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Nexus X HumectressWhen the troops start defecting, the ruling class is in deep shit. Genesee County Sheriff Chris Swanson spoke with demonstrators who were met by police officers in riot gear and then joined the protest, according to CNN affiliate WEYI.
Good job, Justin. In the Ottoman Empire, murder was literally legal for someone who held the rank of sultan. “Qualified immunity” serves the same purpose for cops in the US Empire. By David Morgan Reuters WASHINGTON (Reuters) – With cities across America in turmoil over the death of […]
The question is: Why are we simply obligated to take this shit? On August 30, 2010, John T. Williams, a Native American woodcarver, was walking across the street carrying his carving knife and a small piece of wood when he was shot four times by Officer Ian Birk […]
It’s rather ironic that the supposed social democratic utopia of Sweden has adopted the anti-lockdowners’ preferred laissez-faire approach to COVID-19.
I oppose random violence against other individuals, interracial violence, attacks on ordinary journalists, and the destruction of residences, small businesses, places of worship, and historic landmarks or architecture. But as for corporate retail and fast-food chains (modern sweatshops), police precincts (enemy military bases), courthouses (civilian headquarters of the […]
This is an interesting discussion at times, although the Jacobin boys show their statism at times.
It looks like we’re getting all of the above.
I have to agree with Trump that the attack on CNN’s headquarters was fantastic. Fuck the propaganda arm of the neoliberal class.
Of course. It’s one of the oldest tricks in the book.
By Sean Collins Vox The protests that have risen up in many cities in the United States over the past week were sparked by the killing of an unarmed black man, George Floyd, by now-fired police officers in Minneapolis. Even though one former officer, Derek Chauvin, has been […]
The battle between techno-oligarchs and the mouthpieces for the right-wing of the ruling class continues. Matt Gaetz has the look of a probable incel. By Justine Coleman MSN.Com Twitter has restricted a Monday tweet from Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.), saying it glorifies violence, a move that comes after […]
Next up: Antifa poses as “boogaloos”? I am frequently asked by “extremists” of all kinds why I don’t reflexively take “their side” in whatever dumbass cause they’re promoting (“Get off the fence, man!”). The answer is because none of them would create a better society than the one […]
Fragmentation seems to be taking place within the ranks of the state, ruling class, and state security forces. Municipal police forces and municipal governments are turning on each other. The Trump administration and the state governors are having a falling out. Some police are joining the protests. Trump […]
“Don’t give the game away too soon, Donnie. Keep the cards closer to your vest,” said the Pentagon. This is why the Deep State dislikes Trump so much. He’s too much of loose cannon. By Barbara Starr, Ryan Browne and Nicole Gaouette, CNN Washington (CNN)Defense officials tell CNN […]
The eventual overthrow of the state (not that we are anywhere remotely approaching that) will depend, in part, on the defection, acquiescence, or fragmentation of large numbers of the state security forces. That was the only thing that prevented a KGB/Red Army coup in the former USSR in […]
By Hollie Silverman CNN (CNN)Americans have been protesting the death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police for days on end in dozens of cities throughout the United States. While tensions between police and demonstrators have heated up in many places, some officers have shown […]
By Benjamin Wallace-Wells The New Yorker I lived in Baltimore during the Freddie Gray protests in April, 2015. My apartment was in a brownstone next to a small park in a pretty neighborhood called Bolton Hill, which sits on the border between downtown and the West Baltimore neighborhoods […]
How the Empire was formed. By Adam Tooze Foreign Policy Klaus Schwab, impresario of the World Economic Forum, released a manifesto in the run-up to this year’s annual meeting at Davos, Switzerland, in which he called for a contemporary equivalent to the postwar conferences that established the liberal […]
Francis Pakes The Conversation Iceland is a small country tucked away on the edge of Europe. It has a population of only about 340,000 people. Iceland’s prisons are small too. There are only five, altogether housing fewer than 200 prisoners. Of these five, two are open prisons. I […]
ABC News As protests over the killing of George Floyd roil the nation, journalists covering the news have been indiscriminately arrested, tear gassed or shot with rubber bullets by local law enforcement — at times even live on air. The U.S. Press Freedom Tracker, an advocacy and research […]
Babylon Bee once again reveals itself to be one of the most accurate journalistic outlets.
This happened a block away from me. I could smell the tear gas and saw waves of people running down the street escaping the scene. Was at the protest (on monument in Richmond) – was peaceful. And all the sudden out of nowhere at 7:35 (not 8 when […]
Anyone into fringe politics should oppose this. A “right-wing” administration will target the Antifa, and then a “left-wing” administration will target “alt-right/lite” groups, and then the cycle will repeat.
This could set a dangerous precedent.
Even Sean Hannity isn’t going to bat for the pigs who killed George Floyd. Forensic pathologist Dr. Michael Baden’s independent autopsy finds that George Floyd died by homicide caused by asphyxia.
By Jon Parton Courthouse News Service (CN) — As Minneapolis underwent a fourth night of protests over the death of George Floyd, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz said Saturday that most rioters arrested are from outside of the city and sought to take advantage of the chaos.
There’s some pretty hard-core riot footage in this.
Kim predictably nails. What we are experiencing right now is a class-based insurrection against an authoritarian state. The ruling class media (the new clerisy) is trying to deflect attention from that by fueling political/racial/cultural divisions.
There is some pretty hard-core footage of police brutality in this. Apparently, the cops at a police station in Cincinnatti took down the US flag and put up a “thin blue line” flag. Fourth-generation warfare and tribalism have arrived.
They are. And it’s hilarious. By Colin A. Young Metrowest Daily News After a weekend that saw police clash with demonstrators across the country and in downtown Boston, President Donald Trump told governors on a conference call Monday morning that many of them are “weak” and need to […]
The big question is how will the state hit back when the dust clears? Journalist Zaid Jilani compares the looting in the U.S. to the looting that took place in Baghdad after the Iraqi army was disbanded by the Bush administration.
I really hope they’re not just now realizing that. I don’t really consider poor, urban (or rural) blacks to be part of the Blue Tribe. The Red/Blue tribal civil war is between the left and right wings of the upper-middle class, with both sides aligning themselves different factions […]
Who cares if they move away? Fuck ’em. Good riddance. I’m not at all someone who thinks that “tax the rich” is that way to solve the problem of plutocracy. Taxes are merely a means through which the state extracts surplus value from subjects (extortion) in the same […]
Of course. That’s what they did with the uprisings of the 1960s and 1970s. Ryan Grim offers some pretty good commentary on how the corporate class has co-opted the cultural left. I’m glad to see someone who is not on the far right besides me is finally noticing […]
Of course. “Stimulus plans” and “bailouts” work at all levels. Krystal Ball discusses the systematic inequalities as the catalyst of the mass riots over George Floyd’s death.
That’s what the Bircher-types used to say about the urban riots of the 1960s. The Democraps are blaming the insurrection on Russians and white nationalists while Donald Milhous Trump is blaming Antifa and anarchists. Saagar Enjeti blasts the mainstream media for identifying the riots over George Floyd’s death […]
This really is so 1968. Riots, chaos, and space travel. They are absolutely right when they talk about the total abrogation of leadership, “left, right, federal, state, and local,” which they lament but which I think is great. The ruling class is falling.
A few years back, when I used to speak to Alt-Right groups, leftist friends would ask me why I was interested in them. I used to always say, “Just think of them as the Communist Party of the Right.” I even presented what was essentially a Maoist interpretation […]
An emerging crack in the left-coalition? Welcome to America, where everybody hates everyone else. Funky academic and doctoral student at the University of Georgia Irami Osei-Frimpong explains his perspective on Central Park ‘Karen’ Amy Cooper and white feminism.
Newt, what is happening now is blowback against policies that people like you put in place. Remember the “crime bill” passed when you were Speaker of the House? Remember NAFTA, also passed when you were Speaker? Remember the “war on drugs,” of which you were a major champion? […]
Wow. Rising actually interviewed Joel Kotkin. I’m impressed.
The usual finger-pointing begins. Antifa, “Boogaloos,” Three Percenters, Proud Boys, and, of course, the Russians. By COLLEEN LONG, ZEKE MILLER and MICHAEL BALSAMO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. officials are seeking to determine whether extremist groups had infiltrated police brutality protests across the country and deliberately tipped […]
From what I have seen so far, many of the attacks have been directed at localized municipal police targets but where are the attacks on the federal alphabet soup agencies?
Giving cops “qualified immunity” is like giving physicians exemptions from malpractice lawsuits. By C.J. Ciaramella Reason The killing of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer on Monday has reignited calls for national reforms to policing, including ending qualified immunity, a legal doctrine that civil liberties groups say has […]
From the owner of an Iranian-American owned restaurant that was vandalized by rioters. As a small business, we’ve been hit very hard during this pandemic. Last night, we were hit even harder. I came to the U.S over 50 years ago from Iran, a country where there is […]
By Troy Southgate People have every right to fight back against the corrupt US system and its brutal mercenaries, but let’s not pretend that police violence is reserved for Black people. At the same time, the Right’s predictable response to Black Lives Matter is to claim that most […]
Nemesis: The Last Days of the American Republic by Chalmers Johnson
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