Skinny houses are in

May 18, 2024 • 3 min read with Joi-Marie McKenzie Welcome back to our Saturday edition! It’s a great time to be a homeowner in Albuquerque, New Mexico; Mission, Texas; New Haven, Connecticut; and 19 more cities where home prices are skyrocketing. On the agenda: A family booked […]

Let It Tumble

In our May 23 issue, Joanna Biggs reviews Madonna: A Rebel Life by Mary Gabriel (whose previous biography, Ninth Street Women, took as its subject five female abstract expressionist painters in the midcentury). The essay opens at a Madonna concert Biggs attended as a child, where she experienced “the bubbly joy of dancing […]

Vicki Nuland Unleashed, Is BRICS’ NDB An Alternative to World Bank/IMF?, CIA Is Buying Your Ad Tracking Data, The Man Who Killed Google Search, 21st Century Hunter-Gatherers

Niccolo Soldo May 18, 2024 Every weekend (almost) I share five articles/essays/reports with you. I select these over the course of the week because they are either insightful, informative, interesting, important, or a combination of the above. Share The bipartisanship on foreign policy that has coloured recent events […]

Magic Monetary Theory Goes Primetime

Modern Monetary Theory was interesting back when it was dismissed as a fringe curiosity, but more like terrifying now that it’s being taken seriously Matt Taibbi May 18, 2024 The above video went viral recently. It shows one of Joe Biden’s top economic advisers, Jared Bernstein, trapped in […]

El Niño Sounds Off #14

Forwarded this email? Subscribe here for more   El Niño Speaks El Niño Sounds Off #14 0:00 4:59 El Niño Sounds Off #14 José Niño sounds off on the Israel Lobby’s attacks on Thomas Massie May 19 READ IN APP Upgrade to paid Share José Niño sounds off […]

The PRAXIS of Anarchism

The fourth part in a series where I summarize concepts from my videos Power:    • Power | An anarchist theory of power   A Modern Anarchism: Anarchist Analysis:    • Anarchist Analysis | A Modern Anarchi…   A Modern Anarchism: Anarchy:    • Anarchy | A Modern Anarchism (Part 2)   A Modern Anarchism: Revolution:    • Revolution | A Modern Anarchism (Part 3)   Constructing the Revolution:    • How do we build an anarchist revoluti…   Donate directly to Cooperation Tulsa: https://opencollective.com/cooperatio…

Americans Work Too Much and Too Little

Solutions for Our Unhealthy Economy Josiah Lippincott May 17, 2024 LinkedIn is the worst social media site in existence. Engaging with literal pornbots on Twitter is less soul-sucking than reading the tone-deaf striver banalities and motivational tripe that festoon the place: “Here are five things I learned about […]

Upcoming Anarchist Events

Upcoming Events Pinksterlanddagen Anarchist Festival (Netherlands) Fri May 17 to Sun May 19 Zacatecas Anarchist Gathering (Mexico) Sat May 18 to Sun May 19 Tavernes de la Valldigna Anarchist Bookfair (Spain) Sat May 18 ACTION WEEK / PRAGUE / 20 – 26 MAY 2024 / Mon May 20 […]

Can Jews be Nazis?

Weekend Edition May 17, 2024 Friday – Sunday Stephen F. Eisenman Can Jews be Nazis? Jeffrey St. Clair Follow the Missiles Raihan Alam Thinking Clearly About the Protesters Robert Hunziker Permafrost Showdown Melvin Goodman Friedman, Biden and US Weapons Sales to Israel Nathaniel St. Clair A Humble Request […]

Donald Trump’s Campaign Trial

There is so much strangeness in the Manhattan criminal trial of Donald Trump. In this insightful and funny reported column, Washington correspondent Olivia Nuzzi takes stock of one facet of it — the unfolding reality that Trump is conducting his presidential campaign, in a very real way, out […]

Traditionalists of all countries, unite!

by Alexander Dugin Arktos Journal May 17, 2024 Alexander Dugin asserts that President Putin’s inauguration marks a new stage, emphasising traditional values and multipolarity while rallying allies like China and India against Western hegemony. The inauguration of President Putin marks a new stage in Russia’s history. Some lines […]