Monthly Archives: October 2019
Farewell to John Conyers Jr. – and to His Era
Farewell to John Conyers Jr. – and to His Era Glen Ford John Conyers’ long career is a window on the decline of Black politics in the two generations since the demise of the mass Black movement. John Conyers passed away at age 90 this week, the sixth longest-serving U.S. Representative in history, having spent […]
Agents of Empire — Desultory Heroics
By Michael Krieger Source: Liberty Blitzkrieg The corporate revolution will collapse if we refuse to buy what they are selling – their ideas, their version of history, their wars, their weapons, their notion of inevitability. – Arundhati Roy Last week, Hillary Clinton called Tulsi Gabbard (and Jill Stein) Russian assets on a podcast. […] To […]
Maria Butina: “I saw with my own eyes that there is no justice in the US.”
Maria Butina explains why she agreed to a plea deal despite her innocence “I saw with my own eyes that there is no justice in the US.” Leontiev:You signed a plea deal. We were watching the case very closely, just like all of Russia. Some lawyers said the prosecutors might not have enough evidence to… via […]
Black Lives Matter vs The Ku Klux Klan: Racial Tensions Spark Pain and Anger in the US — The Most Revolutionary Act
Black Lives: Deadlock. Black Lives Matter vs the Ku Klux Klan: Racial Tensions Spark Pain and Anger in the US RT (2019) Film Review The eighth episode of Black Lives concerns the Ku Klux Klan and the deleterious effect of the white supremacy on Black Americans… […] The filmmakers also interview a Black Lives Matter […]
A biased algorithm is delaying healthcare for black people in the US
By Jessica Hamzelou A medical algorithm used in the US is prioritising the treatment of healthier white people over sicker black people Joe Raedle/Getty Images Black people in the US may be missing out on healthcare because a widely used algorithm is racially biased. The proportion of black people referred for extra care would more than […]
The revolution will not be subsidized
https://youtu.be/QnJFhuOWgXg Nobody Gets Liberated Until the Defeat of the Plutocrats Glen Ford […] Late stage capitalism is eating US society alive, dissolving all bonds between peoples and savaging every human right that has not already been put on the “market” and made buyable. The rule of the super-rich makes all the rest of us super-small. […]
America Is “One Dollar One Vote”, Not Really “One Person One Vote”
By Eric Zuesse The only comprehensive and scientific study which has ever been done of whether the U.S. is a democracy or instead a dictatorship, was published in 2014. It studied the period during 1981 through 2002, and it found that, “In the United States, our findings indicate, the majority does not rule — at least […]
Psychopathocracy (Pathocracy): “A bureaucratic police state run by political psychopaths”
The Pathocracy of the Deep State: Tyranny at the Hands of a Psychopathic Government By John W. Whitehead Global Research “Politicians are more likely than people in the general population to be sociopaths. I think you would find no expert in the field of sociopathy/psychopathy/antisocial personality disorder who would dispute this… That a small minority of […]
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