DeSantis and his mob have explicitly warned us what to expect if he gets anywhere near the White House. Believe them. Believe them.
Notes from the US: Bigotry reigning
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Notes from the US: Fascism rising
Racism Last weekend a slurry of far right, anti-semitic, supremacist conspiracy theorists who screamed that “Hitler was right” to annihilate Jews in Germany and eastern Europe in the middle of the last century met to push their ‘Great Awakening‘ junk as part of the broader ‘ReAwaken America‘ tour. They somehow managed to claim both that
Notes from the US: Trump gets indicted
Almost without exception Republicans lined up that same night to call the indictment “outrageous”.
Notes from US: The bureaucratic apocalypse
From our US correspondent: Racism Republicans throughout the United States have the wind behind them in their supremacist agendas nationally in Washington DC and in the states locally. In Missouri, for instance, the white Speaker (chairperson) of the state legislature silenced a black representative who was trying to draw attention to the ways in which
Notes from the US: Break from reality
Freedom’s US correspondent rounds up the past month. Environment In November last year (2022) several conservation groups – including the Center for Biological Diversity, the Conservation Law Foundation, Defenders of Wildlife, and Whale and Dolphin Conservation – petitioned the Biden administration to support their efforts to protect critically endangered North Atlantic right whales by regulating
Notes from the US
Freedom’s long-running US correspondent Louis Further does his monthly roundup of some of the stories that have emerged over the last few weeks. The ‘new’ US House of Representatives Details of the concessions which Kevin McCarthy made to the far right of his party so that he would be elected Speaker of the House of
Notes from the US
Freedom’s long-running US correspondent Louis Further does his monthly roundup of some of the stories that have emerged over the last few weeks. Racism In November’s midterm elections, racist bigot Greg Abbott was re-elected governor of Texas. He won almost 55% of the votes. In other words, nearly four and a half million people thought
Notes from the US
Freedom’s long-running US correspondent Louis Further does his monthly roundup of some of the stories that have emerged over the last few weeks. Oppression As we always say, elections (especially in an aggressively belligerent, capitalist system) are at best a largely artificial choice between two or more destructive, oppressive and acquisitive factions. In the long
Notes from the US
Freedom’s long-running US correspondent Louis Further does his monthly roundup of some of the lesser-known stories that have emerged over the last few weeks. Education ‘Notes from the US’ focuses on education this month – for two reasons. Firstly, educators, families and theorists have long known that a broad, deep and unbiased
Notes from the US
Freedom’s long-running US correspondent Louis Further does his monthly roundup of some of the lesser-known stories that have emerged over the last few weeks. Oppression It was predictable that the range of Trump addicts and cultists – from the congressional parties to the fascist militia – would quickly decry, distort and denounce the search of
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Italy: Terrorism charges dropped against ‘Vetriolo’ magazine
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Rojava: Civilians defy Turkish bombing to defend Tishrin dam
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Will the real Proudhon please stand up?
Instead of anarchist lore, we need historical context and an open mind ~ Shawn P Wilbur ~ It’s challenging to think about Pierre-Joseph Proudhon today: like it or not, we struggle with him in his role as a progenitor, precursor, pioneer, as the first to say “Je suis anarchiste”, under circumstances where that declaration simply
