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Nexus X HumectressMorning Joe Explains Exactly How Biden Will Screw The Left
The Left is not in a position to fight the neoliberals because they are more afraid of the Trumpists.
The Fight isn’t Over, but Prepare NOW for Beijing Bidens Asterisk Presidency Anyways
Styx is advising everyone to become a prepper.
NEW POLL: 60% SUPPORT CANCELLING Student LOAN DEBT
Class-based politics is going to make a big comeback in the future given the trends that class relations and economic life generally are following. This doesn’t mean class politics will supersede political, cultural, or ethnic conflict. It will just be another ingredient in the mix. Regrettably, the rising […]
James Baker Biography Shows How DC REALLY Works
One of the assholes behind the original Persian Gulf War in 1991. New York Time’s Chief White House Correspondent, Peter Baker, discusses his new book “The Man Who Ran Washington: The Life and Times of James A. Baker III.”
Amazon Hires LITERAL Pinkerton Goons To Monitor Warehouse Workers
19th century, here we come! Only with 21st-century surveillance technology. Krystal’s comparison of Amazon to a nation-state with its own CIA is spot-on. Krystal Ball and Saagar Enjeti discuss leaked documents from Amazon’s Global Security Operations Center that show the company’s reliance on Pinkerton operatives to spy on […]
New Data Shows Why Americans HATE Their Covid Response More Than Rest Of The World
The degree to which people support their government’s COVID-19 policies depends on whether they support the current ruling party. Krystal Ball and Saagar Enjeti discuss polling by Pew that reveals how people worldwide feel about the response to the Coronavirus.
The Greek City-States – Ancient History
Like most anarchists, I am very interested in historic examples of anarchist, quasi-anarchist, or otherwise stateless communities and territories, including the usual examples like Catalonia, Ukraine, Shimnin, Strandzha, Iceland, Baja, Chiapas, Rojava, Slab City, etc. But a problem with these kinds of examples is that most of them […]
The World’s Indigenous/Aboriginal/Native People
A lot of leftists have an overblown tendency to romanticize or fetishize native cultures (a tendency which originates from Rousseau’s “noble savage” myth). Just like a lot of “far-right” types do the same with the American pioneers, Vikings, Romans, or whomever. But when looking for models of what […]
Tucker Carlson And Media Elites Cozy Up To Private Equity Moguls
There are sectors of Wall Street that are moving toward a more faux-populist economic paradigm (the same way some Big Tech folks have embraced the UBI) because they realize the present trends will generate serious instability in the future. The same way Roosevelt was able to secure the […]
US Billionaires Have Increased Their Riches By $1 Trillion During the Pandemic
Once again, the new robber barons. By Meagan Day, Jacobin A trillion dollars could maintain wages at pre-crisis levels for all workers in America, enabling people to stay home and stop the spread of the virus, for four months. Instead, it’s gone into the personal piggy banks of […]
The American Empire and Existential Enemies
This isn’t a bad overview of the history of US imperialism, although this author obviously has a very limited, caricatured understanding of Carl Schmitt. By Daniel Bessner, Substack For most of US history, the majority of Americans considered it inconceivable that their nation would attempt to become militarily […]
Secret Amazon Reports Expose the Company’s Surveillance of Labor and Environmental Groups
The robber barons of the 21st century. By Lauren Kaori Gurley, Vice Dozens of leaked documents from Amazon’s Global Security Operations Center reveal the company’s reliance on Pinkerton operatives to spy on warehouse workers and the extensive monitoring of labor unions, environmental activists, and other social movements. A […]
Cults of our Hegemony: An Inventory of Left Wing Cults
I personally dislike cults, although I regard them as a possible bulwark against the state (like gangs and militias). Cults could certainly be constituencies for a mass movement toward intentional communities and away from the state and ruling class institutions. However, there is always the danger of cults […]
Extinction Rebellion launches campaign of financial disobedience
It’s always good to see leftists, who are usually pro-taxes and have a negative view of secession, actually practicing forms of pan-secessionism with tax strikes, sanctuary cities, and local nullification of federal drug laws. Just like it is good to see conservatives, who typically champion law and order, […]
How the 2020 Election Deepened America’s White-Collar/Blue-Collar Split
The split between the managerial class and the “post-bourgeois proletariat” identified by Sam Francis 25 years ago. By Aaron Zitner, Wall Street Journal The job and wage growth that President Trump hoped would propel him to a second term was particularly strong in metropolitan America. Yet the Americans […]
Why We Should Argue All the Time
I don’t really see an end in sight to “polarization” or “incivility.” If anything, all of these things are going to continue to expand as class divisions widen, and as society becomes more diverse and fractious. The Atlantic Washington, D.C. isn’t exactly known for its civility. But today, […]
California Secedes From Black America
I don’t agree with this author’s crude stereotyping of blacks or his opposition to criminal justice reform, but he makes an interesting point. The “liberal-left” scored major victories involving referendums in the election, with everything from minimum wage increases to drug legalization to criminal justice reform passing in […]
“Crime” Is a Social Construct
This quote reminds me of an article I once wrote an academic paper arguing that “crime” is merely a culturally relative social construct. I’m told it’s one of the most widely cited papers in the field of critical criminology even though it was never actually published in a […]
What NO ONE is Saying About The Lockdowns
It is overwhelmingly clear that the response to the pandemic by virtually all governments everywhere has been to protect the health of the upper-middle and upper classes at the expense of the poor and working classes, who must either continue to work under increased hazards or simply lack […]
How to Be a Better—and Less Fragile—Antiracist
This a pretty good critique of “anti-racism” theorists like Robin D’Angelo and Ibram X. Kendi from what could be called a non-racist, conservative-libertarian, classical liberal perspective. By Peter Minowitz, Independent Institute When you see something that is not right, not fair, not just, you have a moral obligation […]
Healthcare CRIMINALS Are Gouging Covid Patients
Krystal takes it to the Medical Industrial Complex in the age of Covid.
Trump Comes CLOSEST He’ll Ever Get To Conceding As GSA Certifies Transition
Krystal and Saagar break down the GSA’s official recognition of the Biden presidency as well as President Trump’s half-hearted acknowledgment of defeat.
Mob Rule in Seattle
I’ve generally found that some of the coolest reporting on extremists comes from their opponents. “Anarchist mobs rioting in Seattle!” You say that like it’s a bad thing. “Gun toting yokels march on Virginia’s capital!” And the problem is? Black Lives Matter and Antifa activists in Seattle have […]
Biden Stacks Cabinet With LOYALISTS To Much Chagrin
A ruling class unity regime. It will be nice if the progressives actually take all of their “Hold Biden accountable!” hoopla seriously and serve as a constant thorn in the side of the administration. The Intercept’s Ryan Grim discusses Biden cabinet picks who are mostly Washington insiders.
Laura Ingraham Tells Viewers ‘IT’S OVER’ For Trump
A split between FOX, the Republican Party, and the Trumpists would be a fantastic ruling class fracturing. Let’s hope it happens. If a Trumpist network could break FOX it would be a major blow to the neocons. Fox News personality Laura Ingraham breaks the tough news to her […]
Warmongers GUSH PRAISE Over Biden’s National Security Team
The Democrats and Republicans are both uber-imperialists although the Democrats have a wider range of ruling class interests to accommodate. Krystal and Saagar talk about Max Boot’s comments about President-Elect Joe Biden’s cabinet picks and whether they really are the “A-Team.”
Boycott Israel
Hello, my name is Hallel Rabin. I’m an 18 year old refuser from an Israeli kibbutz and tomorrow I’ll be sent to prison by the Israeli military. Just before Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, I refused to join the Israeli army and was held in military prison […]
A photographer who covered five years of Trump rallies on the most disturbing thing he saw—and his fears for the future.
One thing that is interesting about culture war partisans is the way they always think the government, police, corporations, or whoever favors their rivals and that the other side’s extremists are really in cahoots with law enforcement or the intelligence services. By Aymann Ismail, Slate Photographer Zach D […]
Joe Biden Picks Normal Adult for Secretary of State
David Pakman must constantly ask himself: “How milquetoast can I be?” In this segment, Pakman comes out as a full-blown stooge for liberal imperialism with the usual progressive caveats about “holding Biden accountable” blah, blah, blah. Joe Biden will select Anthony Blinken as his Secretary of State, Jake […]
Biden’s Secretary of State Pick Showed Support of Iraq and Libya Invasions
By Jake Johnson, Common Dreams With the upper ranks of President-elect Joe Biden’s foreign policy team beginning to take shape after new reporting indicated he plans to nominate long-time adviser Antony Blinken as secretary of state, progressives raised alarm over Blinken’s support for the disastrous 2003 U.S. invasion […]
Lebanon’s confusing civil war
Think of all the groups involved in street clashes in the US today. Three percenters, Boogaloos, Proudboys, BLM, Antifa, Marxists, “anarcho-” Marxists, militias, anti-lockdown protestors, MAGAists, SJWs, Oathkeepers, Red Guards, Redneck Revolt, Patriot Prayer, etc. Imagine all of them with weapons engaging in urban guerrilla with dozens of […]
The Great Divide: Sunni vs. Shi’a
The Democrats and Republicans of the Middle East. Whenever I get asked why I don’t vote, I always respond “Because I don’t care who wins.” Often, the questioner will come back with “Why not?” and I will respond with something like “Well, what’s your position on the rivalry […]
‘What Was Your Normal?’: Black Activist Goes Viral After Rejecting CNN Commentator’s Claim That Things Will Go Back to ‘Normal’ Because Biden Won the Election
By Niara Savage, CNN A Black activist has gained attention from political leaders on social media after a video of her pushing back against a CNN commentator’s claim that things will return to “normal” since President-Elect Joe Biden won the election went viral on Twitter. Sydney Teese, a […]
The Wampanoag Side of the First Thanksgiving Story
By Michelle Tarado, Indian Country Too often the story of the 1621 Thanksgiving is told from the Pilgrims’ point of view, and when the Wampanoag, who partook in this feast too, are included, it is usually in a brief or distorted way. In search of the Native American […]
Guatemala: Congress on fire after protesters storm building
BBC Hundreds of anti-government protesters in Guatemala have vandalised and set fire to parts of the Congress building, before being dispersed by riot police. The building in Guatemala City was empty at the time of Saturday’s attack, which lasted for about 10 minutes. The fire services put the […]
The Great Reset – Covid, World Economic Forum And Klaus Schwab’s Dream of Globalization
I don’t know about this Great Reset idea itself but most of what he is saying is obvious. Power is increasingly being transferred to international financial institutions, transnational federations, and multinational corporations, and away from traditional countries. Political, economic, military, cultural, technological, legal, and media power is being […]
8 million Americans slipped into poverty amid coronavirus pandemic, new study says
By Stefan Sykes, NBC News The number of Americans living in poverty grew by 8 million since May, according to a Columbia University study, which found an increase in poverty rates after early coronavirus relief ended without more to follow. Although the federal Cares Act, which gave Americans […]
Between Anarchism and Marxism: The beginnings and ends of the schism….
By Benjamin Franks This paper examines the development of the schism between Marxism and anarchism, which characterized the relationship between the two ideologies during the ‘short twentieth century’ (to borrow Eric Hobsbawm’s phrase for the period 1914-1991). In addition, it looks at the development of collaborative interactions between […]
Woke Imperialism With Rania Khalek & Briahna Joy
Kudos to Katie Halper and Brianha Joy Gray for being willing to be on a program with Rania Khalek, who is hated by anarcho-MSNBCer Alexander Reid-Ross. Rania, Brie and Katie talk about how much Biden sucks and how much his transition team sucks.
Trump’s Post-Presidency Plans Include SETTLE SCORES, Make Money
Gee, who would’ve thought?
Trump Legal Team Unravels As ‘Kraken’ Fails To Materialize, Court Losses Pile Up
Trump is trying to create his own “November criminals/stab in the back” legend in order to promote his new network and maybe even make a comeback in 2020.
MSNBC Whistleblower Reveals How Yang BLACKOUT Worked
Well, well, well… Krystal Ball and Saagar Enjeti discuss MSNBC’s blacklisting of former presidential candidate Andrew Yang.
Establishment Media SHOOK By Success Of Substack
Good. It seems like an “alternative conservative social media” is forming with Parler, Gab, Substance, MeWe, etc, and “alternative dissident left media” is developing among left-leaning journalists that have had falling outs with the Left Inquisition. Journalist, Zaid Jilani, gives his thoughts on Ezra Klein and Matthew Yglesias’ […]
Vaccines Show Actually Big Government IS The Answer
Actually, the polio vaccine was developed by a non-profit foundation with funds provided by the March of Dimes. Whether that’s good or bad may be a value judgment, but it’s a blow against the “government is necessary” argument. Krystal and Saager are great journalists but their political ideal […]
Biden’s Cabinet Is FULL Of Deficit Hawks, War Lovers and Globalists
Imagine that. It really is a shame that these lame ass progressives and social democrats, not too mention anti-“big government” conservatives, do not recognize that the warfare state, welfare state, therapeutic state, police state, and corporate state are interconnected with and mutually supportive of each other.
Will Biden’s Cabinet Choices Ensure Trump Re-Election
The Biden administration will expand imperialism though they may be less hawkish on Iran because they will be less immediately in thrall to Israel and Saudi Arabia. But they are more directly in thrall to the arms merchants.
Conspiracy theories, explained
Instead, everyone should simply believe in the unending benevolence of the ruling class. By Aja Romano, Vox Eleanor’s dad loved science — or so she thought. Eleanor grew up listening to stories of the Apollo missions and audio clips from space expeditions. Every weekend, the two of them […]
What Thucydides Knew About the US Today
By Edward Mendelson, The New York Review of Books On the morning after the 2016 presidential election I tried to distract myself by reading some pages of Thucydides that I had assigned for a class the next day, and found myself reading the clearest explanation I had seen […]
Joe Biden’s Silence on Ending the Drone Wars
By Elise Swan, The Intercept President-elect Joe Biden has maintained silence for years on the controversial and continued use of so-called targeted killings — lethal strikes by drones, cruise missiles, and occasionally military special operations raids. Biden has never publicly disavowed or criticized former President Barack Obama’s legacy […]
Regrowing Indigenous Agriculture Could Nourish People, Cultures and the Land
By Christina Gish Hill, In These Times Historians know that turkey and corn were part of the first Thanksgiving, when Wampanoag peoples shared a harvest meal with the pilgrims of Plymouth plantation in Massachusetts. And traditional Native American farming practices tell us that squash and beans likely were part […]
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