Polizeros Radio. The absence of a real left in the US

What passes for the left in the US, including the left blogosphere is mostly tepid liberalism with no genuine criticism of imperialism or capitalism. This ties in with the current liberal tendency to purge (epistemic closure) or denigrate views to the left of itself. Also, what would a left foreign policy look like?

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The emptiness of liberal and progressive discourse in the US

Emptywheel at FDL continues the discussion triggered by Freddie DeBoer’s “the blindspot,” which is about the lameness and complicity of the liberal blogosphere, and the lack of a genuine left here in the States.

There’s a thriving left in Britain that has an accompanying blogosphere. A quick glance at Socialist Unity or Lenin’s Tomb [...]

Individual acts and the collapse of Pakistan

What led to the misery and instability in Afghanistan and Pakistan? And more importantly, what will end it? [...]