This is great. Thanks.
This is great. Thanks.
I think most of us are indeed hoping for US imperial power to diminish, as it is historically, by far, the greatest impediment to any sort of left movement anywhere. And it’s not just leftism. It’s an impediment even to basic economic sovereignty. Russia is a good example. Not open enough to domination by US capital, therefore a US enemy, despite being otherwise fairly similar to the US politically. This can’t continue if any progress to be made.
It’s unfortunate that some of the countries successfully (at least partly) asserting their sovereignty against the US are doing so on strictly nationalist rather than leftist grounds, but that’s what we’ve got at the moment, and it offers at least a modicum of hope that US imperialism might also be resisted by more left wing states in the future.
Not going to get into anything about China because I suspect we have vastly different ideas about what is and is not true about China, and that’s another discussion entirely.
Jesus. What a perfect encapsulation of the entropy inherent in a system so allergic to central planning. It’d almost be funny if it wasn’t such nasty business.
I’ve seen a lot of takes lately about ISIS being essentially a US asset at this point. Tracks with what I know of US methods historically, but wondering if anybody has anything substantive or specific on this.
Optimistic take. I like it.
Yeah, all sounds about right. Was just hoping somebody had maybe already done the digging and written something up about it. Never really considered that with respect to AIPAC, but shit… makes sense.
Very interesting. I’ve heard this sort of thing mentioned recently but haven’t seen much in the way of specifics on the “recycling.” Any good reporting on this? Sure the Hudson interview below is good but something in print would be nice if you got anything.
I actually work with a millennial Disney adult Taylor swift fan. So I guess you’re onto something. I’m sure it will surprise you to learn that she’s also pretty into Harry Potter.
King Charlie will be fine. Joe Biden about to cure cancer any day now.
Lol. What the fuck are you even doing here?
You see, folks, Gaza is full of jafars…
If he somehow outlives “genocide joe” as a nickname, “earth rider” is a strong contender for its replacement. We can say shit like “ride on, earth rider” when he finally croaks. I guess he deserves worse, but it’s pretty fucking funny.
Are these kids Chinese agents, or Russian ones? I don’t know how to tell.
How about this one from wsj: “World Court Rejects Demand for Gaza Cease-Fire” That’s their main (only?) article about the ruling. Lol.
Honestly the main perk of the job for this one.
There was a socialist running in that UAW election. Think he probably got about a dozen votes, but I was happy to at least see that option on the ballot. Fain is definitely an improvement over the old guard at least.
Lol. I had the exact same thought. I finally started watching one of his videos yesterday after however many months of people referencing his analysis on here. After five minutes I looked at the length and was shocked to see he would be continuing for over an hour. Good god. Seemed… informative, but I promptly closed that window. No thank you, Alexander.
Much appreciation for anyone here with the time and attention span to watch these and sum them up for the rest of us. Truly a service.
Looks like a pretty good list from Vonnegut there. Just wanted to add that I believe Vincent bevin’s new book covers the Arab spring too, as an example of leaderless movements being co-opted or steered away from revolutionary paths, which I gather the book is largely about. I have not read it but plan to because Jakarta method was so good. It’s called “if we burn” I think.
Amazing.