More than Mercenaries: The U.S. Police as the Crucible of Fascism
The U.S. and its junior partners are waging an increasingly bloody war on all fronts, in an attempt to bolster the decaying husk of capital.
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The Failing Banks and the Faith of the Masses
The U.S. economy is bleeding, it’s hurt. It’s stumbling along on stilted steps, and the Federal Reserve needs to keep up the faith. That’s how all this works, right? Faith that the slip of paper, or the mark on the computer, means you have money somewhere that will be honored when you try to take it out.
A Sham Trial — But Who Stands to Gain?
Trump is, of course, a slimy, stinking monster, but he’s by no means an extraordinary monster, and his personal stench, however foul, is, putting aside all pretenses, indistinguishable from the common stench of Capital.
Nashville: Exploiting a Tragedy, Fascists Take Aim at Transgender People
Transgender people are far more likely to be the victims of violent crimes […]
Dispossession in Portland
Portland, Oregon, has a reputation as a hub of “progressivism.” This reputation, however, is refuted by the history — and current realities — of the city; it is a mere […]
“Progressive” City Government Destroys Homeless Community of New Haven
Elicker strikes out as the representative of New Haven’s capitalists by unleashing New Haven’s vicious police on the encampment at Ella Grasso Boulevard.
Corporate Media Falsely Blames Shoplifting For Walmart Closures and Layoffs in Portland
Like all capitalist firms, Walmart Inc. exists for one reason, and one reason alone: to generate profits for its shareholders, especially the monopolist families who own the largest stakes. If one of its locations is “underperforming,” if it is failing to generate profits at an acceptably high rate, then the firm will dispassionately cut its losses and shutter its less-profitable stores
The White Left is Building Cop City
While mostly white “leftists” were inventing strategies based on missing analysis, there was an organization in the city doing all of this better: Community Movement Builders.
Farewell, Red Gardener
Red will tell you that he’s always been a soldier, but no matter what he says – he’s a gardener.
The Ruling Class Speaks
So, we have our outline for the final period of the Biden presidency: war, on every front; with enemies foreign and domestic, and between the ruling class and the working classes but with a concomitant peace: peace between the fractious and rebellious groups within the bourgeois ruling class, so they can present a united front. Well, let him draw his sword. We are forging ours.