If it weren’t so disturbing, you might want to amuse yourself with the reaction of the right in the United States to current events.
Notes from the US: Alarmingly degenerate
Tag: Notes from the US
Notes from the US: The union’s state
Louis Further rounds up news from across the pond.
Notes from the US: Repression
Within days, the governors of half of the states in the U.S. sided with Abbott in his overt racism.
Notes from the US: Post truth
Now, for tens of millions, anything goes – regardless of what really happens.
Notes from the US: Falling apart
At this point in the history of the U.S. – particularly regarding its legal and constitutional politics, there are no checks to prevent Trump from doing what he threatens.
Notes from the US: “MAGA Is Ascendant”
Reason is missing. Adult analysis as well. Empathy is nowhere.
Notes from the US: Fascist cultism
This month, we examine how this elevation of selfishness and lack of compassion and empathy have reached the stage that it has.
Notes from the US: Fascism reveals itself
A look at what US fascism means and where it came from
Notes from the US: Constitutional breakdown
Project 2025 plans to ‘transition’ almost all federal power into the hands of one far right, effectively fascist leader.
Notes from the US: Politicised denial of truth
The wave of book-banners should be seen in the knowledge that fully 80% of states in the US have either introduced and/or enacted legislation and other legal measures to promote hatred, supremacy and intolerance of diversity
Recent Articles
Anarch-iversaries: Miners’ strike and the Carnival Against Capital
Looking back to two events that shaped the last decades’ radical history ~ Scott Harris ~ We can’t let this year pass without tributes for two big anniversaries in radical political history.
“All of a sudden the streets were ablaze”: Nikos Romanos and legacy of the Greek revolt
The anarchist’s recent arrest continues a long story: ten years ago today, his prison hunger strike brought the country to the edge of insurrection on the anniversary of the 2008 uprising ~ Neil Middleton ~ The recent arrest of Nikos Romanos, following the widely publicised explosion in an Athens apartment, took place in the run-up
The lie of a bloodthirsty empire
Political artists Andrei Molodkin and Santiago Sierra, and Wikileaks ambassador Joseph Farrell, talk to A/POLITICAL about the sham of Western liberty, Julian Assange, and how art can still transform pain into defiance ~ Becky Haghpanah-Shirwan ~ The heightened tensions of international politics are reflected in the work of Andrei Molodkin (Russia, 1966) and Santiago Sierra
What chances for climate protesters at Court of Appeal?
Van Gogh soup protest and M25 blockade among cases in January hearing ~ Andy Meinke ~ In July, when five Just Stop Oil activists were jailed for a total of 21 years for a plan to block the M25 motorway in London, it was part of a huge jump in sentencing for peaceful protesters.
Harrods workers vote for Xmas strike
Walkout over pay and conditions expected on 19 December as company refuses to engage with union ~ Cristina Sykes ~ Hundreds of workers across Harrods’ retail, restaurant, kitchen and cleaning departments have returned a resounding 95% yes vote to strike action in the Christmas season.
