The Police as Expression of Bourgeois Subconscious
A few weeks ago, I was talking to a UC Davis student at KDVS 90.3 FM after I had finished my radio show. She told me about how she had lived in the Mission District in San Francisco and observed…
Politics in the Zeros
"A republic, if you can keep it." Defeat MAGA
Politics in the Zeros
"A republic, if you can keep it." Defeat MAGA
Richard Estes
Occupy and inviolability of private property
A couple of months ago, I discussed one of the most difficult challenges facing Occupy, the willingness of middle class progressives to rationalize the abuses of the police because they place a greater priority upon the preservation of social order…
An Invisible Children guidebook
So why are they making it seem like Uganda is one big hellhole because of Kony, because it’s not.
Farewell to Dennis the Menace Kucinich
Kucinich kept purportedly rebellious progressives inside the Democratic Party, especially during presidential elections. He would run in primaries, get a small but enthusiastic vote from progressives who might otherwise a third party candidate. He would then invariably support the nominee,…
Doctor Hedges misdiagnoses the Decline of Occupy (Part 2)
Curiously, both Hedges and those who practice violent Bloc tactics want to impose their approach on everyone else. In this, they are reverse sides of the same coin. Only through an emphasis upon the most rigorously inclusive, anti-authoritarian practice can…
Doctor Hedges misdiagnoses the Decline of Occupy
The police have raided many of the encampments across the country. Protests and actions called by Occupy are declining in number, with reduced participation. Workers and marginalized people, like the homeless, who were initially drawn to Occupy have, in many instances,…