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Chokepoint democracy: Workers capitalize on global system weak spots
Chokepoint democracy: Workers capitalize on global system weak spots In his book Carbon Democracy Timothy Mitchell attempts to explain the rising and falling political power of the working class in terms of the evolution of the world’s energy system. The first fossil fuel, coal, required hoards of men (and it was almost exclusively men) to bring […]
Disinfo v. Democracy
Disinfo v. Democracy Using accusations of ‘disinformation’ to suppress scientific criticism, steer media coverage, and silence political opponents is not part of the operating system of a free society ALEX WONG/GETTY IMAGES First Amendment principles permit the government to punish false speech when it directly and immediately causes specific and serious harm. But unlike defamation, […]
The End of Democracy?
The End of Democracy? QUESTION: Marty, I know you reported on the Canadian bill to suspend elections during a pandemic, do you think that is in the cards going ahead? HS ANSWER: I found it shocking that they would actually introduce such legislation in the first place. But what we have to understand is that this is part of […]
Can democracy survive peak oil?
Can democracy survive peak oil? Preface. This is a book review of Howard Bucknell’s Energy and the National Defense. University of Kentucky Press. Bucknell was amazingly prescient as you’ll see in this review, especially about why democracy might not survive the energy crisis. Though it turns out the U.S. may not need an energy crisis to […]
No Time for Castles: From Closed to Open Democracy
No Time for Castles: From Closed to Open Democracy For proponents of deliberative democracy, today’s representative regimes offer nothing more than illusion. Real democracy means people’s power, and achieving it requires out-of-the-box thinking. We spoke to political theorist Hélène Landemore about her proposed alternative of open democracy and what this would look like at local, […]
US Presidents Are Always Evil Because The US Empire Is Evil: Notes From The Edge Of The Narrative Matrix
US Presidents Are Always Evil Because The US Empire Is Evil: Notes From The Edge Of The Narrative Matrix Listen to this article: ❖ Joe Biden is a corrupt, murderous empire lackey. He is also a very normal US president. The same was true of Trump. The same was true of Obama. The same was […]
In Defense Of Substack
In Defense Of Substack UCLA professor Sarah T. Roberts mourns the good old days of gatekeeping and credential-worship UCLA professor Sarah Roberts, co-leader of something called the UCLA Center for Critical Internet Inquiry — media critics whose stated goal is “strengthening democracy through culture-making” — went on a lengthy Twitter tirade against Substack last night, […]
Rabobank: The Purge Could Contribute To A Widening Of The Cultural And Political Divide
Rabobank: The Purge Could Contribute To A Widening Of The Cultural And Political Divide On Friday Twitter took the decision to permanently suspend President Trump from its platform due to the “risk of further incitement of violence”. The day before Facebook had already blocked him. Tech giants have also moved against right-wing social media platform Parler, […]
The Threat of Authoritarianism in the U.S. is Very Real, and Has Nothing To Do With Trump
The Threat of Authoritarianism in the U.S. is Very Real, and Has Nothing To Do With Trump The COVID-driven centralization of economic power and information control in the hands of a few corporate monopolies poses enduring threats to political freedom. (L-R): Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Google CEO Sundar Pichai, Apple CEO Tim Cook and Amazon […]
Government Calling out Military Against the People
Government Calling out Military Against the People COMMENT: Hi Martin Just thought you might be interested in this article in today’s Sunday Times in the UK – our military intelligence are going to be involved to ensure that we don’t get to hear the opposing points of view with respect to vaccine safety – they […]
Misinformation Was Always Dangerous. Social Media Has Turned It into a Viral Sickness
Misinformation Was Always Dangerous. Social Media Has Turned It into a Viral Sickness Facebook’s reach is being used to create division, spread hate and harm democracy. And the corporation doesn’t care. ‘Almost three-billion people now see the world through the personalized and profit-driven filter of social media.’ Photo via Shutterstock. In 1486, a German priest named […]
At A Time Of Rapidly Creeping Authoritarianism, Assange’s Freedom Is More Crucial Than Ever
At A Time Of Rapidly Creeping Authoritarianism, Assange’s Freedom Is More Crucial Than Ever My home state of Victoria has become the center of attention in the anti-lockdown movement for its authoritarian crackdown against not just people who are in violation of lockdown protocol, but people who merely post about staging future anti-lockdown protests on social media. […]
A Lesser Evil: Notes From The Edge Of The Narrative Matrix
A Lesser Evil: Notes From The Edge Of The Narrative Matrix I really don’t mean to be a pest about this but we are still trapped on a planet where people without functioning empathy centers are waving literal armageddon weapons around in the name of a made-up concept called unipolarism. We should probably put a […]
Democracy and the Illusion of Choice
Democracy and the Illusion of Choice Drawing by Nathaniel St. Clair The neoliberal logic of everything for the rich is now so deeply embedded in American political economy that its base assumptions appear untouchable, except in rare and extraordinary circumstances. With the Covid pandemic exacerbating the current crisis of capitalism, political and economic defense mechanisms […]
