95 Theses

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As the opposition party to the incumbent president, Republicans would naturally want to paint our present reality negatively, and scapegoating is always easier to sell than real solutions for politicians of any party. Moreover, illegal immigration and foreign (as opposed to domestic) extremism have been long-term concerns of Republicans in particular, but Democrats as well….

US complicit in Israel aid Conversation with economist Michael Hudson and Green candidate for US President Jill SteinJuly 31, 2024 – 1 hr 31 min

Gangster capitalism and nostalgic authoritarianism in Trump’s America

Donald Trump and George OrwellOn the conjuncture of the dystopian novel 1984 with the election campaign and the presidency of Donald Trump By Patricia Hammer and Magdalena Kanther. [This article posted in April 2018 is translated from the German on the Internet, http://www.portalideengeschichte.de.] Preliminary remarks: The text documents the results of the module “Research Project:…

Digital Demagogue: The Critical Candidacy of Donald J. Trump by Amy E. Mendas Tue, Jul 23, 2024 6:02AM Over the last several months, businessperson Donald Trump has taken the lead in the Republican primary race. His flamboyant personality and unusually aggressive speech has drawn much attention and criticism. Journalists and academics have posited that Trump’s…

The existing late capitalist ideology in the center of society, the tattered national identity, is being driven to barbaric extremes in reaction to the crisis. Neo-liberalism, with its social Darwinism and economic nationalism, provided the springboards that the new right used. The center will not holdby Tomasz Konicz [This article posted on June 23, 2024…

Challenging Truths by Marc Batko  (marc1seed@yahoo.com, www.freetranslations.foundation) 1. Man is born free and is everywhere in chains. (Rousseau) 2. Prejudices, stereotypes, lies and myths are real, invisible chains. 3, Self-righteousness, the rat race, the ladder of success, and normalized war are like leaf-blowing music. 4. Pharisees, experts in laws, often miss the weightier matters of…

That humanity can dominate nature “is an illusion.” The laws of thermodynamics remain in place. “Consequently, a growth-centered capitalist economy finds itself trapped in futile attempts to completely decouple itself from nature — aiming for a 100% circular, service-oriented and zero-waste existence. Capitalism can’t overcome the laws of physics by Systemic Disorder [This article posted…

20 Neoliberal Myths     1. The market is self-healing and bourgeois society is preserved from tragedy, failure, and collapse.  Nothing needs to be learned from FDR and his New Deal since humility, compromise and correction are signs of weakness. 2. Financial markets return to equilibrium and are not kept alive in the emergency ward by billions…