[REUTERS] El Paso, Texas: An incredibly handsome, bearded man dressed in flowing white robes surrounded by twelve “followers” was denied entry into the United States, Homeland Security officials said today. Onlookers said the man was exceptionally charismatic, and he seemed to exude kindness and empathy. “I can’t explain it…I just wanted to be close to […]
What exactly is the ‘Political Economy’ [PE]? The PE is a fairly ambiguous concept which encompasses several disciplines related to the social sciences, cultural studies and economics – among other things. Vincent Mosco’s book The Political Economy of Communication: Rethinking and Renewal defines PE as “the study of the social relations, especially the power relations […]
Back in the olden days, when the Soviet Union was still around, the US government used to at least throw a few crumbs to working Americans to remind people of how ‘great’ capitalism is. But not anymore. That went out the window with disintegration of the USSR and the ‘Peace divided.’ The warmongers and their […]
It’s time we come to terms with the fact that ‘America’ as we know it is dead and buried, and it has been for decades. We live in UMERKA now. The country has reverted to what it has always been throughout its history: a white supremacist, oligarchic, theocratic, authoritarian imperial power. Trump and his ilk […]
We’re creating enemies faster than we can kill them. It’s good for business. America currently garrisons the planet with more than 850 military bases around the world in more than 40 countries and U.S. territories. We deploy more than 200,000 troops across the globe. In Japan alone, we still have around 100,000 people connected to […]
In a letter sent to Norwegian prime minister Jonas Gahr Støre today, Donald Trump linked his repeated threats to illegally seize Greenland to the fact that he wasn’t awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. Seriously. The US president explained that because he didn’t win the Prize, he’s no longer obligated to think “purely of peace.” “Considering […]
I would love to have a reason to be proud of this country. But there is so much about it that is so profoundly wrong I can only feel shame for calling myself an American. I have some ideas about how to improve everyday life for ALL Americans: Let’s get rid of the oligarchy, the […]
The US is an oligarchical republic in the guise of ancient Rome. The only public services the unwashed masses will be afforded are the scraps [the ‘Bread and Circuses‘] that are deemed necessary to keep them compliant. The USA doesn’t provide basic anything to most citizens. We aren’t entitled to stuff like livable wages, decent […]
Nine of the 10 poorest states in America are Red. What does that tell you? The people who vote Republican – mostly poor and working class whites who do so against their own economic interests – are like attack dogs for the rich. They are trained to growl and bark at things like a decent […]
Human beings are NOT the apex of evolution [that would be dolphins…]; and we are certainly not any more important than any other living creature on this planet. We have the right to exist and that ought to be good enough. Our lack of respect for the earth extends to our dysfunctional society. We don’t […]
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