[A monthly link list of recommended articles, videos, podcasts, photos, toots … you name it]
[Videos]
Pussy Riot’s Powerful Message to Vladimir Putin | Nadya Tolokonnikova | TED Yeah, Putin, you have already lost.
HIDARI – The Stop-Motion Samurai Film Could be fun.
The Witch Trials of J.K. Rowling | ContraPoints Instead of that transphobia-normalizing podcast, better watch this reponse video by Contrapoints, in which she mentions this great, older video:
JK Rowling’s New Friends If you had any doubts if JKR was transphobic.
Analyzing KRAFTWERK’s BEATS Hesitated if this should be under Music.
[Music]
Elisapie – Taimangalimaaq (Time After Time) – I love her, with a passion.
INDIA METAL – Konnakkol Not his best work, but still great.
African Head Charge – Microdosing One of my all time favorite bands made a re-appearance.
[Podcasts]
The Fallout of a Callout [npr] – “In this week’s Code Switch, Hari and Hank speak to each other publicly for the first time since Hari’s documentary The Problem With Apu came out in 2017. The film called out Hollywood’s portrayal of South Asians and doubled as a criticism of Hank, who is white, for voicing the Indian Simpsons character, Apu Nahasapeemapetilon.” This shows how these conversations could happen.
Latin American Feminism Has Much to Teach US Left on How to Fight for Abortion – Truthout – “Mothers and grandmothers redefined what it means to do politics,” says Camila Valle.” My current favorite podcast.
Call me disabled – A promising new podcast looking at ableism, disability, neurodivergence and more, loved the first episode, but can’t link to it here.
[Toot Threads]
https://mastodon.nl/@vickyvdtogt/110196805189572082 [can’t embed this for some reason]
“Vicky van der Togt @vickyvdtogt
A mechanism for #LongCovid
I am beyond excited to finally be able to share what I’ve been working on for the past year.
At the beginning of March 22, I discovered a potential mechanism for #LongCovid. It was a unifying mechanism that could explain every single symptom that patients were reporting, something I never thought possible for a disease that has over 200. Yet, this mechanism actually did.”
The link to the study is bellow.
[Pandemic Roundup]
Pandemic Roundup: April 27, 2023
Pandemic Roundup: April 20, 2023
Pandemic Roundup: April 13, 2023
Pandemic Roundup: April 6, 2023
Thank you Violet for continuing your fantastic work compiling all the COVID news in an inclusive manner.
[The Must Read[s] This Month]
The Green Growth Delusion: What if the limits of renewable energy require sacrificing consumption? [truthdig] – “The consensus on the need for scaling up renewable energy is rarely disturbed by a disquieting possibility: What if techno-industrial society as currently conceived — based on ever-increasing GDP, global trade and travel, and complex global production and distribution chains designed to satisfy the rich world’s unquenchable appetite for bigger, faster, more of everything — what if that simply cannot function without energy-dense fossil fuels? What if, despite the promises of Green New Deal boosters, it is impossible to make sustainable the current system that provides billions of people sustenance, shelter, goods?” Loved the expression “green-tech saviorism”. Need to use this more often.
A social and medical examination of Long COVID as a “mass disabling event”: Part 1 [wsws] – “After three years of the COVID-19 pandemic, the long-term consequences of infection with SARS CoV-2—called Long COVID or post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 (PASC)—remain a dire threat to humanity. Long COVID researchers and advocates have correctly referred to the pandemic as a “mass disabling event,” which is ongoing and deepening despite all the lies and propaganda that “the pandemic is over.”” At least the fucking socialists still pay attention to the political implications of the pandemic: here are parts 2, 3, 4.
Is Therapy-Speak Making Us Selfish? [bustle] – “There are reasons a person might be tempted to overindulge in some of this self-care behavior. Conflict can be difficult, and people might think they can avoid it by asserting their needs in a way that prevents the other person from responding — by using HR language to end a friendship, for instance, or via straight-up ghosting. And by couching the behavior in therapy language, the hard “boundary” can feel more legitimate, or even virtuous.” Gotta hate therapy speak. Another reason why i hate therapy, it turns us into teflon.
[Articles English]
retrogmz – “Welcome to retrogmz, where you can play a selection of classic retro games online” Just what it says on the tin.
America’s Most Influential Conspiracy Theorists Are Going All-In On Transphobia [vice] – “The anti-vaccine world, in particular, has been trending towards transphobia for years. Prominent anti-vaxxers have outlined the ways they view both vaccines and transgender people as part of a larger, sinister, anti-human scheme.” Can someone please explain to me how an anarchist could boost Robert F. Kennedy? Anti-vaxxer, anti-abortion, transphobic, in short, at the very least a fascist-enabler.
Aubrey Plaza Is the Unfortunate New Face of the Milk Wars [bon appetit] – “Struggling against a world where the FDA has officially let almond, oat, and soy cop its name, Big Milk has (probably) paid Plaza huge bucks to convince the youth to please drink dairy. The viral spoof was created by the Milk Processor Education Program (MilkPEP), which sounds like a wholesome after-school activity but is actually an industry marketing firm funded by big dairy producers—and the very same group that came up with the iconic “Got Milk?” campaign, which ran from the 1990s until 2014.” Hell no, Aubrey, you failed, imma drink even more oat milk now.
Don’t Delete Art – “Social media is a critical avenue for artistic exposure and expression; in 2020, it replaced art fairs as the third most successful way for galleries to sell art. As a result, social media corporations have become cultural gatekeepers with unprecedented power to determine which art works can freely circulate and which ones are banned or pushed into the digital margins.” I found some amazing, if slightly nsfw art here, see bellow.
skeptical hope. | Raechel Anne Jolie [substack] – “When I answered the student’s question about resilience, I brought in the feminist concept of agency to help in defending my choice. Feminist agency asserts the ability to act within and in spite of structural harm. Imperatively, it names that the obstacles exist — that it will, without question, be harder for people with marginalized identities to make it through under capitalism, white supremacy, cisheteropatriarchy, and so on. But agency, I think, gives us permission to try anyway.” I think this offerss a helpful distinction, resilience and agency may well build a spectrum of sorts.
Ranking the Pain of Stinging Insects, From ‘Spicy’ to ‘Shockingly Electric’ [atlas obscura] – “Remembering one passionate entomologist who poetically described and classified more than 70 species’ painful stings.” He sadly died of Parkinson.
The heightened risk of autoimmune diseases after Covid [substack] – “When we published our comprehensive review of Long Covid earlier this year, the evidence for elevated risk of autoimmune diseases had not been established. That’s now changed. There are three large cohort studies that provide strong support of the “substantially increased risk of developing a diverse spectrum of new-onset autoimmune diseases.”” I think this is partially BS, a lot of it was already established, but hey.
Of Monsters and Men | Rhian Sasseen [baffler] – “Does the artist have a political obligation? I think so. But Dederer’s embrace of vague terminology at the end of Monsters obscures both the actual political capabilities and emotional impacts of art. Neither a demon nor a monster, art turns into that other cultural fixation of our era: therapy.” The argumentation goes a bit all over the place, but finds a great conclusion.
Long COVID Is Being Erased—Again [atlantic] – “Information about COVID’s acute symptoms was plastered across our public spaces, but there was never an equivalent emphasis that even mild infections can lead to lasting and mercurial symptoms; as such, some people who have long COVID don’t even know what they have. This may be especially true for the low-income, rural, and minority groups that have borne the greatest risks of infection.” Ed Yong offering great context, yet again. Why do we still only read this from him?
Exclusive Interview with French Media Collective Cerveaux non Disponibles [unicorn riot] – “The CND member (who wished to remain anonymous) discussed the origins of CND in relation to the yellow vest movement, talked about France’s draconian ‘global security’ law and the struggle against it, about police violence against journalists and photographers, and analyzed the landscape of mainstream and independent media along with the difficulties the latter face against GAFA (Google, Apple, Facebook, Amazon) giants for publishing radical media, and being targeted by police and internet trolls.” Interview with the alternative news outlet that feeds us the greatest riot porn. See below.
A Computer Generated Swatting Service Is Causing Havoc Across America [vice] – “As the U.S. deals with a nationwide swatting wave, Motherboard has traced much of the activity to a particular swatting-as-a-service account on Telegram. Torswats uses synthesized voices to pressure law enforcement to specific locations.” A swatting AI. What next?
It Feels Good to Feel Bad, and Your Friends Need to Understand Why | Jessica Wildfire [substack] – “This toxic positivity isn’t just irritating. It doesn’t just make us miserable as individuals. It has hampered us on every level. It blocks political progress. It sabotages public health. It nurtures wealth gaps and inequality. It has done nothing for us but create a class system full of sick, angry, broke and broken trolls who go around talking about what good listeners they are, while abusing their own families and scapegoating the homeless.” Toxic positivity = communication in Switzerland.
Hypothesis: inflammatory acid-base disruption underpins Long Covid [frontiersin] – “Both acute and PASC patients show systemic dysregulation of multiple markers of the acid-base balance. Based on these data, we hypothesize that the shift to anaerobic respiration causes an acid-base disruption that can affect every organ system and underpins the symptoms of PASC. This hypothesis can be tested by longitudinally evaluating acid-base markers in PASC patients and controls over the course of a month.” I think this is a very promising finding. I started an electrolytes/stretching cure.
Steal Something from Work Day [crimethinc] – “Stealing is immoral, yes. That’s why your employers should pay you the full value they obtain from your labor, rather than paying you a fraction of it and taking the rest for themselves as profit. If you take something from the workplace, you’re not stealing, but simply taking back the results of your effort.” Just saying.
another opportunity for growth. | Raechel Anne Jolie [substack] – “Activists and repression analysts have been sounding the alarm bells about the possibility of something like this happening for years now, primarily because the situation we’re in now mirrors historical moments that descended into fascism. What would it take for us at a societal level to integrate the wisdom of the past?” Hmm. Great question.
Historians expose early scientists’ debt to the slave trade [science] – “Key plant and animal specimens arrived in Europe on slavers’ ships” Science has a racist, colonialist, misogynist, ableist past, that needs to be dealt with. Read the book Inflamed for more info on medicine in this regard.
Country Roads | Peter Gelderloos [substack] – “This humble answer, then, is about stories. Concrete stories, like the ones my partner told in her lecture, or like the one I discovered about the Black Patch Wars, following up on a serendipitous loose thread I came across in my path through this story I’m telling you now. But also, the practice of storytelling, of being honest about where we’re coming from so we can more honestly decide where we want to go. Of putting out all the awkward details and not shutting up about the ones that don’t fit neatly into the theory of the hour (or the century, in the case of some academic dinosaurs). And even moreso, the practice of listening. Because I don’t think you can learn to be a storyteller—much less a good anarchist, a good feminist, someone participating meaningfully in the abolition of whiteness and colonialism—without learning to listen to the stories being told around you every moment.” Listen more.
March 2023 Global Climate Report [ncei] – “March 2023 was the second-warmest March for the globe in NOAA’s 174-year record. The March global surface temperature was 1.24°C (2.23°F) above the 20th-century average of 12.7°C (54.9°F). March 2023 marked the 47th consecutive March and the 529th consecutive month with global temperatures, at least nominally, above the 20th-century average. The March 2023 temperature anomaly was the third highest for all months, after March 2016 and February 2016.” 3rd highest anomaly. No, let that sink in.
Report on Artistic Freedom in Europe [wmmna] – “It may look like Europe is a safe place for the freedom of artistic expression but in its most recent report, Freemuse recorded 104 violations against visual art in Europe. Sometimes these violations are easy to recognise. Such as when the influence of Beijing’s censors outside the country forces a French museum to postpone a major exhibition about Genghis Khan and the Mongol Empire. When a participatory drawing of Viktor Orbán is taken off the wall of the Ludwig Museum in Budapest to the surprise of both the artist and curator. Or when writers, artists (including Jewish artists), musicians and philosophers are stripped of awards or accused of antisemitism over their stance against the oppression of Palestinians in Israel. Sometimes, however, artists and culture workers are silenced in more subdued ways. When they are self-censoring their work under pressure from right-wing populist governments, for example.” It’s going downhill inside Fortress Europa.
The Dalai Lama Is A Creepy Asshole | Caitlin Johnstone [substack] – “But I guess that’s about the best anyone could expect from a literal CIA asset. His administration received $1.7 million a year from the Central Intelligence Agency through the 1960s, and it’s reported that he himself personally received $180,000 a year from the CIA for decades.” Eww.
It’s Okay if You Don’t Want to Hang Out | Jessica Wildfire [substack] – “They desperately want you to come hang out with them and trade germs. Why no, they’re not going to actually listen to you. They’re not going to set up air purifiers, either. They’re not going to wear a mask for your sake or anyone else’s. They’re not going to take a test. They’re not even going to tell you if they’re feeling a little sick. They’re just going to expose you to whatever they happen to be carrying. Once again, they’re back to expecting the neurodivergent, the disabled, the immunocompromised to put their own needs aside. On top of that, we get to listen to them talk about how open-minded they are, all day long.” Sweet sarcasm.
Is Environmental Radicalism Inevitable? [the new republic] – “The reception of How to Blow Up a Pipeline the film will probably mirror the book’s—magnified by the fact that more people see movies than read nonfiction. Filmmakers may well be accused of glamorizing, even encouraging, criminal behavior. In the perhaps unlikely event some wave of eco-sabotage materializes, however, it won’t be because someone made a movie. It will happen for the same reasons it does in the film: because some number of people see a yawning gap between what needs to happen and what is.” Yes, it is inevitable.
The Revolution Against Shady Landlords Has Begun [the nation] – “New York City is brutal to renters. As of 2017, half of us spent a third of our income on rent; a third of us spent more than half. The competition for an affordable place is harrowing, with the vacancy rate for apartments that rent for under $1,500 a month hovering at less than 1 percent. Many of us pay nonrefundable application fees just to get our foot in the door, followed by thousands of dollars to the landlord’s broker, and often thousands of dollars more in glorified bribes to the landlords themselves.” Fuck landlords.
How (Not) To Interpret Far-Right Symbols [bellingcat] – “symbols mean different things to different people, at different times and in different contexts. They’re not static, nor are they usually as simple to interpret as the swastika tattooed on the back of that neo-Nazi’s head. They have multiple levels of meaning, even contradictory ones. This is particularly the case for the far-right, who use symbols in deliberately coy and confusing ways that make it more difficult to pin down who they are and what they believe in.” The codes keep changing, as well, it’s important to keep track of this.
Merchants of Doubt [john snow project] – “From asymptomatic and airborne transmission to the risk of breakthrough infections and reinfections, from organ, immune system and neurological damage to the impact of Long Covid, every single serious harm of SARS-CoV-2 has been minimized by influential commentators, including experts on some public health committees, whose words seem to carry more weight with policymakers than the carefully designed studies evidencing these harms.” Minimisers should all get … nope, not gonna say that. Oops, that was close.
Why Green Energy Won’t Help Stop Climate Change | Peter Gelderloos [substack] – “Currently, the global economy uses 580 million terajoules of energy every year. In 1950, that figure was only 90 million terajoules. (To get some idea, a million tons of oil produces 41,868 terajoules of energy). So, energy production is growing at a significant rate, doubling every few decades, and unless capitalism collapses or is abolished, energy production will continue to grow.” A great explainer piece to pass around, if need be.
One Person Killed and Two Members of Reno Food not Bombs Hospitalized After Vehicle Attack [idg] – “Two volunteers with the mutual aid group Reno Food Not Bombs are in “critical, but stable condition” and one unhoused person, Michelle “Mama Bear” Jardine, is dead after a 57 year old man, David Turner, reportedly “suddenly and inexplicably drove his car through the area where the women were standing” on Monday.” Is it just me or are there more and more cars driven into crowds of mostly leftist protesters?
‘It is a crime against humanity’: Ai Weiwei discusses refugees in the UK, moving on from Covid and why Lego is his medium of choice [theartnewspaper] – “Toilet paper sculptures on show—two life-size rolls, one in marble and one in glass—demonstrate the demand for basic disposable products during the coronavirus crisis. “The strongest ability [people have] is their forgetfulness. It seems like nothing ever happened. We have already completely forgotten,” Ai says, referring to the pandemic.” Who is this “we” Ai mentions here, i haven’t forgotten. How could i?
Collectives and non-profits feed the hungry. Some people want to make it illegal. [boingboing] – “Even the most conservative economist will tell you that capitalism requires structural unemployment to keep inflation down. The economy is based on some people not having work, which means that we have a class system built into capitalism: we need some people to be a little bit hungry, a little bit desperate for work, in order to keep the whole economy ticking.” Food not bombs plus some historical background.
WWE wrestling turned me cis, then it turned me trans [polygon] – “The essential, irreducible element of a wrestling match is the ability to show suffering — the very thing drummed out of every boy by high school, if not earlier. It’s the heart of the art form. No matter how skilled a wrestler is technically, it doesn’t count at all unless they can make the audience believe they’re being hurt. Every wrestler has to spend a significant amount of every match showing nothing but raw, visceral agony. They have to show their secret face, the most vulnerable one of all.” What a lovely headline.
The French People Battle Pension Reform in Paris [unicorn riot] – “Paris, France — More than 100,000 people demonstrated in Paris, France during a nationwide 24-hour strike on March 28 to protest French President Emmanuel Macron’s forced pension reform plan that raises the retirement age.” Here’s the riot pron.
Damp as an indicator of social inequalities [wmmna] – “The damp that I’ve seen in participants’ houses is there for different reasons which can include plumbing issues, condensation issues, not having air ventilation, etc. But in a combination of that, the reason why precarity is an issue is that it is the owner of the property’s responsibility to look after the building, to ensure that there is proper ventilation and that it is a safe space to live in. Those needs aren’t being met possibly because of the demand for refurbishment that is required. However, the brunt of living in and breathing those spores is on the tenants.” Great interview with the artist who makes cheese from mold she finds in precarious housing.
Self-Built Fog Catcher [alsar-atelier] – “The purpose of this project was to mitigate the present problematics of water and food security in the Informal neighborhoods of Bogotá. Therefore we proposed a prototype designed to recollect water through the Fog and would also serve as a habitable Greenhouse. But the main purpose of the design was to give the community a design that was simple enough for the to build and implement it elsewhere, educating informal neighborhood on new construction methods.” A beauty.
Zines The Fight For Gender Self Determination : Confronting The Assault On Trans People [crimethinc] – “Over the last two years, a wave of anti-trans and anti-LGBTQ legislation has swept the United States. Proposals in dozens of state legislatures have aimed to stop schoolteachers from discussing gender or sexuality—to prevent kids from using bathrooms or playing on sports teams as their self-determined gender—to force school officials to “out” trans kids to their parents—and to make it illegal for trans kids to get appropriate medical care.”
[Articles German/French]
Mietwohnungen: Ein Markt so kaputt wie ungerecht [woz] – “Die Preise für Wohnungen steigen seit Jahren. Immer mehr von ihnen gehören institutionellen Vermietern mit riesigen Anlagevermögen. Der Wohnungsmarkt ist komplex – seine Wirkung nicht: Umverteilung nach oben.” The WoZ even developed a Monopoly clone focusing on the rent crisis.
Grundrechtsanwalt Györffy: «Mehr polizeiliche Repression führt nicht automatisch zu weniger Gewalt» [tsri.ch] – “Mit polizeilicher Repression alleine werden sich jedenfalls keine Probleme lösen lassen. Bei Demonstrationen muss man sich auch generell die Frage stellen, was die Gründe dafür sind, dass die Menschen auf die Strasse gehen. Hier manifestiert sich politischer Druck, etwa, weil die Freiräume schwinden, sich die Klimakrise zuspitzt, Frauen mit Diskriminierungen und Belästigungen konfrontiert sind und wir nach wie vor Rassismus in unserer Gesellschaft haben.” Public outrage against “violence” is often a distraction from having a look at the reasons for these political acts of sabotage or vandalism.
Rassismuskritische Psychotherapie: Rassismus macht krank [taz] – “Mehr als jeder Fünfte in Deutschland wurde schon einmal rassistisch behandelt, heißt es im Nationalen Diskriminierungs- & Rassismusmonitor NaDiRa. Und Rassismus macht krank: Menschen mit Diskriminierungserfahrungen leiden häufiger an Depressionen, Schizophrenie und Schlafstörungen. In Deutschland mangelt es dazu an Forschung, die meisten Studien stammen aus den Vereinigten Staaten oder aus Großbritannien.” One of the many reasons why i am cautious with or even outright distrustful of psychotherapy.
Elon Musk: Giftige Genies [zeit online] – “Der Geniemythos besitzt ein zutiefst reaktionäres Potenzial, das die Figuren des Tyrannen und des Scharlatans zu einer Karikatur meritokratischer Legitimation verbindet.” One of the best German texts on the cult of the genius, so far.
Extreme Abgründe [woz] – “Der «Extremismusexperte» Samuel Althof hat den Kompass verloren – und verharmlost die rechtsextreme Gruppe Junge Tat.” When a “expert for extremism” gets confronted because he was flirting with a neonazi and responds by doxxing the leftist activist who confronted him, is he still an expert for extremism?
Şeyda Kurt: «Hass klagt die Gleichgültigkeit an» [woz] – “Um sich selbst zu schützen, müssen die Unterdrückten ihre Unterdrücker aber andererseits auch ganz genau studieren, und das gibt ihnen gleichzeitig ein grosses Wissen: Sie kennen ihre Unterdrücker besser, als es andersrum je denkbar wäre. So eröffnen sich Räume für Widerstand, im kolonialen Kontext etwa für Flucht oder Sabotage. Im besten Fall folgt daraus dann ein weiterer Hassmodus, derjenige der bewussten Entscheidung zum offenen Hass, eine Art Wiederaneignung des Hasses durch unterdrückte Menschen. Das ist, was ich strategischen Hass nenne.” Hate by suppressed people is not the same as hate by nazis, oppressors or bigots.
Expertin über Klischees zu Autismus: „Kein Mensch hat nur Schwächen“ [taz] – “Davon abgesehen tut es allen gut, Selbstfürsorge zu betreiben, Bedürfnisse kennenzulernen und einzufordern oder Zeitmanagement zu betreiben. Für Autist:innen ist es aber in viel größerem Maße relevant, weil sie sonst jeden Abend hinter der Wohnungstür in einem Mini-Burn-out zusammenbrechen. Das ist wortwörtlich gemeint.” Respect neurodivergent people.
Dene wos guet geit [republik] – “Seit Matter das Lied gesungen hat, ist der Graben zwischen Reich und Arm nicht etwa kleiner geworden. Sondern grösser.” Yeah, so that song is now also dead.
Danke für den Fisch! [ctrl+verlust] – “Musks Waffe feuert nicht plötzlich, sondern sukzessive und allmählich und normalisiert eine neue Art des Diskurses „one scandal at a time“. Man konnte den Mechanismus bei Donald Trump gut beobachten: Trumps Erbe sind nicht die einzelnen Policyentscheidungen seiner Präsidentschaft, sondern die nachhaltige Veränderung der politischen Kultur in den USA. Musk arbeitet mit Twitter an etwas ähnlichem, aber weltweit und auf einem tieferen kulturellem Layer. Es ist eine neue, potentiell sehr mächtige Form von Politik durch Plattformen, die er betreibt.” mspro a bit late to realise all of this, but hey, better late than never.
Wie Menschen mit Behinderung zu Verdächtigen wurden [daslamm] – “Im nationalen Wahlkampf 2004 machte Christoph Blocher „Scheininvalide“ zur Zielscheibe einer SVP-Hetzkampagne. Bezüger*innen von IV-Leistungen würden sich Renten erschleichen wollen. Die Defizite der Invalidenversicherung haben aber keinesfalls mit Missbrauch zu tun, wie die Geschichte zeigt.” The history of ableism as promoted by the righwing populist pioneers Blocher and his SVP party.
Faustschlag fast ohne Folgen [hauptstadt] – “Bei einer Festnahme in Bern schlug ein Polizist einem am Boden liegenden Mann gegen den Kopf. Zu Recht, findet nun die Polizei nach einer internen Untersuchung.” Cop punches a man on the floor in the head, there’s a video of it, he walks free. Every fucking time.
[Older articles, still great]
[This video might be considered NSFW, that’s why there’s no embed] All you Fascist – This was censored on Instagram.
THE ABOLITION OF WORK – “No one should ever work. Work is the source of nearly all the misery in the world. Almost all the evil you’d care to name comes from working or from living in a world designed for work. In order to stop suffering, we have to stop working.” Bob Black somehow came up, it’s still a great take. Parts of it read in this video by srslywrong:
How to Be an Anarchist [wikihow] – “What does it mean to be an anarchist? In general, anarchists call for the abolition of the government and the dismantling of social hierarchies. Solidarity through a dream of unforced equality is the foundational principle of anarchism. Critics of anarchism depict many kinds of negative stereotypes of the concept – they picture angry, intimidating “gangs” defacing public and private property, groups shoplifting, looting stores, gang-like robbery, burglary, assaults, and creating general havoc. While certain violent groups have claimed to be anarchists, most avowed anarchists today advocate peaceful, anti-government protest.” This is hilarious. And pretty great.
David Boarder Giles: A mass conspiracy of abundance [green dreamer] – “Even the most conservative economist will tell you that capitalism requires structural unemployment to keep inflation down. The economy is based on some people not having work, which means that we have a class system built into capitalism: we need some people to be a little bit hungry, a little bit desperate for work, in order to keep the whole economy ticking.”— David Boarder Giles” Guys, you can thank me, i am one of the unemployed keeping inflation down for y’all.
R.I.P.
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