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Here's my apathy, dillusion and cyncism Dave. The last sentence in Street's Truthdig artticle, "Let us…
Weisbrot's article here and others that he has written are exceptional and pretty rare in the U.S. media. It…
There is no left-right pendulum that swings passively back and forth; that is a myth. The back and forth is…
I don't know why you, John Goodrich, think that George is asleep. But in any case self-driving cars would only…
It's time we go from sociopathic to outright psychopathic in our leaders . "What the hell do…
Keep Calm and Vote Green: Fascism Is Not Coming By Paul Street http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/keep_calm_and_vote_green_fascism_is_not_coming_20160923/
I say bring it. Actually, I think all the Armageddon rhetoric is totally over the top but even on a…
What Dr. Bello observes of the reactionary potential of the middle class is present, probably, in most if not all…
Never in my lifetime has an election been less important. The Hillary Democrats are the illness…
Thanks to Z School and the anarchism class there offered, I was introduced to Graeber and through him, Murray Bookchin.…
My point is simple. To believe Hillary will tamper down any Kissingeresque hawks in her admin in a way…
The nonsense that is the American 4 year presidential campaign, will continue as nonsense until a candidate has the gonads…
Well, this is what you are going to get and more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/sep/23/hillary-clinton-national-security-plan-isis-baghdadi
Trump's gross ignorance of facts trumps his apparent mental issues which should be judged by professionals and not be thrown…
We survived the Idiot Bush, didn't we ? Imperialism and neo-liberal capitalism went on just as under…
Thanks for a very good article . It alone describes a U.S. intervention that is unknown to a majority of…
Wake up. Self-driving vehicles are the solution . They are being test-driven in a great many places around…
I've been calling for an occupation of Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., for over a year now. I doubt…
Kissinger would have likely had nothing to do with any Democratic administration elected in 1968. What is…
Well, seems fairly logical and necessary to me. Don't see any other way really. If some transitional steategy is not…
If Hillary had been elected in 1968, Cambodia would of been spared all those bombs. Kissinger would've been reigned in…
Taking a little hint from Englehart today: "You Must Be Kidding" https://zcomm.org/znetarticle/you-must-be-kidding/
Robert Whitaker's works as well as the Mad In America website are good places to start for a critical assessment…
Great article. Since I first heard of it I have found it strange that someone would refer…
Actually I am talking about a very much broader swath of the left than you indicate, Tony. Consider the Sanders…
James, we agree on this. Except remember this was solicited by a Turkish Magazine. There are many places in the…
Succinct, but certainly not dumb. Rejecting class division, and thus that there is a coordinator class…
Michael, Brief, maybe dumb, question. How can anti-coordintoralism be distinguished from anti-intellectualism?
Estoy parcialmente de acuerdo, con tu analisis , el caso de venezuela es mas notorio, los comienzos de la revolucion…
There may or may not be as many Marxists out there nowadays, as there used to be, touting all…
I agree. I have been an adjunct off-and-on for more than a quarter century. I would also…
Wow, Michael, this is really helpful. Just last month i was having a discussion with a local 60-something labor organizer…
Okay these are among the best - most flexible and insightful marxists around, I agree - but which one of…
I am not talking about marx worshippers, for the most part, so to speak - I am talking about using…
Changes in the means of production since the time of Marx necessitate changes in Marxist thought and, as you…
Michael, you're talking about a very small community of people who frequent sites like Z, Counterpunch, etc. who are dogmatic…
I recommend Terry Eagleton, Samir Amin and David Harvey, Michael. There are plenty of Marxist commentators who…
also, the left forced to lose the initiative they had after wwll,,greece, italy, gladio, the marshall plan and…
in martial art, and in large conflict strategy, to lose the initiative is to lose. period…a macro example is…
Trump and Clinton are both sociopaths Trump adds that little extra touch of something that usually requires…
Go write poetry. You are living in dreamland - both are bad news in different ways.
Attempting to flip voters is largely a waste of time and energy in an election campaign. In fact, trying to…
"...it’s naive to think a fascist will respect the rule of law when he’s spit on it more than any…
The Boogeyman is scary. But we mustn't let fear cloud our judgement. Glen Ford hasn't allowed it to affect…
I find it interesting that the coming near complete automating of the workplace/workforce sometime very soon after the arrival of…
That's naive, to put it politely. Do you honestly believe someone like trump will go thru congress when they say…
If there was a party I found the least objectionable in American politics it would be the greens. But at…