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Nexus X HumectressBy Sarah Abed 1. There was no electricity bill in Libya; electricity was free for all its citizens. 2. There was no interest on loans, banks in Libya were state-owned and loans given to all its citizens at zero percent interest by law. 3. Having a home was […]
America will never learn that we can’t have everything. Worse thing about it, going into territory we don’t know always has a bad outcome and we’re always the masters of the losing streak. Infuriating!!!
Tucker Carlson discusses how Washington is reacting to the Russia-Ukraine conflict.
By Nicolas Gregoris Mises Institute Neil Sedaka said it best – “breaking up is hard to do”. Ask any 16-year-old and they’ll tell you that’s certainly true, but Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) recently made headlines when she suggested not just a breakup, but a “National Divorce” on […]
By Tony Tran, Futurism Amazon founder and Elon Musk’s favorite punching bag Jeff Bezos is assembling a team of top scientists to assist in his dream of developing immortality technology. The billionaire is funneling his money into an anti-aging startup dubbed Alto Labs, which formerly launched on Wednesday. […]
LA Progressive Sacramento News & Review, one of the last supposedly “lefty” publications in the region just published an article (A winter of worry: Sacramento’s violent crime rate in January puts a chill on the community) decrying a recent “crime surge”–a constant worry among conservatives. Among other things, […]
By Gabriel Kuhn , Erich Mühsam Erich Mühsam (1878-1934), poet, bohemian, revolutionary, is one of Germany’s most renowned and influential anarchists. Born into a middle-class Jewish family, he challenged the conventions of bourgeois society at the turn of the century, engaged in heated debates on the rights of […]
By Ford Fischer and Matt Taibbi With the evolution of gun control policy in the state of Virginia, the character of gun protests have changed, as Ford Fischer shows. In a creative and provocative piece of video journalism from TK partners News2Share, Ford Fischer compares three years of […]
A classic from Murray Bookchin. Note A splendid text with many interesting considerations and anticipations. From: Post-Scarcity Anarchism, 1971. In almost every period since the Renaissance, the development of revolutionary thought has been heavily influenced by a branch of science, often in conjunction with a school […]
Rothbard’s classic. By Murray N. Rothbard Note A classic article in which Rothbard denonce the move by the political and cultural right in support of militarism, police power, and the corporate state. This is relevant today as when it was written. Source: Ramparts, VI, 4, June 15, 1968. […]
By Werner Sombart , Translated by Mordecai Epstein 2015 Reprint of Original 1913 Edition. Exact facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. Werner Sombart (1863 -1941) was a German economist and sociologist and one of the leading Continental European social scientists during the first […]
This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. What if we could rebuild our society in a way that works for everyone? Epochal changes are now underway that are radically transforming how society operates. Johann will describe this revolution, and how […]
There is a book that is now getting a lot of attention in neocon circles called “San Fran-sicko” by a moderate progressive named Michael Schellenberger that is lambasting the supposed libertarian excesses of large city governments like San Francisco, LA, Seattle, Portland, etc. It’s basically a “liberal” version […]
Scott is joined by Clint Ehrlich who recently went viral after his appearance on Tucker Carlson’s show struck the nerve of a handful of foreign policy “experts.” So Scott invited him on the show to dive deeper into his arguments. They discuss why Ehrlich is nervous about the […]
American Medical Association *Updated November 12, 2021 The nation’s COVID pandemic made the nation’s drug overdose epidemic worse. This issue brief highlights media and other reports showing increases in drug overdose mortality and other concerns relating to access to evidence-based care for substance use disorders, patients with pain […]
In the wake of the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, academics and journalists have taken the possibility of future political violence in America increasingly serious. In her new book “How Civil Wars Start And How To Stop Them,” Barbara F. Walter writes, “We are now closer […]
By Grayson Quay The Week Between Tuesday and Friday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 1,400 points, the market’s worst week since the COVID-19 pandemic began, The Washington Post reported. The S&P 500 fell by 5.1 percent and the Nasdaq by 6.2 percent during the same time period. “The […]
Home prices rose a record-breaking16.9 percent in 2021. Meanwhile, rent payments are surpassing mortgage costs in major US cities. Wall Street firms are buying up lower-income “starter homes” as an investment. But debt-saddled, low-earning millennials see the once-commonplace “American Dream” of homeownership receding ever further from their reach. […]
While working stiffs worry about rampant inflation outpacing wages, corporations see profits hit a record high regardless. RT’s Brent Jabbour discusses the widening wealth gap, which is minting new billionaires by the day.
Former senior White House adviser Stephen Miller slams Biden’s first press conference of 2022 on ‘Kudlow.’
2020 presidential candidate Tulsi Gabbard assesses President Biden’s handling of Russian threat to invade Ukraine.
By Marcus Weisgerber and Tara Copp Defense One Latest deliveries to arrive today as DOD searches its inventory for more to send. The U.S. is expected to deliver more defense equipment to Ukraine today to counter Russia’s rapid escalation of military and diplomatic moves along the Ukrainian border, […]
By Brigid Kennedy The Week Organizers are supposedly expecting thousands of protesters for an anti-vaccine mandate rally in Washington, D.C. this weekend, NBC News reports, a sign that the vaccination resistance “that gained traction on social media during the pandemic is spilling even further into politics and real […]
By William P. Meyers, iii Publishing This essay is inspired by a lifetime of trying to sort through the lies told by my fellow human beings. And by hearing some news reporting saying Harry Reid was “lying in state.” Thinking: why not, he was a politician, he lied […]
By Grayson Quay The Week The State Department issued an order Saturday directing families of U.S. Embassy personnel in Ukraine to evacuate the country as soon as Monday, Fox News reports. Per Fox, the State Department is also expected to issued guidance next week encouraging American civilians to […]
By Grayson Quay The Week Saudi-led coalition forces reportedly carried out an air strike against a detention center in Yemen Friday, killing at least 70 people injuring over 100, and drawing condemnations from the United Nations, BBC reported. Amjad Yamin, who handles communications for Save the Children in Yemen, […]
By Abha Bhattarai Washington Post Ty Stehlik, who works the front desk at a hotel in Milwaukee, pleaded for a raise all through the pandemic — and finally got an extra $1 an hour in the fall to make $15. But higher prices for rent and food have […]
By Michael Shellenberger Introducing the Taxonomy of Woke Religion Over the last year, a growing number of progressives and liberals have pointed to police killings of unarmed black men, rising carbon emissions and extreme weather events, and the killing of trans people as proof that the United States […]
USC Gould School of Law hosted Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner in discussion with Prof. Jody Armour Oct. 29, 2019.
The main problem I see with these critics is that much of their objection to “progressive prosecutors” seems rooted in their disdain for the non-prosecution of “quality of life” offenses, i.e. things that conflict with bourgeois aesthetics, lifestyle, or class interests. That may not be the whole story […]
St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner and Boston’s District Attorney Rachael Rollins two of a wave of prosecutors who are focusing on ending mass incarceration and addressing racial disparities.
By Samuel Goldman, The Week It’s not just ‘wokeness’ and social media. It’s order, fairness, and basic governance. What’s wrong with conservatives? The question has dominated prestige media since Donald Trump emerged as the frontrunner for the Republican nomination in 2016, and especially since his campaign of election […]
By Damon Linker, The Week Why no one will stand up to Trump in the 2024 GOP primary. I have no idea if Donald Trump will actually run for president again in 2024. No one does. He could be feigning an intention to mount a campaign in order […]
This is an interesting overview of how the Western liberal tradition developed. Enlightenment liberalism appeared only after the institutional, cultural, and economic preconditions had been developed. Interestingly, Kevin Carson has made a similar argument from the Left, suggesting that liberalism appeared only after the economic and technological changes […]
By Peter R. Quiñones I hope that you understand, or are at least beginning to, that the radical Left is not going to stop. Many people have pointed out that their belief in equity for all, which really means the destruction of the status quo and the lifting […]
By Kevin R. McClure and Alisa Hicklin Fryar Chronicle of Higher Education As many observers have pointed out, the “Great Resignation” doesn’t perfectly capture what’s happening in the U.S. labor market. Data suggest many people, especially those with jobs in fields like hospitality, aren’t quitting the work force but […]
An interesting observation from Sullivan: So he may well become a transitional figure like Jimmy Carter — a response to a criminal president, as Carter was, but too isolated, partisan and controlled by left interest groups to build a coalition for the future. Instead, a growing backlash including […]
It’s interesting how universities have become predatory capitalist corporations in terms of their business model, but Stalinist/fascist/fundamentalist regimes in terms of ideological conformity. By Katherine Frank, The Nation The Ivy League institution’s approach to the contract negotiations with its grad student workers reveals how it has evolved into […]
By Caitlin Johnstone Consider the possibility that the Orwellian dystopia you fear is already here and has been in place for many years, you just haven’t noticed because you’re still allowed to watch Netflix or buy a gun or say whatever you want to say within a small […]
By Vishwam Jamie Heckert Following Andy Fisher’s call for a radical ecopsychology – one which heals individuals and transforms social, philosophical and psychological systems of organisation and knowledge – this paper explores the anarchist pasts and possible futures of the field. While anarchists such as Kropotkin, Goodman, and […]
For some time, political analysts have debated whether Hispanics would follow the pattern of blacks and Jews and continue to vote leftward as they become more integrated and prominent in US culture and society, or whether they would follow the pattern of “white ethnics” (Irish, Italians, Eastern Europeans) […]
Director of the New York Working Families Party, Sochie Nnaemeka, gives her party’s assessment of Governor Kathy Hochul and Mayor Eric Adams’ job performances thus far.
Team Rising debates the future of the pandemic, and whether Omicron will be the last variant.
Technology & politics reporter at 538, Kaleigh Rogers, details her reporting on the lasting effects of ‘The Big Lie.’
Team Rising debates the influence of the Democratic party in Big Tech’s deplatforming and censorship decisions.
Ryan Grim and Robby Soave react to shocking images showing a string of cargo container robberies at the LA port.
Pharma Bro’ Martin Shkreli BANNED From Industry. Feds Do Nothing To ACTUALLY Solve Price Gouging Shrkreli: “I’m going to illegal inflate the cost of this life-saving medicine and profit from the people’s sickness.” Pfizer, Johnson & Johnson, Moderna, Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos, Anthony Fauci, and House Democrat shareholders: […]
Why no mention of Anand Giridharadas? His book “Winners Take All” does a great job of analyzing this class.
The war on drugs is over, and drugs are the hands-down winner. Consider this: 50 years, $1 trillion dollars, and 50 million arrests in the war on drugs. And this is the result. Probably the most failed government policy in human history. This is the Afghanistan of domestic […]
By Matthew Sanger and Lewis Borck The genesis of our special section, “Anarchy and Archaeology,” was a symposium chaired by Matthew Sanger and Lewis Borck at the 80th annual SAA meeting in San Francisco. At that time and as the issue took shape, few expected the outcome of […]
Nemesis: The Last Days of the American Republic by Chalmers Johnson
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