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
Cosmos!
On October 1, 1977, Edson Arantes do Nascimento, a/k/a โPelรฉโ played his last game as a professional footballer. The game was played at New Jerseyโs Giants Stadium, across the Hudson River from midtown Manhattanโs Port Authority Bus Station in New York City, a truly seedy place, but one where soccer fans without cars could drop …
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Police Rebellion, Then and Now
Jarrod: A recent New York Times headline sums it up well: โFacing Protests Over Use of Force, Police Respond With More Force.โ Even as Americaโs cult of cop worship implodes before our eyes, it is clear that many cops across the country have no interest in playing nice for the cameras. Rayshard Brooks was murdered …
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