Diaries
The Legacy Left sees the elephant but misses the rest of the living room
Submitted by arendt on Mon, 02/26/2018 - 11:10pmI give up on the Nation Magazine and the "Legacy Left". [NOTE] The interminable stream of "final notice" letters from the magazine has ceased; I think they finally got the message. However, the last issue I received completely supports my abysmally low opinion of them.
The Free Trade Lie Is Exposed
Submitted by gjohnsit on Mon, 02/26/2018 - 4:33pmThe High Priests of Economics tell us that "globalization cannot be stopped," much like the wrath of the Inca's Volcano God. We've been told that there is no alternative to neoliberal globalization other than utter ruin.
Anti-Capitalist Meetup: Wall Street dis-occupied by a cold case
Submitted by annieli on Mon, 02/26/2018 - 4:02pm
Richard D. Wolff argues that anti-communism was part of a strategy by big business, Republicans and conservatives to single out and destroy the members of the coalition that forced through the New Deal, namely organized labor, socialist and communist parties.
It’s only been 100 years
Jeff Sessions is no A. Mitchell Palmer and Christopher Wray is no J. Edgar Hoover but 1920 could be like 2020, and Warren G. Harding might resemble Dotard J Trump, if for no other reason than salaciousness and willful ignorance of corruption.
Deportation of terrorist immigrants was a result of the 1920 Wall Street bombing, amidst other actions.
Because America First...
The demonizing of immigrants and the role of the State in surveillance and repression should need no reminder in 2018 even as ICE and the Border Patrol are used as a gefälschte Gestapo.
Many lionize Robert Mueller even as domestic political intelligence has no different aims than in the very long heyday of the FBI as the enforcer against anti-capitalist threats as it still is. The MSM treatment of racial difference in domestic terrorist acts is no different than the treatment of postwar anti-communism.
More bizarre has been the exploitation of anti-Communism by gay RW men, but that’s for another diary on RW misogyny and gay KKK members.
More fascinating is the examination of a 1920s cold case that describes the emergent anti-communism, the FBI as fighting crime and communists while also fighting immigrants, and the increased class struggle as bombs and bonds intersect.
The Evening Blues - 2-26-18
Submitted by joe shikspack on Mon, 02/26/2018 - 3:38pmDNC: Primary rigging is protected by the 1st Amendment
Submitted by gjohnsit on Mon, 02/26/2018 - 1:15pmIf you are like me, you probably thought the DNC fraud lawsuit was over last August when a Florida judge dismissed the class-action suit.
On Bullshit and Bullshit Detectors
Submitted by OPOL on Mon, 02/26/2018 - 7:40amNOTE: The following is not aimed at anyone at Caucus99percent. I'd say the audience here is considerably more immune to bullshit than most – not that any of us are entirely immune. Some bullshit is obvious and some is sneaky – but it's every-fucking-where. This is just a riff on the subject. I'm publishing it here in the spirit of a Public Service Announcement...or for some other reason I can't remember.
Monday Open Thread; February 26 was the first Judgement Against Galileo
Submitted by enhydra lutris on Mon, 02/26/2018 - 5:00amFebruary 26 is the 57th day of the year, there are 308 days left
Today's number is 26
Follow-up to Wendy's essay about the Black Panther movie
Submitted by mimi on Mon, 02/26/2018 - 4:57amFirst I wrote this up as a comment, but then it turned out a little longish, and therefore I put it up as a mimi-style essay, and hopefully one day I write another follow up to this one.
So, here it goes:
Broward Sheriff Scott Israel: he gave them hailstones for rain
Submitted by Alligator Ed on Mon, 02/26/2018 - 2:11amDoes vitriol dissolve hailstones? Please read on and see if the chemical reaction progresses. Warning: for those who love Killary, please read something else. For those who are unsure of the depravity of the Democratic party, you may wish for some certification of your beliefs. For those of you middle grounder people, essentially neutral about Parkland Florida massacre, please read on.
Admonition: IHH.