READING THOMAS PIKETTY'S "CAPITAL IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY": AN ESSAY BY...
It does seem that everyone from everywhere on the political spectrum is writing something about Thomas Piketty’s book, Capital in the Twenty-first Century. I am not sure how many are actually reading...
View ArticleIRAN: NO FREIND OF THE WORKING CLASS
While the USA and the West in general spend lots of time wringing their hands over Iran, and while many leftists speak out with hurrahs for the Islamic Republic, does anyone care what the actual...
View ArticleFEATHER RAE COLOMBE: A LIFE LIVED
FEATHER RAE COLOMBEShane Red Hawk is a man, a Lakota, who cares about youth. Shane tells us:One of the biggest issues with our kids is consistency,” Shane said. “People promising and never providing —...
View ArticleSCISSION ON BREAK
SCISSION IS TAKING TIME OFF UNTIL JUNE.HANG IN THERE AND WE'LL BE BACK BEFORE YOU KNOW IT..
View ArticleYURI KOCHIYAMA: A REVOLUTIONARY JOURNEY
Yuri Kochiyama, whose pursuit of social justice was legend passed away on Sunday in California. She was 93. Kochiyama’s activism began after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, when she and her family were...
View ArticleATF AGENT THOMAS SLEDGE AND THE MYSTERIOUS DYNAMITE PARTICLES THAT HELPED...
Tomorrow is Prison Friday at Scission, but I have some plumbing issues to deal with, so I am advancing it one day.I am returning once again to the Omaha Two. I will keep doing so until these men are...
View ArticleTHE CASE (AND THE DEMAND) FOR REPARATIONS
The piece below, published in the mainstream magazine The Atlantic, makes a historical, dramatic, and clear case for reparations. Ta-Nehisi Coates lays down not just the economic case, but the human,...
View ArticleSOLDIERS WHO RESIST: WAR, CLASS, AND RACE
Okay, I guess it is time to jump in on Bowe Bergdahl. Actually, I don't need myself to write anything as longtime activist Mitchel Cohen has written the article for me. There is nothing I can really...
View ArticleREAD CAPITAL IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY BY THOMAS PIKETTY...OR ELSE
Here is a short day for you with an entire book to read.I have now reached the point in Piketty's book, "Capital in the Twenty-First Century" where he lays out his plans on how to deal with the...
View ArticleGRAND JURY RESISTER BACK HOME FROM EXILE HAS SOMETHING TO SAY
I myself first got involved in the whole grand jury business shortly before one went off in 1971 and indicted me and three of my brothers on bombing conspiracy charges.. I joined with many others to...
View ArticleASK ME ABOUT MY RIOT...OR...IS IT TIME TO LOOT BACK
Theoretical Monday and I have a bit of angry "theoreticalness" to share with you. As I always say, I don't agree with all of it, but I get the anger, and I get the idea, and I also don't disagree with...
View ArticleROMA YOUTH LYNCHED IN FRANCE: NOT AN ABERRATION, JUST RACIST POLICY CARRIED...
WELL, NOT SO MUCHSome like to pretend that a lynching is an aberration that just happens...the result of some bad people or some bad thinking. You and I know there is a lot more to it then that.Take a...
View ArticleCAMEROON: ONE FRONT IN THE STRUGGLE AGAINST GLOBAL CAPITAL'S WAR ON THE EARTH
In Cameroon, Herakles Farms, a US company, has been chopping down miles of dense forest. Last February, according to Greenpeace, Herakles began clear-cutting trees with an illegal permit in hand. The...
View ArticleAT THE CORNER WHERE THE BULLET MEETS THE BONE
Milwaukee, Division and Ashland. Six floors below the ground.The rupture begins here...It is Prison Friday at Scission and this isn't exactly a prison story, but then again this is exactly a prison...
View Article"...SO THAT THE VERMIN WOULD NOT ENTER..."
WHAT SCARES THE RICH IN THEIR DREAMS INTO PRIVATIZING SPACE ITSELFI really don't have any time today. I searched for a while for something for Theoretical Monday and along the way ran into this piece...
View Article"WE ARE OBSCENE LAWLESS HIDEOUS DANGEROUS DIRTY VIOLENT AND YOUNG...WE ARE...
Lawrence, KansasApril 1970Say, "Black Bloc" and some people go nuts. Supposedly peaceful people start screaming about police provocateurs and running around in crazy circles. They cry out, "They are...
View Article"WE CALL THE SEA THE ORIGINAL LANDLORD" - GLOBAL CLIMATE DISRUPTION AND THE POOR
THE OCEAN IS COMING FOR THE POOR OF LIBERIAGLOBAL CLIMATE DISRUPTION RIGHT NOWHello Earth People.Have you noticed lately that on the NBC/CBS/ABC evening news every night at least one of the top stories...
View ArticleA NOTE TO THE KKK: DON'T MESS WITH PHILLY
Let me tell you something, I used to live in Philly. Let me tell you something else, I learned more in my time in Philly (where I had a job working on the streets of North Philly and speaking in drug...
View ArticleSMILE FOR THE CAMERA (OR NOT)
LOOKS LIKE WE'RE IN FOR STORMY WEATHERPrison Friday at Scission has rolled around once again. One thing I learned when I was in prison is it takes more than dialectical-materialism to keep you...
View ArticleRADICAL DEMOCRACY WANTS TO BE THE INVENTION OF THE COMMON...
It is Theoretical Monday and today we explore The Common. That means, of course, this has got to include Antonio Negri. It does. It also included Judith Revel.I'll leave it at that since I don't...
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