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Nexus X HumectressIt’s Going Down The following essay examines the explosion of mass struggles in India under the far-Right Modi government while comparing them to the George Floyd uprising in the United States, highlighting the role that mutual aid and self-organization played in each. To listen to an interview offering […]
This is an overview of the plans for the conquest of the Middle East, North Africa, and Central Asia developed by the neocons in the 1990s, and put into practice during the Bush, Obama, Trump, and now Biden regimes. Of course, what I find amazing is that so […]
Back in the 1990s, the neocons and Reaganites associated with groups like the Project for a New American Century, created a plan that called for the destruction of every nation in the Middle East, North Africa, and Central Asia that was capable of presenting a challenge to US […]
Armstrong Economics One crisp winter morning in Sweden, a cute little girl named Greta woke up to a perfect world, one where there were no petroleum products ruining the earth. She tossed aside her cotton sheet and wool blanket and stepped out onto a dirt floor covered with […]
By John Wilnes In 1971, Dr. Seuss published a book you have almost definitely heard of: The Lorax. Generally regarded as a visionary masterpiece of world-making in children’s literature, some predictably called the work out as a didactic, anti-capitalist work of socialist propaganda for its take on the […]
By Glenn H. Reynolds, New York Post In America, class warfare is often disguised as culture war, and culture war is often cloaked by talk of race. But underneath it all, the class warfare is still there. Whether accidentally or intentionally, America’s upper classes seem to wind up […]
By Kevin Baldeosingh, Spiked What does it mean to be woke? Those who consider themselves woke, even if they don’t use the label, might see wokeness as an embrace of positive virtues, such as tolerance, fairness and awareness. The Oxford English Dictionary defines woke as meaning ‘alert to […]
By Max Blumenthal, Grayzone It is hard to think of an American film that provoked a greater backlash in 2020 than “Planet of the Humans.” Focused on the theme of planetary extinction and fanciful proposals to ward it off, the documentary was released for free on YouTube on […]
This is an important article. Matt Taibbi Not long ago, TK was contacted by a young writer from the beleaguered country of Myanmar, named Zaw Moe Shinn. Zaw, who is well known in his country for translating English books into Burmese, had just called a mutual acquaintance from […]
By Peter R. Quinones I’m finishing this week’s coverage of the Waco Massacre with what seems to be an unimportant accusation but is absolutely vital to the tale the State spun to justify their assault on a church/home. You will never hear me use the word “compound” as […]
By B. Venkat Mani, TELOS On February 2, the second day of Black History Month, a tweet from a Black woman in the United States unleashed a war of words in India, with global resonance. Rihanna, the Barbados-born U.S. singer, entrepreneur, philanthropist, and cultural activist posted a one-liner: […]
It was a label I originally gave him, and he’s now apparently made it his own.
Alexander Reid-Ross is now affiliated with the Network Contagion Research Institute, an “anti-extremist” think tank that includes cops, prosecutors, and intelligence operatives, and which attacks ARR’s own left-anarchist milieu. Its financial backers are, among others, Charles Koch and George Soros. Apparently, a new anarchist tendency has emerged: “anarcho-feds” […]
Krystal Ball and Kyle Kulinski interview Dr. Carl Hart. Listen here. This week’s conversation with Dr. Carl Hart gave us the chance to dig into the topics of the U.S.’s racist and dysfunctional criminal justice system, the importance of personal freedoms, and the struggle to legalize drug usage. […]
Todd Lewis is joined by Keith Preston, Swithun Dobson, and Terminal Philosophy to discuss the recent debate Keith and I have on MDD on the topic of Socialism and Innovation.
I’m open to counterarguments from others, but these would be the three I would be inclined to pick: On the Right, Tom Cotton (Sunbelt/MIC/AIPAC/Saudi-backed). In the Center, Kamala Harris (Silicon Valley, Wall Street, Hollywood-backed). On the Left, Ibram X. Kendi (backed by Twitter and the left-wing of the […]
By C.J. Ciaramella, Reason Mark Schlefer, who died in November at age 98 in Vermont, lived a full life that included 36 combat missions on a bomber crew in World War II and starting a fund to provide tuition assistance for minority children at D.C.-area private schools. But […]
It’s interesting that one of the most reasonable of the Left’s prominent commentators today is an actual tankie, albeit a revisionist/Dengist rather than a hardline Stalinist.
I’d argue that McCarthyism was bad, and likely worse than the present “woke” moral panic (so far, at least) but not nearly as bad as either repression in Stalinist countries or other waves of repression in US history (racial persecution in the 19th and early 20th century or […]
Ben Burgis and Brent Lengel critique their debate with Todd Lewis and myself.
By Jon Kofas After four years of the Trump presidency, there are questions about the US, not necessarily as a ‘model’ or ‘the greatest’ democracy, but about the deeper structural problems at the root of the political turmoil behind “Trumpism” whose legacy will remain, just as Goldwater’slegacy sparked […]
Fracture, fracture, fracture… Team Rising discusses the possibility of a Trump 2024 presidential run.
Of course. Founder of The Daily Poster, David Sirota, explains the legal protections Gov. Andrew Cuomo gave nursing homes in New York
“The people need water!” Krystal Ball and Saagar Enjeti react to reports of a water crisis in Jackson, Mississippi.
Team Rising reacts to reports of a former big tobacco executive funding a third political party, The Serve America Movement.
“The people want bread!” Executive director of American Compass, Oren Cass, discusses what kind of support American’s want from the government.
Saagar Enjeti reacts to comments Michael Moore made following the Texas governor ending the statewide mask mandate.
Krystal Ball and Saagar Enjeti react to reports that the GOP is focusing on winning back a majority in the House by focusing on more diverse candidates.
Bye. Krystal Ball discusses Ryan Grim’s new reporting on the future of Mitch McConnell’s political career.
David is right about private publishers like the firm that publishes Dr. Seuss having the right to publish or not publish whatever they wish. However, I’m not sure I would apply the same “private company” framework to the question of tech companies. In my ideal economy, all economic […]
Prince Andrew the Other appears to be finished.
When in doubt, blame Iran.
This is the story of two Italian immigrants that were convicted of murder in 1920, but they were condemned before their trial even started. Were they truly guilty, or were they the victims of a discriminatory judicial system?
Eventually, his handlers will just stuff him and make him into a ventriloquist’s dummy.
MSNBC host, Ayman Mohyeldin, discusses Joe Biden’s sanctions on several Saudi officials with ties to the Crown Prince instead of on MBS himself.
The best possible outcome of the mid-terms would probably be for the social democrats to make gains against the neoliberals, with the Republicans continuing to fracture into a three-way fight between Never Trumpers, Reaganites, and Trumpists. Krystal Ball explains how the Biden administration’s current policy failures will affect […]
Saagar Enjeti how scientists and politicians are getting their COVID messaging all wrong.
It’s interesting how both sides in the “culture war” accuse each other of “fascism.” I guess that’s what happens when the discourse is dominated by neocons (right-wing Trotskyists) and neoliberals (right-wing Marcuseans). Krystal Ball and Saagar Enjeti react to the “cancelling” of Dr. Seuss.
So far, Joe sucks even worse than Trump on reparations for the government-induced depression. Krystal Ball and Saagar Enjeti react to the Biden administration compromising on income qualifications for stimulus checks.
By Peter R. Quinones “We determined, that at the compound, machine guns were being manufactured and explosive devices. Our goal through this investigation, was to execute a search warrant on that house to obtain those illegal weapons.” (Waco, ROE, 32:07) “In addition, it (ATF) had reason to believe that Koresh and his followers […]
By Ryan Long, American Military News 10 rockets were fired at Iraq’s Al Asad Airbase, which hosts U.S. and coalition forces on Wednesday morning. A U.S. contractor reportedly died of a heart attack while sheltering during the attack. Operation Inherent Resolve (OIR) spokesman Col. Wayne Marotto tweeted, “Initial […]
By Simina Mistreanu, Forbes Nike, Adidas, Apple, Microsoft and Samsung are among 83 multinationals that have been linked to forced labor by Uighurs in factories across China, according to a new study by the Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI). According to the researchers, Uighurs, a persecuted ethnic minority […]
By Nichole Argo and Wendy Feliz, Market Watch Even the most casual observer of American politics realizes that the rhetoric around immigration has become uncompromising and rigid. This can be said of politics more broadly in an era of toxic polarization, where policy attitudes generally fall along partisan […]
Middle East Eye The Biden administration imposed sanctions on two Houthi commanders on Tuesday, accusing the Yemeni rebels of prolonging the conflict and carrying attacks against civilians and neighbouring countries “to advance the Iranian regime’s destabilizing agenda”. The US Treasury Department announced the sanctions against Mansur al-Saadi, the […]
Reviewed by Lewis Mates, Durham University It has become something of a cliché to observe the remarkable explosion of renewed academic interest in syndicalism in recent years. While the British ‘baby boomers’ sought inspiration and understanding from early twentieth-century syndicalist movements in the context of increasing industrial militancy […]
What does it mean when Big Tech is funding a guy who advocates literal totalitarianism, comparable to William Pierce’s “Order” or the Ayatollah Khomeini’s “Council of Guardians,” under the cover of a false “anti-racism”? Of all the political and/or commentariat figures out there today, I’m inclined to argue […]
By Peter R. Quinones Even people who can’t tell you what government agencies were involved in the Waco massacre will say, “The Branch Davidians were a suicide cult and set themselves on fire!” At a later date, possibly, we’ll look at the fire, and who started it, but […]
By Peter R. Quinones My two part interview with David Thibodeau Episode 227: Waco Massacre Survivor David Thibodeau Tells His Story, Part 1 Episode 228: Waco Massacre Survivor David Thibodeau Tells His Story, Part 2 READ MORE
By Peter R. Quinones On February 28, 1993, ATF’s “Operation Showtime” was launched at the Branch Davidian’s house/church dubbed; Mount Carmel, outside of Waco, Texas. The reasons for their invasion vary according to whomever is telling the story. Allow me to provide one that you won’t hear in […]
A very balanced treatment of this issue from Michael Lind. As a general rule, I currently find Lind and Joel Kotkin to be the best writers on socioeconomic issues and their relationship to culture. By Michael Lind, Tablet It’s way more complicated than left versus right. olitics often […]
Nemesis: The Last Days of the American Republic by Chalmers Johnson
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