Monthly Archives: January 2020
The Hallucinated Nation: Living in a Fever Dream — Chris Floyd – Empire Burlesque
Chris Floyd – Empire Burlesque One reason why it’s so hard to get a handle on American politics, to say anything sensible about it, is that it takes place almost entirely in a hallucination. The country that most Americans feel they are living in does not actually exist. In this, as in so many other […]
Stop me before I vote again!
Legitimizing the System
Our racist U.S. presidents
Forty-Five Felons With Their Own Holiday: The U.S. Presidency David Swanson Margaret Kimberley’s new book on US presidents and Black people shows why the executive mansion is called the “White” House. […] “U.S. presidents represent in certain ways the worst of U.S. society.” […] Washington, D.C., is named for the wealthiest enslaver of his day, […]
Freedom Rider: The Internet Does Washington’s Dirty Work
Freedom Rider: The Internet Does Washington’s Dirty Work Margaret Kimberley As long as the internet is in private hands it should be seen as a “frenemy” — a useful resource that can also be wielded as a weapon. In its early days the internet seemed to be an undisputed good, a means of communication open […]
TRUMP’S DISASTROUS ECONOMY — Aangirfan
Stiglitz Trump’s economy is an absolute disaster according to Professor Joseph E. Stiglitz of Columbia University. According to Stiglitz – 1. US life expectancy, already relatively low, fell in each of the first two years of Trump’s presidency. In 2017, midlife mortality reached its highest rate since World War II. Millions have lost their health insurance coverage, […]
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