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Nexus X HumectressThis is actually some pretty good economic commentary. I disagree with bits of this but it’s more than just the standard right-wing rant against “socialism” (although there are elements of that as well). This fellow seems to have a better understanding of the relationship between State and Capital […]
Some good comments from Kim on global house arrest while the ruling class goes looting. “If you’re not ready to die for it, take the word ‘freedom’ out of your vocabulary.” Malcolm X
Back in 1983, Paul Fussell published a classic work that outlined his theory of class stratification in the US. The book discussed not only the socioeconomic positions but also the cultural and lifestyle aspects of different classes. I’ve generally found Fussell’s analysis to be as good as any. […]
Theoretically, both Russia and China (the Eastern wings of the International Five Families) are societies that meet most of the characteristics of what Westerners think of as “fascism.” Both exhibit chauvinistic nationalism, authoritarian statism, “crony capitalism,” wide class divisions, patriarchy, racism, xenophobia, and Islamophobia. Neither one is particularly […]
Historically, whenever societies have experienced either an economic downturn or an epidemic of a disease, people have started looking for scapegoats to blame for the problem. In ancient societies, a literal human sacrifice might result. Right now, the US is experiencing both an economic downturn and an epidemic. […]
The upside of the Latin Americanization of the US economy is that it will essentially resolve the immigration debate because no one will want to migrate from Latin America if they are only going to another country with Latin American class structures.
A lot of Republican politicians are going to be moving leftward on economics in the future because many of them represent deep red zones that are in terrible economic condition, which will create conflict between them and the right-wing plutocrats that bankroll the party.
Let’s hope so.
It makes perfect sense. The Left is rising in the US and the Right is declining. Trump is to the left of Biden and Sanders is to the left of Trump. The Left needs to realize they can’t win without the actual proletariat.
The Voice of the Ruling Class covers for its anointed candidate.
Good news. Are “progressives” showing signs of actual progress? Krystal makes the important point in this that those who are most under attack by the system are those who are the least likely to vote because the correctly see no value in it. Krystal and Saager more or […]
Alexandria cements her subservience to neoliberalism and her “momma bear” Nancy Pelosi. Reformism fails again. Trump’s populist-nationalism is arguably to the left of Biden’s neoliberalism/liberal-imperialism, just as France’s National Front has moved to the left of the neoliberals on economics and international relations. Regrettably, most “progressives” are so […]
I don’t really agree with the “silent majority” victimology or right-wing ressentiment found in a lot of “populist-right” circles, but this article is a pretty good summary of the state of political affairs in the US today. By Robert Merry The American Conservative We know what kind of […]
A pretty good takedown of the neocon shitheads from the paleos at TAC. The neocons are pissed because Trump hasn’t waged war aggressively enough for their tastes, or made enough effort to bankrupt the working class quickly enough. Actually, Trump has been far, far, far more friendly to […]
Hopefully. By Mark Perry The American Conservative When historians look back at “the coronavirus crisis of 2020,” they’re likely to focus on the spread of the disease, the economic dislocation it caused and how the federal government responded to it. Predictably, and depending on the depth and duration […]
Voltairine de Cleyre’s concept of “anarchism without adjectives” (which actually originated from Cuban anarchists a few decades earlier) was about reconciling or at least accommodating the various radical tendencies of her time (mutualists, individualists, collectivists, communists, syndicalists, Tolstoyans, Georgist, Bellamyites, etc.). Given the proliferation of a much greater […]
“In capitalism you live like in a cage. People accepted the myth that man can only make progress out his own strength and that it is only up to him, if he doesn´t manage to live within a centralist state bureaucracy and the capitalist market. They want to […]
This what the revolutionary left looked like in the US before the Left was co-opted by neoliberal stooges and/or overrun by SJW/Antifa dumbasses. By Colette Gaiter The Conversation In the 2016 presidential election, Donald Trump won the white vote across all demographics except for college-educated white women. He […]
Watch the interview here. Currently the world is in the midst of a global health pandemic, or so we are told. We have been covering all of the events which have preceded the coronavirus outbreak that suggest we are not being told the entire story.
By Kit Knightly Global Research A few weeks ago we reported that, according to the Italian Institute of Health (ISS), only 12% of Italy’s reported Covid19 deaths actually listed Covid19 as the cause of death. Given that 99% of them had at least one serious co-morbidity (and that […]
The main difference between conventional far-left anti-imperialism of the Marxist-Leninist-Maoist variety and anarchist anti-imperialism is that the former is merely about self-determination for states and national-entities (something it ironically shares with 19th-century liberal-nationalism) while the latter is about groups and individuals. Anarchist anti-imperialism really has to start with […]
I’m not a fan of carnival barker Trump, and I don’t especially trust High Priest of the white coat priesthood Fauci, but it looks like the media, which is overwhelming neoliberal/Democratic (except for the recycled know-nothings at FOX) is trying to drive a wedge between Trump and Fauci, […]
“Let my people go.” -Moses By Drs. Scott Heysell and Rebecca Dillingham In February, the Diamond Princess cruise ship, quarantined in the port of Yokahama, Japan, harbored the largest cluster of people with COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus (SARS-COV-2), outside of mainland China. As the […]
I’m been observing the Libertarian Party since 1980 when Ed Clark ran against Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan (and John Anderson), although I only belonged to the party for a brief period in the early 90s. I even voted for the Libertarian candidate in 1992, the year of […]
LOL By Amy Gardner and Elise Viebeck Washington Post The same week President Trump told the public that voting by mail is “corrupt” and “ripe for fraud,” his own party was sending a very different message to Republican voters in Pennsylvania. “Voting by mail is an easy, convenient […]
The new salt mines. ABC News As the battle against COVID-19 ramps up across the nation, health care professionals at small and rural hospitals are getting furloughed, reassigned and told their employment contracts are canceled. Leanne Helmerich is one of 600 staff members furloughed at Hillcrest Medical System […]
If even the WaPo is worried, it must be getting bad. Bt Michael Birnbaum and Terrence McCoy Washington Post BRUSSELS —France and Bolivia have postponed elections. Peru handed its president broad new legislative authority. Israel sharply ramped up the reach of its surveillance state. While leaders around the […]
A spoiler?
Let them eat caviar.
Academic leftists can’t get over their addiction to statism. We don’t need no federal anything. Worker power, not state power. The ruling class needs to get out of the way so workers can create their own jobs.
“Progressives” need to stop begging the state for a few more crumbs and get on board with the revolution.
There are few more pertinent examples of “crony capitalism” that the transit industry.
Kshama Sawant, of the Trotskyist Socialist Alternative, takes on the Amazon uber-capitalist empire. So early 20th century. She bashes both the Democrats and property taxes in this.
It’s back to the 19th century for grocery workers. Grocery stores are the new coal mines and grocery store chains are the new Ebenezer Scrooge. Even the Voice of the Deep State/CIA/Bezos more or less admits it. Abha Bhattari The Washington Post Doug Preszler wasn’t thinking about risk […]
Check out Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3. By Nicky Reid aka Comrade Hermit Exile in Happy Valley As I scrawl the sloppy copy for my latest manifesto on a window pane between my thoughts on string theory and Kevin Bacon’s connection to 9/11 (Madoff made him […]
A reader summarize very well what I think are some of the problems with orthodox or mainstream libertarianism: As I see it, the two major failures are: 1. Despite nominal recognition that state and corporate power are intertwined, too often libertarians will go to bat to defend the […]
Twenty years ago, I was arguing that the anti-globalization/anarchist left should cultivate the anti-globalist right as its natural allies, and that the cultural differences between the two were largely irrelevant because of those, you know, classic anarchist principles of anti-statism, free association, decentralization, federalism, etc. I continued making […]
Kulinski correctly points out that Sanders’ is as popular as he is not because of his supposed “hard left” fans, but because of his appeal to independents, swing voters even disaffected Trumpians. Populism and radical centrism are to the left of neoliberalism. Predictably, I’ve heard some from the […]
This is a somewhat interesting discussion even if it is still within the paradigm of lame-ass reformism. The four basic pillars of an authentic revolutionary movement in the US would be a) anti-imperialism and solidarity with global self-determination movements; b) solidarity with all enemies of the state; c) […]
Let’s make it 85%. “Hell, no, we won’t pay!”
Jimmie Dore is a pretty impressive guy. In this, he actually admits that Nancy Pelosi is worse than Trump, and that Obama was worse than Mitt Romney. It’s almost unheard of for someone on the US Left to have that level of perspicacity. He’s simply recognizing that neoliberals […]
A Bernie guy takes the first tepid step away from Democrapic Party liberalism toward…a third party! As if we don’t already have plenty of those. In the past, I’ve advocated that actual revolutionaries infiltrate minor parties and other mainstream or relatively mainstream organizations for the purpose of bending […]
I suspect Bill Lind is probably right provided we don’t get another wave of COVID-19 in the fall season. By William S. Lind Traditional Right December 31, 2020 That was the year that was; it’s over, let it go. And boy, are we happy to see the last […]
This analysis is fairly spot-on. Hopefully, the Sanders experience will motivate many “progressives” to move in a more radical direction by recognizing neoliberals as the main enemy, rejecting the Democratic Party, rethinking pathological rightwingophobia, and focusing on issues of state, class, and empire instead of “wokeness.” Perhaps some […]
The warring tribes finally found something they can agree on: Medical martial law. The Atlantic Countries are taking extraordinary measures to slow the COVID-19 pandemic. Many of these measures limit individual freedom and may also violate rights guaranteed by national constitutions. Italy’s complete lockdown, enforced by criminal penalties, […]
Nemesis: The Last Days of the American Republic by Chalmers Johnson
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