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Nexus X HumectressSen. Rand Paul Introduces the ‘Justice for Breonna Taylor’ Act
A lot of “police reform” ideas I come across strike me as token reformist bullshit or an effort to deflect the conversation toward liberal pet projects like expanding the welfare state, but eliminating no-knock warrants, like eliminating qualified immunity, might actually count for something. WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, […]
What is happening in the Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone?
Kiev, Ukraine: Criminal Investigations Department Building Petrol-Bombed by the ‘Brave Ones’ Group
Ukrainian anarchists claim Minneapolis as an inspiration. a2day.Net On the night of June 10, 2020 the building of Criminal Investigations Department (Kyiv, 25, Naberezhne highway) was attacked by petrol bomb. The other day appalling news came from Kagarlyk, Ukraine, where on the night of May 24, police officers […]
Zapatistas to extend their control with 11 more autonomous zones in Chiapas
They’re doing this with the acquiescence of the Mexican President, just as CHAZ is existing with the apparent acquiescence of local and state governments of Seattle and Washington, which raises some interesting questions about anarchist strategy. Mexico News Daily The Zapatistas are on the move in Chiapas, extending […]
The Vanishing Tradition: Perspectives on American Conservatism
Paul Gottfried recently published a new anthology through Cornell to which I have a contribution. A collection of high-brow conservative scholars (plus crazy anarchist me) explains why the FOX News-type conservatives and neocons are a bunch of scam artists.
‘The Five’ spar over legitimacy of Seattle’s ‘autonomous zone’
If these FOX News reactionaries were as “anti-establishment” or “anti-big government” as they pretend they would be creating “autonomous zones” of their own. What a shame they’re really just mouthpieces for the right-wing of the ruling class.
Hannity: Anarchy reigns supreme in Seattle
If only it were true. Roadblocks, checkpoints, barricades, armed vigilantes: Anyone with a functioning brain knows this is unacceptable.
Tucker: The new nation of CHAZ is a lesson for us all
Indeed it is. But not in the way that Carlson means. This is hilarious. During the heydey of the militia movement of the 1990s, there were “freemen” and “sovereign citizen” groups that did stuff like this.
Nature of Authority
Todd Lewis is joined by Keith Preston and Derrick Jensen to discuss the nature of authority, justified vs. unjustified authority; and how tyrannical systems are maintained.
Top General APOLOGIZES for Trump photo-op participation
The most interesting aspect of the insurrection has been the way that the actual Deep State and MIC leadership has told Trump to fuck off over the idea of using US troops to suppress the uprising. This confirms my longstanding argument that the formal political government, including the […]
Celebs CRINGE liberal guilt video draws scorn online
Obviously, I’m getting old because I didn’t recognize a single one of these celebrities.
The Seattle Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone
I have the unique perspective of favoring the autonomous zone in Seattle AND the Bundys’ standoff AND the Antifa threats against ICE. I like Krystal’s comment that “if you’re against the police state, be against the police state.” Krystal and Saagar discuss the bizarre response from Gov. Jay […]
Starbucks sparks outrage by banning BLM support by employees
Krystal’s “capitalists are going to capitalist” line is hilarious. Krystal and Saagar discuss Starbuck’s ban on Black Lives Matter merchandise for their employees, Apple CEO Tim Cook announces $100M commitment for racial equality and justice.
An Interesting Observation
It’s interesting that the four lead articles on ATS right now are from an anarcho-capitalist, a conservative libertarian, a left-communist, and a social anarchist. There’s another writer with a piece on the way arguing against the insurrection from a Hobbes-Burkean-Schmittian perspective.
Why Native American communities have worst COVID outbreak in the nation
If Native American tribes were states they would be the top 5 states in terms of COVID-19 infection rate.
Broken Economy, Broken Society, and the Prospects for Liberty
By Stratton J. Davis Looking at the daily news these past couples of weeks one may have the pessimistic opinion that what was left of liberty will soon be gone. Even before the recent riots, which has President Trump and his GOP goons threatening the US people with […]
The Conservatives: Not Fit for Any Honest Purpose
By Alan Bickley Ludwig von Mises Centre According to The Daily Mail, Madeline Odent is the Curator of the Royston Museum in Hertfordshire. This museum is funded by Royston Council. In the past few days, Mrs Odent has taken to Twitter, giving expert advice on how to use […]
Update: Nightclub colleague RETRACTS story of tension between Floyd and Officer Chauvin
This George Floyd/Derek Chauvin thing is starting to sound like the Botham Jean/Amber Guyger situation where it seems like more than police malevolence/incompetence was involved. My guess is that the former co-worker of these two was paid a visit and told to keep their mouth shut.
Cops Whine Like Entitled Brats In Press Conference
Kyle’s commentary in this is pretty good. Most of the “police reforms” Kyle is discussing are a good idea, but the two big ones are ending overcriminalization and holding the police to the same standards as civilians. One point where I would agree with the NYPD police union […]
Western Civilization has low self-esteem. What can raise its spirits?
Western civilization doesn’t really exist anymore. It died during the two world wars. “The West” today is basically just the American Empire, and it’s not the America of Nathaniel Hawthorne or Mark Twain. It’s the America of McDonald’s, Wal-Mart, and Amazon. Western Europe is the most far gone, […]
Riots, looting, pillaging: America’s social fabric has been torn apart. Why?
Recent events were the equivalent of a large scale prison riot with inmates attacking the guards (kinda sorta) but with the prison administration and prison labor profiteers remaining unscathed.
Black Lives Matter Solutions, White Male Fragility, and Fake News- Dr. Michael Datcher.
Dr. Michael Datcher is the author of the Ferguson-area historical novel AMERICUS and the critically-acclaimed New York Times Bestseller RAISING FENCES as well as the author of ANIMATING BLACK AND BROWN LIBERATION. http://michaeldatcher.com/
The Fed and The Big Bank Wealth Heist. Why We Need Public Banking- Ellen Brown
This isn’t a bad discussion of the financial system but the solutions are predictably milquetoast. Anti-banksters need to rediscover Proudhon. Ellen Brown is an attorney, chair of the Public Banking Institute, and author of thirteen books including Web of Debt and Banking on the People: Democratizing Money in […]
The Mainstream Media Will Not Tell the Truth About Black Lives Matter
The right-wing uses BLM, Antifa, and an-coms as all-purposes bogeymen in the same way the left-wing uses white nationalists and Russians for the same purpose. Probably the most radical thing that has come out of the uprising so far has been the actual burning of police precincts and […]
Seems Reasonable Enough
Will CHAZ Be Waco’d?
They will be if the state decides they are an actual threat. For the CHAZ idea to develop into an actual revolutionary situation, it would have to spread very rapidly and come to dominate significant bodies of geographical territory in North America, with significant numbers of sympathetic allies […]
Hundreds of Thousands Sign Petitions Urging the U.S. Government to Declare KKK a Terrorist Group
And the right-wing wants to declare Antifa a terrorist group. Fortunately, under actual US law, only foreign organizations can be declared terrorist groups. Otherwise, Black Lives Matter or the National Rifle Association could also be declared terrorist groups. The KKK is about as relevant to contemporary politics as […]
Richmond Police Memorial statue removed from city park
Attacking police and/or military memorials is another tactically bad idea. The US regime is never going to be defeated through either voting for do-gooders or in a Third World-like armed struggle by radical insurgents, left or right, except perhaps on a peripheral level. The only possible path to […]
Tear It Down
For those who don’t get the joke, making images of the Prophet is considered sacrilege in Islam, kind of like the Jewish prohibition on “graven images.”
Haunted by the Ghost of Lenin
Neo-communism has gained in popularity in recent years, which I find to be a very negative development, mostly because, unlike neo-nazism and neo-fascism, it doesn’t receive the universal condemnation of civil society, opinion leaders, and the new clerisy (except for the FOX News blowhards that use it as […]
NASCAR truck racer Ray Ciccarelli says he’s quitting after Confederate flag ban
My take on this would be that while I don’t agree with its corporatist and often crony-capitalist economic model, NASCAR is a voluntary organization and can set any standards for participation they wish. They are legitimate is banning the Confederate flag so as not to offend their black […]
Influencers are slammed for posing in BLACKFACE in a horribly misguided effort to show solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement
To be fair, the people doing this seem to be outside the Anglosphere and don’t understand the cultural significance of this in the Atlanticist world. By Carly Stern Daily Mail
A New Kind of Totalitarianism
By Troy Southgate I see that sections of the American Right are now accusing Bogeyman Soros of helping to bring about a ‘colour revolution’ on home soil. How convenient. That’s how it works, you see. The Left gets taken in by the lies that have been generated by […]
Welcome to the Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone, where Seattle protesters gather without police
By Evan Bush Seattle Times Welcome to the CHAZ, the newly named Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone, where most everything was free Tuesday.
What’s Really Happening in Seattle?
From someone who is there on the ground: This is what’s actually happening in Seattle right now; it’s nothing like much media and conspiracies and 45 are saying: Wanna know what is happening right now in Seattle? There are livestreams of the 3pm general assembly that are worth […]
Hannity: Seattle is the latest big liberal city to lose control of a critical situation
Sean, why aren’t you encouraging the anti-lockdown protestors to join forces with the TAZs? Are you saying that you are not really against “big government” and that you’re really just a neocon mouthpiece? The sheer incompetence and cowardice of the liberal politicians running the states and cities across […]
Tucker: The world welcomes its newest country
Carlson has a predictably “reactionary” take on Seattle, but this is still funny as hell, particularly the part about borders. I’d like to see people of all ideologies doing this, i.e. creating their own TAZs. Say hello to the latest addition to the global family of nations: the […]
“The Ruling Elite Has Lost All Legitimacy”. w/Chris Hedges
The opening segment of this where Jimmy quotes from Hedges’ recent article is good. Hedges characterizes the present US regime as “mafia state,” which I would argue is true of all or at least nearly all states. Glad to see that Hedges warns against the possibility of sectarian […]
Why Are Conservative “Liberty Lovers” Backing Authoritarian Cops?
Having followed these kinds of controversies for decades, I’d say conservatives are often pretty good at opposing excesses by Democrats, liberals, and leftists (some of the time), while the Left is pretty good at opposed excesses by Republicans (some of the time). It all depends on the context […]
COPS, Live PD, and now Paw Patrol. Is cancel culture out of control?
I never thought “COPS” portrayed police in a very favorable light. Mostly, it seemed to portray cops as ignoramuses and bullies. Maybe that was just my perception. The commentary in this is pretty good.
Glenn Greenwald ridicules Dems thirsting for George W. Bush endorsement
Perfect commentary from Greenwald. Co-Founding Editor of The Intercept Glenn Greenwald blasts the Dem establishment for seeking the bipartisan support of former president George W. Bush for Joe Biden.
Joe Biden’s ideal VP is Condoleezza Rice
If I were a political comedy writer, I couldn’t make up stuff any better than this. I would indeed agree that this would make for the ideal neocon/neoliberal ruling class unity regime. It is clear that ruling class elements, whatever their differences, realize dissent is growing from all […]
Ingraham: Democrats cancel America
I totally disagree with Laura here, but not for the usual reasons. So far I have actually seen very little “canceling America” going on in the present uprising. Unlike Berkeley or Charlottesville, which were low-grade sports riots carried out by rookie-league middle-class gangs, the present uprising is a […]
Amazon says Black Lives Matter, but it’s Helping Fund Police Foundations Across the U.S.
“The best way to control the opposition is to lead it ourselves.” -Lenin (attributed) As a Machiavellian, I’ve got to hand it to Amazon on this one. This is slick. Working every angle. If only our insurgents were so conniving. By Gin Armstrong and Derek Seidman Eyes on […]
Trump Says Domestic Terrorists Have Taken Over Seattle
Thank goodness Donald Trump is President, a figure that is widely hated, disliked, or disdained by all but a relatively small number of hard-core supporters. He’s an easy figure to hate, especially for the Left, and symbolizes ruling class excess. It would suck if during the present moment […]
One Mexican town revolts against violence and corruption. Six years in, its experiment is working
There are three basic tasks in front of the insurgents: Overthrowing the system, prevention of the erection of a new tyranny, and preventing inter-tribal warfare. This is how it’s done. We need tens of thousands of Seattles to become thousands of Cherans, followed by a Romania 1989 situation, […]
Protesters kick out cops and set up six-block ‘autonomous zone’ as a memorial to George Floyd before taking over Seattle City Hall to demand mayor’s resignation
So how do six blocks become 600 blocks and then 600 cities? That is the question. By Rachel Floyd Daily Mail Around 300 protesters marched inside the lobby at around 9p.m. Tuesday, carrying Black Lives Matter banners and chanting ‘Durkan must go!’ The group was led by Seattle […]
This Is How It’s Done
Protesters take over streets outside abandoned SPD East Precinct
Two, three, many Seattles. By Al Janavel Q13FOX SEATTLE – Protesters took over streets in Seattle’s Capitol Hill neighborhood now that Seattle Police has abandoned its East Precinct.
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