By Robert Lindsay There have been many leftwing nationalists – the Pathet Lao, Stalin, Samora Machel in Mozambique, the Sandinistas in Nicaragua, Aristide in Haiti, Correo in Ecuador, the Fernandez’ in Argentina, and of course the Chavistas in Venezuela. The IRA was left nationalist. So was the ETA […]
Contrary to what most leftists believe, the state is the most pernicious of all ruling class institutions. Noam Chomsky’s “I’d like to see the power of the federal government increased” in order to rein in the power of business is foolish and misguided, although unfortunately many if not […]
Washington, D.C, March 30, 2021 — U.S. Representative Alex Mooney (R-WV) today re-introduced sound money legislation to remove all federal income taxation from gold and silver coins and bullion. The Monetary Metals Tax Neutrality Act (H.R. 2284) backed by the Sound Money Defense League and free-market activists – would clarify that the […]
Team Rising discusses Amazon’s response to social media backlash.
Krystal Ball and Saagar Enjeti discuss the Koch’s involvement in blocking an election-reform bill.
Krystal Ball and Saagar Enjeti react to comments by Stuart Varney of Fox Business on the battle between Amazon’s Jeff Bezos and Sen. Bernie Sanders.
Peter Zeihan had an interesting take on this in the “end of globalization” video I posted earlier. As the empire crumbles, the overlords are worried one of their colonies is getting a bit uppity. Saagar Enjeti explains how Donald Trump changed foreign policy forever, particularly with China.
Whenever politicians talk about “infrastructure,” think “corporate welfare.” It’s a shame that FDR idolators Krystal and Saager can’t see through this. Although their criticism of the “gas tax” is on the mark. Krystal Ball and Saagar Enjeti discuss the latest updates in that Biden infrastructure bill.
By Jp Cortez There has been considerable discussion in recent weeks about the prospect and threat of rising inflation. This inflationary scare comes at a time when the government is unleashing massive stimulus measures to bailout states, businesses, and consumers – all in the name of combatting the […]
Back to the 19th century. Investigative reporter at The Intercept, Ken Klippenstein, discusses horrific working conditions in Amazon warehouses.
As the system continues to unravel in the future, the political class and the ruling class will try to pacify unrest with social democratic buy-off/pacification efforts like UBIs, healthcare, college tuition, student loan debt forgiveness, etc. I doubt we will become as social democratic as, say, Sweden, but […]
This is so 19th century. Krystal Ball and Saagar Enjeti discuss the ongoing battle between Amazon and Senator Bernie Sanders.
Orthodox libertarianism vs. the “freed market.” I generally like the “freed market” idea even if I don’t like many of its proponents. I generally take the same position on anarchist economics that I do with different schools of anarchism generally. Let a thousand flowers bloom and let the […]
By Kevin Carson, Center for a Stateless Society Wayne Price. “Kevin Carson’s Revival of Individualist Anarchist Economic Theory” Anarkismo.net, November 30, 2014. Wayne Price’s overall summary of my approach in Studies in Mutualist Political Economy (also available online) is quite even-handed and fair (unlike some others, e.g. the […]
By Wayne Price, Anarchist Library Kevin Carson is attempting to resurrect anarchist economic theory. This is interesting because most current anarchist political economy is speculation about a post-capitalist, post-revolutionary, economy—what it would look like and how it might work. There is little or nothing of an analysis of […]
By Kevin Carson, Center for a Stateless Society Most of the hatred directed at Center for a Stateless Society these days comes from the paleo-conservatives at Mises.org and LewRockwell.com, and their almost indistinguishable friends on the alt.right. So it’s kind of refreshing to get some negative attention from […]
By Greg R & Bryer Sousa, Ideas and Action As of late, those of us based in the US, who attend to internet-based discussion threads as well as chat forums concerning ‘radical’ social, political, and economic philosophies may be taken aback by the relatively recent degree of attention […]
It seems that the principal differences between libertarian capitalists and libertarian socialists amount to five basic considerations: 1) how should legitimate ownership be defined and 2) what is the most optimal form of economic organization? 3) the desirability/optimality of “democracy” 4) whether social democracy is an improvement over […]
By Zachary Folk, New York Post More than a hundred California artists will be guaranteed $1,000 a month in no-strings-attached cash, the latest in a series of universal basic income pilot programs being rolled out across the state, according to a report. Starting sometime in May, 130 local […]
By Jonathan Snyder, The American Conservative Farming has always been considered a rural activity, but investors backing urban farming companies are hoping to bring farms into our cities. Supporters say urban farms eliminate many of the problems with contemporary agriculture, creating a stable alternative to already strained supply […]
Rapper Killer Mike torched ‘evil’ Jeff Bezos for using slave labor at Amazon warehouses. Killer Mike rallied with Amazon warehouse workers attempting to unionize.
Bezos is the John D. Rockefeller of the 21st century. Sen. Bernie Sanders joined a rally in Alabama with Amazon workers who are attempting to unionize.
By Annie Lowery, The Atlantic A year ago, Siren Saricca, a cocktail server at one of Detroit’s casinos, heard that some of her low-income, elderly neighbors were too afraid to go out to get groceries because of the pandemic. Although she was temporarily out of work because of […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
And what taxpayers can do to stop it.
Krystal Ball explains why Silicon Valley is a perfect breeding ground for sociopaths.
Saagar Enjeti explains the long-term mental health repercussions of COVID and lockdowns.
No. The Republicans are and always have been a “business first” bourgeois liberal party ever since they were founded in the 1850s. Some of their politicians may adopt some faux-populist, faux Christian Democratic, or faux Ordoliberal rhetoric for tactical reasons, maybe throw a few crumbs here and there, […]
Increasing the minimum wage is overwhelmingly popular. The system will have to raise it eventually as a means of pacification for the purpose of deflecting more serious uprisings. Host of the Bad Faith podcast, Briahna Joy Gray, explains why progressive Dems pushed for unemployment benefits over minimum wage […]
Does anarcho-syndicalism have a future? The traditional anarcho-syndicalist position was in favor of “open shop” unionism, which would mean upholding the “right to work,” but I doubt many of today’s “anarcho-syndicalists” would hold to such a view. Krystal Ball and Saagar Enjeti discuss the latest updates in the […]
By Stefan Gleason, Money Metals Exchange The globalist push for central bank digital currency is ramping up. On Monday, Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell spoke at a virtual “Innovation Summit” hosted by the Bank for International Settlements, the central bank for central banks around the world. Powell aimed […]
Whatever else could be said about Brennanite CIA anarcho-Democrat Kevin Carson, his early work on infrastructure as one of the primary forms of corporate welfare was right on the mark. Krystal Ball and Saagar Enjeti break down Biden’s infrastructure bill and debate the likelihood it will come to […]
Author, Alec MacGillis, discusses his new book, Fulfillment: Winning and Losing in One-Click America.
Krystal Ball explains how the coronavirus vaccine scarcity is a problem manufactured by Big Pharma.
One law for them, another for everyone else. Krystal Ball and Saagar Enjeti react to a CNBC report that millionaire’s collectively dodged $2.4 billion in income tax.
Krystal Ball and Saagar Enjeti discuss Biden aides’ corporate ties.
By Matthew Walther, The American Conservative More than half a decade ago, I began using the phrase “woke capital” in conversation and occasional social media posts. At the risk of sounding like someone’s father rushing the stage on Jerry Springer, I would like to register a disputed paternity […]
By Bear Freeman Benjamin Tucker was against “capitalism” in the sense of a State-supported monopoly of productive tools and equipment which allows owners to avoid paying workers the full value of their labor. This stance puts him squarely in the libertarian socialist tradition. Indeed, Tucker referred to himself […]
Another “broken clock, twice a day” piece from Carson. By Kevin Carson, Center for a Stateless Society Oskar Lange famously said, against the background of the debates over Ludwig von Mises’ economic calculation argument, that a statue of Mises should be erected in the planning ministry of a […]
Nemesis: The Last Days of the American Republic by Chalmers Johnson
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