- ● Remembering Stephen F. Cohen: Katrina vanden Heuvel on life and love with eminent Russia scholarKatrina vanden Heuvel on the life and legacy of her late husband Stephen F. Cohen, the eminent historian who shaped the field of Russia studies and bravely challenged the New Cold War. Stephen F. Cohen, the eminent historian who helped shape the field of Russia studies and bravely exposed the... Read more »
- Right-wing Bolivian protesters refuse to accept election lossThe Grayzone reported from a opposition protest in La Paz, Bolivia, where right-wing activists said they would refuse to let the Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) party take power after winning the October 18 election, shouting vulgar chants and alleging fraud. Video shot by Max Blumenthal and Wyatt Reed Video edited... Read more »
- Draft debacle: Bellingcat smears OPCW whistleblower, journalists with false letter, farcical claimsBellingcat claimed to have uncovered a letter that disproves OPCW inspectors and journalists who challenged the censorship of a Syria chemical weapons probe. But in one of many falsehoods, Bellingcat’s “letter” was in fact only a draft that was never sent — and only further exposes the cover-up. Bellingcat, the... Read more »
- Bolivia calls to investigate OAS for fraud and coup: Interview with Evo’s Foreign Minister Diego ParyThe Grayzone briefly spoke with Bolivia’s former foreign minister under Evo Morales, Diego Pary Rodríguez. He called for an investigation into the OAS for fraud and backing a coup, rejected Juan Guaidó, and expressed solidarity with Palestine. By Anya Parampil and Ben Norton We spoke with Bolivia's former foreign minister... Read more »
- How a key Pentagon official turned China policy over to arms industry and Taiwan supportersThe “Fortress Taiwan” arms deal overseen by ex-Assistant Secretary of Defense Randall Schriver is one of the most provocative U.S. moves against China in years – and a big win for his think tank’s arms industry and Taiwanese patrons. When the United States finalized a set of seven arms sales... Read more »
The Grayzone
- FINKELSTEIN TO SUE CAMPAIGN AGAINST ANTISEMITISM FOR … ANTISEMITISM. “I am Jewish,” he said as a Proud Jew. “But the CAA didn’t mention my name until page 50. That’s an outrage! Anything a Jew says or does should be in the first paragraph of the first page of any report, even if it’s on Climate Change!”{{unknown}}https://order-order.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Complaint_letter_to_Keir_Starmer_and_David_Evans.pdf The post FINKELSTEIN TO SUE CAMPAIGN AGAINST ANTISEMITISM FOR … ANTISEMITISM. “I am Jewish,” he said as a Proud Jew. “But the CAA didn’t mention my name until page 50. That’s an outrage! Anything a Jew says or does should be in the first paragraph of the first page... Read more »
- Here’s what the London Jewish Chronicle wrote when The Holocaust Industry was published in 2000: “His allegations that some people are getting fat off the business sounds plausible and, if he is prepared to back it up, worth saying.” These Book Burners are now whistling a different tune.
Labour’s Angela Rayner apologises for calling controversial Holocaust book a ‘seminal’ work She ‘regrets’ choice of quote and calls it ‘a genuine misunderstanding’ Getty Images Labour’s shadow education secretary has apologised for calling the controversial book The Holocaust Industry a “seminal” work, after it provoked outrage in the Jewish community. Angela Rayner made... Read more » - 2:22 / 3:21 NORMAN FINKELSTEIN on The ‘Anti-Semite Corbyn’ ClaimsThe post 2:22 / 3:21 NORMAN FINKELSTEIN on The ‘Anti-Semite Corbyn’ Claims appeared first on Norman G. Finkelstein.... Read more »
- FRANCE’S WAHABI SECULARISTS (READ THE WHOLE ARTICLE, IT’S VERY INFORMATIVE)
Dear Professor, I hope everything is fine with you. I just read your piece on Freedom of Speech & Holocaust Denial. It was like a breath of fresh air in the putrid atmosphere choking us around here. I don’t think you follow the situation in France, but things are crazier... Read more » - THE ONE AND ONLYThe post THE ONE AND ONLY appeared first on Norman G. Finkelstein.... Read more »
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- VideoGuardian-Friendly Omissions – ‘This Land’ By Owen JonesIn his latest book, ‘This Land – The Story of a Movement’ (Penguin, ebook version, 2020), the Guardian’s Owen Jones charts the rise and fall of Jeremy Corbyn. Jones depicts Corbyn as a ‘scruffy,’ (p.8), →... Read more »
- Video‘None Of It Reported’: How Corporate Media Buried The Assange TrialOne of the most imposing features of state-corporate propaganda is its incessant, repetitive nature. Over and over again, the ‘mainstream’ media have to convince the public that ‘our’ government prioritises the health, welfare and livelihoods →... Read more »
- VideoThe ‘War Against Us’ – The Battle of Britain And Steve Richards On ‘The Prime Ministers’We can report that the skies over South East England have been swarming with Spitfires and Hurricanes this month. Is there a war on? Well, yes. In 1991, the historian Howard Zinn described the two →... Read more »
- Video‘Absolute And Arbitrary Power’: Killing Extinction Rebellion And Julian AssangeThe use and misuse of George Orwell’s truth-telling is so widespread that we can easily miss his intended meaning. For example, with perfect (Orwellian) irony, the BBC has a statue of Orwell outside Broadcasting House, →... Read more »
- Video‘A Perpetual Motion Machine Of Killing’: Alleged Cover-Up Of Civilians Murdered By UK Special Forces In Iraq And AfghanistanOn August 1, a rare in-depth investigative piece appeared on the BBC News website based on credible and serious allegations that UK Special Forces had executed unarmed civilians in Afghanistan. The BBC article was produced →... Read more »
Media Lens
- BREAKING: Jeremy Corbyn SUSPENDED from the Labour Party
The former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has been suspended from the Labour Party pending investigation following the release of the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) report into antisemitism earlier today. The party said that it had taken the decision following Mr Corbyn’s official response to the EHRC report, in... Read more » - Tory Campaign Manager WALKS FREE after being convicted of 16 counts of Electoral Fraud
A Conservative Party Election Agent has been allowed to avoid jail after being convicted of 16 counts of electoral fraud yesterday at Southwark Crown Court in London. In the run-up to the 2018 Local Elections, Diana Danescu, 28, falsely posed as both Labour and Green Party affiliates in an attempt... Read more » - Merseyside pub sparks hilarity after installing anti-Tory sign and rebranding as “The Three Bellends”
A pub owner in New Brighton, Wirral, has become so frustrated at the new government restrictions placed on the region that he has rebranded his pub to “The Three Bellends” in honour of three high-ranking Tory figures. The pub used to be called The James Atherton, named after the founder... Read more » - HMRC allows Dominic Cummings to DODGE £30,000-£50,000 worth of unpaid Council Tax
H MRC have made the astonishing decision to write-off at least £30,000 worth of unpaid Council Tax for the Prime Minister’s Senior Advisor, Dominic Cummings. An investigation conducted by the Valuation Office Agency (VOA) – an official executive agency of HMRC employing more than 3,600 staff – found that Cummings... Read more » - Keir Starmer facing major rebellion after saying Labour should abstain on ‘Licence to Kill’ bill even if unamended
Keir Starmer is facing his first major rebellion as Labour leader after revealing that he does not want the party to oppose a widely-criticised and extremely controversial piece of Tory legislation, even if it remains unamended at third reading. The Covert Human Intelligence Sources Bill (CHIS) – otherwise known as... Read more »
Evolve Politics
- ● Undercover with the US conservatives who trained Mike PenceThis is how the architects of America’s culture wars are trying to export their tactics to Europe.... Read more »
- What the US election means for Puerto Rico's fight for democracy and dignityPuerto Rican's have much to gain and much to lose on 3 November.... Read more »
- COVID shows that the military-industrial complex can’t keep us safeIncompetence aside, establishment concepts of security plus the neoliberal dismemberment of the state leave us poorly protected from pandemics.... Read more »
- Revealed: Trump’s top lawyer funds Putin-linked religious lobbyists in RussiaJay Sekulow’s group has donated $3.3 million to a Russian evangelical organisation with close ties to the Kremlin, an openDemocracy and Mother Jones investigation reveals.... Read more »
- Bob Peoples: ‘We need change in the whole democratic system’A legend of the Appalachian Trail calls on his generation to hand over power.... Read more »
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- ● Israel Is Rushing Settlement Expansion in Fear of a Biden Presidency. They Have Nothing to Worry About.
Earlier this month, Israel’s Civil Administration High Planning Council convened after an eight-month hiatus to approve more than 4,900 new settlement units in the West Bank. The majority of these are located in settlements that would probably be evacuated in the (unlikely) event of a peace agreement, including militant communities... Read more » - Why Do Americans Put up With Their Wildly Undemocratic Political System?
For a country that loves to proclaim itself the embodiment of democracy, the United States doesn’t have very much of it. This was the case even before Americans elected a president who’s shown no scruples about violating the most basic tenets of liberal democracy, from continuous vocal support for voter... Read more » - Poland’s Pro-Choice Protests Are Radicalising a Generation
Thousands of people took to the streets last week after Poland’s top court passed a ruling to outlaw nearly all abortions. Since then, demonstrations have spread across the country, with hundreds of thousands of women and their allies marching across towns and cities, blocking roads, defacing monuments and clashing with... Read more » - The Fallout
A day after Keir Starmer threw a grenade into the Labour Party by suspending Corbyn, what do we now know about how MPs, unions and members will respond? With Michael Walker and Aaron Bastani.... Read more » - What Next for Lebanon’s Left?
Almost a year to the day since Lebanon’s “October revolution” forced the resignation of prime minister Saad Hariri, a group of beleaguered revolutionaries again marched through the streets of Beirut last week – this time protesting Hariri’s inevitable reappointment. Facing antagonism by pro-Hariri counter-protesters, the march was redirected by the... Read more »
Novara Media
- The Campus Thought Police: Faux Outrage, Intimidation, and the Threat to Free Speech
There’s a long history of faux outrage in reactionary U.S. media regarding the alleged threat of “leftist propaganda” in higher education. It’s common to hear laments on the right against “cultural Marxists” in the academy who indoctrinate America’s youth and poison their minds. And far-right media have developed a tried-and-true... Read more » - Roaming Charges: High Anxiety
If you want to finally destroy the electoral college, you should hope that Biden somehow manages to lose the popular vote, because of voter suppression or court rulings prematurely stopping vote counting in some states, but narrowly prevails in the electoral college. It will be gone before Amy Coney Barrett... Read more » - Make a Plan to Resist
Nearly two and a half centuries since its founding, the United States, self-described homeland and headquarters of democracy, does not select its top elected official, the president, on the basis of a national popular vote. The Electoral College, devised by slave-owning constitutional framers for whom democracy was the ultimate nightmare,... Read more » - The Orwellian Ironies of the So-Called Labour Party
Anthony Charles Lynton Blair is one of the most ghoulish figures in the annals of ambition and mass-murder. In Shakespeare’s Macbeth, the Scottish thane was slowly and mentally unravelled by the fact that he had directly and physically participated in the crime which would lead to his damnation, but Blair's civilised,... Read more » - How Venezuela Has Held Back COVID-19 in Spite of the U.S. Sanctions Stranglehold on Its Economy
Not for one minute during this pandemic has the United States stopped trying to overthrow the government of Nicolás Maduro in Venezuela. A seam of cruelty runs through U.S. policy, which by its sanctions regime prevents Venezuela from open trade of its oil to import key medical equipment to help... Read more »
CounterPunch.org
- Πτωχευτικός Νόμος Μητσοτάκη: Το 1ο Πολυνομοσχέδιο του 5ου Μνημονίου – Ομιλία στη ΒουλήΑπό καταβολής κοινωνιών, σημασία είχε ποιος χρώσταγε τι σε ποιον και τι βία μπορούσε ο πιστωτής να ασκήσει πάνω στον υπερχρεωμένο ώστε να του πάρει αυτά που έκρινε ότι είχε λαμβάνειν. Πράγματι, κάθε σχέση εξουσίας, κάθε κοινωνική σύγκρουση πλούσιων-φτωχών και εξουσιαστών-εξουσιαζόμενων ανέκαθεν έκρυβε πίσω της τη σύγκρουση πιστωτών-οφειλετών. Το Πτωχευτικό... Read more »
- Discussing ANOTHER NOW and Europe’s post-pandemic future with Pat Kenny on Dublin’s Newstalk radioYou may listen to this interview from Newstalk’s site or on Spotify below ... Read more »
- ANOTHER NOW reviewed by Luke McCarthy in The MonthlyPolitics in a time of pandemic are grim. In the face of such global catastrophe, one that has only exacerbated the extractive, sclerotic nature of our existing economy, those on the left are burdened with the question: is there an alternative? And, if there is, how can we get there?... Read more »
- How worried should Americans be about public debt? My debate with Todd G. Buchholz on pairagraph.comHow worried should Americans (indeed the rest of the world too) be about public debt. In this running exchange Todd G. Buchholz, White House director of economic policy for President George H.W. Bush, financier and author, and Yanis Varoufakis, academic economist, parliamentarian and author, answer the question. Invited to do... Read more »
- H Θεωρία των 2 Άκρων ξεπλένει την Χρεοδουλοπαροικία, Φιάσκο στα Ελληνοτουρκικά & το Στίγμα του ΜέΡΑ25 – Συνέντευξη στο tvxs.gr“Nέα Δημοκρατία και ΚΙΝΑΛ οικειοποιούνται την δικαστική απόφαση και, παράλληλα, χρησιμοποιούν την Θεωρία των δύο άκρων για να ξεπλύνουν τον φασισμό» λέει ο γραμματέας του ΜέΡΑ25 Γιάνης Βαρουφάκης μιλώντας στο tvxs.gr, σχολιάζοντας επίσης πως ο ΣΥΡΙΖΑ αρνείται καν να αναφερθεί στην χρεοδουλοπαροικία που εκκόλαψε και εκκολάπτει το αυγό του φιδιού... Read more »
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- ● Research keeps ignoring disabled People of Colour. But we exist too.
Disabled People of Colour are being left out of conversations on disability rights. It’s happening in government reports and even in reports from charities. … Read more By Maryam Jameela... Read more » - ● Even the boss of the Police Federation is slating the government’s coronavirus communicationsIt is not the first time communications have been criticised during the pandemic. By The Canary... Read more »
- People are questioning whether the BBC’s ban on supporting campaigns includes the red poppyBBC staff might be banned from attending Pride events and ‘virtue signalling’ because of confusing new rules on staff conduct. People are now asking … Read more By Joe Glenton... Read more »
- The government has handed £66m in interest to banks for taxpayer-backed coronavirus loansThe payments come as bank bosses are pushing for the Bank of England to allow them to hand out dividends to shareholders. By The Canary... Read more »
- As the EU votes to ‘massacre nature’, rainforest communities find a trailblazing way to protect it
The EU parliament came under fire recently for approving a Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) that critics say will “massacre nature”. ⚠️MEPs just voted for … Read more By Tracy Keeling... Read more »
The Canary
- Revelling in the new FF-FG v Nphet rivalry - Independent.ieRevelling in the new FF-FG v Nphet rivalry Independent.ie... Read more »
- Panicking politicians, pound-shop messiahs - Independent.iePanicking politicians, pound-shop messiahs Independent.ie... Read more »
- ESB puts us in Dark Ages - Independent.ieESB puts us in Dark Ages Independent.ie... Read more »
- Whiskey not the cure for soured relations - Independent.ieWhiskey not the cure for soured relations Independent.ie... Read more »
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"gene kerrigan opinion" - Google News
- ● Trump beats the odds again?
This blog first appeared as a column. in the Andersonstown News Sometimes I have flashbacks. I come downstairs, switch on the radio and hear the news that Donald Trump has won the US presidential election. The night before, I’d watched pundit after pundit on CNN explain how if by some miracle Trump climbed over Obstacle A, he’d still be... Read more » - ● HAROLD EVANS, BLOODY SUNDAY AND WIDGERY POKERY
The Headline is my own. The text below is of an email sent me in November 2011 by Eamon Dyas,( former Head of Archives with News International) PART ONE “It was under Harold Evans’s editorship that the SUNDAY TIMES Insight team undertook such a thorough investigation of the Bloody Sunday... Read more » - PAT + JUDE TALK ABOUT STARMER AND CORBYN, £10,000 LANDING IN AN ACCOUNT, AND HALLOWEEN
Is Jeremy Corbyn a hang-over from a Labour past that’s truly past its sell-by date, or is he a socialist who therefore doesn’t fit into modern Labour? And that £10,000 grant that erroneously was sent to the account of quite a few people: if it happened to you, would you pay it back? Finally, Halloween – was it a daft inflation of an ancient feast, or just Derry people having a bit of fun and attracting tourists as well? Pat and I cover all the bases… The post PAT + JUDE TALK ABOUT STARMER AND CORBYN, £10,000 LANDING IN AN ACCOUNT, AND HALLOWEEN appeared first on Jude Collins.... Read more » - Good knight Sir Keir casts Corbyn into the night
So Jeremy Corbyn has been suspended from the Labour Party he led until a short time ago. He was ejected, not because he said he thought anti-Semitism was a good thing, or that he denied the existence of anti-Semitism in the Labour Party. He was dumped because he said that,... Read more » - Today’s Irish Times: a colonel and a columnist
There are two interesting pieces in this morning’s Irish Times. The first is a letter from a retired Irish colonel, in which he advances a proposal in some ways as radical as Jonathan Swift’s Modest Proposal, when he argued that poor Irish people should be allowed to sell their babies... Read more »
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- ● Fintan O’Toole: Defeat for Donald Trump will shape our world - The Irish TimesFintan O’Toole: Defeat for Donald Trump will shape our world The Irish Times... Read more »
- ● Fintan O’Toole: What is at stake when the US votes on Tuesday? Almost everything - The Irish TimesFintan O’Toole: What is at stake when the US votes on Tuesday? Almost everything The Irish Times... Read more »
- Fintan O’Toole: Knock-knock joke on house parties is a Covid charade - The Irish TimesFintan O’Toole: Knock-knock joke on house parties is a Covid charade The Irish Times... Read more »
- Fintan O’Toole: Donald Trump’s campaign has a joyful new message – ‘I’m alive!’ - The Irish TimesFintan O’Toole: Donald Trump’s campaign has a joyful new message – ‘I’m alive!’ The Irish Times... Read more »
- David McWilliams: Lockdown decision makers still get paid. Those they shut down do not - The Irish TimesDavid McWilliams: Lockdown decision makers still get paid. Those they shut down do not The Irish Times... Read more »
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- Changes that Would Make a Difference in the Biden AdministrationI’m not going to get too into mapping out an agenda for the Biden administration. I still remember speaking at the zombie conferences (stealing that line from my friend, Josh Bivens) in November and December of 2016. We had all sorts of great plans for the Clinton administration. But there... Read more »
- Donald Trump and Jair Bolsonaro Plot to Get Brazilians KilledIt’s not normal for a president of the United States to make plans with the president of an allied country that is likely to get tens of thousands of people in that country killed. But we’re not talking about ordinary presidents, we’re talking about Donald Trump and Jair Bolsonaro. The... Read more »
- Washington Post Reports on How Top Execs at Bankrupt Companies Get Large BonusesThe Post had a nice piece reported on how the top executives of major companies that went into bankruptcy were able to get large bonuses. As the piece points out, the bonuses are not tied to performance outcomes, like getting the companies out of bankruptcy in a specific time frame.... Read more »
- Yet Another Diatribe on Patent Monopolies and How They Are Not Talked About in Polite CompanyI had a short vacation last week, so my comments are both late and short. I will yet again take a shot at patent monopolies as a mechanism for financing the development of prescription drugs. This is because it is in the news, both with Purdue Pharma’s settlement in the... Read more »
- Red State Governors Still Flunk Coronavirus Testing
A few weeks back I did a post noting that states governed by Republicans had the highest positive test rates, while the states with the lowest positive rates were mostly governed by Democrats. I argued that positive test rates are a good measure of how serious the governors are in... Read more »
Beat the Press – Center for Economic and Policy Research
- ● Are Corporations Legitimate Institutions | Noam Chomsky
Noam Chomsky QUOTES ~ARTICLES ~ VIDEO ~ BOOKSAvram Noam Chomsky[a] (born December 7, 1928) is an American linguist, philosopher, cognitive scientist, historian,[b][c] social critic, and political activist. Sometimes called "the father of modern linguistics",[d] Chomsky is also a major figure in analytic philosophy and one of the founders of the field of cognitive science. He holds a joint appointment as Institute Professor Emeritus at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Laureate Professor... Read more » - Dictatorship of the Proletariat |Noam Chomsky vs. Michel Foucault
Noam Chomsky QUOTES ~ARTICLES ~ VIDEO ~ BOOKSAvram Noam Chomsky[a] (born December 7, 1928) is an American linguist, philosopher, cognitive scientist, historian,[b][c] social critic, and political activist. Sometimes called "the father of modern linguistics",[d] Chomsky is also a major figure in analytic philosophy and one of the founders of the field of cognitive science. He holds a joint appointment as Institute Professor Emeritus at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Laureate Professor... Read more » - President Donald Trump: The 60 Minutes 2020 Election Interview
President Donald Trump: The 60 Minutes 2020 Election InterviewIn an interview that's made headlines this week, Lesley Stahl presses President Trump on once-again rising coronavirus cases and what his priorities would be if re-elected. Stahl also speaks with Mr. Trump's running mate, Vice President Mike Pence. https://cbsn.ws/3mhiSZKSubscribe to the 60... Read more » - Varoufakis: "We'll do whatever it takes to turn the tables on those who're killing Assange" | DiEM25
Yanis Varoufakis, DiEM25 co-founder and MeRA25 MP, exclusive statement after testifying against the company hired to spy on Julian Assange (October 27, 2020).Read more: https://diem25.org/yanis-varoufakis-t...... Read more » - The First 9_11 | Noam Chomsky
Noam Chomsky QUOTES ~ARTICLES ~ VIDEO ~ BOOKSAvram Noam Chomsky[a] (born December 7, 1928) is an American linguist, philosopher, cognitive scientist, historian,[b][c] social critic, and political activist. Sometimes called "the father of modern linguistics",[d] Chomsky is also a major figure in analytic philosophy and one of the founders of the field of cognitive science. He holds a joint appointment as Institute Professor Emeritus at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Laureate Professor... Read more »
Free willl
- Changes that Would Make a Difference in the Biden AdministrationI’m not going to get too into mapping out an agenda for the Biden administration. I still remember speaking at the zombie conferences (stealing that line from my friend, Josh Bivens) in November and December of 2016. We had all sorts of great plans for the Clinton administration. But there... Read more »
- Donald Trump and Jair Bolsonaro Plot to Get Brazilians KilledIt’s not normal for a president of the United States to make plans with the president of an allied country that is likely to get tens of thousands of people in that country killed. But we’re not talking about ordinary presidents, we’re talking about Donald Trump and Jair Bolsonaro. The... Read more »
- Record 33.1 Percent Surge Still Leaves GDP 3.5 Percent Below Pre-Pandemic Level
The trade deficit reached a record in the third quarter. GDP grew at a record 33.1 percent annual rate, as the economy bounced back from the pandemic-driven shutdowns in the second quarter. However, even with this record growth, the economy was still 3.5 percent below its pre-pandemic level. If we... Read more » - Note to Biden: A President Can Do a Lot Even Without the SenateThe American Prospect See article on original site For almost four years, the breathtaking cruelty, mismanagement, and corruption of the Trump administration have kept the pundits yapping, the printing presses running, angry congressional letters flying, and the Twittersphere ablaze. Depending on the results of next Tuesday’s election, however, Joe Biden... Read more »
- How BlackRock is on Track to Infiltrate a Biden AdministrationAlterNet CounterPunch See article on original site The Democratic base, still scarred from the 2016 election, is frantic not to count its chickens before they hatch. But Wall Street and corporate America have no such qualms. As Joe Biden leads in national polls and swing states, the most powerful firms... Read more »
Center for Economic and Policy Research
- Right Wing Round-Up: Perdue Chickens OutBen Collins and Brandy Zadrozny @ NBC News: How a fake persona laid the groundwork for a Hunter Biden conspiracy deluge. Matt Gertz and Zachary Pleat @ Media Matters: Rudy Giuliani on Twitter’s Jack Dorsey: “Put him in jail” over handling of Hunter Biden story. Colby Hall @ Mediaite: Trump... Read more »
- Right Wing Bonus Tracks: Trump’s Inhuman CriticsAfter heaping praise on President Donald Trump, Franklin Graham claims that he’s “not telling people who to vote for, but I certainly am encouraging people to pray about who to vote for—and to pray for this president with so many in the media and the progressive, socialist-leaning left doing everything... Read more »
- Far-Right and White Supremacist Groups Are Training for Violence in the US
Earlier this week, Buzzfeed reported that Patriot Front, a three-year-old a white supremacist group labeled “one of the most active hate groups in the United States,” is actively training in preparation for violence following the upcoming presidential elections. The group, which was created in the aftermath of the 2017 melée in Charlottesville... Read more » - Trump ‘Prophet’ Lance Wallnau Uses QAnon Rhetoric To Promote Preelection Spiritual Warfare Rally
Trump-supporting “prophetic” personality Lance Wallnau will host a preelection “prayer assault” and spiritual warfare rally on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., this weekend. Wallnau’s advocacy on behalf of Trump has earned him insider status at the White House. Wallnau, a promoter of Seven Mountains Dominionist theology, is a member of... Read more » - VideoHey, Washington Post: Trump ‘Prophet’ Frank Amedia Is Not a Voice of Reason and UnityCommentary Former Trump campaign adviser Frank Amedia, a pro-Trump “prophet,” is the founder of POTUS Shield, a network of dominionist religious leaders created to wage spiritual warfare on behalf of President Donald Trump. While Right Wing Watch covers Amedia regularly, he does not get much mainstream media coverage. It was... Read more »
Right Wing Watch
- Trump’s Broken Promises to U.S. Factory WorkersBack in 2016, while campaigning for president, Donald Trump discovered a useful tactic for drawing the votes of disgruntled blue-collar workers: denouncing the loss of U.S. manufacturing jobs and promising to restore them. At a rally in hard-hit Ohio, he assailed the Democrats and assured his listeners that he would... Read more »
- Latest UN report on Venezuela is not remotely honest (Part 2)On September 15, UN investigators ( the so called “Mission”) published a 411 page report about the human rights situation in Venezuela.[1] Part 1 of my analysis of the report focused on its gross dishonesty about opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez. The Mission reviewed his career since 2000 but never mentioned... Read more »
- Most Germans Want US Military to Leave the CountryUnlike their elected riulers, most Germans don’t want to be part of the nuclear ‘theater’ Trump, once again doing the right thing for the wrong reasons, wants to pull US troops out of Germany because Germany doesn’t spend enough on “defence”. The German population tend to like it but don’t... Read more »
- Difference, Free Speech and Universal ValuesThe proposed hate crime clauses of the Scottish Crime Bill are being redrawn because of claims they will criminalize ‘legitimate acts of expression’. Climbdown on the Scottish Hate Crime Bill: a small setback for those who believe that attacking freedom of speech is the way to deal with prejudice and... Read more »
- Memories of Voter SuppressionBack in July 1962, when, according to Donald Trump, America was “great,” I was in the Deep South, working to register Black voters. It was a near-hopeless project, given the mass disenfranchisement of the region’s Black population that was enforced by Southern law and an occasional dose of white terrorism.... Read more »
Z Blogs
- The President, the Pandemic & the ElectionThe urgent problem of overcoming the existential crises—global warming, nuclear war, pandemics—has to be done within the general framework of existing institutions. We can improve them. But you won’t be able to overcome them in the relevant time frame... Read more »
- Trump Is Willing to Dismantle Democracy to Hold On to PowerInterview on the national and international significance of Trump’s refusal to commit to a “peaceful transition to power” and his reliance on conspiracy theories... Read more »
- Internationalism or ExtinctionPI Council Member Noam Chomsky’s keynote speech at the Progressive International’s inaugural summit.... Read more »
- The train wreck of the 2020 US electionInterview on the 2020 US election, the state of humanity, the breakdown of democracy, the rise of conspiracy theories, the prosecution of Julian Assange, the role of satire – and what helps to keep him going amidst all this... Read more »
- “The fate of humanity hangs in the balance”The means to manage the crisis are available. But not for long. One primary task of the Progressive International is to ensure that we all panic now — and act accordingly.... Read more »
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- Can a Biden presidency solve the Global South’s climate struggles?
In an interview with The Real News, author and academic David Orr says the Global North has a moral obligation to assist the developing world in confronting global warming—And Biden’s presidency could be the last chance to do so. The post Can a Biden presidency solve the Global South’s climate... Read more » - Kentucky lawmaker, co-author of ‘Breonna’s Law,’ talks about her arrest after protest
Attica Scott was arrested in September on first degree felony charges. The post Kentucky lawmaker, co-author of ‘Breonna’s Law,’ talks about her arrest after protest appeared first on The Real News Network.... Read more » - VideoElection 2020: The final countdown
The race for the White House is important, but it's the Senate races that could determine whether we're headed towards a dictatorship. The post Election 2020: The final countdown appeared first on The Real News Network.... Read more » - Bankers stole millions. He defied a cop. Guess who went to jail?
The settlement between Goldman Sachs for stealing hundreds of millions compared to the treatment of Blind Justice an activist for the disabled who refused to provide ID to a cop illustrates the vast gap between justice for the rich and everyone else. The post Bankers stole millions. He defied a... Read more » - Ganstagrass’ album ‘No Time for Enemies’ is a companion to their activism
Few organizations look to inspire young voters by examining the intersection of culture and politics. Brian E. Farrow’s band Gangstagrass, an unlikely fusion of hip-hop and bluegrass, is looking to change that for the 2020 election with their Get Out the Vote campaign. The post Ganstagrass’ album ‘No Time for... Read more »
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- Radical roundup: 10 stories that got missedLeft Foot Forward's roundup of the progressive news you might have missed so far this week.... Read more »
- Hugo Pierre: Unison should back candidates who challenge pro-cuts Labour councillorsPierre is backed by the Socialist Party.... Read more »
- Prem Sikka: Gambling inflicts misery – we need more regulationCredit card gambling has been banned - but we must go further.... Read more »
- The Home Office’s ‘migrant camps’ put asylum-seekers at riskThe Welsh government say the camps don't meet basic human needs.... Read more »
- Fact checkers: Australia-style deal isn’t the same as a Mongolia-style one…it’s worse!Mongolian exporters get tariff-free access to the EU, UK businesses will not.... Read more »
Left Foot Forward
- "Let the People Pick the President": The Case for Abolishing the Electoral College
As Donald Trump and Joe Biden make their final campaign pushes in battleground states that could decide the election, we speak with author and journalist Jesse Wegmen about the case for abolishing the Electoral College system altogether and moving toward a national popular vote for electing the president. Two of... Read more » - Native American Voters Could Decide Key Senate Races While Battling Intense Voter Suppression
Native American voters could sway key Senate races in next week's election in Montana, North Carolina, Arizona and Maine. Investigative journalist Jenni Monet says that for many tribal citizens, the contest is not just about Democrats and Republicans. These voters "support those who understand their sovereignty," says Monet, who writes... Read more » - "Fighting for Democracy": Carol Anderson on Voter Suppression & Why Georgia Could Go Blue
As the 2020 campaign enters its final days, we go to Georgia, where two Senate seats are up for grabs and both Republican incumbents face stiff opposition. Joe Biden is also spending significant time in the state, which no Democratic presidential candidate has won since 1992. "Georgia is truly in... Read more » - Headlines for October 30, 2020U.S. Records Nearly 90,000 Daily Coronavirus Infections, a New Record, Trump Admin Cleared Nursing Homes Where 40,000 Died of COVID-19 of Infection-Control Violations, Trump and Biden Hold Competing Rallies in Battleground State of Florida, Pennsylvania On-Time Mail Delivery Plummets as Voters Cast Record Number of Mail-In Ballots , Family of Walter Wallace... Read more »
- Pandemic Poverty: The CARES Act Kept Millions from Going Hungry. Why Won't the Senate Renew It?
The massive $2 trillion CARES Act — which sent households one-time payments and boosted unemployment checks with an additional $600 a week through July — helped keep millions afloat, but more than 8 million people have been forced into poverty since the aid ended. "The relief was temporary, and much... Read more »
Democracy Now!
- VideoHow Our Politics Came Undone - Under Trump, our notion of shared truth has been shattered. In its place, monsters have swarmed.America’s fractured realities are now center stage. Just tour some of the major stories being spun through groomed algorithms into news feeds across the country: There’s the Tucker Carlson-fueled scandal claiming the Covid-19 virus was actually created in a laboratory in Wuhan, China, potentially for use as a “bioweapon.” Then... Read more »
- Rural Minnesota Is Getting Less White. Meet the Progressive Women Running to Make the Government Less White, Too. - Immigrants, come to work meatpacking and farm jobs, have rejuvenated Nobles County. These women aim to make sure they're represented.Nobles County, Minn.—Leticia Rodriguez, a longtime resident of rural Rushmore, Minn., is busy these days. She’s a mother, a grandmother, a nutrition educator and a community leader who provides translation services and other support to the area’s Spanish-speaking population. Rodriguez is also a first-time candidate for public office. She is... Read more »
- The Brazilian Caregivers Facing Longer Hours, Lower Pay and Compulsory Quarantine - How the pandemic is worsening conditions for the workers who care for Brazil's elderly.This story was originally published on NACLA.In March, Rosalia Alves’s workplace became her de facto home. The son and daughter of a couple in their late 80s and early 90s living in the northern Brazilian state of Tocantins needed a caregiver and Alves was looking for clients. With the surge... Read more »
- VideoLeft-Wing Groups Are Filling the Void Left By an "Invisible" Biden Campaign in Michigan - If Joe Biden wins Michigan, he’ll have these independent, grassroots groups to thank.In Michigan’s tight-knit world of progressive politics, the most interesting aspect of the presidential contest isn't the contest at all—at least not exactly. It certainly isn't the two contestants—one altogether underwhelming (Biden), the other a sociopathic scam artist (Trump). Instead, the most interesting story is unfolding across the wider landscape... Read more »
- VideoOur Politicians in Alabama Are Scapegoating Immigrants, But Workers Shouldn't Be Fooled - Republicans are trying to deflect attention from their own dismal records.Unions protect workers. More accurately and specifically, workers who build strong unions protect each other from the ruthless profit seeking of corporations and the callousness of politicians. And solidarity across lines of race, gender and immigration status is necessary for the building of strong unions. Yet, many politicians and pundits... Read more »
In These Times
- Odd Lots, BloombergAn interview on Odd Lots, Bloomberg In the wake of the Great Financial Crisis, you heard a lot of talk about the US becoming like Greece unless the budget deficit were brought under control. However, these warnings proved to be unfounded. That being said, there are risks of a different... Read more »
- Capitalism’s Charade ContinuesIn discussion alongside Steve Keen – always enlightening. Photo by Sigrid Wu on Unsplash The post Capitalism's Charade Continues first appeared on Michael Hudson.... Read more »
- Debt Deflation and the Neofeudal EmpireGrumbine 2020` Macro N Cheese – Episode 88 Michael Hudson (00:02): The money that you pay for debt service to a bank isn’t spent back into the economy. The bank bond holders are basically the 1% of the economy. They’re rich enough that they’re not going to take all this... Read more »
- Debt, Land and Money, From Polanyi to the New Economic ArchaeologyInspiration for The Great Transformation in the postwar monetary breakdown Karl Polanyi’s formative years in the aftermath of World War I were a period of monetary turmoil. The United States became a creditor nation for the first time, and demanded payment of the war debts that Keynes warned were unpayable... Read more »
- Vale David GraeberI’ve known David Graeber for over 15 years. After I published my third Harvard colloquium on Debt and Economic Renewal in the Ancient Near East, he contacted me to discuss the views of Karl Polanyi, as my group was in many ways the successor group to Polanyi’s at Columbia University... Read more »
Michael Hudson
- ● Should You Recycle Your Disposable Mask?This piece was originally published in High Country News and appears here as part of our Climate Desk Partnership. In March, Seattle was the epicenter of the COVID-19 pandemic, and the parents of Yooni Kim, a retail worker, were worried about her. They sent her a package of disposable masks, and... Read more »
- Decimals, Drama, and Hotel Transylvania: The Friday Before Halloween With One Fifth-Grader
The first thing I notice when I log on is Ms. Washington’s purple witch hat. Just a few Zoom squares away, there’s a background of a spooky Halloween scene, complete with a Jack-o-Lantern scarecrow and a glowing crescent moon. It’s festive and sweet, but far from the normal Friday before... Read more » - Everything Is About to Change Forever and Always: A Weekend Reading GuideFour years ago, on the Friday before the election, I had a party at a bar in New York to commemorate that the most crazy stressful bizarre election of our lives was finally about to be over. “We’ve almost made it through,” was the idea. Of course, a few days... Read more »
- Trump Just Told His Biggest Coronavirus Lie YetAs Americans head to the polls amid a massive surge in coronavirus cases and an increase in COVID-19 deaths, President Donald Trump is responding to the resurgent pandemic by brazenly lying about it. Campaigning around the country at rallies experts say are likely to spread the virus, Trump has taken... Read more »
- “I’ll Have People”: The Resistance Has a Plan to Stop Trump From Stealing the ElectionChris Stanley lives in the Villages, the sprawling retirement community in Central Florida that’s home to more than 115,000 of the nation’s over-55 set. At 56, she’s young by Villages standards. But as a veteran Democratic organizer who’s volunteered in every election since she was 18, she’s already found her... Read more »
Mother Jones
- Did Israel Use False Charges of Anti-Semitism to Bring Down Corbyn?
The post Did Israel Use False Charges of Anti-Semitism to Bring Down Corbyn? appeared first on Accuracy.Org.... Read more » - RCV in Maine Senate Race and Media Debate Exclusion"Lisa Savage, an Independent candidate for the U.S. Senate seat in Maine, is a 25-year retired public school teacher, climate change and peace activist in a Ranked Choice Voting election." The post RCV in Maine Senate Race and Media Debate Exclusion appeared first on Accuracy.Org.... Read more »
- VideoTucson Police Chief: Reformer or Serial Cover-up Artist? What Might Real Reform Be?Bernstein’s three-part expose, "Fatal Errors" examines Chief Magnus' record in the two cities where he held sway and scrutinizes his actions in two deadly cases where young Latino men died in custody when there was no justification for their deaths. The post Tucson Police Chief: Reformer or Serial Cover-up Artist?... Read more »
- Video”Counterpacking” the Supreme Court"Democrats must play hard ball. They should pledge that if Joe Biden wins the election and the Democrats assume control of the Senate, they will raise the number of members on the Supreme Court from 9 to 13." The post ”Counterpacking” the Supreme Court appeared first on Accuracy.Org.... Read more »
- * Nuclear Weapon Ban Treaty Enters into Force * Religious Freedom?"Fifty countries have ratified an international treaty to ban nuclear weapons, the United Nations has announced, allowing the 'historic' text to enter into force in 90 days." The post * Nuclear Weapon Ban Treaty Enters into Force * Religious Freedom? appeared first on Accuracy.Org.... Read more »
Accuracy.Org
- A Message From the Future II: The Years of RepairCan we imagine a better future? If we stop talking about what winning actually looks like, isn’t that the same as giving up?... Read more »
- I Fear Trump Will Exploit His COVID Infection to Further Destabilize the ElectionHe has done nothing but campaign for reelection since he became president... Read more »
- How Not to Lose the Lockdown GenerationLessons from the New Deal point the way forward in the era of Covid-19... Read more »
- Naomi Klein on Juice PodcastInterview on the lessons we're learning during this historic period, Bernie Sanders' presidential campaign, and why the liberals are going to get us all killed... Read more »
- Healthcare Industry Sees “Potential Bonanza” of ProfitsThe fact that a large sector of the economy, the healthcare industry, sees a potential bonanza here … that’s a win for them.”... Read more »
Posts
- Without TraceThe huge amount of public money spent on test and trace has been wasted by incompetent private contractors and executives, with devastating results. By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 21st October, 2020 If you are not incandescent with rage, you haven’t grasped the scale of what has been done... Read more »
- The State of ItThe government retreats for billionaires, while smashing down our doors. By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 14th October 2020 The question that divides left from right should no longer be “how big is the state?”, but “to whom should its powers be devolved?”. In his conference speech last week,... Read more »
- Commanding ViewThe BBC amplifies the voices of billionaires, and shuts down those who challenge them. By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 7th October 2020 They don’t want balance, they want possession. The oligarchs who own the newspapers will never accept the BBC, because it does not belong to them. However... Read more »
- The Tyranny of HopeWorld summits and politicians’ promises are not taking us closer to environmental salvation, but further away. By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian, 30th Septeember 2020 It’s the hope I can’t stand. Every few years, governments gather to make solemn promises about the action they will take to defend the... Read more »
- Be StillLet’s create communities from which we scarcely have to travel. By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 23rd September 2020 Could it be true? That this government will bring all sales of petrol and diesel cars to an end by 2030? That it will cancel all rail franchises and replace... Read more »
George Monbiot