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The Bulletin: September 26-October 2, 2024
The Bulletin: September 26-October 2, 2024 Persecuted Former FBI Specialist Urges Americans to Stock Up on Food and Prepare For Hardship – modernity Our Violent Future New Book Investigates the Trudeau Government Response to the Freedom Convoy, by Using the Emergencies Act – Global Research US War Profiteers Bring World To Brink Of Armageddon | […]
Designing Collective Security | Olivia Lazard
Designing Collective Security | Olivia Lazard Navigating existential crisis in a time of political and social upheaval We’re breaking all kinds of records at the moment: cities are boiling at 62C, ocean temperatures are literally off the charts, and governments have increased the global defence budget to an alarming $2440 billion. War costs life, and not just human […]
The Mother of all Economic Crises
The Mother of all Economic Crises Nouriel Roubini, a former advisor to the International Monetary Fund and member of President Clinton’s Council of Economic Advisors, was one of the few “mainstream” economists to predict the collapse of the housing bubble. Now Roubini is warning that the staggering amounts of debt held by individuals, businesses, and […]
We Need a Revolution
We Need a Revolution A recent Washington Post/University of Maryland poll found that 34 percent of Americans think violent action against the government can be justifiable. This view is held by 40 percent of Republicans and 23 percent of Democrats. The result may seem surprising since leftists have been responsible for much of the recent […]
Australians Need To Decide If This Is The Kind Of Country We Want To Live In From Now On
Australians Need To Decide If This Is The Kind Of Country We Want To Live In From Now On A lot has changed for Victorians since the lockdowns started. Our lifestyles. Our waist sizes. The kinds of things we see as normal. And a lot has changed in Victoria itself since we’ve been in lockdown […]
Protest, violence, class
Protest, violence, class Another month, another Extinction Rebellion protest, another crop of articles excoriating XR for being too disruptive and anti-capitalist, or not disruptive and anti-capitalist enough, or for not laying the blame on China, or whatever. I don’t particularly feel the need to appoint myself to the defence, but I was interested in this ROAR […]
Rob Hopkins reviews ‘Human Kind: A Hopeful History’ by Rutger Bregman
Rob Hopkins reviews ‘Human Kind: A Hopeful History’ by Rutger Bregman So many times, in conversations with friends reflecting on things we see happening in the world, someone will say “well, basically we’re all shit aren’t we?” Or “human beings are basically vile aren’t they?” Or words to that effect. This belief in a selfish, […]
Twitter Censors Trump For “Threat Of Harm”, Has No Problem With Threats To Bomb Foreigners
Twitter Censors Trump For “Threat Of Harm”, Has No Problem With Threats To Bomb Foreigners Twitter has censored a post by the president of the United States, this time for “a threat of harm against an identifiable group.” This despite the fact that this president routinely uses the popular social media platform to threaten to […]
Police Infiltrating Protests
Police Infiltrating Protests Video Player00:0001:18 In the Hague protests, here is a video showing that the police are pretending to be protesters and aggravating the protest to increase its violence. This clearly shows that the police are not there for the people, but still to protect the state against the people. Here, they dragged a […]
Increased Violence Reflects an Energy Problem
Increased Violence Reflects an Energy Problem Why are we seeing so much violence recently? One explanation is that people are sympathizing with those in the Minneapolis area who are upset at the death of George Floyd. They believe that a white cop used excessive force in subduing Floyd, leading to his death. I believe that there […]
The Social Contract Between Government and People Is Unraveling – Quicktake
The Social Contract Between Government and People Is Unraveling – Quicktake Numbers, budgets, charts and graphs about government finances. That’s what we do here. We try to understand where public money should be spent and what it accomplishes. Through that lens, it’s difficult to know where to begin on what has befallen the Chicago area […]
The Crisis in Catalonia & What I Saw in Our Neighborhood in Barcelona
The Crisis in Catalonia & What I Saw in Our Neighborhood in Barcelona As separatist region is rocked by violence, businesses sound alarm. Two of Catalonia’s biggest business associations, Foment de Treball and Pimec, have called for calm and dialogue after ten days of non-stop political and civil unrest in the separatist region of Spain. At a […]
America Is Not Going To Be A Free And Open Society Any Longer
America Is Not Going To Be A Free And Open Society Any Longer Whenever a tragic act of violence makes national headlines, the calls to give up more of our freedoms and liberties in exchange for the promise of increased security become deafening. But if we take another step toward becoming an authoritarian society every […]
Spectacular Violence as a Weapon of War Against the Yellow Vests
Spectacular Violence as a Weapon of War Against the Yellow Vests Drawing by Nathaniel St. Clair Violence is a spectacular weapon deployed by the ruling class to discredit movements from below and justify their repression. It is spectacular in the sense of being a great and powerful political tool for governing the masses, and keeping them in […]
