Totalitarian

By Cake Boy I see a lot of authoritarian/totalitarian political influence in modern anarchism. We have leftist anarchists, who say that Maoists are ‘their comrades’. This is ridiculous. Maoist China was a totalitarian state, and you anarchists are supposedly against states? There has never been a more powerful, […]

Candles

Caitlin Johnstone Apr 17, 2025 Listen to a reading of this piece by Tim Foley: They are sending billionaires and pop stars into space while the planet burns and Americans ration their insulin. There are companies marketing AI lovers to lonely people and harvesting their data. Last night […]

Hizzoner Agonistes

Sponsored by Harvard University Press Nawal Arjini and Willa Glickman The President of Brooklyn The saga of Eric Adams’s mayoralty has come to epitomize the spirit of Trump’s second term—from its ethos of aggrieved narcissism to its punitive approach toward the vulnerable. Lucy Scholes The Weight of Their Art A […]

CECOT Forever

CECOT Forever Plus: Israel stopped from striking Iran nuclear sites, Zohran Mamdani wants to soak the rich, and more… LIZ WOLFE DOJ tries to prove Abrego Garcia is part of MS-13: Attorney General Pam Bondi has decided that instead of working to facilitate the release of Kilmar Abrego Garcia […]

The Emergency Is Here

The president of the United States is disappearing people to a Salvadoran prison for terrorists: a prison built for disappearance, a prison where there is no education or remediation or recreation, a prison where the only way out, according to El Salvador’s justice minister, is in a coffin. […]

The Acorn – 102

Posted on April 16, 2025 by winter oak Number 102 In this issue: Zones of corporate tyranny A message to the nature-hating bastards London conference for freedom and Palestine We Were the Shepherds Walter Benjamin: an organic radical inspiration Acorninfo 1. Zones of corporate tyranny   Campaigner David […]

The trade-war era

Week XVI, MMXXV Brought to you by The Human Rights Foundation Recently: What can democracies do about autocratic interference? Josh Rudolph on the challenges of resistance and resiliency. Today: What do the new U.S. tariffs mean for global trade? Martin Wolf on the rapid onset of radical uncertainty. […]

The Administration Is Playing Dumb

The Administration Is Playing Dumb Plus: Cuomo gains traction, inside Elon Musk’s paternity deals, Rumsfeld sass, and more… LIZ WOLFE “To date nothing has been done,” federal Judge Paula Xinis told a lawyer with the Department of Justice (DOJ), rebuking them, referring to the Kilmar Abrego Garcia case. “Nothing.” The Supreme […]

The Return of the Eurasian Macro-State

by Alexander Dugin Alexander Dugin Apr 15, 2025 Alexander Dugin argues that the restoration of a civilizational bloc in the post-Soviet and post-imperial space is inevitable. When it became clear that the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS)1 could not fulfill the task of integration, the Eurasian Union2 was […]

The Threat of Charter Schools

_annoImage2505CharSch0413-2 Black & Green Wednesday webinar The Threat of Charter Schools 5:30 pm PT, 6:30 MT, 7:30 CT, 8:30 ET, Wed, May 7, 2025 Hear from: •Dave Cash, President, United Teachers of New Orleans •Karen Francisco, Advocates for Public Education Policy (Colorado) •Casandra Ulbrich, Ph.D., Network for Public […]

Sign the petition: Justice Sotomayor – “Citizens could be taken off the streets, forced onto planes, and confined to foreign prisons with no opportunity for redress”

TELL CONGRESS: Trump said he supports deporting citizens. His admin refuses to bring home a Maryland man mistakenly sent to an El Salvador mega-prison. Our elected leaders must stand up to Trump and protect the rule of law. Sign the petition: End Trump’s renditions to El Salvador! ADD […]

Rising: April 15, 2025 Trump, Bukele: Abrego staying in El Salvador; White House, Harvard battle heats up

Today on Rising, Robby delivers a monologue about an ancient altar found in Guatemala that was apparently used for “child sacrifices,” according to archaeologists. The Hill’s correspondent Drew Petrimoulx joins Robby Soave and Niall Stanage to discuss the meeting between President Trump and El Salvador President Bukele at […]

Knowing is half the battle

Week XVI, MMXXV Brought to you by Autio Recently:  This week’s member’s despatch. + If Donald Trump isn’t an autocrat, what is he? Stephen Hanson on the old historical model for the new American presidency. Today: What can democracies do about autocratic interference? Josh Rudolph on the challenges of […]