Racism

Marijuana and the Law; Light Up or Leave Me Alone

Justice is blind and also slow. In America Justice remains slow but is no longer blind, overtly giving power to elites and corporations. Many inequities in law we experience today are the results of a two-tiered "justice" system. As the purpose of this essay is not to concentrate on judicial failings, and by extension societal failings, but to discuss a topic in which restrictions are antiquated, racist in origin, and empirically self-defeating.

Anti-Capitalist Meetup: Trump, Brexit and the Crisis of Liberalism

We need to understand what the liberals already know but are unwilling to admit publicly; liberalism is in a deep crisis. The liberal wing of the ruling class has caught itself on the horns of a dilemma.

On the one hand, the Liberals serve the interests of capitalism, in that sense the shift from Keynesian Liberalism to Neoliberalism comes about due to the economic crisis following the demise of Keynesianism due to stagflation in the 1970s.

"I voted for Trump, so there!"

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Quick hit.

This is all over the internet and being discussed. I'll give it the Big Al angle.

This is just one person in one place, but it's interesting how it played out and how it's being played in the media. Most are calling it a racist rant and siding with the black employees while some are defending the white woman.

The Illusion of change from a complex systems view

The last performance of our election theater has begun to wind down and the reviews are very amusing. So many otherwise discerning people are still seeing significant differences between the outcome we have and others we might have had.
Never mind the clear history leading up to this point. It is all new now. Alas, even more time and energy is being wasted recapitulating and speculating as Mr. Trump tries to figure out what he is going to do with this thing he has done.

Video News Open Thread: Shaun King on TYT

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Greetings, 99%!

So many of us know Shaun King from That Other Place. And know that he moved on, to write for the New York Daily News. And that he is still writing about racial justice issues. So I thought you'd find it interesting that he has been interviewed on the TYT Network.

Open Thread - Saturday, November 19

Time to wake up, you white people of good faith.
Look in the mirror.
See Amerikkka for what it is without the gloss.
See something black folks have been trying to tell you.
It’s not “populism” or “economic anxiety.”
Call it by name — White Supremacy.

Denise Oliver Velez 11/9/2016

People who voted for Donald are racists. All of them.

Just like anybody who voted for Hillary is fine with escalating tensions with Russia over Syria, which can't possibly go wrong or further destabilize the country and bring yet more misery to the brown and black people there.

Just like anybody who voted for Hillary is fine with destabilizing Libya and bringing countless deaths and untold misery to the brown and black people of that country, in the name of liberation.

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