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Nexus X HumectressTowards a Third World Class System
A fan created a montage of audio clips from Kick the Puppy Season One showing how we are moving towards a third world model class system.
“The Gulf of Credibility“
By Craig Murray I really cannot begin to fathom how stupid you would have to be to believe that Iran would attack a Japanese oil tanker at the very moment that the Japanese Prime Minister was sitting down to friendly, US-disapproved talks in Tehran on economic cooperation that […]
Reactions pouring in over oil tanker attacks
Anarchy and Economics with Keith Preston
China demands US stop interfering in Hong Kong’s internal affairs
Psychologist: Social Justice the new Religious Fundamentalism
By Michael Liccione Intellectual Takeout Religious believers sometimes say that atheism is a “faith,” and in that sense a religion. That’s debatable because they’re using the word ‘faith’ ambiguously, and trading on that ambiguity. But according to NYU social psychologist Jonathan Haidt, there is a scientific sense in […]
Hollywood, Cinema, Pornography & Propaganda
By Nicky Reid aka Comrade Hermit Exile in Happy Valley It’s often said that there is a fine line between art and pornography, and this is true, but few people take the time to seriously contemplate where that line is. As a fan of both art and pornography, […]
Praise of Folly Podcast #52: Three Views on Sociology
Todd Lewis and Keith Preston discuss the three man views on the rise and fall of nations in 20th century sociology: Race, Culture and Geography. Using Lothrop Stoddard, Victor Davis Hanson and Jared Diamond as the perspective representatives.
Russia to deliver S-400 missile systems to Turkey in two months
War with Iran is not what Trump wants
Press TV. Listen here. War with Iran is not what US President Donald Trump wants, says an American author and political analyst in Virginia. Keith Preston told Press TV in an interview on Thursday that Trump was not in favor of war with Iran. The author of Attack […]
National Precious Metals Dealer Offers Sound Money Scholarships to Deserving Students
Charlotte, North Carolina (June 5, 2019) – A national precious-metals dealer is teaming up with a sound money policy group to help students pay for the ever-increasing costs of college. Money Metals Exchange has teamed up with the Sound Money Defense League to offer the Sound Money Scholarship […]
A Journey Through the Anarchist Subculture
An interesting interview with a fellow that describes a more than 20-year journey through the world of anarchism, communes, intentional communities, and activist culture. Lots of anarchist name-dropping in this. From The Brilliant. Listen here.
US aims to ease conflict with Iran?
Press TV. Listen here. US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s recent announcement is an effort to ease rising tensions that have sparked fears of a conflict, American author and political commentator Keith Preston says. In past months, Pompeo was said to be setting the stage for war with Iran. PressTV-Pompeo […]
Tulsi Gabbard to Americans: War with Iran would be devastating
Guaido renews call for Maduro to step down
Trump most pro-Israel US president, can’t broker peace in Mideast
Press TV. Listen here. Donald Trump is America’s most pro-Israel president and as such, his administration is not capable of mediating peace in the Middle East, argues an American analyst. Keith Preston, the Virginia-based director of Attackthesystem.com, made the remarks after Jared Kushner, Trump’s son-in-law and a senior […]
Keith Preston on Anarchist Societies
Dr. Richard Wolff Debates Labor Theory of Value Marxist vs. Libertarian Debate
Dr. Richard Wolff debates libertarian Antony Sammeroff on the Labor Theory of Value on the Lions of Liberty Podcast, hosted by Marc Clair. This is a Marxist economist debating a free market libertarian.
Waiting Out the Landlord’s Clock In Iran
By Nicky Reid aka Comrade Hermit Exile in Happy Valley Quick hypothetical; Lets say you’ve been living in the same house in the same neighborhood for your whole life, generations in fact. There have been some minor squabbles but for the most part you’ve managed to get along […]
Iran slams as politically-motivated France’s extradition of Iranian engineer to US
Trump denies accusations of ‘cover up’
Pledging Allegiance to the Divided States of America
By Nicky Reid aka Comrade Hermit Exile in Happy Valley I’m a pessimist because of intelligence, but an optimist because of will-Antonio Gramsci When the individual’s behavior and consciousness get hooked to a routine sequence of external actions, he is a dead robot, and it is time for […]
Iran’s Rejection of Washington Consensus Main Reason behind US Pressures
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – An American political analyst said Iran’s pursuit of independent policy and its refusal to be incorporated into the Washington Consensus are the main reasons behind the Trump administration’s pressure campaign against it. “The objective of these officials is to continue to carry out a longstanding […]
US targets Huawei again
My thoughts on the “trade war” with China. Watch here. This week US president Donald Trump declared a national emergency over IT threats. Trumps long awaited executive order forbids U.S. companies from purchasing telecommunications equipment manufactured by firms posing a “national security risk”.
French police deployed in Paris as Yellow Vest protests held for 27th weekend
Is Bolton’s War With Iran Becoming A Reality?
I really doubt that a President Hillary Clinton would have been any less aggressive when it comes to Iran or Venezuela. She has been rhetorically belligerent against Iran, voted for the Iraq war when she was in the Senate and was the architect of the Libyan war, US […]
Smash All Dogmas: Overcoming the Addiction to Ideology
By Keith Preston Originally published in Tribes Magazine Perhaps one of the most curious features of modernity is the way in which ideologies have replaced religions as a principal source of contentiousness. During the era of the nineteenth century, when the intellectual revolution of the Enlightenment was being […]
Iran’s “Crime” of Merely Existing
Yemeni military says it has carried out major operation against Saudi targets
Trump’s War In Venezuela Could Be Che’s Revenge
By Nicky Reid aka Comrade Hermit Exile in Happy Valley Che Guevara had a dream. After decades of chasing the American Empire into guerrilla street fights from Guatemala to the Congo, Che dreamed of drawing that dreadful beast into an unwinnable quagmire on the graves of its first […]
Houthis begin unilateral withdrawal from Hudaydah ports
Feudalism, Then and Now
And California, the home of Sunshine feudalism is the worst. How “our system” works: The presidency is an elective monarchy. The mass corporations are the new feudal manors. The banks are the new usurer class. The military are the new indentured servants/mercenaries. The professions (like doctors and lawyers) […]
New Federal Legislation Requires Full Audit of America’s Gold Reserves
Sound Money Defense League Washington, DC (May 8, 2019) – U.S. Representative Alex Mooney (R-WV) introduced legislation this week to provide for the first audit of United States gold reserves since the Eisenhower Administration. The Gold Reserve Transparency Act (H.R. 2559) – backed by the Sound Money Defense […]
Keith Preston: US strategy in Venezuela dates back to Monroe doctrine:
Press TV. Listen here. America’s efforts to replace the legitimate government of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro with opposition leader Juan Guaido is part of a long-standing US policy in Latin America to install puppet governments, says a political analyst in Virginia.
Pompeo: Iraq trip in response to Iran activity
Keith Preston: US cannot force Iraq out of Iran ties
Press TV. Listen here. The United States cannot force Iraq out of Iran ties, says an analyst, adding that Tehran offer of military assistance to Baghdad indicates the depth of the relationship between the two countries. The comments came after a senior Iranian military commander said Iran is […]
Trump plans to increase China tariffs by %25
The US president has escalated the trade war with China by announcing plans to hike the tariff imposed on 200 billion dollars of Chinese goods.
On the Victory and Cooptation of the Liberal-Left by Global Capitalism
A lot of people on the liberal/left end of the spectrum have to psychologically assume the role of the “permanent victim” because their whole worldview involves fighting “oppression” or “social injustice” so there always has to be oppression or social injustice for them to fight. Therefore, 11 white […]
Boredom and Suffering and Safety and Liberty
By Nicky Reid aka Comrade Hermit Exile in Happy Valley I’m not going to lie to you, dearest motherfuckers. My life is kind of a dumpster fire right now. In fact, it’s been kind of a dumpster fire for the last few years. Even aside from my clinical […]
Keith Preston: US unwilling to give up Afghanistan with eye on minerals
Press TV. Watch here. The United States is seeking to continue military presence in Afghanistan to pave the way for pursuing American interests in the war-torn country, says a commentator. At the end of a four-day summit in Afghanistan’s capital Kabul, Loya Jirga (grand tribal council) demanded the […]
Keith Preston: US pursuing regime-change policy in Iran
Press TV. Listen here. The United States is pursuing a regime-change policy in Iran by exerting military and economic pressure and covert operations, according to American political analyst Keith Preston. Iran reiterated on Wednesday that chances that American and Iranian forces could engage in clashes in the Persian Gulf, or any other region, were high .
US military spending up for first time in 7 years
Keith Preston: Trump keeping Saudi Arabia close to serve Big Oil interests
Press TV. Listen here. US President Donald Trump’s close ties with Saudi Arabia are aimed at serving Big Oil by keeping the global petroleum market stable. Speaking to Press TV on Sunday, Keith Preston, the Virginia-based director of Attackthesystem.com, said Trump’s recent remarks that he made Saudi King […]
Getting It
This piece by Lind could almost be a left-libertarian or left-anarchist analysis EXCEPT the cultural divide is so vast as to be unbridgeable. By William S. Lind Traditional Right The Left has adopted the word “woke” to describe people who have accepted the ideology of cultural Marxism and […]
A False God Fails
Apparently, Bill Lind has become an anarcho-Monarchist in the tradition of Tolkien, Erik von Kuehnelt-Leddihn, or Hans Hermann Hoppe. By William S. Lind Traditional Right As Great Britain moves towards its independence day, i.e., Brexit, a false god is failing: the god named “democracy”. Prime Minister Theresa May, […]
Trans-Tribalism or: Why Traditionalists Should Stop Worrying and Embrace the Queer Revolution
By Nicky Reid aka Comrade Hermit Exile in Happy Valley I like conservatives. Not all conservatives. Not the bomb bomb bomb bomb bomb Iran kind or the endangered white male victim kind. But the Traditionalist kind. The Old Right, Paleolibertarian, fuck-you-mind-your-own-damn-business kind. I like people like Bill Kaufman, […]
No longer the Kurdish Question, but the Kurdish Alternative
By Dr. Hawzhin Azeez No longer the Kurdish Question, but the Kurdish Alternative – Hawzhin Azeez It is either a fallacy, or a pure symbolic violence, to continue to assume the “Kurdish Question” as unresolved. For scholars, policy experts and political bureaucrats the Kurdish Question, with its complex […]
Why Anarchists and Libertarians Can’t Get Along
A reader writes: “Very thought-provoking posts today, Keith (and great talk with Antony from the other day, on the state as aberration). I agree that it’s a shame how wide the gap is between lefty anarchists and an-caps (and each camp’s fellow travelers). My feeling is a lot […]
The First Worldism of the Black Panther Movie and Black Americans
An interesting take on First World/bourgeois identity politics. This is more or less my long-held position on these questions as well.
The American Victim Complex: An age-old tradition
A great takedown of victimology and the oppression olympics, Left and Right.
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