Onward, Christian Soldiers!
๏ปฟA few weeks ago I received two letters in the mail. They were addressed to me by name and sent to my address on Washington Island, WI. One was from former Vice President of the U.S., Mike Pence. The other was from Edwin Meese, former Attorney General in the Ronald Reagan Administration who is now …
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Reflections from January 26th in Dallas
This piece is also posted on Haters Cafe. โA bunch of people just felt free for the first time,โ was the immediate reaction of a seasoned comrade to a protest on January 26th, 2025. The demonstration was organized by two Latina high school girls to support migrants against the escalating deportations and racist policies coming …
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The Lost and Early Writings of James Connolly
Review: Conor McCabe, ed., The Lost and Early Writings of James Connolly: 1889-1898 (Iskra Books, 2024) โThe election of a Socialist to any public body at presentโ, declared James Connolly in 1894, โis only valuable, in so far as it is the return of a disturber of the political peace.โ Born in an Edinburgh slum …
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In Otero
Emilien Bernard and Pauline Laplace are two alternative free-lance journalists working for the Marseille critical monthly CQFD, which has a substantial French global distribution (about 10, 000 copies) and argues for an anarchist perspective. CQFD means Ce Quโil Faut Dรฉmontrer. The two journalists travelled to the USA to report about the southern wall. A special dossier โUSA: droit dans le murโ …
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Reading Pan-African Revolt
โI mean, weโre talking about the last twenty years. Thatโs most of our lives. Maybe even all of yours!โ Tentative silence. Itโs always hard to gauge how this kind of direct appeal will go over. Then again, itโs hard to know what works on a Monday morning in a classroom of college students. In November. …
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First as Tragedy, Then as Slop
…I think itโs safe to identify MrBeastโs primary schtick as the fusion of two favorite ultra-rich past times, philanthropy and decadence. MrBeast is far from the first tycoon to master these crafts. However, his Frankenstein brand of philanthropic decadence is the novelty that has propelled him to the top of YouTube, becoming the first โbillionaire YouTuber.โ
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From the Archives
The Infrapolitics of Voting in the South
Whatever the arguments against voting and participation in electoral politics โ and they are sound arguments; the great sucking sound of the Democratic Party absorbing and digesting social movements is real – in certain circumstances struggles over voting reflect larger social tensions and conflicts beyond the act of voting itself. Such is the case in …
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Dispatches from our new Angry Red Planet
First, Iโm thinking of all my friends and comrades out here on theย West Coast โ with all the fires everywhere. Iโm hoping folks can stay safe, whether itโs just trying to get by, or being part of the rebellion in the streets.ย Maybe theyโre out in the midst of this hellscape working in healthcare, or firefighting, …
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