Hegemony v. Madison
The collapse of the 20th Century Synthesis and the rise of the 21st Century Social Crisis have less to do with partisanship than they have to do with the unchallenged hegemony of a single class. Call...
View ArticleVideo from Kazakhstan strike
When a government happily plays ball with the global strategic and economic agenda of hegemony, they are allowed to slaughter their own populations without notice in the western media. Here's some...
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Happy New Year! (Occupy 2012)
Bidding 2011 a tearful farewell:Occupy Oakland gets the New Year started on the right foot:Occupy 2012!
View ArticleNow That's a Surprise
I certainly didn't seem the likeliest candidate. My political views are, to put it mildly, well outside the mainstream of dailykos, and I've never had any reluctance to express them as clearly as I...
View Article100 Years Ago Today: Bread and Roses
100 years ago today:Polish women weavers at Everett Cotton Mills in Lawrence realized that their employer had reduced their pay by 32¢; they stopped their looms and left the mill, shouting "short pay,...
View ArticleReaganomics Architect Sued for Ponzi Scheme
I've always called it "the Laffable Curve". That is, the entirely bogus economic "theory" (less "theory" than assertion) that cutting marginal tax rates increases income tax revenues. It never was...
View ArticleBreitbart's place in history
Nobody better exemplifies American journalism in the 21st century than Andrew Breitbart. The standards he has established will define the way news and opinion are communicated to the American people...
View ArticleTime Has Come Today
A letter from Lester Chambers: I AM the former Lead Singer of a 60’s BAND. I performed before thousands at Atlanta Pop 2, Miami Pop, Newport Pop, Atlantic Pop. I did NOT squander my money on drugs or...
View ArticleI am an agnostic
I am an agnostic. There's only two things that I know for certain about this whole kerfuffle.1. I don't know the answer. 2. Neither do you.Thanks, and have a good evening.
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The difference between Spain and the US
They can do this in Spain:In the US, police would have rushed to the rescue of proper law and order by repeatedly beating the singer in the mouth and groin with truncheons while berating him with...
View ArticleSome Characteristics of Hegemony
Derived from some jailbird's scribblings:i) Passage of the dominant class from economic to political class consciousness;ii) Superstructure of domination built up out of the base or structure of...
View ArticleStill nobody expects the Spanish Revolution (Video diary)
Despite the US election campaign, other events of global significance continue to take place.The early chaotic images of yesterday's unrest in Madrid are now being rounded into form with real reporting...
View Article"The civilian population is being hunted"
Stop & frisk, how it plays in real life:I'm sure there are some who will chant the mantra, "It's just a few bad apples". That will mean among other things that they paid no attention to the...
View ArticleOccupy Sandy petition to Bloomberg
Occupy Sandy Relief has just posted a request on Facebook for petition signatures demanding power restoration for NYC Housing Authority residents. I know what people's first question is going to be,...
View ArticleMy world grows darker
I have contracted a condition alternatively known as intercranial hypertension or pseudotumor cerebri. In most cases it responds to treatment, either with the quite venerable drug acetazolamide, or if...
View ArticleCIW March for Fair Food
The video above begins with words from the Coalition of Immokalee Workers' Gerardo Reyes to the congregration at Ft. Myers' Jesus Obrero church. Here below is how he concluded those...
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Supersize this strike!
Thousands of fast-food workers from hundreds of chain restaurants in five najor American cities have walked off the job over the last several days. Demanding living wages, more respect on the job, and...
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