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Nexus X HumectressMinneapolis, Amy Cooper, and what Biden should have said to black America
Former National Co-chair for the Sanders Campaign Nina Turner weighs in on the Minneapolis protests, Central Park ‘Karen’ Amy Cooper, and Biden’s “you ain’t black” comments.
40 MILLION unemployment claims as ultra-wealthy flee to yachts
Krystal and Saagar give an update on unemployment numbers that show first-time jobless claims totaled 2.1 million last week, bringing the total to more than 40 million that have filed initial claims for unemployment since March 22nd.
Looting, fires, molotov cocktails rock the city after George Floyd’s death
Social distancing does get boring after a while. Violent protests erupted for the second night in Minneapolis on Wednesday over the police killing of George Floyd, a black man who was seen on video being arrested by four police officers shortly before his death.
Trump moves to KILL Twitter, do they deserve it?
This is reminiscent of the King vs. Pope feuds of the Middle Ages. Saagar Enjeti blasts Twitter’s decision to fact-check President Trump’s tweets and explains the far-reaching implications that could allow Twitter to control future political rhetoric.
Trump, progressives, team up to kill Pelosi mass surveillance bill
I would generally be inclined to argue that the Neoliberal Party is now the furthest right party on foreign policy, economics, and civil liberties. The Trump Party is further to the right only on social/cultural issues. Krystal and Saagar discuss Nancy Pelosi’s decision to pull a vote scheduled […]
Tucker Carlson SHOCKS, calls for primarying corporate Republicans
First, Marianne Williamson calls for “primarying” neoliberal Democrats with social democrats, and now Tucker Carlson calls for “primarying” neoliberal Republicans with “national-populists.” About 20 years ago, I started noticing the rise of anti-neoliberal tendencies in Europe with social-democratic (e.g. SYRIZA) and right-populist tendencies (e.g. LePenism). I figured the […]
How Governments Are Hunting the Infected
RIOTS ERUPT after George Floyd’s death, how should the system change?
The news coverage in this is pretty good, but the commentary from Krystal and Saager, while no doubt sincere and well-intentioned, is still the usual statist-reformist bullshit. I’m definitely one of those “far-left” people Saager is referring to who “don’t believe in criminal justice.” Although you could be […]
Nice Work!
Apparently, the protestors/rioters in Minneapolis smashed up a police precinct building. This is the kind of thing that needs to happen more often. Actions of these kinds represent an application of the anarchist principle of direct action. All bad days from here on out for the MPD.
Looters take televisions, groceries from Target store during Minneapolis protests
Direct expropriation of ruling class resources being put into practice. Places like Wal-Mart and Target are merely retail sweatshops. Fuck ’em all. The masks are coming in handy as well. Watch the video. Looters have struck a Target store as protests over the death of George Floyd in […]
National Guard support requested by city to combat riots in south Minneapolis
Protests continued into Wednesday night in south Minneapolis, where Chopper 5 captured video of apparent looting at a nearby Target and other area businesses. Fires have sprung up around the area as well. Gov. Tim Walz tweeted late Wednesday night, calling the situation near Lake Street and Hiawatha […]
The Pandemic Can’t Stop Pigs from Piggin’
I’m not someone who thinks that all claimed martyrs to police brutality are actual martyrs. I’ve come across some such cases that seemed to be more a matter of “suicide-by-cop” or where an actual criminal at the very least contributed significantly to their own demise. But there is […]
The Peasants Need Pitchforks
Regrettably, the “homo-for-a-man-in-uniform” types in the “gun rights” establishment have so far remained silent on this incident, as they usually do in these cases, mostly because they are merely representatives of the gun manufacturers (just another section of the right-wing of the capitalist class), and many of their […]
Their King’s Knights and Ours
Now imagine if the police officer was a Hong Kong officer and the man being killed under the police officers knee was a pro-democracy protestor? Now imagine if the police officer was a South African officer and the man being killed under the police officers knee was a […]
Within the Shell of the Old
“If you revolt before you are organized into democratic, voluntary associations, you will create a power vaccuum that will be filled by authority. Authority is a ‘pioneer’ element– to use ecological terms– and will always be the first form of social organization. Democracy and anarchy are higher orders […]
Women Named Karen: The New Oppressed?
I generally agree that the busybody, do-gooder, tattletale, know-it-all soccer mom types that the label “Karen” is meant to ridicule deserve the ridicule they get. It is this demographic that is one of the primary constituents for the therapeutic state and totalitarian humanism. Although women named Karen now […]
CNBC anchors clash on-air over coronavirus coverage
Krystal and Saagar give an update on coronavirus case numbers, watch CNBC Squawk Box anchors spar on-air over coronavirus death toll.
Central Park Karen FIRED, outrage missing for police killing in Minnesota
Krystal and Saagar discuss the firing of Central Park ‘Karen’ and released video that shows a Minneapolis cop with his knee on the neck of a motionless, moaning, black man who later died.
Trump campaign tries to get to Biden’s left on criminal justice after ‘You ain’t black’ moment
As the saying goes, “You can’t make this shit up.” As one who is interested in political strategy, I have to hand it to the Trumpists on this one. Shore up with right-wing vote with pro-religion, pro-gun, pro-life, pro-Red Tribe/hate liberals rhetoric, and then cut into the black, […]
Hannity: Biden can’t hide from his disturbing pattern of racial rhetoric
Biden has really given FAUX News a lot of ammunition with which to work Dinesh D’souza’s “Democrats are the real racists!” angle. The Democrats would be in a much better position if they would simply euthanize this guy, stuff him like Lenin, and make a ventriloquist dummy out […]
Why I Reject US Politics in a Nutshell
A couple of lines in a message from a reader illustrate perfectly well why I reject domestic US politics. Americans, to the degree they are even aware that the US has an empire, seem largely apathetic about it or reflexively supportive of it (“if not us, who else?”), […]
America is the 1%
I consider Maoism to be the Eastern world’s version of Nazism (with ordinary Marxism-Leninism being more like Eastern fascism). But the Maoist critique of international relations, both geopolitically and socioeconomically, is correct. I could almost be an “anarcho-Maoist,” lol. In fact, I generally agree with the geopolitical analysis […]
What is Your Preferred “Bolo”?
The “Bolobolo” novel, written by the Swiss utopian writer Hans Widmer in 1983, outlines an interesting vision of a utopian anarchist future that is more or less based on an-com principles and which is something of a more modern version of William Morris’ “News from Nowhere.” It’s not […]
Principles of Panarchism
I’ve generally found this 40-page page pamphlet by Adam Knott to be a helpful tool when introducing anarchist ideas to “civilians.” It’s available in PDF form here. One libertarian once told me it was the purest form of anarchism yet devised, and I tend to agree. The following […]
Thick Libertarians: Stop “improving” this philosophy
This blog post from a few years ago describes a process I have noticed as well. As “libertarian” movements continue to grow, they also continue to split off into different tendencies based on their various hyphenated affiliations.
Plutocratic Rule is Not Democracy
Anarchy from the Bottom-Up
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National-Anarchism and Zen Buddhism
By Troy Southgate I don’t find it too far-fetched to claim that National-Anarchism is having the kind of impact – beneath the radar, in most cases – that Zen has had on Buddhism. When the purity of the latter was brought into question after its dissection into two […]
She Really Doesn’t Need to Be So Diligent
“ID T-Shirts” Will Probably Be Mandatory at Some Point
Giving a New Meaning to “Taking a Knee”?
At least in this case the cops involved were immediately fired rather than having the higher-ups cover for them. It remains to be seen if they will be criminally prosecuted. The first question I always ask about a case like this is “Would a civilian get away with […]
Japan Ends Coronavirus Emergency With 850 Deaths and No Lockdown
By Jason Lemon Newsweek Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has announced the end of his state of emergency declaration for the novel coronavirus pandemic, with just 851 deaths reported and without ever implementing a lockdown.
Ruling Classes, Old and New
Karl Hess, 1923-1993
𝑯𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒚 𝑩𝒊𝒓𝒕𝒉𝒅𝒂𝒚, 𝑲𝒂𝒓𝒍 𝑯𝒆𝒔𝒔, 𝒃𝒐𝒓𝒏 𝑴𝒂𝒚 25, 1923
The World’s 25 Richest Billionaires Have Gained Nearly $255 Billion In Just Two Months
By Jonathan Ponciano Forbes The super rich are a whole lot richer than they were two months ago. Twenty five of the wealthiest people on Forbes’ list of the world’s billionaires are worth a whopping $255 billion more than when the U.S. stock market hit a mid-pandemic low […]
Minneapolis police, protesters clash almost 24 hours after George Floyd’s death in custody
By Libor Jany Minneapolis Star Tribune Four Minneapolis police officers were fired Tuesday after the detention and death of 47-year-old George Floyd — a scene that unfolded in a Facebook video showing a white officer kneeling on Floyd’s neck as he pleaded with police, “I can’t breathe.” Floyd […]
Jo Jorgensen Wins Libertarian Party Presidential Nomination
By Bryan Doherty Reason In a day-long virtual meeting, after four ballots, the 1,035 delegates assembled for the Libertarian Party’s online convention selected Jo Jorgensen as their presidential candidate. She won with slightly over 51 percent of the vote (not every delegate voted in every round) on that […]
FALLOUT GROWS from Biden’s ‘you ain’t black’ moment, Diddy, Charlamagne weigh in
This dude is as narcissistic as Trump which is quite an accomplishment. Krystal and Saagar discuss Charlamagne Tha God’s interview with Joy Reid, saying that we should not place the burden on black voters to show up for Joe Biden, but put the burden on Biden to show […]
A Lot of Supposedly Anti-Government People are Only Anti-Western Governments
This is some pretty good commentary. I disagree with some of this but I do agree that the state everywhere is the enemy. Although some of his arguments would be stronger if he embraced Hardt and Negri’s “Empire” thesis.
Marianne Williamson endorses against Dem leadership, warns of ‘end to Democratic party’
Marianne moves to the left of AOC. Interesting. Although endorsing social democrats rather than neoliberals is not exactly revolutionary.
Ann Coulter accuses Trump of BETRAYAL on Sessions, is she right?
This is funny as hell. Jeff Sessions was one of the first RepubliCONS to opportunistically attach himself to Trump in 2016, only to be used, abused, and discarded by the Orange Man. Saagar Enjeti discusses the significance of Trump’s endorsement of Tommy Tuberville, who hired the chief GOP […]
Kyle Kulinski and Cenk Uygur fight over ‘moral superiority’ of Biden choice
I actually feel somewhat sorry for folks whose vision is so limited that “To vote Biden or not to vote Biden?” actually seems to them to be a profound question. Though I’m glad to see Kyle and Krystal taking the attitude that Biden can go fuck himself. Krystal […]
Lavish Parties, Greedy Pols and Panic Rooms: How the ‘Apple of Pot’ Collapsed
Big Weed. It had to happen. The US is moving away from Prohibition, but only one step down to crony/state-capitalism. True “legalization” or “decriminalization” would simply mean that whoever wants to farms marijuana and sells it whoever wants to buy. Those who want to smoke will smoke and […]
The Rise and Fall of the Bombshell Bandit
A heroine for our time. By Jeff Maysh BBC News Sandeep Kaur pulled on a wig and adjusted her designer sunglasses in her rear-view mirror. June 6, 2014 was a typically sunny afternoon in California’s Santa Clarita Valley and a quiet one, except for the screams of passengers […]
Is this the end of productivity?
People are realizing that wage slavery actually kind of sucks. By Sam Blum VOX Amid the pandemic, workers whose jobs once defined their lives are questioning what it was all for. Nina Rudnick sometimes dreams of an escape. As a director at a psychological research nonprofit, Rudnick, 37, […]
The Black American Amputation Epidemic
Poverty + poor diet + crummy healthcare=more diabetes/circulatory disorders/amputations By Lizzie Presser ProPublica It was a Friday evening in the hospital after a particularly grueling week when Dr. Foluso Fakorede, the only cardiologist in Bolivar County, Mississippi, walked into Room 336. Henry Dotstry lay on a cot, his […]
‘Silence Is Health’: How Totalitarianism Arrives
A description of life under the military dictatorship in Argentina during the 1970s. By Uki Goni New York Review of Books The white supremacists chanting “blood and soil” as they marched through the streets of Charlottesville, Virginia, in 2017 were probably unaware that the leading Nazi ideologue who […]
The Witness
An interesting article about the death penalty in Texas. By Pamela Colloff Texas Monthly Part I. Ms. Lyons, Hi, if you are reading this then they killed me. I wanted to tell you that I enjoyed talking to you, you seem like a really great lady. I’m sorry […]
How Bad Would Trump’s 2nd Term Be?
I generally agree with David’s analysis of what Trump’s 2nd term would be like. He would mostly govern like a normal Republican while using his position to attack his rivals in the state, among the politicians, and in the media. For those who care about the Democrat vs. […]
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