Here we go again. Another crisis in a nation ruled by an unfriendly regime made worse by U.S. policy for the sake of running sanctions as prelude to military action. We’ve seen this movie before. The inconsistency of U.S. foreign … Continue reading
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The actual construction of a big, beautiful wall, along the entirety of the U.S./Mexican border, in concrete, steel, or whatever, sends a horrible message. That is the intention. It’s a metaphor of bigotry, not to mention ignorance. But such a … Continue reading
Every act gets old, and we will see the Pee Tape. At the start of Trump’s presidency, I predicted he would be gone in nine months, because he is such a defective individual. I was certainly vindicated on the latter … Continue reading
After publishing my “Send More People” piece in Jacobin, I decided I ought to offer a rebuttal to this junky essay by Angela Nagle on the purported ideological travesty of the “open borders left” (sic). By now this subject is … Continue reading
“It was wonderful to find America, but it would have been more wonderful to miss it”. – Mark Twain, The Tragedy of Pudd’nhead Wilson MaxSpeak Summary: Among Puritan Christian fundamentalists, the Pilgrims were treacherous, murderous swine. The Pilgrims made a … Continue reading
Now that debates are raging over Bernie Sanders’ proposal for a job guarantee, also known as an “employer of last resort” or ‘ELR’ policy, one bit of skepticism founded on apparent empirical evidence needs to be addressed. The evidence in … Continue reading
“The only thing worse than being exploited is not being exploited.” – Joan Robinson One of the purported benefits of a job guarantee is said to be the dignity it confers on otherwise unemployed people. Matt Bruenig is at pains … Continue reading
Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) has been growing by leaps and bounds. Of course, that is from a microscopic base, relative to national politics ‘in the large.’ And it is still small in that sense, but the volume and energy … Continue reading
Who? That would be Eduard Limonov, co-founder of Russia’s “National Bolshevik” Party. He is the subject of a fawning biography by the prolific French writer Emmanuel Carrére. “National Bolshevism” is an abortive fusion of communism and fascism that is really … Continue reading
(My most recent failure in online publishing. Wherein I tried to be fair and civil, to no avail.) Hillary Clinton is not apologizing and not going away. And why should she? She got damn close to being president of the … Continue reading