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Nexus X HumectressBy Charlie Lee Pansecession News from AP: While defenseless city dwellers are massacred by the Burmese military dictatorship, the rekindled fight for Karen Independence has born fruit: An important army base was captured near the border with Thailand. The Two freedom fighting factions have began to form a […]
By Charlie Lee Springtime of Nations “If there is to be a separation, then God bless them both. And keep them in the Union if it be for their good, but separate them if it be better.” …Thomas Jefferson on the New England Hartford Convention of 1814. This […]
By VoltDeCleyre Springtime of Nations The Porfiriato To understand the neo-zapatistas, one must not overlook the importance of Mexican history itself. Before we get to the eponymous Zapata, let us look towards the conditions that made the Mexican people turn to him in the first place. The man […]
By Lap Gong Leong Pan-Secession News This is a story told by a Springtime of Nations Associate Lap Gong Leong, a citizen of Hong Kong. Before Hong Kong’s 2020 Legislative Council Election was delayed twice, the sixth election since the handover was to be held on September 6th […]
By Charlie Lee Springtime of Nations In the news what has become a perennial geopolitical issue has once again reared its head. Though the latest fighting ended in a ceasefire on May 21, 2021, the Arab-Israeli conflict has in some form or another been raging for over 100 […]
By VoltDeCleyre Springtime of Nations The nation of Cuba faces an exciting new development: A movement for liberty. Cuba has a history of being sought after, belonging to the Spanish, invaded by the British, traded to the USA, and independent yet carefully watched over by first the USA […]
By Charlie Lee Springtime of Nations The worldwide culture war between what we call the “left” and “right” has by now infected all political discourse, and Libertarianism is no exception. “Right-Libertarians” have socially conservative mores and favor more hierarchical forms of economic and social organization, while “Left-Libertarians” are […]
By VoltDeCleyre Springtime of Nations Pact of Zanjon Aftermath Carrying on immediately where we left off, the negotiations for peace were not successful in placating the desires that brought about the 10 year war in the first place. Despite the cited “mutual exhaustion” both parties felt, some rebels […]
By Charlie Lee, Springtime of Nations Communism is the economic system characterized by “From each according to his ability, to each according to his needs.” Bizarrely, it has become increasingly popular in recent years to claim that the champion of Egoism, Max Stirner, supported this system or at […]
By Charlie Lee, Springtime of Nations The face of socialism in America is the fiery Puerto Rican congresswoman, Alexandria Ocasio Cortez. One of her many publicity stunts involved attacking Donald Trump and the Republicans for the lethargic pace of cleanup and aid efforts after Hurricane Maria struck the […]
The Commie left vs State Department anarchism. You can’t make this shit up. You just can’t call Vaush “left” anymore. If you’re a full-on imperialist and state department cheerleader, then i don’t care how you say you FEEL about capitalism etc, you’re just not left. This is nuts […]
By Matt Taibbi A furious controversy in the richest county in America was about race, all right, but not in the way national media presented it. Part one of a series. Part One: “The Inconvenient Minority.” November 2, 2021, Election night, town of Sterling, Loudoun County, Virginia. Thanks […]
By Rand Paul, The American Conservative Saudi Arabia’s air and naval blockade of Yemen is an abomination. For years now, ships that would otherwise carry food, fuel, and medicine to the country have been turned away by the Saudi-led coalition, depriving the Yemeni people of the necessities to […]
By Charlie Lee, Springtime of Nations All of our previous entries in this series have discussed current and therefore not yet successful struggles against imperialist states. Today however, we get to talk about a movement that fought for secession and won. This week, Bougainville. You probably haven’t heard […]
By John Nichols, The Nation “Don’t ever tell me we can’t afford to invest in our communities when we just approved $778 billion for the Pentagon,” said California Representative Barbara Lee. Voters gave Democrats control of the White House, the Senate, and the House last year. That should […]
By Greg Tate, The Nation A guide for the perplexed, the puzzled, and the politically confused. Afropessimism is all the rage among millennial Black academics and activists—most notably among Black feminist critical race theorists, who themselves are now the prime targets of the MAGA crowd. Black intellectuals haven’t […]
By Damon Linker The Week Democracies are obsessed with “democracy.” That makes some sense. Basing politics on the consent of the governed, limiting government power, respecting the rights of citizens — all of these are important human achievements, ones from which even nominal democracies often fall short and […]
By Rick Henderson The Week Democracy can’t survive if we change the rules every time our side loses. There’s a new variant of partisan suspicion in America: The other side refuses to play by the rules and must be stopped at any cost or our country as we know it […]
By Brigid Kennedy The Week Inflation surged 6.8 percent from a year ago in November, coming in slightly above estimates, CNBC reports, per the latest consumer price index released Friday. After removing volatile food and energy prices, the CPI (which measures what consumers pay for goods and services) […]
By Summer Meza The Week First lady Jill Biden is not willing to entertain certain criticisms of her husband. Dr. Biden told CBS News’ Rita Braver that she thinks it’s “ridiculous” when critics suggest President Biden’s mental fitness is questionable. Per The Hill, she shook her head when Braver […]
On today’s What America’s Thinking, 52 percent of voters said they plan to spend about the same amount as last year on holiday spending.
Team Rising discusses the possibility for a four-day work week in the U.S.
Former candidate for Georgia lieutenant governor, Sarah Riggs Amico, explains why Stacey Abrams is running again.
Ryan Grim, Kim Iversen, and Emily Jashinsky react to a speech given by Marco Rubio on reorienting the country’s economy away from reliance on China.
Team RIsing reacts to a new announcement from Elon Musk’s company Neuralink. They hope to start implanting its brain chips in humans in 2022.
Ryan Grim, Kim Iversen, and Robby Soave react to the alleged one billion dollar investment in Trump Social.
Ryan Grim, Kim Iversen, and Emily Jashinsky weigh in on a new emotional video from former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
By Christopher Rowland Washington Post Before the coronavirus ruined her plans, Tiffany Patino expected to be back at work by now. She and her boyfriend intended to move out of a basement in suburban Maryland, where his grandmother lets them stay for free, so they could raise their […]
By Andrew Sullivan Weekly Dish The journalist returns to the Dishcast for an update on the pandemic and the recent climate conference. The Covid news keeps coming, and I wanted to understand it better, especially as Omicron makes its way across the Atlantic, and as vaccine effectiveness declines. […]
Krystal and Saagar talk to Daily Poster journalist Julia Rock about 6 myths being told to the public by the media about inflation as part of an ongoing collaboration
First, there was anarcho-fed Alexander Reid Ross. Now, there is state department anarchist Vaush. LISTEN HERE
Political writer Freddie DeBoer joins us on Krystal Kyle & Friends this week. We lay out the arguments of his recent, wildly popular book The Cult of Smart before digging into the controversial claim he’s made lately in pieces like this one for the New York Times: Are […]
By Oumou Fofana, Ben Kesslen and Craig McCarthy New York Post Three squatters were busted Friday inside an empty multi-million dollar Manhattan townhouse owned by a designer to the stars. Cops raided the Upper East Side home owned by Richard Stark, co-founder of Chrome Hearts, a luxury retail […]
This is exactly what I predicted would happen when the George Floyd riots/protests were going on last year. It seemed to me at the time that the totalitarian humanist sector of the ruling class was trying to weaponize the protestors, rioters, and general “Left” against Trump, with the […]
By David Pan Telos The dichotomy of thinking versus doing seems to arise out of our own sense of the difference between our minds and our bodies. On the one hand, the gap between mind and body is the basis of the perspective with which the mind can […]
By Tom Ozimek Epoch Times Consumer prices accelerated in the year through November at their fastest pace in 39 years, new government data shows, marking the sixth straight month of inflation running above 5 percent and delivering a fresh sign that inflationary woes continue to bedevil the U.S. […]
By Steven Kovac Epoch Times DOYLINE, La.—“Crinkle-cut fries are better than curly fries.” And with that, Officer Billy Collins got the last word in on a long-running household controversy. The joke was the last thing 17-year-old Danielle Collins heard from her father as she left the house to […]
By Robert Barnes Washington Post The Supreme Court on Friday left in place a Texas law that bans most abortions after six weeks, but it provided a path for abortion providers to challenge what is the nation’s most restrictive law on the procedure. The court’s splintered decision allows […]
By Andrew Sullivan Weekly Dish We need a racial politics for 2119, not 1619. Latinos will lead the way. Of all the acronyms, euphemisms and sophisms pioneered by critical theory, one of the most revealing is the term “black and brown people.” You hear it all the time […]
On today’s What America’s Thinking, a new Hill-HarrisX poll reveals Americans are evenly split on how the Supreme Court should treat Roe v. Wade.
It’s Going Down Anarchists must push for self-organization, direct action and mutual aid in the midst of a wave of mass strikes, workers walking off the job, and growing anger at rising inequality. The month of October was the start of what has been called “Striketober” a massive […]
This is incomplete but it’s a decent overview of the present alignments of ruling class faction. Open Secrets The most partisan industries are determined by calculating the amount of money given to Democratic or Republican candidates and party committees compared to all the money given, including money going […]
By Ryan McMaken Mises Institute Florida governor Ron DeSantis last month signed new legislation largely banning the use of vaccine mandates by either private entities or local governments. The new legislation also reinforces the DeSantis administration’s overall efforts to prevent local governments from imposing mask mandates as well. Most […]
Cotton is by far the most dangerous federal elected official. He far exceeds Trump on the “narcissistic sociopath” scale but he is also more highly functioning, shrewder and less impulsive, and more intelligent and educated. The real danger of the Trumpian efforts to stack state governments so they […]
By Charlie Lee, Springtime of Nations In a previous video “Yes, Anarcho-Capitalists are Anarchists,” the case was made that anarcho-capitalism is a continuation of the historical anarchist tradition of Proudhon, Bellaguerrigue, Tucker and the rest, contrary to claims by ancoms that anarcho-capitalism has nothing to do with historical […]
By Byron, Springtime of Nations This is the transcript of a video that appeared on the Springtime Of Nations youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJb2-bsWP6Y If you’ve ever seen socialists talk about anarcho-capitalism you’ve probably noticed that they are very insistent that it is not a form of anarchism. Often they’ll […]
“Democracy” is just a euphemism for “neoliberalism under the hegemony of Western capital”
By Anthony Cuthbertson Independent Sarco pod has faced opposition from opponents of euthanasia, in part due to the method used. A coffin-shaped capsule that allows occupants to kill themselves has passed legal review in Switzerland, according to its creators. The Sarco machine can be operated from the inside […]
By Scotty Hendricks Big Think Psychedelics, long demonized as substances used only by quacks and hippies, have been enjoying a renaissance in the biomedical community over the past few years. Even the FDA is getting in on the action, declaring psilocybin (the drug in psychedelic mushrooms), a “breakthrough […]
By Tony Tran The Byte Apocalypse Cam If — or when — human civilization collapses, what will remain? Maybe parts of some cities. Or the Statue of Liberty, a la “Planet of the Apes.” Overall, though, there might not be a lot of evidence left behind about what […]
Nemesis: The Last Days of the American Republic by Chalmers Johnson
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