Democratic National Convention, the office of Attorney General Ramsey Clark’s investigation claimed what happened in Chicago was a police riot. But then the incoming Nixon administration (in collusion with outgoing Johnson administration officials) used the events in Chicago […]
If Trump is the Nixon of our time, and Sanders is the McGovern, then Biden is the Hubert Humphrey. By Zachary Evans National Review Joe Biden on Monday suggested that police forces could train officers to shoot attackers in the legs in order to reduce potential fatalities. There […]
You’re not really helping your own cause, dude. By Ryan Grim, Aída Chávez The Intercept In an interview in April, Lt. Bob Kroll, head of Minneapolis’s police union, said that he and a majority of the Minneapolis Police Officers’ Federation’s board have been involved in police shootings. Kroll […]
As I have been saying since Trump was elected, Trump represents the pre-1960s WASP culture’s last stand. Nixon’s “silent majority” is now a fading minority. The Rainbow culture is now moving to the forefront. By Thomas Wright The Atlantic We are in the Götterdämmerung now, the final phase […]
They say that like it’s a bad thing. If only it were true. One of the reasons the Swiss system (which is theoretically similar) has been more successful than ours is because it doesn’t have a presidential system. Their executive branch is merely a council appointed by the […]
Donald Milhous Trump. I’ve always thought Trump resembled nothing quite so much as the Nixon, Nelson Rockefeller, Spiro Agnew, etc. Republicans from the 70s. He’s not the supply-side dogmatist that emerged during the 80s, and his foreign policy approach is more in the vein of Kissinger’s Machiavellian realism […]
A far-left vs. alt-right debate. Breakout the popcorn.
Joseph Cotto and I discuss the totalitarian left.
As I said in the previous post, current events are no skin off the ass of the ruling class whatsoever. If the stock market is soaring, they’re happy. My guess is that the power elite probably sees the insurrection as an exaggerated sports riot, as opposed to a […]
From a purely factual perspective, Trump is correct that what is going on now is a class-based insurrection, and not merely a protest movement, a series of riots, or a crime wave. From a purely legal perspective, the 1807 Insurrection Act does indeed give the President the authority […]
The original medical examiner lied to cover up for the Minneapolis pigs. Krystal and Saagar discuss remarks from Dr. Michael Baden, who said George Floyd was dead ‘many minutes’ before he was transferred to hospital.
I wonder if this article was written before or after the results of the independent autopsy came out, and essentially revealed that the initial autopsy was part of the coverup. I also wonder if this guy ever thought he would become the most hated man in the world […]
This was recording before the results of the independent autopsy were revealed. Also, at the time I mistakenly thought George Floyd had been accused of forging a check as opposed to passing a $20. The Mindcrime Liberty Show is joined by Keith Preston to discuss the details around […]
As the de facto voice of the MAGAs, Tucker Carlson’s George Wallace-like commentary is predictable. Regrettably, many MAGA-types have too many cultural, psychological, and other barriers to view the insurrection in any context other than “those people are causing trouble.” The lamentable limitations of Carlson’s fans were summarized […]
Hiding in their gated mansions with their private security forces, of course. CNN’s Don Lemon calls celebrities of all races to step up a show public support for protesters demonstrating against the death of George Floyd.
When the troops start defecting, the ruling class is in deep shit. Genesee County Sheriff Chris Swanson spoke with demonstrators who were met by police officers in riot gear and then joined the protest, according to CNN affiliate WEYI.
I oppose random violence against other individuals, interracial violence, attacks on ordinary journalists, and the destruction of residences, small businesses, places of worship, and historic landmarks or architecture. But as for corporate retail and fast-food chains (modern sweatshops), police precincts (enemy military bases), courthouses (civilian headquarters of the […]
Of course. It’s one of the oldest tricks in the book.
Next up: Antifa poses as “boogaloos”? I am frequently asked by “extremists” of all kinds why I don’t reflexively take “their side” in whatever dumbass cause they’re promoting (“Get off the fence, man!”). The answer is because none of them would create a better society than the one […]
Fragmentation seems to be taking place within the ranks of the state, ruling class, and state security forces. Municipal police forces and municipal governments are turning on each other. The Trump administration and the state governors are having a falling out. Some police are joining the protests. Trump […]
By Benjamin Wallace-Wells The New Yorker I lived in Baltimore during the Freddie Gray protests in April, 2015. My apartment was in a brownstone next to a small park in a pretty neighborhood called Bolton Hill, which sits on the border between downtown and the West Baltimore neighborhoods […]
ABC News As protests over the killing of George Floyd roil the nation, journalists covering the news have been indiscriminately arrested, tear gassed or shot with rubber bullets by local law enforcement — at times even live on air. The U.S. Press Freedom Tracker, an advocacy and research […]
Anyone into fringe politics should oppose this. A “right-wing” administration will target the Antifa, and then a “left-wing” administration will target “alt-right/lite” groups, and then the cycle will repeat.
This could set a dangerous precedent.
Even Sean Hannity isn’t going to bat for the pigs who killed George Floyd. Forensic pathologist Dr. Michael Baden’s independent autopsy finds that George Floyd died by homicide caused by asphyxia.
By Jon Parton Courthouse News Service (CN) — As Minneapolis underwent a fourth night of protests over the death of George Floyd, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz said Saturday that most rioters arrested are from outside of the city and sought to take advantage of the chaos.
There’s some pretty hard-core riot footage in this.
Kim predictably nails. What we are experiencing right now is a class-based insurrection against an authoritarian state. The ruling class media (the new clerisy) is trying to deflect attention from that by fueling political/racial/cultural divisions.
There is some pretty hard-core footage of police brutality in this. Apparently, the cops at a police station in Cincinnatti took down the US flag and put up a “thin blue line” flag. Fourth-generation warfare and tribalism have arrived.
They are. And it’s hilarious. By Colin A. Young Metrowest Daily News After a weekend that saw police clash with demonstrators across the country and in downtown Boston, President Donald Trump told governors on a conference call Monday morning that many of them are “weak” and need to […]
The big question is how will the state hit back when the dust clears? Journalist Zaid Jilani compares the looting in the U.S. to the looting that took place in Baghdad after the Iraqi army was disbanded by the Bush administration.
I really hope they’re not just now realizing that. I don’t really consider poor, urban (or rural) blacks to be part of the Blue Tribe. The Red/Blue tribal civil war is between the left and right wings of the upper-middle class, with both sides aligning themselves different factions […]
Of course. That’s what they did with the uprisings of the 1960s and 1970s. Ryan Grim offers some pretty good commentary on how the corporate class has co-opted the cultural left. I’m glad to see someone who is not on the far right besides me is finally noticing […]
That’s what the Bircher-types used to say about the urban riots of the 1960s. The Democraps are blaming the insurrection on Russians and white nationalists while Donald Milhous Trump is blaming Antifa and anarchists. Saagar Enjeti blasts the mainstream media for identifying the riots over George Floyd’s death […]
This really is so 1968. Riots, chaos, and space travel. They are absolutely right when they talk about the total abrogation of leadership, “left, right, federal, state, and local,” which they lament but which I think is great. The ruling class is falling.
An emerging crack in the left-coalition? Welcome to America, where everybody hates everyone else. Funky academic and doctoral student at the University of Georgia Irami Osei-Frimpong explains his perspective on Central Park ‘Karen’ Amy Cooper and white feminism.
Newt, what is happening now is blowback against policies that people like you put in place. Remember the “crime bill” passed when you were Speaker of the House? Remember NAFTA, also passed when you were Speaker? Remember the “war on drugs,” of which you were a major champion? […]
The usual finger-pointing begins. Antifa, “Boogaloos,” Three Percenters, Proud Boys, and, of course, the Russians. By COLLEEN LONG, ZEKE MILLER and MICHAEL BALSAMO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. officials are seeking to determine whether extremist groups had infiltrated police brutality protests across the country and deliberately tipped […]
By Troy Southgate People have every right to fight back against the corrupt US system and its brutal mercenaries, but let’s not pretend that police violence is reserved for Black people. At the same time, the Right’s predictable response to Black Lives Matter is to claim that most […]
Why not? Those places are mostly just colonies of US Empire anyway. By William Booth and Loveday Morris Washington Post Street protests over the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis went global over the weekend, as demonstrators in London, Berlin and Toronto gathered under banners declaring that Black […]
These kinds of things happen during uprisings. Here in Richmond, there was been a predictable wave of vandalism against Confederate monuments. I don’t think these kinds of actions are a good idea. Attacking and destroying the monuments, flags, places of worship or veneration, temples, sacred books and artifacts, […]
Serious facepalm. By Chris Riotta The Independent A Seattle police officer was seen kneeling on the necks of suspected looters amid protests against the death of George Floyd, who died after an officer kneeled on his neck in now-viral footage. The police department was responding to reports of […]
Between the COVID-19 pandemic and lockdowns, Great Depression Two, the current joke of an election campaign, and now the uprising, is a military dictatorship on the way? It looks like the whole system is failing. By Alan McLeod MintPress News The national security state and the military are […]
Footage was taken of people stealing cop cars and using them for bumper cars. FOX29 Philadelphia Crowds of people in West Philadelphia are vandalizing police vehicles and looting stores as riots continue throughout the city in response to the death of George Floyd. SKYFOX flew over the scene […]
Nemesis: The Last Days of the American Republic by Chalmers Johnson
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