China: Bo Xilai purge and the World Bank

…Egypt, the Hittite Empire, and Babylon even earlier in ancient times. Bill Weinberg capitalism matters “Without distinction” because they are both capitalist. But it is the dynamics of capitalism that…

Kurdish street gang rocks Nashville

…are sketchy, the police know they exist but can’t seem to link many crimes to them. Bill Weinberg Los Tigres say “sí” Here’s Weinberg‘s translation (with only minimal help from…

Propaganda and the dystopia of social media

Bill Weinberg rants against the totalizing propaganda environment of social media, and how Facebook is destroying our ability to think, analyze and access information outside our own “confirmation bias” bubble. The…

Tiananmen Square: futility of revisionism

Bill Weinberg Hong Kong legislative council occupied Just three days after the massive Tiananmen Square commemoration in Hong Kong, the chambers of the city’s Legislative Council were stormed and occupied…

Bernie Sanders must drop Tulsi Gabbard!

Bill Weinberg So Bernie opposes Islamophobia? Really? Sanders has made much of his opposition to Islamophobia, and famously embraced a hijab-wearing Muslim American woman at a Fairfax campaign rally back…

Press was prone on drones, but cover blown

…Bill Weinberg Obama’s new theme song Just need to change the spelling ever so slightly, and it’s perfect. Imminence front… It’s an imminence front… It’s a put-on…   Bill Weinberg Drones…

US air-strikes fueling growth of ISIS?

Bill Weinberg ‘Hey ISIS, you were bombed by a woman. Have a nice day.’ That’s the Facebook meme produced by none other than Fox News—a reference to Maj. Mariam al-Mansouri, the…