Doctor Steven Jonas correctly noted in his 2015 essay, Fascism in the 21st Century: When we are looking at 21st century fascism, in the context of what is happening in certain of the capitalist states, at the present particularly in the United States, it should be noted that it is entirely possible that wholesale violence … Read more
It’s not accident or happenstance that the radical right chose the Martin Luther King, Jr. birthday holiday to hold its “gun rights” rally in Virginia. It is in reality a white supremacist rally, a sequel to the violent Charlottesville “Unite the Right” rally in 2017 (above photo), in support of Trump’s MAGA cult followers’ fantasies … Read more
I really can’t stand watching local television news programming for anything but the weather report. When the talking heads reading from the teleprompter do what they call their “national news” segment, it invariably means whatever “Dear Leader” tweeted today. This is how Donald Trump controls the content of the news, even though his Twitter missives … Read more
The New York Times has done an analysis of the striking degree of overlap between the incendiary rhetoric of right-wing media provocateurs and the language used by the Texas man who confessed to killing 22 people at a Walmart in El Paso. How the El Paso Killer Echoed the Incendiary Words of Conservative Media Stars … Read more
Remember when Barack Obama’s longtime pastor, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, made incendiary remarks about the United States and its treatment of blacks in sermons? A video included him saying, “God damn America” and characterizing the Sept. 11 attacks as “America’s chickens … coming home to roost.” Oh my God, the conservative media entertainment complex went batshit … Read more