Palestinians are starving to death—some of them are also suffering from other illnesses Genocide propagandists like Hen Mazzig argue that as long as they are already ill it’s okay for them to die of starvation It’s a thought that everyone should immediately recognize as Naziism

It’s funny that the self-styled guardians of ‘white’ European culture can’t distinguish high culture from culture and invariably invoke the trashiest slop imaginable, in this case Andre Rieu in Maastricht, which is the classical music equivalent of microwaved McDonalds.

Ornette Coleman and Don Cherry playing outside feels like the visual definition of free jazz

The Phoenix murder rate is over twice NYC’s.

It's a nice thought but the other thought is that this is the first of many genocides, and everyone will be too busy denying the next one to take any responsibility for the last. Liberalism is not coming to save us.

Take down every dam

Incredible passage by Adorno on his negativity: “we can also recognize the madness of a humanity that today already possesses the technological means to transform the world into a paradise where no child, where no old woman, anywhere in the world, still needs to go hungry….We

I'm not really qualified to evaluate this study (cc Matt Bruenig), but one thing is for certain: I only care about the opinion of people who agree it is, per se, wrong for American children to live in poverty. nytimes.com/2025/07/28/us/…

This is very bad news. Whether you think DACA is a good policy or not, the fact is that for nearly a decade young people brought to this country as children--who HAVE KNOWN NO OTHER COUNTRY THEIR WHOLE LIVES--were told they could go ahead and build lives here. Now what?

People will correctly object that under international humanitarian law, Israel does have a responsibility to provide aid to Gaza, but Cotton can say this with a straight face b/c the west's support for Israel's genocide has effectively destroyed intl. humanitarian law.

Tell me about it

I read what some people write on here and think: At least Goebbels drew a salary—you're really doing this for free?

Nothing like a subject of the American health care system pointing out that a famine victim had a pre-existing condition

Anne Frank died of typhus. Who is responsible for her death?

“Tighter global supplies” in significant part is due to climate change - tea production, for example. This is highly likely to worsen and, as it does, the squeeze on other economic activity will worsen as people cut non-essential spending. Climateflation means stagnation.