From time to time, academics, and journalists from the Global South, express their disappointment with what they call Western progressive intellectuals. These “progressive intellectuals” are accused of criticizing the imperialist policies of their governments and the propagandist nature of the mainstream media in general terms while relying on the same misinformation and disinformation that the […]
As I was reading Norman Finkelstein’s new book, I’ll Burn That Bridge When I Get to It!: Heretical Thoughts on Identity Politics, Cancel Culture, and Academic Freedom, I thought early on of Obama’s joke at the expense of Rahm Emanuel: “he’s one of a kind, and thank god he’s one of a kind.” Finkelstein, too, […]
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The mantra parroted by Black Lives Pampered and others that the police should be defunded is regarded by many right wing pundits and even ordinary people as insane, but as pointed out here, the idea isn’t entirely without merit. However, the massive rise in crime in certain cities, Seattle for example, does suggest the people […]
Like the aforementioned Chuck Berry, many other black celebrities have ended up on the wrong side of the law over the years, the most outrageous being OJ Simpson who was cleared of an even more outrageous double murder. And Angela Davis, whose case was discussed here recently, became a celebrity by dint of her criminal […]
The hysteria over so-called racism manufactured in the wake of the very public death of George Floyd has infected every facet of American life, including the criminal justice system. It is accepted without credit or qualification that American justice is racist, meaning it deals more harshly with blacks than with whites, but is this really […]
Jackson’s parents sent him to a Catholic school, but that didn’t stop him becoming a juvenile delinquent. At age 18, he robbed a gas station at gunpoint which earned him a sentence of one year to life. Although he could have earned parole after a year or two, he ended up spending most of his […]
Black Lives Matter co-founder Patrisse Cullors has been in the news recently, and this time she isn’t happy with the publicity. On April 16, she gave a lachrymosal interview to Mark Lamont Hill in which she said claims about the size of her property portfolio were the propaganda of white supremacy, but don’t feel too […]
What is explained can be denied but what is felt cannot be forgotten.
— Charles Bowden
More than two-dozen high-profile art and film figures, as well as athletes and academics, from the U.S. have signed a petition calling for the release of Palestinian iconic teen Ahed Tamimi who faces 12 charges and is being tried in an Israeli military court behind closed doors.
Netflix Marvel series star Rosario Dawson, Grey’s Anatomy star Jesse Williams, famed progressive actor Danny Glover, activist and author Angela Davis and philosopher Cornel West were among the 27 figures who signed the petition.
Leftists want to abolish prison and free all prisoners because they want the most violent people in society to join their Communist revolution. [...]
