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Nexus X HumectressBy Sally Pipes Forbes Optimism is in short supply as the coronavirus pandemic grows deadlier by the day. COVID-19 has taken thousands of lives around the world and upended nearly every aspect of daily life. But there is at least one bright spot in this global public health […]
From what I have seen so far, the responses of the states and localities to the current crisis have been reasonably competent, from conservatives like Mike DeWine to liberals like Kate Snyder. Not what I would like, of course, but it is what it is given the political […]
It’s time to start squatting and homesteading corporations that profit from the stimulus/bailout/robbery of the working class.
Some of the social democrats in Congress have performed reasonably well on this thing, along with a few people from the “far-right,” but for the most part, the entire political class has once again shown why it sucks.
The proper solution to the exacerbation of class conflict that has been generated by the present public health crisis, and the opportunistic actions by the state and ruling class that have resulted, in a nationwide debt strike. In the 1960s, draft resisters adopted the slogan, “Hell no, we […]
For many years, I have said that the US is a Third World banana republic with First World technology. Sometimes it sucks to be right.
Former staffer for Joe Biden Tara Reade recounts her experience from the 1980s with then Senator Joe Biden including inappropriate touching, and her denial of legal resources from the #MeToo organization Time’s Up.
The system wants to suspend habeas corpus.
Great Depression Two, here we come.
Hey, Congress. Go fuck yourselves. Saagar Enjeti blasts the bipartisan failure to provide appropriate unemployment compensation for working people in the Senate’s massive stimulus package.
Duh? Los Angeles banquet server Alice Stanford is one of the thousands of people whose income is in jeopardy, as service and hospitality industries are hit hardest amid coronavirus shutdowns.
Some great commentary from Kim.
What does anyone expect? Huffpost reporter Zach Carter claims the legislation in the stimulus bill is outrageous, offering too much corporate bailout and failing to offer provisions on healthcare, unemployment.
Ruling class scumbags are at again. Krystal Ball explains why the stimulus bill should forget about corporate bailouts and push for provisions to support small businesses, industry employees, and working families.
I have a chapter in this book where I argued that the postwar conservative movement was nothing other than a front for the military-industrial complex and right-wing of the US ruling class (the Sunbelt industries that were in conflict with the “northeastern establishment”). The other authors were all […]
Famous last words?
Anyone who wants to understand how we got today’s uneasy alliance of corporate neoliberals and left-wing “social justice warriors” needs to read this work by a Democratic Party strategist from the early 1970s. Available at Amazon.
Bertrand Russell’s classic from 1938 still holds up pretty well in 2020. Russell’s analysis of the nature of power, combined with the insights of the neo-Machiavellians, James Burnham’s managerial revolution theory, and modern elite theorists, provides a very good explanation of how systems work. Available at Amazon.
Peter Marshall’s “Demanding the Possible” is the best book on the general history and theory of anarchism that there is.
A good discussion of a great book. As long as I’ve been politically aware, I’ve been anarchist. I’ve never been anything else. I’ve always despised both left and right totalitarians (fascists, nazis, communists) as well as mainstream liberals and conservatives. When it comes to other fringe ideologies, I’ve […]
Democrats: “We suck so bad we can even make Donald Trump look competent!”
The worst public health crisis in a century, the worst economic crisis in 90 years, Donald Trump is president, and this guy is the leader of the opposition party. It’s time for revolution.
Is a Biden-Harris ticket brewing? As one who does not believe in voting, in the 2016 election I was rooting for Trump from the sidelines on the grounds that, comparatively speaking, Trump was the most “left-wing” (anti-imperialist, anti-corporatist) candidate when compared to the Dragon Lady, which of course […]
Not all news is bad. Prisoner releases/revolts. Moratoriums on arrests. Universities going online. K-12 schools closing. Debt revolts brewing. Demands for worker/small business bailouts. Ruling class malevolence and government incompetence fully exposed. Let’s turn the global pandemic into a global revolutionary battle. By Kimberly Kindy, Emma Brown and […]
My two favorite commentators from the “far-left” are Caleb Maupin and Randi Nord (of Geopolitics Alert). This is some great commentary.
Natural selection wins again. By Theresa Waldrop and Stephanie Gallman CNN At least one person in Kentucky is infected after taking part at a “coronavirus party” with a group of young adults, Gov. Andy Beshear said Tuesday. The partygoers intentionally got together “thinking they were invincible” and purposely […]
Once again, it really is interesting how the Democraps have split between the social democrats/progressives on the left and the neoliberals on the right, with the faux-populist Repugnicans having moved in-between the two.
Funny.
“It will be interesting to see whether the current pandemic is going to use as a controlled financial explosion, in the sense that an old factory building considered to have outstayed its welcome is carefully detonated in order for the site to be used for the construction of […]
Call it capitalism, call it socialism, call it statism, call it fascism, call it whatever you want. The bottom line is that the system sucks. By Kandist Mallette Teen Vogue I took a free dance class from Debbie Allen the other day. I also FaceTimed with some childhood […]
Another silver lining. The Gateway Pundit A shutdown of the system would stop or delay new gun sales. The Washington Examiner reports that the National Shooting Sports Foundation said checks surged 300% on Monday, after already hitting historic highs all year. The NSSF statement continued on to say […]
One positive side effect of the COVID-19 crisis is that it’s really exposing what a bunch of useless idiots the political class is, how wide class divisions actually are, and what a backward feudal-like society the US has become. Reuters MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexican President Andres Manuel […]
By Ellen Gabler New York Times Doctors are hoarding medications touted as possible coronavirus treatments by writing prescriptions for themselves and family members, according to pharmacy boards in states across the country. The stockpiling has become so worrisome in Idaho, Kentucky, Ohio, Nevada, Oklahoma, North Carolina, and Texas […]
No room for the petite bourgeoisie. By Josh Silverman Fortune COVID-19 has upended life for many of us, creating uncertainty for our families, our businesses, and the broader economy. In the U.S., politicians on both sides of the aisle are racing to align on relief packages that would provide […]
Feudalism, then and now. By Keith Rubin McSweeney’s To our loyal vassals, We remain grateful to thee for thy continued fealty amidst these uneasy and ever-changing times. Whilst there has been only a SINGLE reported case of Bubonic Plague within our fiefdom (that of Simon the Tinker), we […]
The author of this article apparently can’t do math. He claims 1% of Italians have been diagnosed with COVID-19, but according to the data he provides, it’s only 1/10 of 1/% with 10% of diagnosed cases having died so far, although the number infected is obviously larger than […]
Infinite Diversity in Infinite Combinations. The proliferation of startup societies is the modern rendition of the proliferation of the free cities of the Middle Ages. Available from Amazon. This Guidebook provides comprehensive how-to information to build Startup Societies. These are small areas that innovate in governance, such as […]
Nemesis: The Last Days of the American Republic by Chalmers Johnson
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