Iran Update
Jun 24This story by Al Giordano (CHT Jesse Walker) gives some interesting info about what’s going on in Iran. The interaction between the protests from the bottom and the power struggle at the top bears on the whole anti-political debate as well. On the one hand, the situation illustrates the benefit to bottom-up movements of having [...]
Don’t Cry For Me In Argentina
Jun 24So this story turned out to have a more interesting ending than I expected. Not massively interesting, but more interesting.
Spirit of a World Without Spirit
Jun 24It’s now officially illegal in Iran to cry out “Allah is great!” I guess it’s clear that to Iran’s theocrats, the crat is more important than the theo.
POOTMOP Redux!
Jun 22Stephan objects to Kevin’s defense of the term “socialism.” “Words have meanings,” Stephan insists, and apparently the word “socialism” just means “centralized control of the means of production” – while “capitalism” likewise apparently just means “a system in which the means of production are privately owned.” But there’s no simple fact of the matter as [...]
Them Poor Ole Bosses
Jun 22According to Trevor Bothwell: Barack Obama enthusiastically supports punishing the most productive members of society in order to put capital to less efficient uses. Put more simply, he wants to take money from the “rich” and give it to the “poor.” I’m no fan of Obama’s tax plan, but what on earth justifies the assumption [...]
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