Throughout this nation’s history, appeals to law and order have been as much about defending privilege as dealing with crime, writes Austin Sarat.
Category: Campaign 2020
Chris Hedges: American Bloodlands
The enraged, polarized segments of the population are rapidly consolidating as the political center disintegrates.
RUSSIAGATE: NYT, FB & FBI Say Anti-Trump Site, Now Shutdown, Was Russian Effort to Help Trump Win
Misgivings about who ran this site can co-exist with legitimate alarm about combined attacks by the FBI, the Times and other corporate media on the political nature — not the accuracy — of its content, writes Joe Lauria.
ELECTION 2020: The Rise of the Council for National Policy and Who is Behind It
Max Blumenthal discloses the membership of this secretive, right-wing Christian powerhouse, before which Trump previewed his RNC acceptance address.
COVID-19: Trump Covered Up Dire Reports
A House committee released reports showing that the president’s public proclamations about the virus diverged from findings of White House experts.
ELECTION 2020: Biden Vows to Continue Fracking
In response to a claim by Trump, the Democratic presidential nominee assured a crowd in Pennsylvania that he will not do away with the practice.
PATRICK LAWRENCE: Voting in a De-Facto Military State
Between Biden and Trump, U.S. voters have no alternative to our anxious empire’s lawless conduct abroad.
ELECTION 2020: Bourgeois Democracy Meets Global Governance
Diana Johnstone considers the fun and games surrounding the possibility of a disputed U.S. election result and concludes that the future is being planned elsewhere, for instance at the next meeting in Davos.
QAnon Is a Fake, Decoy Imitation of a Healthy Revolutionary Impulse
Caitlin Johnstone calls QAnon a propaganda construct designed to manufacture support for the status quo among people who otherwise would not support it.
How We Could Wind Up Banned from Discussing an October Surprise on Social Media this Election
There’s reason to be concerned that YouTube’s new attack on press freedoms will spread to outlets like Twitter and Facebook, writes Caitlin Johnstone.