Archive for April, 2009
Laina Farhat-Holzman, a self-described “historian, lecturer, and author,” has managed to invoke the spirit of yellow journalism that characterized corporate media accounts of anarchism and anarchists at the turn of the last century. Ms. Farhat-Holzman’s sensational and inaccurate piece attempts to compare the thoughts and actions of anarchists with those of adherents to political Islam, [...]
The word ‘”fascism” has been overused to the point that it has little relation to its original meaning, like when the right-wing refers to the moderate Republicans known as “Democrats”, as “socialists”.Well, a UNC-Chapel Hill student organization is apparently attempting to reclaim it. The Youth for Western Civilization, which proudly bills itself as “America’s (sic) [...]
Struggling local musicians join current and aspiring politicians are the latest individuals to attempt to exploit the Stanton Heights shooting for personal gain. Rusted Root, an awful hippie world beat/jam band who enjoyed some local popularity in the 90s and Joe Grushecky, blue collar rocker famous for knowing Bruce Springsteen, join awful. canned country from [...]
The echo chamber of the mainstream political right has taken a cue from the historical revisionists on its fringe who have turned Holocaust denial into a cottage industry. One of many things mainstream right-wing pundits share is a remarkable ability to focus on the same talking points, delivered in their personal style. This consistency is [...]
Although they had been trying to keep their distance in the wake of the police shootings in Pittsburgh, right-wing pundits rallied their misguided, working-class fans with racial and religious fascists in Pittsburgh’s Market Square, as well as the rest of the US, for what was billed by some of its sponsors as a “Tax Day [...]
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