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Nexus X HumectressIt’s time to syndicalize the healthcare and pharmaceutical industries. By Jessica Corbett Common Dreams As the number of global COVID-19 cases soared past 254,000 and the death toll topped 10,000 on Friday, concerns persisted—particularly in the United States—about healthcare costs related to the ongoing outbreak, limited testing and […]
Burger King places Passover blood on its doorposts? By Grace Perry The Takeout Burger King? More like Burger Reasonable Distributor Of Capital to the Working Class. Burger King UK announced this week that it won’t be paying their quarterly rent checks, instead using that cash to keep its […]
The current public health/economic crisis is definitely a reminder of why I am an anarchist. Thus far, the responses to the situation by the various factions of the state/ruling class/power elite have been as follows: Republicans: “The ruling class is suffering. Let’s bail them out! Maybe give a […]
Tom Woods talks to the Tenth Amendment Center’s Michael Boldin and Free Man Beyond the Wall host Peter Quinones about state nullification of unconstitutional federal laws, and whether it might apply in the current circumstances. Listen here.
Tom Woods is joined by Professors Joseph Salerno and Peter Klein join me to discuss the economics of the extraordinary episode we are currently living through, as well as the likely consequences of how the federal government and the Federal Reserve are responding. Listen here.
A relevant quote from the comments thread: “Capitalism requires the State in order to operate. The modern state has been reconfigured to serve neoliberal needs. Also the govt is not a household, it is the Bill Gates of the economy . When the govt cuts spending it impacts […]
No, it actually sucks.
Jubilee! Jubilee! By Tal Axelrod The Hill A measure that will suspend federal student loan payments for six months is part of the sweeping coronavirus stimulus package that President Trump signed into law Friday afternoon. As part of the legislation intended to blunt the economic fallout of the […]
Great Depression Two. By Chris Kahn Reuters Nearly one in four U.S. adults said they have been laid off or furloughed during the coronavirus outbreak, yet a bipartisan majority of Americans wants businesses to remain closed to slow the spread of the deadly virus despite its impact on […]
Jubilee! Jubilee! “Hell, no, we won’t pay!” By Laura Grace Tarpley Business Insider Many employees are out of work or facing reduced hours as US businesses temporarily close to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. Lenders are empathizing with people who are struggling to pay their bills during […]
Silver lining. By Clare Hymes CBS News U.S. Attorney General William Barr on Thursday directed the Bureau of Prisons to increase the use of home confinement among older inmates with underlying conditions as a means to mitigate the spread of coronavirus within the country’s prison system. As of […]
Sexual assault is apparently fine if it helps neoliberals win elections.
Nowhere. I always said Lizzie the Scamster was a fraud and I was right.
Krystal and Saagar talk about Joe Biden’s cringe-worthy appearance on the Jimmy Kimmel show.
LOL.
Alexandria needs to start pushing for two things: debt jubilee (no rent, mortgages, etc.) and reparations to the working class (UBI, unemployment compensation, etc)
Duh? Krystal and Saagar discuss how Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos, and billionaire investor Bill Ackman are profiting off of the coronavirus.
“Government largesse and politicians enriching themselves.” As if anything else could reasonably be expected.
Schumer and McConnell unite to fuck over everyone else.
2008 on steroids.
The global banking cartels have been the international ruling class since the early modern era when landed wealth began to give way to monetary and merchant wealth as the basis of class rule. The old bourgeoisie of the Enlightenment/classical liberal/Industrial Revolution periods were simply the national-elites of capitalist […]
Given that “progressives” are once again a rising force in US politics, it’s a good idea to revisit the work of Antony Sutton and his critique of FDR. Bernie Sanders is really just a recycled Rooseveltian, and I’ve even heard a lot of commentators I like (Jimmie Dore, […]
Anyone who is familiar with my writings knows that I am a vengeful hater of the neocons. However, one thing the neocon godfather Irving Kristol (father of Bill Kristol, of “benevolent global hegemony” scumbaggery fame) may have gotten right is his analysis of what the called the “new […]
I’m certainly not a Trumpian, but I don’t trust Fauci, either. For decades, he has always struck me as one of the High Priests of the therapeutic state’s white coat priesthood. By Isaac Stanley-Becker Washington Post A cadre of right-wing news sites pulled from the fringes in recent […]
The ongoing falling out between the Left and the neoliberals is a great thing to behold. This is the real future of the Left/Right battle in the US, i.e. social democrats vs neoliberals with the neoconservative-turned-faux populist Republicans increasingly becoming a fringe right-wing party as their demographic base […]
The Left is right to call for the release of prisoners. The Right is correct to call for loosening gun laws. Dominick Mastrangelo Washington Examiner “We need to suspend enforcement, especially during the state of emergency, when so many individuals need to be able to defend themselves and […]
This is interesting in places and funny in other places.
First, Prince Charles and, now, Bojo. Apparently, the coronavirus doesn’t like the British state. By Guy Faulconbridge and Kate Holton Reuters LONDON, March 27 (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Friday he had tested positive for coronavirus and was self-isolating at Downing Street but would […]
By Brian Gassey The Guardian Australian photographer Brian Cassey visits Hasdeo Arand, one of the largest contiguous stretches of dense forest in central India. The area is rich in biodiversity, containing many threatened species including elephants, leopards and sloth bears. A rash of newly approved mines could further […]
France 24 In the northern Brazilian state of Roraima, more and more illegal gold miners are invading indigenous land. This gold rush comes with the blessing of Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro. Our reporters Fanny Lothaire and Laura Damase investigated the illegal activities and met the Yanomami Indians who […]
Freedom News I often seek solace at the Brotherhood Church. This may sound like an odd statement for an anarchist, but — despite its name — I am not referring to some religious cult or new-age retreat. I am talking about a Tolstoy-inspired, anarchist commune which has stood […]
Crimethinc One hundred years ago in Russia, thousands of workers were on strike in the city of Astrakhan and at the Putilov factory in Petrograd, the capital of the revolution. Strikes at the Putilov factory had been one of the principal sparks that set off the February Revolution […]
By Dan Kois Slate Maybe it will be the hand sanitizer that finally exposes the sham. The Transportation Security Administration announced Friday that due to the coronavirus outbreak, it’s waiving the familiar 3.4-ounce limit for liquids and gels—for hand sanitizer only.* You may now bring a bottle of […]
One crisis chases the next. We are constantly being confronted with new threat scenarios. In our pursuit of security, we accept restrictions on our freedom all too easily and enable state and capitalist monitors to control and examine every aspect of our everyday life. Most people believe everything […]
By Ahjamu Umi Its important to contextualize what’s happening throughout the world today with the challenges facing us from the potential growth of COVID 19. If what we are learning is true, this virus has devastating capacity. Even if you are healthy and strong, you can hold the […]
Noam Chomsky has it right when he says that “capitalism” amounts to “socialism for the rich” with austerity, “market discipline,” and bootstraps for everyone else. By Craig Murray Amid the COVID-19 panic, it has hardly been noticed that Carphone Warehouse went bust, with 2,900 people losing their jobs. […]
It’s time for a global insurgency against states and ruling classes everywhere. By William I. Robinson Truthout What does a virus have to do with war and repression? The coronavirus has disrupted global supply networks and spread panic throughout the world’s stock markets. The pandemic will pass, not […]
LibCom.Org Corona has taken over. Despite the fear and panic (or even denial) that has taken hold, one thing is for sure: the cracks of the system are emerging for all to see. How can the left respond in a way that dodges the minefield of strengthening the […]
It’s time for anarchists to stop wasting time arguing over the capitalism/socialism false dichotomy. “Neither statism nor corporatism” should be our economic battle cry. The real divide is between order-givers and order-takers, and between the power elite and those who are subordinated to the power elite. By David […]
A classical anarchist manifesto from 1920. By Errico Malatesta Anarchist Library 1. Aims and Objectives We believe that most of the ills that afflict mankind stem from a bad social organisation; and that Man could destroy them if he wished and knew how. Present society is the result […]
The cockroaches are coming out of the baseboards. By Larry Elliot The Guardian Gordon Brown has urged world leaders to create a temporary form of global government to tackle the twin medical and economic crises caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. The former Labour prime minister, who was at […]
Do you know how to bake your own bread? Plant and grow a garden? Can your own food? These are essential skills that our ancestors simply took for granted; you had to know how to do these things in order to survive daily life. Today, however, many […]
“Yankee, go home!” BBC Mexican protesters have shut a US southern border crossing amid fears that untested American travellers will spread coronavirus. Residents in Sonora, south of the US state of Arizona, have promised to block traffic into Mexico for a second day after closing a checkpoint for […]
Nemesis: The Last Days of the American Republic by Chalmers Johnson
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