"The word 'fascism' has appeared frequently in denunciations of Donald Trump; many have accused him of a führer-like contempt for the American system. But it is time to ask whether the system itself is not thereby too conveniently excused."https://t.co/7SarHJ29nj

— Harper's Magazine (@Harpers) November 19, 2020

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— WookieeFanboi (@WookieFanboi) November 18, 2020

I think this is a purty funny site.
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Attention: Sources tell us that the AFL-CIO is not supporting Bernie Sanders for Secretary of Labor. They have another candidate in mind. Bernie was on picket lines before many of these labor rights were born. Another cold shoulder to Bernie from establishment Democrats. -R

— Ralph Nader (@RalphNader) November 17, 2020

Billy_T wrote:

I’m not worried about a handful of window breakers in Portland. I am worried about the continued lies coming from the MSM regarding “anarchists,” where they literally get everything wrong about the philosophy possible, and just aid and abet Trump and his fellow fascists

I’m appalled that so many Americans fall for these lies, and ignore the fact that far-right groups overwhelm them in number, and are protected by the police.

Here’s an article about a photographer for the MAGA rallies talking about how the police never arrest the Proud Boys, and they and their fellow fascists may now be half the crowd at Trump rallies:

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2020/11/donald-trump-rally-photographer-interview.html

“Anarchists” get arrested for just existing. They’ve even been executed under Trump’s orders. No trial. Just executed. Proud Boys and company get a wink and a nod and are increasingly emboldened to commit violence in the streets and send death threats to health officials, people counting election votes, etc. etc.

The focus on “anarchists” is bullshit.

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BT, this was an article posted on twitter. I havent read it yet, but i might skim it.
Violent-Anarchism:https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/luigi-fabbri-bourgeois-influences-on-anarchism?v=1602051374
Bourgeois influences on anarchism

Title: Bourgeois influences on anarchism
Topics: anarcho-communism, Bourgeois ideology, language, the media, violence
Author: Luigi Fabbri
Date: 1914
Source: Retrieved on 1/2/2020 from https://libcom.org/library/bourgeois-influences-anarchism
Notes: Text by Italian anarchist communist Luigi Fabbri written around the time of the First World War, addressing problems arising from the stereotyping of anarchism in popular culture and the negative effect this had on actual anarchist movement. The original in Italian is available in: https://www.liberliber.it/online/autori/autori-f/luigi-fabbri/influenze-borghesi-sullanarchismo/

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"…..D.C. Circuit, a lawyer for the United States argued Monday that the government has the power to kill its citizens without judicial oversight when state secrets are involved."

📢Justice Department Asserts Unreviewable Discretion to Kill US Citizens https://t.co/WfC7Z6T3cZ

— Leftward Swing🌹🌻 (@LeftwardSwing) November 17, 2020

Protests Seen as Harming Civil Rights Movement in the '60s https://t.co/NrmSc6vr3c

— 🖤 Black Womxn Running My Fresh Ass Mouth🖤 (@TheWayWithAnoa) November 16, 2020

waterfield wrote:

This following article was on the front page of the L.A. Times this morning under the title “Portland anarchists spark backlash”

“Portland’s anarchists say they support racial justice. Black activists want nothing to do with them….

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I have many layers of thoughts/feelings about ‘anarchist’ direct-action campaigns like this. Too many to list.

…On the one hand, i think most-if-not-all of the young-anarchists have a higher Political-IQ than 90 percent of the American population. I think they understand what capitalism is doing to the nation, and to the biosphere.
So, they are smart, informed, passionate, critical-thinkers, for the most part.
(at least the ones who are legit anarchist, and not proud-boy-types doing false-flag games)

But, being young, and passionate the anarchists are utterly stupid when it comes to strategy, tactics, etc. Many are impatient, and reckless and selfish. And they are young, so there is no getting thru to them.

And to just shoot from the hip…I have noticed in my life, that Anarchists tend to be giant pains-in-the-Ass. To everyone. Including other Anarchists.

Switching to another layer….when i put it in a wider context, Corporate-capitalism is causing mass extinctions, fracking poisoning of children, pollution, Climate Change, Mass Incarceration, Ungodly-Inequality which leads to massive suffering and death, Imperialism, Massive Lie-Campaigns, Coups, Torture, etc etc etc.

So you have THAT on one hand. Meanwhile the LA Times focuses on a small group of anarchists breaking windows.

That is corporate media. Perfect example of corporate media. What they cover. How they cover it. And what they dont cover.

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In case u are wondering what Fox is saying these days:

Interesting article from 2016, on Cornell West, the DNC, Sanders, etc.

West:https://jacobinmag.com/2016/11/everybody-hates-cornel-west

Everybody Hates Cornel West

“…When Clinton’s black surrogates shamelessly accused Sanders of racial aloofness, West fought back using the same rhetoric of a “black public intellectual” that had helped build his career. But now, he was attempting to forge that same language into a weapon of social-democratic demystification, wielding it against the Clintonite fog of cultural studies jargon, meritocratic appeals, and subtle free-market apologetics.

It was always doomed. To no one’s surprise, West’s exhaustive intervention failed. No matter how much he vied with his former comrades for the “black public consciousness,” Clinton swept the South by even larger margins than anyone had expected. The same brokerage politics of racial authenticity that had, decades ago, delivered black votes to the Clinton machine weren’t about to win them away for a seventy-four-year-old senator few had heard of. The Wests of the world can deliver only righteousness and fiery passions. Congressmen Jim Clyburn and John Lewis can deliver jobs, networks, and targeted legislation.

As much as West tries to summon what he calls “the black prophetic tradition” in order to make it work for the democratic-socialist agenda he sincerely believes in, the battle over that discourse has long since been lost. The Democratic Party has only grown more skilled at “interpreting the drums,” even as it continues to abandon or rewrite historical commitments to trade unions and social insurance programs — commitments that disproportionately benefited black Americans.

We live in an era in which Clinton — who proudly supported mass incarceration and the obliteration of welfare — declares that a social-democratic program of financial reform and single-payer health insurance “won’t end racism.” A recent WikiLeaks publication of internal Clinton campaign emails reveals another line they were testing out against Sanders: “Wall Street is not gunning down young African Americans or denying immigrants a path to citizenship.”

It’s a sentiment that would’ve bewildered civil rights veterans like A. Philip Randolph, Martin Luther King Jr, John P. Davis, Bayard Rustin, and Lester Granger, all of whom were committed to social-democratic politics as a crucial means of putting racism on a path towards ultimate extinction. The tragedy of West isn’t that he’s “full of bitterness,” as his liberal detractors claim. It’s that the politics of West’s “black prophetic tradition,” try as he might to wield them for socialist ends, will today find their strongest, clearest articulation in the same old quest of “interpreting the drums” for a mostly white ruling class….”

This comic is also great. pic.twitter.com/OYDW7WK7gN

— Christina 🌹 (@kinaleigh103) November 16, 2020

I suppose to corporate-papers ‘heal’ means for leftists to shut-up.
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This is what you call mind control. pic.twitter.com/ngQZTnXo3Z

— WW News 🚨 (@WW_NEWS_) November 15, 2020

As per usual, i have no idea how accurate this website or article is:
Sweden:https://debunkingdenialism.com/2020/07/29/sweden-did-not-take-herd-immunity-approach-against-coronavirus-pandemic/
Sweden Did Not Take Herd Immunity Approach Against Coronavirus Pandemic
July 29
There is currently a tsunami of misinformation out there about how Sweden handled the coronavirus pandemic. Sweden did not opt to use a brief hard lockdown like many other countries, but instead put into place a robust set of long-term restrictions that combined both legal bans and voluntary guidelines. This was because leaving a hard lockdown would probably cause a major increase in number of cases as societies opened up again.

The benefits of the Swedish strategy now appears to be confirmed because both the United States and many countries in Europe are now seeing hundreds of post-lockdown outbreaks. The current number of reported cases per day in the United States has passed the previous peak that the brief and hard lockdown was suppose to hammer down and rests on somewhere between 60 000 and 70 000 (which are just the tip of the ice berg as many cases go undiscovered).

In contrast, the number of new reported cases, the number of new ICU cases and the number of deaths are small and continuing going down in July of 2020 in Sweden. During the past 14 days, the average number of new ICU cases for COVID-19 in Sweden was one individual per day according to the Swedish Intensive Care Registry (the featured image above is from this source). More detailed data is presented below. Both deaths and new ICU cases peaked in April….