January 23, 2017

Pawns of fascism, or superficial diversity as a tool of conformist groupthink

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The marchers against the fascism that they see in the person of President Trump provide a demonstration of how the forces of fascism work. ...
January 21, 2017

Trump inaugural address (transcript)

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[ Bernie Sanders might have given much the same speech (except that he did not have the conviction to run against the Democratic Party, as D...
January 16, 2017

Fake documents to foment fear of Russia: 1924 edition

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From Human Smoke by Nicholson Baker: The Daily Mail , a conservative London paper, published a forged letter. It was October 25, 1924. ...
January 12, 2017

Wayward Heroes by Halldór Laxness

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‘[T]he fear that a land’s rulers have of foreign conquerors is slight compared to their fear of their own subjects.’ •••••• ‘“And as for ...
January 5, 2017

Vermont Digger and Vermont politicians aid and abet anti-Russia hysteria

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Erin Mansfield at Vt. Digger, while mostly furthering the dangerous, hysterical, and utterly unfounded ‘Russia is attacking’ narrative, neve...
December 31, 2016

The threat to abortion and reproductive rights

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The Guttmacher Institute documented 334 new state-level restrictions to abortion from 2011 to July 2016, accounting for 30% of all restrict...
December 28, 2016

On "building the resistance to Trump"

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Here is an exchange from Facebook: Vote Sawant: Fight Trump & the billionaire class through solidarity. ‘Socialist Students: Local Fli...