The New Black Panthers were accused of this some years back. By Ella Fassler, Truthout In preparation for potential voter intimidation this year, the Women’s March, Working Families Party, Movement for Black Lives Electoral Justice Project, United We Dream and other organizations are mobilizing “election defenders” to de-escalate […]
The Mindcrime Liberty Show discusses why the Left will never, in all likelihood, abolish the state. This is a continuation of an earlier episode we did with Keith Preston on “Does the left advocate a police state” but this time we state our own views. The left, compared […]
Saager’s class analysis in this is pretty good although Krystal points out the limitations of the de facto “Sailer Strategy” that Saager is advocating. Saagar Enjeti digs into a New York Times report that details who is donating to Joe Biden’s campaign.
The labor aristocracy threatens a tantrum if their favorite Tweedledee doesn’t win. Why aren’t these fuckfaces organizing a general strike REGARDLESS of who wins the idiotic election? By Candice Bernd, Truthout The 100,000-member MLK Labor Council, an AFL-CIO regional body of labor groups representing more than 150 unions […]
By Harriet Barber, Telegraph More people will die of hunger caused by the pandemic than of coronavirus this year, according to a report from Oxfam. An estimated 122 million of the world’s poorest people could be plunged deeper into hunger and poverty, equating to 12,000 extra deaths a […]
I’m not that big on the welfare statism of “Rising” but their critiques of the “let them eat cake” attitude of the ruling class are usually fairly accurate. Saagar Enjeti explains why he believes a stimulus won’t get passed.
A ruling class unity regime that squeezes out “radicals” from the Left and Right. Krystal Ball weighs in on reporting that alleges Joe Biden is vetting Republicans to serve on his cabinet.
Author, David Goodhart, discusses his new book, “Head, Hand and Heart: Why Intelligence Is Over-Rewarded, Manual Workers Matter, and Caregivers Deserve More Respect.” He also discusses the hardships many blue collar workers are facing.
The social democratic “party” pretends anyone gives a damn about their perspective. Krystal Ball and Saagar Enjeti react to a recent bi-partisan letter sent to both chambers of Congress expressing concerns about having corporate leaders and campaign donors hold Senate confirmed offices in a Joe Biden administration.
The right-wing of neoliberalism vs the Trumpian faux populists. Saagar Enjeti gives his thoughts on how Republicans are repeating history by distancing themselves from President Trump in case of a presidential defeat. He also explains how this may hurt the GOP in the future, despite a Joe Biden […]
By Kevin Carson, Center for a Stateless Society The calculation problem, as stated by Ludwig von Mises and Friedrich Hayek, has been central to most libertarian arguments against non-market or non-price forms of economic coordination. The Misesian variant, argued in Economic Calculation in the Socialist Commonwealth and Socialism, […]
I would prefer neither as both are rapidly becoming corporate fiefdoms which is part of the reason why I am an anarchist. Nor do I see any need to take advice from some neoliberal mouthpiece and neocon stooge like Stephen Moore. We’re supposed to be the United States […]
Reasonable people typically understand that multiple values of parallel importance can co-exist at the same time and that a sensible approach to value conflicts is to make reasonable tradeoffs. Preventing the spread of a serious illness is a value. Preventing an economic meltdown is a value. Preventing government […]
Executive director of American Compass, Oren Cass, discusses the “deadly sins of the right and left.” He also explains why American politics needs an overhaul.
And the entire political class, corporate class, media, and power elite says, “We don’t give a damn.”
This is one of the best critiques of American culture I’ve seen to date. The problem with ruling classes that adopt a “Let them eat cake” attitude is that they tend to not come to a happy ending. Ask the Bourbons and the Romanovs. By Alex Bash (academiccomposition@gmail.com), […]
Elect a con man, get conned. That’s how it works. Huff Post political reporter, Daniel Marans, explains why Donald Trump’s support has dwindled in states that led him to victory in 2016.
More of the same. Imagine that. Krystal Ball and Saagar Enjeti discuss recent developments about Joe Biden’s potential presidential cabinet and watch his campaign’s latest rap battle advertisement.
From a post on social media: “The issue of war is mostly a non-issue for most voters these days. I even talked to one guy on here who rabidly hates Trump and when I brought up the issue of neoconservative/neoliberal warmongering, his answer was basically “what’s with your […]
It’s interesting how anticapitalism is starting to grow on the Right because many have realized the corporations are not their friends. Conservatives are always wondering why they are unable to effectively resist the leftward totalitarian drift. I would argue it is because they accept many of the same […]
By Christopher Whalen, The American Conservative During the vice presidential debate between Senator Kamala Harris and Vice President Michael Pence, the former claimed that she was the only one in the race who had “prosecuted the big banks.” This was completely wrong. In fact, as California attorney general, […]
It is fashionable for critics of the corporate state to lambaste neoliberals and supply-siders for supposedly adhering to “free-market fundamentalism.” “Free-market fundamentalism” is something you find among the lower to middle levels of the capitalist class or the petite bourgeoisie, and sectors of the lower middle to the […]
By Lee Drutman, Five Thirty Eight To anyone following American politics, it’s not exactly news that Democrats and Republicans don’t like each other. Take what happened in the presidential debate last week. President Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden did little to conceal their disdain of one […]
By Stefan Gleason, Money Metals Exchange The Federal Reserve is warning investors in no uncertain terms that higher rates of inflation are coming. Yet markets, for the most part, have disregarded that warning. Bond yields, for example, remain well below 2% across the entire duration range. Stock market […]
More wonderful economic news. Washington Post economics reporter, Jeffrey Stein, gives an update on the stimulus negotiations and breaks down the jobs report numbers.
As Nelson Rockefeller said in 1959, “You take the average guy making $100,000 a year . . .”($893,189 today) Krystal Ball and Saagar Enjeti discuss Joe Biden’s tax cut proposals and explain who they would impact. They also react to a CNBC article which breaks down how much […]
Geez, I can’t imagine why. Editor-in-Chief of Gallup, Mohamed Younis, explains which issues are most important to voters this election cycle. He also discusses why the economy continues to top the list for most voters.
Saagar Enjeti discusses how President Trump and Congressional Republicans reacted to the pandemic. He also explains how the President is becoming a more “conventional” Republican.
This is my assessment of the recent piece by Peter Gelderloos at Crimethinc, “Preparing for Electoral Unrest and a Right-Wing Power Grab.” The Crimethinc article is a great companion piece to the recent commentary by It’s Going Down (which I critique here) and Three-Way Fight (which I had […]
By Keith Preston Dissident Voice The issue of healthcare reform is one that is consistently identified by opinion polls as being among the most important to Americans. The United States continues to be the only fully industrialized nation that lacks a public healthcare system, a feature of modern […]
By Stefan Gleason, Money Metals Exchange Bad actors within certain segments of the retail precious metals industry continue to prey on people who are looking to acquire gold and silver bullion. Regulators in 30 different states recently joined together with the Commodities Futures Trading Commission and filed an […]
Krystal Ball and Saagar Enjeti react to recent polls showing Joe Biden’s approval among Americans is on the rise.
The ruling class has used the pandemic as a pretext for escalating the class war. HuffPost senior reporter, Zach Carter, breaks down the latest economic response to the pandemic. He also discusses the unequal economic toll coronavirus has had on Americans.
The ruling class has its preferred ventriloquist dummy. Saagar Enjeti reacts to the latest reports surrounding the Chamber of Commerce and how this impacts Republican politics.
The ruling class fiddles while the empire burns. Krystal Ball and Saagar Enjeti break down the latest jobs report numbers and the impact this may have on Americans.
An interview I did earlier today discussing current events. Listen to the interview here. Richard is joined by guest Keith Preston to discuss domestic politics and recent geopolitical developments. Keith is the managing editor of AttacktheSystem.com, an analyst at Press TV, author at Black House Publishing, online podcast […]
Author, Michael Lind, discuses how the labor industry needs an overhaul when it comes to unions and the law.
Neo-feudalism is here.
The GOP fighting to the death for the cause of plutocracy. Saagar Enjeti explains what he believe the Republican Party will look like if Donald Trump does not serve a second term.
The discussion of Trump’s taxes in this is pretty funny. Apparently, the prez is just another plutocratic greedhead. Who would’ve guessed? Krystal and Saager are pretty good on economics even if their preferred solutions suck. Krystal Ball and Saagar Enjeti discuss the New York Times’ bombshell report that […]
The “culture wars” are largely an intra-class rivalry within the middle class, but class divisions are rapidly becoming the “new sectionalism” pitting poor regions against affluent ones and those with declining economies against those with rising ones By Conor Sen Bloomberg In the first few months of the […]
The economic impact of the pandemic has been to proletarianize the middle-class and lumpenproletarianize the working class, while further concentrating wealth into the proverbial 1%. Fortunately, the traditional lumpenproletariat has demonstrated the proper response to such events. Keep those pig pens burning and keep those Wal-Marts looted. By […]
By Nick Reid aka Comrade Hermit Exile in Happy Valley “Libertarians regard the state as the supreme, the eternal, the best organized aggressor against the persons and property of the mass of the public” -Murray Rothbard “In Reality, however, the state is nothing but a machine for the […]
Ben Carson is proof that brain surgeons are not necessarily multi-layered or multi-dimensional intellects.
Nemesis: The Last Days of the American Republic by Chalmers Johnson
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