Tesla/Musk takedown time
A couple of Tesla Takedown events in the lower mainland this weekend. The first one is today at noon at the Tesla Dealership, 1636 W 4th Ave. in Vancouver. March…
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Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading.- Michael Harriot writes that the U.S. is past the point of being able to talk about mere threats to democracy, and needs instead…
Chaos — the autocrats’ game plan
Neofascists in the 21st century care nothing about the consequences of tyranny, but they understand how tyrants gain power. They intend to control media, damage the economy, and cripple the…
Adjusting to the new America
When Donald Trump was elected president in 2016, I despaired. The American people had elected... The post Adjusting to the new America first appeared on Views from the Beltline.
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week.- Carole Cadwalladr highlights the Elon Musk-led coup against democratic governance in the U.S., while Sarah Kendzior discusses how Musk and the rest of his…
Tuesday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading.- Brian Beutler makes the effort to classify the crises created by the new Trump administration as well as the available responses. Jeet Heer…
Economic and cultural sanctions needed
I won't post again on the platform owned by today's lead promoter of fascism. Only psychopaths aim to revive a movement responsible for a conflict that left more than 50…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week.- Paul Krugman discusses how one of the top priorities of the second Donald Trump administration is to trash public health in the U.S. And…
The New Fascists Have Arrived. American Democracy is Dead.
I get no satisfaction from saying ‘I told you so’ and ‘I warned you about them.’ But I did, over and over. So did many, many others, all of them…
Monday Morning Links
Assorted content to start your week.- Marc Elias explores what it means to worry that "we're on our own" in the face of a fascist government and crumbling institutions -…
Friday Afternoon Links
Assorted content to end your week.- Robert Reich comments on the U.S.' out-of-control oligarchy - while noting there are precedents in turning the tide. Alexander Hurst calls out Elon Musk…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading.- Crawford Kilian reviews Richard Seymour's Disaster Nationalism as setting out the problem of fascists using emergencies both real and contrived as an excuse…
Invitation declined
A candidate for the People’s Party of Canada asked if I would join his podcast for a discussion of government functions. Having no interest in promoting or assisting that party,…
Normalizing Fascism: The Paradox of Tolerance
The Brexit campaign succeeded on a platform that cultivated anger, fear, conspiracies, and racism based on lies and disinformation. Donald Trump’s campaigns have succeeded twice on platforms that increasingly cultivated…
Only When It is Darkest Out Can You See the Stars
These are my summary notes from this excellent podcast from Andrea Pitzer on Next Comes What, "How We Survive This Mess." Pitzer previous wrote a history of concentration camps, One…
Atheists Beware: Trump Will Come For You, Too
While women and immigrants will initially be the main target of the Talibangelists in the upcoming Trump theocracy, they will not be the only victims of Trumpist repression. Among the…
Was the 2024 US Presidential election irrelevant? Yes and no.
Was the 2024 US Presidential election irrelevant? Yes and no. If Trump and Kennedy do end the war in Ukraine, as promised, that will be a giant victory, because it…
Wednesday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading.- Oliver Willis writes about the dangers of a second Donald Trump presidency - and the importance of not conceding core values out of deference…