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Nexus X HumectressThe USA is rapidly becoming a society that has the social norms of the Western European ruling classes but the class structures of Latin America. This situation will likely lead to more civil unrest in the future, along with populist movements with demagogues of their own, left and […]
Now that’s funny. Hopefully, the “GOP Civil War” will turn violent.
Trump unleashed his mob onto Congress on January 6, and the fallout continues. The biggest question on many minds is how to root out the hundreds of far-right, anti-government groups who saw the Trump presidency as their coming-out party. Some are floating the idea of using the so-called […]
Die, FOX, die! Krystal Ball reacts to the cancellation of Lou Dobbs show on Fox News.
The more freakish the people who get elected to Congress, the better. I’m looking forward to battle royales in Congress between the Squad and QAnon. It’s also great to see these conspiracy nuts undermining the Reaganites and neocons. Sick ’em! Krystal Ball and Saagar Enjeti react to a […]
Once again, the tech revolution fuels the growing hegemony of the Blue Tribe. Atlantic reporter, Derek Thompson, discusses the future of metropolitan areas in the United States following the pandemic.
Americans: “Motherfuckers, you better have my money!” Krystal Ball and Saagar Enjeti discuss the likelihood of Dems passing a $1400 stimulus bill and raising the national minimum wage to $15.
By Michael Lee, Washington Examiner South Dakota’s Republican-controlled House is introducing legislation that would allow the state to nullify President Biden’s executive orders if it determines they are unconstitutional. “The Executive Board of the Legislative Research Council may review any executive order issued by the President of the […]
By John McWhorter One can divide antiracism into three waves. First Wave Antiracism battled slavery and segregation. Second Wave Antiracism, in the 1970s and 1980s, battled racist attitudes and taught America that being racist was a flaw. Third Wave Antiracism, becoming mainstream in the 2010s, teaches that racism […]
By Nathan Newman, The Nation On January 6, an armed mob sought to overturn an election and install a president who had lost the popular vote. But this was just a violent version of the pervasive constitutional embedment of minority rule in our country. The Confederate flags waved […]
Murray Rothbard’s classic article from 1968 outlines perfectly what is wrong with American-style “conservatism” of the Buckleyite/neocon variety. After 53 years, nothing much has changed. By Murray Rothbard Twenty years ago I was an extreme right-wing Republican, a young and lone “Neanderthal” (as the liberals used to call […]
I agree with his analysis but not his solutions. NEW BOOK “Kamala Harris & The Future of America” https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08HGZK7P4 Caleb Maupin is a widely acclaimed speaker, writer, journalist, and political analyst. He has traveled extensively in the Middle East and in Latin America. He was involved with the […]
The Daily Stoic Above all else, the Stoics were masters at assigning things their proper value. The great Stoic philosophers knew the importance of identifying what was within their control, what was beyond, and what fell in-between. And they maintained an unwavering sense of focus on the things […]
By Peter Van Buren, The American Conservative You can only make up your own definition of “incitement” on Twitter and at presidential impeachment trials. Otherwise, the actual law is going to have to do. The context is clear: As they geared up for an impeachment, Democrats and mainstream […]
By Ruth Kinna, ROAR Magazine In March 1889 Peter Kropotkin agreed to give six lectures to William Morris’s Socialist Society in Hammersmith, London. Labeling the series “Social Evolution,” he planned to explore “the grounds” of socialism. As it turned out, he never delivered the talks, but the title […]
Perhaps Trump’s next product line will be “Trump Kool-Aid.”
By Matt Taibbi My colleague Glenn Greenwald hit the nail on the head this weekend when he wrote about “tattletale journalism,” in which media reporters for the largest companies spend their time attacking speech, instead of defending it. The miserable trend just reached its apex when Taylor Lorenz […]
By María Pilar García Guadilla and Carlos G. Torrealba COMMUNES in Venezuela, once hopeful experiments in local direct democracy and popular power under the socialism of the XXI century have largely succumbed to the crushing crisis gripping the country. . What can we learn from their demise? READ […]
By Jenni Fink, Newsweek Former President Donald Trump‘s impeachment trial will focus on whether he incited an insurrection, a charge that in a criminal court falls short of treason, the highest crime in the United States, and is easier to prove. Treason is an impeachable offense but not […]
ABC News A man was killed Saturday evening after shrapnel from an exploding cannon used at a baby shower in Michigan struck him, police said. A homeowner in Genesee County fired a small cannon-type device in the backyard around 7:30 p.m. to celebrate the baby’s pending arrival, according […]
NBC News RICHMOND, Va. (NBC News) – Federal and state officials are investigating after a woman from Gloucester died shortly after receiving Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine. Last Saturday, 58-year-old Drene Keyes received the shot. Keye’s daughter says her mother started vomiting, had trouble breathing and then died hours later. […]
Maybe this will be the Chicago Conspiracy Trial of the Right. By Pete Williams, NBC WASHINGTON — Federal prosecutors have now filed charges against more than 200 people accused of taking part in the assault on the U.S. Capitol last month, alleging a wide range of motives and […]
The neocon-neoliberal alliance tightens. Team Rising discusses Congresswoman Liz Cheney’s recent statements supporting President Trump’s impeachment despite Wyoming censure.
My advice to the full range of liberal, left, and libertarian opinion would be to take the arguments Lind raises in this seriously unless you want a right-wing guerrilla insurgency developing in the US. By William S. Lind, Traditional Right As expected, the main theme of President Joe […]
Team Rising reacts to Candace Owens’ announcement that she’s considering running for president.
Krystal Ball and Saagar Enjeti discuss the reaction to a Time’s article on the various organizations behind the 2020 election.
Krystal Ball and Saagar Enjeti discuss the latest updates on the fight to raise the national minimum wage to $15.
Todd Lewis is joined by Keith Preston, Media Mediator and Terminal Philosophy to discuss our thoughts, predictions and implications of a Biden presidency.
Keith & RJ Study claims vaccines saved 37 million lives mostly children over the past two decades, anti-vaxxers are growing, backlash to over-medicalization, the complexity of the immune system, a long history of human poisonings, paranoia and the American tradition, criticisms of scientism, SpaceX Starship SN9 explodes during […]
Nicky Reid aka Comrade Hermit Exile in Happy Valley Valentine’s Day is a bitch for the weirdos and trust me dearest motherfuckers, they don’t come much weirder than me. I’ve long fancied myself a hopeless romantic with a heavy emphasis on the hopeless angle, but lets face it, […]
A reader offers a great summary of Matt Christman’s work: It’s probably one of the best discussions I’ve seen regarding the rift between the GOP elite and the base, and how culture takes the place of economics in politics when economic paradigms become unquestionable. Also, how in general, […]
By Lauren Hilgers, New York Times MADE IN CHINA A Prisoner, an SOS Letter, and the Hidden Cost of America’s Cheap Goods By Amelia Pang Five chapters into “Made in China,” Amelia Pang’s investigation of forced labor practices in China, her main subject — a Falun Gong practitioner […]
By Yoni Appelbaum, The Atlantic A tectonic demographic shift is underway. Can the country hold together? Democracy depends on the consent of the losers. For most of the 20th century, parties and candidates in the United States have competed in elections with the understanding that electoral defeats are […]
By Daniel Nichanian, The Appeal Tahanie Aboushi discusses her newly expanded proposal to not prosecute offenses that criminalize poverty, mental health issues, and substance use, and to reduce incarceration for all cases. As more district attorneys win elections on promises to reform the criminal legal system, demands are […]
by Tom Keefer It is Marxism itself, in what was the best and most revolutionary in it, namely its pitiless denunciations of hollow phrases and ideologies and its insistence on permanent self-criticism, which compels us to take stock of what Marxism has become in real life.-Cornelius Castoriadis, The […]
Listen here. How can a new generation of leftists learn from Chomsky’s practice as well as his theory? Our own conversation with Professor Chomsky on this week’s episode of Krystal Kyle & Friends reveals how important this question is to him. Chomsky hopes that his lifetime of work […]
By Ezra Bain, Left Voice Industries across Haiti are shut down today as workers in multiple sectors participate in a 48-hour general strike. The strike was called by the labor unions following years of struggle in Haiti against brutal austerity and government corruption. Part of the reason behind […]
What was once mandatory is now forbidden, and what was once forbidden is now mandatory. It works the same way every time. For me, the issue is not the specific content of academic indoctrination as much as that academic indoctrination is happening in the first place. The kind […]
By Esha Mitra and Julia Hollingsworth, CNN New Delhi, India (CNN)Internet access remained blocked Monday in several districts of a state bordering India’s capital following violent weekend clashes between police and farmers protesting controversial agricultural reforms. Online access would be suspended in at least 14 of 22 districts […]
Nemesis: The Last Days of the American Republic by Chalmers Johnson
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