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A Carnival of Inclusion

Noel Ignatiev

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The Democratic National Convention was a carnival of inclusion: black, white, gay, straight, Christians, Jews, Muslims, cis-gendered and transgenderedโ€”all joined in proclaiming that โ€œnothing can be wrong if it keeps our country strongโ€ (with the implied ...

Thoughts on Dallas and Baton Rouge

James Murray

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By James Murray The American liberal-left have almost universally condemned the recent martyrdom operations (I donโ€™t know what else to call them) that occurred in Dallas and Baton Rouge. Such actions set back โ€˜the movement,โ€™ we ...

“Subgroups”: A dangerous premise

Noel Ignatiev

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The most dangerous aspect of Rep. Steven Kingโ€™s claim that Europeans have contributed more of value to world civilization than other โ€œsubgroupsโ€ is his view that โ€œsubgroupsโ€ exist over extended periods. Even among those denouncing him, ...

Smash up the Mess!

Noel Ignatiev

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Now that Sanders has capitulated (as many predicted he would), we are going to see new and interesting lines drawn. Perhaps the time has come to bring back Voltaireโ€™s slogan, โ€œEcrasez lโ€™infame!โ€ (Smash up the Mess!)

How many?

Noel Ignatiev

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How many of those condemning the shooting of the police in Dallas and equating Micah Johnson with the cops in Baton Rouge, St. Paul and elsewhere who routinely kill people for being black mean what they ...

Some Bullshit

Jarrod Shanahan

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In late December, 2014 the New York Patrolmenโ€™s Benevolent Association coordinated a work slowdown that effectively brought street-level policing to a halt in New York City.For the previous month, diffuse direct actions that would come to ...