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"THE COLOR OF CORPORATE CORRECTIONS"
It is prison Friday here at Scission. I'm late, I know, I have been involved in an endless "argument on Facebook." Forgive me, such a waste of time. I just don't have good self control.Anyway, we all...
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STATE OR REVOLUTION
It is theoretical weekends here at Scission and today we take a look at the State, at the Bolsheviks, at Lenin, at Marx, at whatever happened to simply SMASHING THE STATE. Right off the bat, I will...
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BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER AND ME...AND YOU
"Passion. It lies in all of us. Sleeping ... waiting ... and though unwanted, unbidden, it will stir ... open its jaws and howl. It speaks to us ... guides us. Passion rules us all. And we obey. What...
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PORTLAND: THE CITY SAYS "MOVE ON," THE HOMELESS SAY "HOLD ON"
You hear people complaining about homeless folks clogging up sidewalks, parks, and urinating in public all the time. Well, my question is if you are homeless what exactly are you supposed to do?...
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THE OLYMPICS: MOVE IT, FIX IT, OR SHUT IT DOWN
Something more needs to be done in regards to the Olympics and Russia's abject persecution of gays and lesbians...then talking about it. . Sitting around worrying about the athletes getting to perform...
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STRETCH TIME
TIME FOR THE SEVENTH INNING STRETCH. BACK IN AROUND TEN DAYS FOR THE BOTTOM HALF OF THE INNING....AND MORE OF THE GAME...
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A REMARKABLE LIFE / REST IN PEACE BEAR NUMBER 56
Maybe it seems strange for the story of Bear Number 36's passing to suddenly appear here at Scission, but, in my mind not so much. In the midst of all the chaos, horror, and just crap that fills...
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"A WORLD WHERE AUTONOMY ISN'T JUST TALKED ABOUT, IT IS LIVED"
It is theoretical weekends at Scission. The piece below is not exactly theoretical, but it is not exactly not theoretical either. It is autonomy. It is direct democracy. It is the Zapatistas. It...
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DON'T GET "LEFT BEHIND?" WELL, BILL DOES...
My old friend Bill Berkowitz suggested I start a Scission Culture Mondays section. I think I will give it a shot and in his honor start with a "sort of" cultural commentary which he wrote. You will...
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COLOMBIA RISING
Well, it is certainly going on in Colombia where the multitudes have had enough nonsense for a lifetime. Everyone from farmers to teachers to healthcare workers to miners to truckers have been on...
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SYRIA: SAYING "NO US INTERVENTION" IS NOT SAYING ENOUGH
While working out today, I was watching the Congressional Committee hearings on a possible US military response to chemical weapons use in Syria. Interesting, but nothing more. Like apparently most...
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ABORTION RIGHTS AND THE MUSLIM WORLD
I sort of figured I could answer the question of how the issue of abortion plays out in Muslim countries. You likely feel the same way. Well, it turns out it is more complex than I thought. In fact,...
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STOP THE STRIP SEARCH OF WOMEN IN NORTHERN IRELAND PRISON
It is prison friday at Scission and, of course, the big news is that the hunger strike by California prisoners is over for now. You can read much about this at the San Francisco Bay View which has...
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THE FOSSIL FUELS WAR BY JOHN BELLAMY FOSTER
I had a great autonomous Marxist theoretical piece all lined up for Theoretical Weekends and then decided I would have time for that in the future. Right now, the world is running out of time, and I...
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CHALKY WHITE: "...AIN'T FIXING TO BUILD NO BOOKCASE"
REMEMBER THE ROBERT WILLIAMS BOOK "NEGROES WITH GUN?"WELL, HERE SITS CHALKY WHITE AND SOME NEGROES WITH GUNS A FEW DECADES EARLIERI will continue down the path which Bill Berkowitz has put me on with...
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THE WEST VIRGINIA ECONOMY SHOULD NOT BE BUILT ON CRUELTY TO DOGS
My greyhound bud Hawk has asked me to return to Scissions series on the world of greyhound racing and help do what I can to explain why it needs to stop. So I turn to West Virginia where all is not...
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YOU DON'T NEED A REVOLUTION TO KNOW WHICH WAY THE WIND BLOWS
It is one of those days when I am already just about out of time and I am just getting here. So, what to do.Well, a moment ago I discovered that while I wasn't looking, something was happening in...
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CHILE: "...THE REVIVAL OF THEIR DREAM, OUR DREAMS IN FACT"
9/11/13 marked the 40th anniversary of the notorious coup which overthrew the elected government of socialist Salvador Allende in Chile leaving Allende himself dead. Many more deaths, disappearances,...
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HERMAN WALLACE IS A MAN
Herman Wallace has spent decades and decades in solitary confinement. Herman Wallace is dying of liver cancer. Herman Wallace isn't looking for your pity. Herman Wallace is a man (and, in one of the...
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THE INVENTION OF THE WHITE RACE
Theoretical Weekends at Scission and here we go. What, it's a book review. Ted Allen's The Invention of the White Race (two volumes) is going to be, if it already isn't, a classic. I recommend to...
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