The rise of far-right populism as a left fail
If Trump exemplifies the use of scapegoats by the far right for the destruction of the country by the pursuit…
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Q&A Tweets
Not honestly much a fan of manged debate. I collect Q&A tweets using my twitter account (periodically renamed due to…
Corporate Magna Carta
Corporate Magna Carta The rise of corporate power since the end of the nineteenth century has brought radical and profound…
Freedom will be won through freedom, or not at all
The presidential campaign of Bernie Sanders has been sold as a political revolution; the hyperbole characteristic of such claims notwithstanding,…
Crisis, collapse and collective survival
According to a NASA-sponsored study released last year, the collapse of the global economy is likely within the next decade…
Letter to Australian senators re. proposed lifetime ban on asylum seekers entering Australia
(The proposed lifetime ban on asylum seekers entering Australia has passed the lower house. You too can email cross-bench senators…
Adolf Hitler: A Political Archetype of the Dunning-Kruger Effect
Where textbook examples of propaganda, political manipulation, megalomania and control freakery is concerned, Adolf Hitler, leader of the National Socialist…
Silent Majority PSA
We must have oppression or we will have chaos. If you think for yourself the terrorists win. The interests of…
80 Years Ago Today Economic Democracy Became (Briefly) A Thing
This week celebrates the 80th anniversary of the birth of the Spanish Civil War and Revolution, the momentous end to…
A Critique of Competitive Individualism
The self-made man or woman as business success story has long been the motivating ideal of free market capitalism and…