Commentary -- WNT Selected

Antifa in Theory and in Practice | Diana Johnstone

Photo by jcrakow | CC BY 2.0 (Editor's note: This CounterPunch story is from three years ago. -Francis Goodwin) “Fascists are divided into two categories: the fascists and the anti-fascists.” – Ennio Flaiano, Italian writer and co-author of Federico Fellini’s greatest film scripts. Oct. 9, 2017 (CounterPunch) -- In recent weeks, a totally disoriented left has been widely exhorted to unify around ...

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America is a Smoking Fascist Dystopia | umair haque

America Has Less Than 50 Days to Save Itself From Even Greater Disaster Sept. 15, 2020 (Eudaimonia & Co) -- I woke up this morning to news that was particularly horrific. Forced mass sterilisations a ...

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BOOKS: Bitter Tales from the Massive White Underclass in Joe Bageant's "Redneck" Memoir

"Economic, political, and social culture in America is staggering under the sheer weight of its white underclass, which now numbers some sixty million." Sept. 20, 2010 (AlterNet) -- The following is ...

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The Plan to Destroy American Democracy | umair haque

Photo: Medium How Trump Plans to Steal the Election Aug. 1, 2020 (Eudaimonia & Co) -- By now, the plan to steal the next election is as plain as day — for anyone who cares to look that is. Why it’s p ...

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Trump is Preparing America For Dictatorship | umair haque

Newsflash: Don’t Rely on Mitch McConnell to Save You From Donald Trump July 31 2020 (Eudaimonia & Co) -- There’s a thing that authoritarians do that us survivors of authoritarianism know all too well ...

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Donald Trump, American Dictator | umair haque

Trump Doesn’t Need to Delay an Election to Spoil It July 30, 2020 (Eudaimonia & Co) --By now, you’ve probably heard that Donald Trump announced he wants to… delay the election. Cue a firestorm. So. H ...

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The World is Horrified by Trump’s America | umair haque

Trump Led America Off the Cliffs of Disease, Poverty, Authoritarianism, and Chaos, and the World is Appalled July 29, 2020 (Eudaimonia & Co) -- Every single day, every single person I talk to who’s n ...

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The Silurian Hypothesis | Michele Diodati

Image: Medium What geological traces could have left a hypothetical industrial civilization that flourished and disappeared many millions of years ago? July 27, 2020 (The Startup) -- As far as we kno ...

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Why Economics Says Our Civilization is Going to Collapse | umair haque

Photo: Medium We’re a Poor Civilization That Thinks It’s a Rich One — and We’re Living Way Beyond Our Means July 28, 2020 (Eudaimonia & Co) -- Like it or not, economics is destiny for civilizations. ...

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Why Zuck is Betting on Social Collapse | umair haque

Image: Medium Why Facebook Helps Authoritarians Steal Elections and Sow Hatred July 27, 2020 (Eudaimonia & Co) -- In case you haven’t noticed, Facebook appears to give zero effs about preserving the ...

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American Democracy Will Die in 100 Days | umair haque

Photo: Medium …Unless Americans Start Understanding How to Fight Nazism — Now July 26, 2020 (Eudaimonia & Co) -- Americans being abducted off the streets. A mayor being attacked with chemical agents. ...

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