No One Is Illegal—[ruminations on the Paulista "option"]

Dr No with his previous idol, the preternaturally malignant phony Ronald Reagan. [Photofind: J. Miller] By “lenin” [principal editor of Lenin's Tomb] EVEN THE LIBERTARIAN Ron Paulista, Justin Raimondo, is disturbed by Ron Paul openly pandering to the racist vote. The usual spiel about immigrants having diminished in quality is inter-mingled with a licit appeal [...]

State of the Unions

By PAUL KRUGMAN |||| Dateline: December 24, 2007 With the help of the state, and, on the whole, poor leadership on the part of the union bureaucracy, organized labor has lost this round. But conditions are now so bad, that a renewal of the struggle is likely. What the mainstream public fails to understand is [...]

EMPIRE AND REVOLUTION

A book review by Gaither Stewart Celebrating el “Día de los Muertos.” Mexicans do no look upon death the way Americans do; they regard it as a natural event, part of the ineffable continuity of all life. John Mason Hart. Empire and Revolution: The Americans in Mexico since the Civil War. Berkeley and Los Angeles: [...]

A tragedy born of military despotism and anarchy

By Tariq Ali Friday December 28, 2007 The assassination of Benazir Bhutto heaps despair upon Pakistan. Now her party must be democratically rebuilt Even those of us sharply critical of Benazir Bhutto’s behaviour and policies – both while she was in office and more recently – are stunned and angered by her death. Indignation and [...]

Progressives, To Arms! Forget about Bush—and the middle ground

By Paul Krugman || Dateline/ Slate: Posted Wednesday, Dec. 26, 2007 The liberals’ “BushCheney” obsession is typical of their classblind politics. Krugman himself, a leftoid liberal, is much too polite (or timid) to call the division for what it is—some would like to put more patches on capitalism and others, true progressives, would seek to [...]

Socialism is the only way humankind will live

A Simulpost with TPC • By Malcolm Martin 12/26/07 Much like Charles Darwin, who discovered immutable truths regarding of the origins and evolution of life, Karl Marx was a pioneering scientist. He guided humanity through the reasons capitalism was born, why it would thrive and dominate for a time, and how its inherent contradictions condemn [...]

The torture tape fingering Bush as a war criminal

This nice young man would be alive if Bush and his mafia had not sent him to Iraq to kill and be killed. For no good reason, for lies, which is the supreme crime. By Andrew Sullivan ||| The Sunday Times December 23, 2007 Almost all of the time, the Washington I know and live [...]

Shock Therapy: Hands off, ya lying crooks!

Cartoonists often nail frauds better than anyone else. By Hannah Bell //Dateline: 12/26/07 If you still worry about a social security meltdown, stop worrying and start exposing the lying cheats in media and the political class who keep drumming this piece of crock into your brain. [Simulpost with Jason Miller's TPC on this same site. [...]

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