Is Democracy The Big Lie?
BY NICK PEMBERTON “I hate to break it to you, but there is no big lie. There is no system. The universe is indifferent.” —Donald Draper I very much enjoyed Anthony Dimaggio’s piece on January 6th […]
Category: Politics
U.S. Democracy Slides toward ‘Competitive Authoritarianism’: Washington Post
In competitive authoritarian regimes, formal democratic institutions are widely viewed as the principal means of obtaining and exercising political authority, Washington Post introduced its article, adding that Competitive authoritarianism is not only thriving but inching […]
Rep. Adam Schiff’s office asked Twitter to ban New York Post columnist Paul Sperry — Twitter Files
By Tom Parker | Reclaim The Net An internal Twitter email claims that the office of Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA), the Chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, requested that Twitter ban New York Post columnist Paul Sperry and others and […]
David Barsamian and Noam Chomsky, “Optimism of the will and the four horsemen of the apocalypse”
By: Tom Dispatch David Barsamian: What we are facing is often described as unprecedented — a pandemic, climate catastrophe and, always lurking off center stage, nuclear annihilation. Three of the four horsemen of the apocalypse. […]
Listen: The niqab and why it’s a danger to society
Mohamed El-Doufani writes: The proliferation of the Muslim veil, the niqab, and its variants is an indicator of the spread of a pernicious ideology propagated by the Muslim Brotherhood and other ultra-reactionary Salafists, and it should […]
Czech communist leader on the mass movement against Nato’s war
Josef Skála explains what is driving the huge protest movement that has rocked his country to its foundations. Josef Skála https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/1389874444&color=%23ff5500&inverse=false&auto_play=false&show_user=true The following interview with Josef Skála, vice-chairman of the Communist Party of Bohemia and […]
What is really meant by the demand for a ‘general election now’?
It is true that Rishi Sunak’s appointment was undemocratic. But what do those calling for his ousting really want? Proletarian writers https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/1400581972&color=%23ff5500&inverse=false&auto_play=false&show_user=true In an era of falling voter turnout and general political apathy, calls are […]
How Arab Parties Validate Nazi Apartheid
Chasing a Mirage: How Israel Arab Parties Validate Israeli Apartheid Yair Lapid (L), Naftali Bennett (C) and Mansour Abbas. (Photo: via Wikimedia Commons) By Ramzy Baroud Regardless of the outcome of the latest Israeli […]
Decolonization, Multipolarity, and the Demise of the Monroe Doctrine
indigenous, Indigenous Rights, Mapuche, Monroe Doctrine, Pink Tide, United States 17 min read William Camacaro, CaracasFrederick Mills, Washington DC * This article was originally published on COHA.org “It is no longer possible, in the case of America,to […]
Are Britain’s union bosses interested in helping their members fight back?
As the crisis deepens, the ruling class is looking far more determined than the unions, where lions continue to be led by loyal Labour donkeys. Proletarian writers https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/1389879244&color=%23ff5500&inverse=false&auto_play=false&show_user=true The decision of both the postal and […]