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Blockchain Revolution: Open Source Democracy for the 99%
Blockchain Revolution: Open Source Democracy for the 99%
"The revolution in this era may not need pitchforks, as the ‘peasants’ can just stop paying for the plutocracy." “The Pitchforks Are Coming ... For Us Plutocrats”! This is how self-proclaimed unapologetic capitalist Nick Hanauer addressed the explosion of global economic...
Nozomi Hayase · 5,820 views · unrated
When Will Ordinary People Rise Up?
When Will Ordinary People Rise Up?
Public uprisings and mass occupations have become a significant force for change on the world stage since 2011, as evidenced in the Middle East revolutions and Occupy protests across North America and Europe. This essay explores the nature of this new social actor, which can...
Adam Parsons · 3,272 views · 81%
The Hidden Welfare State
The Hidden Welfare State
The UK has two welfare states.  There is one that is reported and endlessly discussed, and another, which is rarely mentioned.  Whilst the first is suffering enormous cuts under the Tory/Liberal Democrat coalition, the other just keeps expanding.
syzygysue · 3,259 views · 75%
Anarchists United: Is It Possible For Anarchists of Every Kind to Work Together?
Anarchists United: Is It Possible For Anarchists of Every Kind to Work Together?
Lately, I’ve been thinking about how the diverse anarchist strategies could combine against our current class society. How every variation on the theme of “assert your freedom now,” from the anarcho-syndicalist direct action to Sam Konkin’s agorism, could combine in order to...
Uriel Alexis · 12,108 views · unrated
Ending The Oil Age
Ending The Oil Age
Big Oil’s days are numbered – but the industry could still take us all down with it. From divestment to disruption, Jess Worth explores how the transition to an oil-free future is being hastened.
Jess Worth · 3,642 views · 100%
Who Owns the Benefit? The Free Market as Full Communism
Who Owns the Benefit? The Free Market as Full Communism
There’s a wonderful phrase for how capitalism works in the real world (I’m not sure who first came up with it, but I associate it with Noam Chomsky): “The socialization of risk and cost, and the privatization of profit.”
Kevin Carson · 8,283 views · 62%
Whatever is Neo-Colonialism?
Whatever is Neo-Colonialism?
Neo-colonialism: what is it? The no messin' answer. Neo-colonialism is the successor to colonialism or empire building. In the 18th and 19th centuries European countries were fairly advanced and powerful on a global scale. During that time they colonised most of the rest of...
Class unity · 7,484 views · 95%
Whatever is Neo-Liberalism?
Whatever is Neo-Liberalism?
Neo-liberalism, like capitalism, is not usually a consciously accepted ideology it is a descriptive term. In fact neo-liberalism is best understood as the particular form and stage of capitalism that we are suffering under at this present time. Thomas G Clarke of 'Another...
Class unity · 1,029 views · 100%
The New Movement: Are We There Yet?
The New Movement: Are We There Yet?
“This movement-in-the-making has no choice but to challenge the very legitimacy of the State and its armed organs of coercion.” After decades of misleader-induced lethargy and quietude, Black America is finally in motion – or, at the very least, earnestly seeking ways to...
Glen Ford · 1,294 views · 88%
Cops Threaten a Blue Coup in New York City
Cops Threaten a Blue Coup in New York City
“The police union chief instructed his members to impose a martial law-type policing regime on the city.” When Police Benevolent Association chief Patrick Lynch said New York Mayor Bill de Blasio has the blood of two dead cops on his hands, he was issuing a physical threat...
Glen Ford · 38,656 views · 92%
An Ideal Blueprint: The Original Black Panther Party Model and Why It Should Be Duplicated
An Ideal Blueprint: The Original Black Panther Party Model and Why It Should Be Duplicated
The rise of the Black Panther Party (BPP) in the late 1960s signified a monumental step toward the development of self-determination in the United States. In a nation that has long suffered a schizophrenic existence, characterized by a grand facade of "freedom, liberty and...
Tim Hjersted · 1,714 views · 88%
Taking the Initiative Back For the Movement After the Brinsley Killings
Taking the Initiative Back For the Movement After the Brinsley Killings
For brutal wannabe fascists like police union thugs, for liberal authoritarian politicians like President Obama, the Congressional Black Caucus and most big city mayors, for media talking head like CNN's Don Lemon, and for weaseling civil rights spokesleaders eager to throw...
Bruce A. Dixon · 1,986 views · 100%
My War on Terror: Letter to an Unknown US Patriot
My War on Terror: Letter to an Unknown US Patriot
Dear American Patriot,
Tom Engelhardt · 915 views · 88%
The Feudalism of Facebook: New Pay-to-Play News Feed as Indy Media Killer
The Feudalism of Facebook: New Pay-to-Play News Feed as Indy Media Killer
The Facebook empire of 1.4 billion users just conquered new territory, unrolling a "partnership" to host articles from some of the most well-known news publications in the world, in a venture that critics warn poses a direct threat to independent media outlets—and the future...
Sarah Lazare · 3,151 views · unrated
The Abolition of Work
The Abolition of Work
No one should ever work.
Bob Black · 19,008 views · 94%
Five Reasons Why You Never Want to Be rich
Five Reasons Why You Never Want to Be rich
If you’re suffering from ‘affluenza’ it’s time to recognize that you’re sick.
Darrin Drda · 8,796 views · 88%
Sixteen Building Blocks of a Green, Entrepreneurial, Cooperative Economy
Sixteen Building Blocks of a Green, Entrepreneurial, Cooperative Economy
The transition from a capitalist to a cooperative economy could be one of the defining achievements of the 21st century.
Guy Dauncey · 9,704 views · 100%
6 Destructive Ideas Perpetuated in Western Culture
6 Destructive Ideas Perpetuated in Western Culture
Since the day you emerged into this bizarre, sparkling universe, you’ve been conditioned to think in certain ways.
Jordan Bates · 68,374 views · 99%
Capitalism and the TPP: A Kinder, Gentler Totalitarianism
Capitalism and the TPP: A Kinder, Gentler Totalitarianism
Corporate propaganda has convinced the populace that government alone is to blame for our problems, rather than recognizing the complete fusion of corporate power and government decision-making.
Dennis Weiser · 2,224 views · unrated
10 Compelling Reasons You Can Never Trust The Mainstream Media
10 Compelling Reasons You Can Never Trust The Mainstream Media
A poll in 2012 showed that trust in the mainstream media is increasing, which should worry all of us who value truth, integrity and press freedom.
Sophie McAdam · 37,822 views · 98%
Let Them Eat Privilege
Let Them Eat Privilege
Focusing on privilege diverts attention away from the real villains.
Connor Kilpatrick · 1,926 views · 100%
Biocultural Rights: A New Paradigm for Protecting Natural and Cultural Resources of Indigenous Communities
Biocultural Rights: A New Paradigm for Protecting Natural and Cultural Resources of Indigenous Communities
This article proposes a new concept of “biocultural rights” that justly reflects a broader intellectual and policy trend to holistically address the protection of Indigenous natural and cultural resources. The concept of biocultural rights combines nature with culture; takes...
Cher Weixia Chen and Michael Gilmore · 4,049 views · unrated
The Soviet Union Versus Socialism
The Soviet Union Versus Socialism
When the world’s two great propaganda systems agree on some doctrine, it requires some intellectual effort to escape its shackles.
Noam Chomsky · 12,899 views · 94%
Oil Fuels War and Terrorists Like Isis. The Climate Movement Can Bring Peace
Oil Fuels War and Terrorists Like Isis. The Climate Movement Can Bring Peace
We can make peace, with our energy sources, the planet and with each other if we end our addiction to oil
Rebecca Solnit · 2,670 views · 88%
American Cartel: How America's Two Major Parties Helped Destroy Democracy
American Cartel: How America's Two Major Parties Helped Destroy Democracy
Cartel: An association of manufacturers or suppliers with the purpose of maintaining prices at a high level and restricting competition.
Frank Castro · 5,239 views · 88%
NY Daily News Claims FDR Unfit to Be President: "No Concrete Plans, Only Platitudes"
NY Daily News Claims FDR Unfit to Be President: "No Concrete Plans, Only Platitudes"
[The following is an imagined 1932 New York Daily News editorial board interview with Franklin Roosevelt during his presidential campaign. The Daily News comments below derive from the editorial board’s interview with Bernie Sanders on April 1, 2016. The Roosevelt statements...
Les Leopold · 14,387 views · 88%
How Not to ''Bern Out'': Ten Steps Toward a Future We Can Believe In
How Not to ''Bern Out'': Ten Steps Toward a Future We Can Believe In
In the last six months, a relatively low-profile senator from a low-profile state has become a national and even global political phenomenon. At a recent speech in the South Bronx, over 18,000 people rallied with thunderous applause when Bernie Sanders said, "We need millions...
Quincy Saul · 1,722 views · 100%
The Zombie Doctrine - Neoliberalism Rules The World
The Zombie Doctrine - Neoliberalism Rules The World
Crisis after crisis is being caused by a failed ideology. But it cannot be stopped without a coherent alternative.
George Monbiot · 6,641 views · 100%
The Elites That Gutted America Now Dare To Ring Alarms About Trump And Cast Themselves as Saviors
The Elites That Gutted America Now Dare To Ring Alarms About Trump And Cast Themselves as Saviors
Both parties ignored workers, spewed hate, enriched themselves, hollowed out democracy. Now the problem's populism?
Anis Shivani · 66,485 views · 88%
Neoliberalism—The Ideology at the Root of All Our Problems
Neoliberalism—The Ideology at the Root of All Our Problems
Financial meltdown, environmental disaster and even the rise of Donald Trump – neoliberalism has played its part in them all.
George Monbiot · 59,338 views · 82%
"The Divide" Shows Inequality on the Big Screen
"The Divide" Shows Inequality on the Big Screen
Inequality represents simultaneously a cornerstone and a weak link in today's capitalism. The idea that wealth creation for the few benefits the many is a core myth of the system. But the expanding inequality divide shreds this theory. In practical terms, the super-rich buy...
Steve Rushton · 5,790 views · unrated
Another Neocon Endorses Clinton, Calling Her "2016's Real Conservative" and "The Candidate of the Status Quo"
Another Neocon Endorses Clinton, Calling Her "2016's Real Conservative" and "The Candidate of the Status Quo"
Wall Street has thrown its weight behind Hillary Clinton. Some of the biggest names in the U.S. right-wing establishment have also
Ben Norton · 12,457 views · unrated
The New Mind Manipulators
The New Mind Manipulators
Your mind is being controlled by distant strangers who don’t have your best interests at heart. If that sounds like a paranoid fantasy, brace yourself and read on. These are the findings of a series of scientific studies that show how a few dominant institutions have the...
Jeremy Lent · 20,404 views · 88%
We Want a Political Revolution. First We Must Defeat Fascism.
We Want a Political Revolution. First We Must Defeat Fascism.
If progressives fail to seize the populist moment, the authoritarian right will fill the void. The insurgent Bernie Sanders campaign was a big step forward in building the progressive populist political alignment we need. Now that Hillary Clinton is the Democratic Party...
Jonathan Matthew Smucker · 12,982 views · 100%
American Horror Story
American Horror Story
I went backstage at the biggest political show on earth- and found America telling stories about itself
Laurie Penny · 20,177 views · 100%
Debt, Inequality and the Logic of Financial Violence
Debt, Inequality and the Logic of Financial Violence
Five years after Occupy, organizer and anthropologist David Graeber speaks to ROAR about the power of finance, the history of inequality and the legacy of the movement.
David Graeber · 7,298 views · 88%
Trump Says Go Back, We Say Fight Back
Trump Says Go Back, We Say Fight Back
“I am not suggesting that white racism alone explains Trump’s victory. Nor am I dismissing the white working class’s very real economic grievances. It is not a matter of disaffection versus racism or sexism versus fear. Rather, racism, class anxieties, and prevailing gender...
Robin D.G. Kelley · 1,231 views · unrated
Who's Really to Blame for Fake News? Look in the Mirror, America.
Who's Really to Blame for Fake News? Look in the Mirror, America.
Consider for a moment the oxymoronic concept of “fake news,” which we have been hearing so much about lately. This isn’t your typical disinformation or misinformation — generated by the government, or foreign adversaries, or corporations — to advance an agenda by confusing...
Neal Gabler · 4,923 views · 100%
Watch 10 Inspiring Animated Shorts Celebrating Indigenous Culture
Watch 10 Inspiring Animated Shorts Celebrating Indigenous Culture
With films like Pocahontas, Apocalypto, Peter Pan and The Green Inferno, it's safe to say that Hollywood has a deplorable track record when it comes to its portrayal of Indigenous Peoples. Perhaps it's to be expected given that films tend to be produced through a Euroce
John Ahni Schertow · 22,236 views · 100%
Regenerative Agriculture: Our Best Shot at Cooling the Planet?
Regenerative Agriculture: Our Best Shot at Cooling the Planet?
It’s getting hot out there. For a stretch of 16 months running through August 2016, new global temperature records were set every month.[1] Ice cover in the Arctic sea hit a new low this past summer, at 525,000 square miles less than normal.[2] And apparently we’re not doing...
Jason Hickel · 8,063 views · 100%
Two Ways to Build Global Community
Two Ways to Build Global Community
A platform co-operative approach to information, rather than the models of Facebook and legacy media, provide reason for optimism, writes Dan Hind.
Dan Hind · 2,717 views · 94%
The Revolution Is Acceptance
The Revolution Is Acceptance
"Waiting for some distant point in the future when we're all magically agreeing with one another to begin working together, is like deciding to climb Mount Everest on the condition that we'll help each other only after we've reached the top."
David Heaps · 3,895 views · 88%
This Facebook Comment About the UK Election Is Going Viral
This Facebook Comment About the UK Election Is Going Viral
This post has been flying around social media, winning lots of praise and shares. Chris Renwick, we thank you.
Chris Renwick · 4,108,202 views · 89%
When Concerns of Cultural Appropriation Risk Supporting Intellectual Property
When Concerns of Cultural Appropriation Risk Supporting Intellectual Property
The latest entry in panics over social justice comes from my hometown, where some folks have created a list shaming restaurants and foodcarts that were owned by white people but sold “non-European international cuisine.” One of the more annoying restaurants on that list...
William Gillis · 1,008 views · 75%
Americanism Personified: Why Fascism Has Always Been an Inevitable Outcome of the American Project
Americanism Personified: Why Fascism Has Always Been an Inevitable Outcome of the American Project
"When fascism comes to America it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross." This quote, which has often been misattributed to Sinclair Lewis, is wise in recognizing the authoritarian potential of both nationalism and organized religion. In slight contrast, Professor...
Colin Jenkins · 13,833 views · 88%
How Bosses Are (Literally) Like Dictators
How Bosses Are (Literally) Like Dictators
Americans think they live in a democracy. But their workplaces are small tyrannies.
Elizabeth Anderson · 22,540 views · 94%
Towards a Tranformative Anti-Fascism
Towards a Tranformative Anti-Fascism
The Relevance of Radicalized Peacebuilding to Antifa Praxis
Emmi Bevensee · 4,723 views · 100%
With Allies Like These: Reflections on Privilege Reductionism
With Allies Like These: Reflections on Privilege Reductionism
Over the course of the last several decades, anti-oppression politics have risen to a position of immense influence on activist discourse in North America. Anti-oppression workshops and reading groups, privilege and oppression checklists and guidelines, and countless books...
Common Cause Ottawa · 2,387 views · 100%
Debunking the White Ethno-State
Debunking the White Ethno-State
This is the first part in a series criticizing the ideas of white supremacy.
Emmi Bevensee · 5,326 views · 19%
The NFL Has Always Been Political
The NFL Has Always Been Political
Those who decry the “politicization of sports” are only mad that it’s black athletes now.
Travis Waldron · 3,819 views · unrated
The Promise of a Million Utopias
The Promise of a Million Utopias
This paper by Michael Shuman, published alongside three others, is one of many proposals for a systemic alternative we have published or will be publishing here at the Next System Project. You can read it below, or download the PDF. We have commissione
Michael Shuman · 3,996 views · unrated
The True Purpose of Government Should Be Investing in People, Not Empire
The True Purpose of Government Should Be Investing in People, Not Empire
What is the true purpose of government? Critics would rightly say it's to control and dominate because that's the nature of every government we've known. Every government since the days of feudalism has been corrupted in some form, "captured" in other words, by monied, elite...
Tim Hjersted · 13,187 views · 69%
How to Change the Course of Human History
How to Change the Course of Human History
(at least, the part that's already happened)
David Graeber and David Wengrow · 9,333 views · 100%
Understanding the Blue Church
Understanding the Blue Church
In my Situational Assessment: 2017, I quoted a post from Reddit: “The Blue Church is panicking because they’ve just witnessed the birth of a new Red Religion. Not
Jordan Hall · 1,276 views · unrated
The End of the "End of History"
The End of the "End of History"
In China and beyond, liberalized markets aren't fostering democracy — they're undermining it.
Eli Friedman and Andi Kao · 2,222 views · unrated
The Big Story: Can We Change Civilization by Changing Its Origin Story?
The Big Story: Can We Change Civilization by Changing Its Origin Story?
How did humans go from savanna-dwelling primates to moon-bouncing Tide Pod™ eaters? This is the big question that Big History has been trying to answer for millennia. Sure, other ages may have framed the question differently. Pre-Internet historian Herodotus may have asked...
Samuel Miller McDonald · 3,121 views · unrated
The Case Against Police Brutality: Towards Radical Social Transformation
The Case Against Police Brutality: Towards Radical Social Transformation
[T]he biggest enemy of society’s security is the state and the private organization’s belonging to it. Selma Irmak, member of the Democratic Society Congress[1]   Introduction   Police arbitrariness and impunity are a common trait across the world. In the U.S. the...
Yavor Tarinski · 1,050 views · 75%
Why the “Anthropocene” is not “Climate Change”
Why the “Anthropocene” is not “Climate Change”
“Anthropocene” is a widely proposed name for the geological epoch that covers human impact on our planet. But it is not synonymous with “climate change,” nor can it covered by “environmental problems.” Bigger and more shocking, the Anthropocene encapsulates the evidence that...
Julia Adeney Thomas · 1,488 views · 75%
The Most Important Article You’ll Never Read? How Western Media Support State Terror, While Millions Die, and How This Article Was Killed
The Most Important Article You’ll Never Read? How Western Media Support State Terror, While Millions Die, and How This Article Was Killed
As media theorists, we set out in Spring 2019 to pool our collective expertise into a short and very readable article for the mainstream press about how media treats Western foreign policy.
Matthew Alford, Daniel Broudy, Jeffery Klaehn, Alan MacLeod, Florian Zollmann · 3,295 views · 100%
Land Without Bread: the Green New Deal Forsakes America's Countryside
Land Without Bread: the Green New Deal Forsakes America's Countryside
Days after the heart-stopping Notre-Dame Cathedral fire in April, Swedish schoolgirl Greta Thunberg trained her eyes on the United Kingdom’s parliament and chastised its meager response to climate change. “I want you to panic,” the baby-faced sixteen-year-old quietly...
Catherine Tumber · 1,877 views · 75%
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