Sure capitalism is driving us toward collapse on multiple fronts while everyone gets sicker, poorer, dumber, crazier, and more miserable, but hey look, McDonald’s is bringing back the McRib. Reading by Tim Foley: Sure plutocrats are killing our biosphere, but hey, at least they’re creating technology that lets you avoid […]
Australia’s “antisemitism envoy” Jillian Segal has published a handbook which unequivocally clarifies that her office exists not to protect Australian Jews from discrimination, but to stomp out criticism of the state of Israel. Reading by Tim Foley: Australia’s “antisemitism envoy” Jillian Segal has published a handbook which unequivocally clarifies that her office […]
Violence is not always justified, but there is always a reason why it happens. Western pundits, politicians and newscasters will very seldom tell you what those reasons are unless it advances the interests of the western empire. Reading by Tim Foley: One common feature of western empire propaganda is that […]
In online discourse with empire apologists these past few months I’ve been told that the number of dead protesters is thirty thousand, forty thousand, fifty thousand, sixty thousand, seventy thousand, eighty thousand, ninety thousand, and a hundred thousand. Reading by Tim Foley: The most common pro-war talking point about Iran […]
In our society, we do not push psychopaths off the ice when nobody is looking. In our society, we let them rule the world. Reading by Tim Foley: If there were a thousand people living on an island, and one of them began making life miserable for everyone else, there […]
In online discourse with empire apologists these past few months I’ve been told that the number of dead protesters is thirty thousand, forty thousand, fifty thousand, sixty thousand, seventy thousand, eighty thousand, ninety thousand, and a hundred thousand. Reading by Tim Foley: The most common pro-war talking point about Iran […]
My only loyalty is to humanity, and being on Team Human in today’s world means being against the US empire and against Israel. Reading by Tim Foley: ❖ I don’t mind admitting that I hope the US and Israel suffer a crushing, devastating defeat in Iran. I hope this war […]
Hating Israel without hating the western empire is nonsensical, because Israel would not exist without western weapons, military support, narrative control, and diplomatic cover. Reading by Tim Foley: Everyone hates Israel now, which is as it should be. But we all need to understand that Israel has never acted alone. […]
“So as things stand right now this certainly looks like a humiliating defeat for the empire.” Reading by Tim Foley: Trump has announced a two-week ceasefire with Iran after previously threatening to exterminate their “entire civilization”, citing “a 10 point proposal from Iran” as the reason for the climb-down. Trump and his cronies are spinning […]
At this point if you’re in the US military you have a moral obligation to start refusing orders. Desert. Become a conscientious objector. Ideally, get everyone together and launch a full-scale military coup. Reading by Tim Foley: ❖ The president of the United States has a bat shit crazy post on Truth […]