The western empire is one nonstop insult to our intelligence. The peace advocates are terrorists, the genocide architects deserve peace prizes, the journalists are dangerous, and Epstein was just a wealthy socialite who made a few mistakes.
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The anointed and the annihilators: Trump’s peace candidacy and his apostles in Tel Aviv and Rawalpindi
Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel and Pakistan’s General Asim Munir—have found common cause in nominating Donald J. Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize.
We are all Palestine Action
To equate a spray can of paint with a suicide bomb isn't just absurd, it is grotesque.
Capitalism’s rolling back of welfare spending
Donald Trump’s “big beautiful bill” which got passed by both houses in the U.S. and has now become law, is a massive assault on welfare spending.
Cartoonists can compare victims of genocide to Nazis—but not the perpetrators
Cartoonist Mr. Fish (real name Dwayne Booth) posted an update to his Patreon on March 20 headed “Fish: Laid Off!”
New footage exposes ragtag U.S. mercenaries firing toward Gaza aid seekers
Following an AP investigation accusing a U.S. mercenary firm of firing on desperate Gaza aid seekers, the company has released extensive new footage in an attempt at damage control. But the video only further implicates the scandal-plagued operation.
Tony Blair and the disgusting capitalist fantasy for Gaza
Kevin Crane dissects the absurd and chilling corporate fantasies around a post-war Gaza, where the involvement of Blair brings it all back to the lies of the Iraq War over twenty years ago.
Massive expansion of Trump’s deportation machine passes with little Press notice
Some cuts, like those to Medicaid, have been heavily covered by the corporate media. But one key piece of the bill has gotten much less media scrutiny: The preposterous sum of $175 billion has been allocated to fund Trump’s signature mass deportation campaign.
Medicaid enrollees targeted for forced farm work under Trump immigration crackdown
The remarks echo proposals President Donald Trump himself has floated in recent months, including a plan to compel farmers to house and supervise migrant laborers to avoid ICE raids directly.
New York Times joins a White Supremacist in attacking Zohran Mamdani
Zohran Mamdani, the choice of Democratic Party voters in New York City, is anathema to the billionaire class. So much so that the New York Times elevated the work of a white supremacist in an effort to derail what the people want.
Who says a chicken feather can’t fly up to Heaven?: The Twenty-Eighth Newsletter (2025)
China showcases a number of promising developments in the construction of socialism–though not without challenges and contradictions.
Medicaid enrollees targeted for forced farm work under Trump immigration crackdown
The remarks echo proposals President Donald Trump himself has floated in recent months, including a plan to compel farmers to house and supervise migrant laborers to avoid ICE raids directly.