Gaza Campus Protestors: Today’s “Have You No Sense of Decency?”
Michael Hudson looks at the ideological roots and power dynamics behind the anti-Gaza-genocide protests spreading across US campuses.
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With US Workers on the March, Southern States Take Aim at Unions
Governors in the region are “truly astonished that workers might not trust their corporate overlords with their working conditions, pay, health, and retirement,” said one critic.
Read more...The Wars Come Home
Weapons, tactics, techniques and, maybe most importantly, ideology are already spreading in the US and across the Collective West from the Ukraine and Gaza Conflicts.
Read more...Freedom of Speech Ends Where True Power Begins
“I will be as harsh as truth, and as uncompromising as justice,” William Lloyd Garrison once said. “On this subject, I do not wish to think, or to speak, or write, with moderation.”
Read more...Are You Ready to Dive Deep into China’s Intellectual Odyssey?
Celebrated intellectual and historian Wang Hui, author of The Rise of Modern Chinese Thought, discusses the origins and evolution of Chinese values
Read more...Google AI Censorship: Google Reverses Itself Fully on Demonetization Threat After Intervention by Matt Taibbi and Our Demonstration of Pervasive Errors
Hooray! Google fully reversed itself on its AI-generated censorship and demonetization threat. But don’t assume this sort of thing is over.
Read more...Crackdowns on Pro-Palestine Occupations on Major Campuses Bringing Gaza Conflict a Bit Closer to Home
Mild campus protests, at least by 1960s standards, against the Gaza genocide, have produced panic in the officialdom and aggressive responses.
Read more...Will the Freedom Flotilla Sail to Gaza?
The Freedom Flotialla is another example of how trying to save lives in Gaza is a high risk enterprise.
Read more...US Strategy for Great Power Competition: More Graft and Hope for Wonder Weapons
Venture capital and private equity are playing a larger role in the military-industrial complex leading to even more corruption, lack of accountability and the swallowing up of young minds by the Silicon Valley money pit.
Read more...Challenging the Duopoly: Jill Stein on Why She’s Running for US President as Green Party Candidate
Jill Stein explains why she is running for US president on an anti-war, pro-worker platform, challenging the Democrat/Republican duopoly.
Read more...Citizenship: Concept and Consequences
On different notions of citizenship and their implications.
Read more...Hoisted from Comments: The Colonialist and Anti-Semitic Origins of Modern Israel
Some observations about why modern Israel backs genocide, and why the US and Europe supported its creation.
Read more...A Brief History of Kill Lists, From Langley to Lavender
The AI targeting system, Lavender, tries to provide a tech gloss of legitimacy to hit lists, here one designed to kill bystanders.
Read more...Zombie Tests: Is the SAT Back From the Dead?
The debate over the class and minority bias in the SAT comes back to live as the testing picks up.
Read more...Starbucks Seeks Supreme Court Protection From Being Ordered to Rehire Baristas Who Say They Were Fired for Union-Promoting Activities
The conservative Supremes appear set to side with Starbucks in an upcoming case that will hurt union organizing across the country.
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