"Bush and the Wall Street Journal"

Sean O'Torain

It is very difficult to have a proper view of the policies of the US
capitalist class without reading the Wall Street Journal. This publication is
aimed at the capitalists, not in a passive manner, but in order to stiffen
their backbone, to unify them behind specific objectives and to conduct a
struggle with them when they are missing what is in their own fundamental
interests. And to conduct a struggle with them when they are not ambitious
enough. Such as over the past years for example. Since the collapse of
stalinism the US is absolutely dominant militarily, econonically and
technologically on the world arena. The Wall Street Journal strategists have
a simple conclusion that they draw from this. Go out there and dominate. The
world is ours nobody can stand in our way. Go out there and take over and not
only that but deliberately do it openly to drive the lesson home to all. What
drove them wild about Clinton was that he was always consulting and dealing
and talking and trying to get agreement for US foreign policies.

saeedslama@hotmail.com writes:

From an Egyptian Website dedicated to Arabic texts in the social sciences
from the (communist) libertarian view. Egyptians writers and researchers,
participating in the libertarian radical left wing.

The Reality of the Egyptian Proletariat

By Sameh Saeed Abbood

Translation from Arabic

In the modern capitalist society, there are two concepts of the labor class.
The former expands to include all that are deprived of any control over
financial resources. Such concept also includes those who own nothing but
their mental and physical fore, which they are obliged to sell for, wages in
return.

The Art & Science of Billboard Improvement

Billboard Liberation

Look up! Billboards have become as ubiquitous as human suffering, as
difficult to ignore as a beggar's outstretched fist. Every time you leave
your couch or cubicle, momentarily severing the electronic umbilicus, you
enter the realm of their impressions. Larger than life, subtle as war, they
assault your senses with a complex coda of commercial instructions, the
messenger RNA of capitalism. Every time you get in a car, or ride a bus, or
witness a sporting event, you receive their instructions. You can't run and
you can't hide, because your getaway route is lined to the horizon with
signs, and your hidey-hole has a panoramic view of an 8-sheet poster panel.

There are a million stories in the Big City, and as many reasons to want to
hack a billboard. We have our reasons, and we don't presume to judge yours.
In this manual, we have made a conscious effort to steer clear of ideology
and stick to methodology. The procedures outlined here are based on our 20
years' experience executing billboard improvements professionally, safely,
and (knock wood) without injury or arrest. In most cases, is should not be
necessary to follow the elaborate, even obsessive precautions we outline
here. A can of spray paint, a blithe spirit, and a balmy night are all your
really need.

camillo writes:

This isn't a scoop, but a question…

Does anyone have information on the results of the legal process against the 5 (?) fascists accused of responsibility for the Bologna bombing in 1980?

Much appreciated, difficult to find.

Building Revolutionary Nuclei

By Federation of Revolutionary Anarchist Collectives (Great Lakes Region)

What is the best way to organize for revolution?  How do we start to take on the system of patriarchy, white supremacy, capitalism, and the state?  In what way will our efforts pre-figure the free society we are fighting for, defend autonomy and self-organization from authoritarian repression and new elites?

Nuclei is a fancy word that means seeds, kernels, cells, "the head of the comet', "a central point, group, or mass about which gathering, concentration, or gradual build-up takes place".  Revolutionary Nuclei means a core group that is trying to learn, expand, develop, prepare opportunities in which we can help bring the struggle for total freedom and equality to higher and deeper levels; ultimately an uprising or "insurrection" that joins into an international anti-authoritarian Social Revolution.

Anonymous Comrade writes:

Leftist Globalization, Freedom, and Differences from the Right

Marx, alienation,
and what a future Communism would look like, written in contrast to pre-capitalist
communalism.

Globalization and anti-globalization moves to the local have been the
focus of lefty debate for years now: we've had Seattle, the IMF/World Bank
protests, and more attention thrown on the issues than ever before. Looking
at some of the fundamental concepts behind a move to the local, then, would
be a good way to flesh out what people mean when they talk about alternatives
to globalization. So here we go.

chris volkay writes:

I would like to enter the foray on what we refer to as the
war on drugs. The aspect of the ongoing farce we
euphemistically refer to as the “war on drugs” I would like
to address is the government's, the politicians', and the
people's, absolute duplicity regarding our entire societies
en masse altering of it’s collective neurochemistry.

For what are the real problem drugs in our society? Cocaine,
heroin, speed, etc.? Oh heavens no, friendly friends. Legal
tobacco, alcohol and prescription drugs (uppers, downers,
sleeping pills) do a hundred times more damage, more loss of
life, disease, cause more loss of productivity, violence,
etc. etc. than the aggregate of the other highly publicized
illegal drugs.

Click here: Mouffe and Laclau

chris volkay writes

At the one year anniversary of 9/11, I can’t help but
observe our nation, sadly, acting like abused children who,
immediately run to their tormentor. In the aftermath of 9/11, there was a call to return to
religion as a salve for our latest rash of problems. As I pointed out in an article for the Council for Secular
Humanism, we have a “Gentleman’s Agreement” regarding all
strains and mutations of religion. Never speak ill of the
other person’s religion, lest he throw stones at yours. So
we never begin to address the real causes involved with
9/11. Religion itself. Not only “theirs,” but “ours” too.
How many non-believers fly planes into buildings, occupy
other people’s lands, etc. There are many factors, but
underpinning it all is religion.

As long as we continue to embrace superstition over science,
these tragedies will continue as surely as the sun setting
this evening.

Anonymous Comrade writes

"Here's a newsbrief from Charisma" magazine, my very favorite kooky khristian publication, marking the death of one Ed Cole, the "father" of the "Christian Men's movement" and advisor/mentor to Promise Keepers honcho Bill McCartney.

My flesh still crawls when I recall watching an interview with Cole I saw on a Christian television station many years ago. The interview was done by noted East Bay holy-roller demagogue Ronn Haus. During this interview, Cole was yammering on about all the purveyors of moral evil afflicting the land. You know, the usual suspects: gays and lesbians, feminists, abortionists, drug-dealers and pornographers---these are all an undifferentiated mass, of course.

What struck me tho, was when Cole, in his best let-me-tell-you-friend tone then inveighed against "big labor bosses" who were "ruining the country" with unreasonable wage and work-rule demands.

It is well understood that religious reactionaries like Cole, McCartney and Haus would like to roll back the clock viz women's and gay rights. However, what is NOT so commonly grasped is that this is but part of an OVERALL reactionary agenda that includes opposition to the labor movement. i found that little episode quite illuminating in this regard.

Yes, the problem in this country is "big union bosses," not big business bosses like those at Enron, WorldCom, Aetna, ad nauseum!
Good riddance to Ed Cole...

In a snit about it,

tom terrell