France and the Second Revolution
On Tuesday, June 27, 2023, French police in Nanterre, a suburb of Paris, murdered Naël Merzouk, a 17-year-old boy of Algerian-Moroccan descent, in cold blood.
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Capital is the Mayor of Cop City
The new city council was touted to be younger and more “ideologically progressive” than previous iterations. But the vote tally in favor of doubling funding for Cop City was 11-4, with eight of the eleven being Democrats. Once again, the fascist ideology of capitalism has held firm thanks to its stabilizing left wing, the Democratic Party.
SCOTUS Denies Navajo Nation Access to Water
In its cowardly decision, the Supreme Court guarantees water that flows into the reservation. If anyone were to redirect the water away from the reservation, then that’s just too bad.
Ur-Fascism in America
Cde. Pariah argues that Umberto Eco’s work on Ur-Fascism has merit and utility in a Marxist analysis of fascism in the United States.
In Haaland v. Brackeen, the Supreme Court Feints Left
The fascists intend to strike down what remains of the sovereignty of the Indian nations — the right-wing fascists openly, and the left-wing fascists by quiet assent.
Ruling Class Infighting Intensifies Amid Trump Indictments
The two wings of the fascist ruling class, the Democrats on the left and the Republicans on the right, have intensified their “lawfare” campaigns this week.
“Environmentalist” Billionaires are Billionaires First
Each one of these so-called environmentalists is either a bare-faced liar — someone with a vested interest in destroying the planet — or a monster willing to sacrifice the rest of humanity for their own comfort.
Capitalist Indifference and False Promises: Confronting Climate Change Under the Smoke from Canadian Wildfires
Instead of making cynical comments to our family, friends and coworkers about how fucked we are, we need to start having real conversations about why the people in power are not doing what clearly needs to be done.
Friction in the ILWU: Class Collaboration or Proletarian Solidarity?
The ILWU bureaucrats have more in common with the capitalists than they have with their own union’s worker members.
The Cost of Doing Business: Human Sacrifice
We might be tempted to shrug it off, and say “These things just happen.” But they don’t just happen. They are the result of deliberate policy decisions, made by those who value profit over everything.