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Nexus X HumectressThis seems to be the standard Shadia Drury interpretation of Carl Schmitt. Schmitt’s view of international relations was just a restatement of Machiavelli and Hobbes. It’s hardly extraordinary that Chinese geopolitical strategists would have an interest in him. The most important aspects of Schmitt’s thought was his recognition […]
These coal bootleggers sound awesome. This is the kind of thing that needs to be going on today. “Coal bootlegging” sounds like one of those ultimate middle finger activities. Ripping off energy companies while flipping off eco-totalitarians. By Louis Adamic, LibCom.Org A fascinating look at an alternative ‘economic […]
The discussion of trade in this is pretty good. Saagar Enjeti and Ryan Grim share their thoughts on Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s “Tax The Rich” merchandise.
Senior Director of Policy at the Conservative Partnership Institute, Rachel Bovard, weighs in on President Donald Trump’s threat to veto a defense bill if lawmakers do not include a measure eliminating legal protections for social media companies.
Rep. Tulsi Gabbard speaks out in support of the MORE Act.
An amusing headline. Saagar Enjeti and Ryan Grim react to former Presidents Obama, Bush and Clinton volunteering to get the Coronavirus vaccine publicly to prove it’s safe.
Fraudci’s career of incompetence. By Ann Montague, Socialist Action Today Dr. Fauci is well known as a trusted scientist who is trying to guide the country through a pandemic. All the polls say over 80% of the people in this country see him as the most reliable spokesperson […]
By Maria Aurelio, Left Voice On Thursday over 200 million workers held a one day general strike in India. They were joined by farmers in mass actions across the country against the right-wing government of Narendra Modi. On Thursday, some 200 million workers held a one day general […]
The ruling class’ “let them eat cake” attitude continues. Duh? Saagar Enjeti and Ryan Grim share their thoughts on the $908 billion stimulus plan unveiled by lawmakers, as well as the proposal being circulated among Republicans by Mitch McConnell.
If Trump is Ross Perot’s revenge, liberal Twitter is the revenge of the nerds. Saagar Enjeti highlights the role Twitter has played in today’s political discourse.
Trump is Ross Perot’s revenge on the Democrats and Republicans. Assistant Editor at American Greatness, Pedro Gonzalez, discusses the impact of Donald Trump’s abandonment of the 2016 populist mandate.
Having Trump stay around as a permanent thorn in the side to the Republicans and causing permanent paralysis on the left should be hilarious. Saagar Enjeti and Ryan Grim react to President Trump teasing a presidential bid in 2024.
Tim Pool seems to have gone full OANN at this point. I actually wouldn’t be surprised if much of this stuff is true. But it’s a done deal. The election is over and the power elite has the man they want. However, the creation of a “November criminals/stab […]
There are a lot of nuggets of substance in this commentary from Kulinski. As Kyle points out, many Latinos are following the pattern of “white ethnics” like the Irish, Germans, and Poles in the sense of becoming increasingly assimilated into the Anglo-culture. One thing Kyle doesn’t mention is […]
A somewhat interesting examination of Strasserism from a Communist perspective. Cosmonaut With Strasserism becoming a common accusation made towards various political trends on the left, K. T. Jamieson makes a historical investigation of Strasserism and its ideology and argues that it creates more confusion than clarity to label […]
By Elmo Feiten This paper criticizes a range of recent positions on Max Stirner’s relationship to the anarchist canon. A recent rise in academic attention to Stirner offers a possibility for new analyses to clear away the misconceptions of the past, however, some old mistakes are still consistently […]
A glass ceiling is broken. “Avril Haines created the legal framework for Obama’s drone policy, as well as legal cover for CIA agents involved in torture.” By Barbara Boland, The American Conservative Joe Biden announced last week that he will nominate Avril Haines to the position of Director […]
Historically, anarchist movements have used a range of tactics as a means of attacking states and ruling classes. Examples include terrorism (the “propaganda by the deed period”), labor unions and general strikes (the anarcho-syndicalism era), mutual aid societies, communes, mass protests and civil disobedience (the 1960s model that […]
By Henry George, Quillette A review of Despised: Why the Modern Left Loathes the Working Class by Paul Embery. Polity, 216 pages (November 2020) In the 2019 British general election, the Labour Party was eviscerated, losing 60 seats and handing the Conservative Party a massive 80-seat majority. The […]
By Donald J. Boudreaux, Wall Street Journal America has lost one of its greatest economists and public intellectuals. Walter Williams died Wednesday morning after teaching his final class at George Mason University on Tuesday. He was 84. For 40 years Walter was the heart and soul of George […]
By Amy Forliti, Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS — Eddie Benton-Banai, who helped found the American Indian Movement partly in response to alleged police brutality against Indigenous people, has died. He was 89. Benton-Banai died Monday at a care center in Hayward, Wisconsin, where he had been staying for months, […]
Klobuchar, Hirono, Menendez, and Peters: https://archive.vn/zGewE
My guess is that Israel, probably in collaboration with the Saudis and the CIA, was trying to bait Trump into some kind of aggression against Iran before he leaves, or pressure Biden to do so when he comes in. In particular, the Israelis are trying to prevent the […]
Host of the Bad Faith podcast, Briahna Joy Gray, shares her thoughts on Joe Biden’s Cabinet appointments.
Saagar Enjeti and Ryan Grim compare Joe Biden’s administration to President Obama’s.
Saagar Enjeti and Ryan Grim discuss statements by President Barack Obama that “political candidates lose support when using slogans like defund the police.”
Saagar Enjeti and Ryan Grim react to comments by former Trump campaign manager, Brad Parscale, who says Trump’s coronavirus response cost him the election.
Some time back, William Gillis of the Center for a Stateless Society offered the following criticisms of those of us who hold to a decentralist-pluralist version of anarchism as opposed to his leftist-universalist perspective. His comments are in italics followed by my response. Anarchism is a rigorous ethical […]
by Timothy W. Luke With a Foreword by Ronald J. Deibert Also available in Kindle ebook format at Amazon.com. This new edition of Screens of Power: Ideology, Domination, and Resistance in Informational Society, first published in 1989, reintroduces the innovative critique of informational culture, politics, and society outlined […]
By Peter R. Quinones, … or three, or five, or even ten. Yes, I know, i dOn’T wAnT tO bE rUleD bY aNyOnE (But for us over here living in reality and not Fantasyland…). But when you are ruled by 2.1 million civil employees, who do you blame […]
I see a lot of left-libertarian types hating on Tom Woods at times, probably because he’s not PC enough about something or other. But any serious opponent of the MIC is a friend of mine, regardless of what else they believe. The MIC and related entities are really […]
By Julian Siravo In 2019, Autonomy – a UK-based think tank that focuses on the future of work and economic planning – was tasked with developing a strategy to future-proof the economy of the Comunidad Valenciana, one of Spain’s largest regions. The report was commissioned by the region’s […]
TELOS Press In today’s episode of the Telos Press Podcast, Camelia Raghinaru talks with Mark G. E. Kelly about his article “Foucault and the Politics of Language Today,” from Telos 191 (Summer 2020). An excerpt of the article appears below. By Mark G. E. Kelly We find ourselves today […]
LOL. There’s your “coup.” One by one, the neocon and neo-Reaganite plants in the Trump administration are throwing Orange Man under the bus. By Michael Balsamo, AP News WASHINGTON (AP) — Disputing President Donald Trump’s persistent, baseless claims, Attorney General William Barr declared Tuesday the U.S. Justice Department […]
It looks like The Intercept is already running interference for the Bidenists. Greenwald got out just in time. I generally like Ryan Grim but this is hopefully naive. Yes, OF COURSE, the US will be moving incrementally toward more European-like social democratic policies on domestic policy over time, […]
Kulinski’s milquetoast Berniebro social democracy is not my thing at all. But this is a great overview of why “right-wing” libertarianism fails. It ultimately ends of getting co-opted by the standard coalition of corporatists and reactionaries, who are in turn being puppetmastered by the imperialists, with the actual […]
This commentary is almost five years old but it seems to be a fairly accurate assessment of the fracturing of the libertarian milieu. As one who is generally more interested in meta-politics than politics, I’m generally favorably disposed to all sincere enemies of the state, regardless of what […]
I don’t know anything about the controversy described below but it seems to be another example of libertarianism being overrun by culture war tribalism. I generally find Reason to be good on civil liberties, a mixed bag on foreign policy, and shitty neoliberals on economics (except for their […]
I don’t really consider myself to be part of mainstream US libertarianism (the axis of ideas influenced by Mises, Hayek, Friedman, Rand, and Rothbard) though I am a fellow traveler on a range of topics. But in recent years I have noticed that US libertarianism (the movement seems […]
SJWs of the Right. This is nothing new. There were right-wing groups like this when I was an undergrad in the 80s. By Eleanor J. Bader, Truthout When President Donald Trump convened the White House Conference on American History in mid-September, he wowed attendees with news that he’d […]
I’m not a huge fan of Paul Joseph Watson but this is spot on. The supposed “progressive” alternative to Orange Man’s “fascism.” My guess is that the foreign policy orientation of the Bidenists will be to attempt to reverse the decline of the US empire through the reassertion […]
The Demcratic mafia + token diversity. Director of Research at the American Economic Liberties Project, Matt Stoller, reacts to Joe Biden’s picks for his economic team.
We have always been at war with East Asia? Saagar Enjeti and Ryan Grim discuss the impact the Coronavirus is going to have on the United States longterm.
Following in the footsteps of Gina Haspel and Samantha Power. Saagar Enjeti and Ryan Grim weigh in on the Biden Administration’s selection of an all female communications team.
Imagine that. Saagar Enjeti explains how Joe Biden’s economic team gives Americans a glimpse at how the Biden Administration will govern.
Pete asked Keith to come on to have a discussion about the Non-Aggression Principle and whether it is a vital part of anarchist/libertarian ideology. Listen here.
In a recent interview with Mumia Abu Jamal discussed the link between the CIA and leftist philanthropists. The relevant comments are about 2 minutes, 12 seconds in. Listen here.
From 2015. By Daniel Nolan, The Guardian Accessible only by car via miles of winding, dusty Croatian roads, Gornja Siga – current population zero – is an unlikely testing ground for a plan to shape the world’s political future. It is a secluded area where verdant forest meets […]
Nemesis: The Last Days of the American Republic by Chalmers Johnson
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