Monday, May 6, 2024

Socialism’s self-criticism and real democracy

Whatever forms of government (including representative-electoral) coexist with class-divided economic systems, the hard reality is that one class rules the other.

US press horrified by Trump’s “shoot migrants in the legs” but ignores what Israeli...

The Jupiter-sized blind spot of US media managed to report without mentioning that this procedure, of shooting people massing on the border in the legs has over the past 18 months become the routine Israeli policy.

Desperate People, Hazardous Escapes

Conditions in some countries are so abysmal, its residents are deciding to flee their homelands for the possibility of opportunity and freedom. Unfortunately, upon arrival to the U.S., a ‘migrant detention center’ awaits them with horrible treatment.
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Michael Moore on Trump, 2020 & why “the old, angry white guy” doesn’t represent...

Moore, who supports Bernie Sanders, said Democrats can win if they focus on these voters and on bold proposals like Medicare for All.

ABC debate lowlights

Climate: ‘Let’s see if we can go really fast’
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Tell the FCC not to end net neutrality!

There’s still time. Please help stop this corporate power grab over what we can say and do online.

Progressive Briefing for Wednesday, July 11, 2018

Trump administration fails to meet reunification deadline for immigrant children, Neighbors call cops on 12-year-old black kid for delivering newspapers, Trump pardons Oregon ranchers, and more.

Obama Will Move to Expand Gun Control By Executive Order

The announcement is expected to come sometime before the annual State of the Union address.

Amped-up Age of Anxiety weaponized into Age of Nostalgia

Today, alas, confirms the truth of Pete Hamill’s quip, “The most powerful force in American politics is not anger, it's nostalgia.”