Published on http://www.counterpunch.org/ And what rough beast, its hour come round at last, Slouches towards Bethlehem to be born? — William Butler Yeats, 1920 American culture, by which I... Read more
Published on http://www.counterpunch.org/ “The press is the enemy.” -Richard M. Nixon “The FAKE NEWS media is not my enemy, it is the enemy of the American People!” -Donald Trump President... Read more
Published on http://www.counterpunch.org/ “I propose the following definition of the nation: it is an imagined political community-and imagined as both inherently limited and sovereign. It i... Read more
Published on http://www.counterpunch.org/ The darkness drops again but now I know That twenty centuries of stony sleep Were vexed to nightmare by a rocking cradle, And what rough beast, its... Read more
Published on http://www.counterpunch.org/ “The public have an insatiable curiosity to know everything, except what is worth knowing.” — Oscar Wilde In his contribution to The Nation’s specia... Read more
Published on http://www.counterpunch.org/ “You fool!” croaked the frog, “Now we shall both die! Why on earth did you do that?” The scorpion shrugged, and did a little jig on the drowning fro... Read more
Published on http://www.counterpunch.org/ “Disneyland is presented as imaginary in order to make us believe that the rest is real, whereas all of Los Angeles and the America that surrounds i... Read more
Published on http://www.Bad Subjects.org/ “Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold; Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world.” Wm. Butler Yeats, “The Second Coming”... Read more
Published on http://www.counterpunch.org/ “disorganization is a kind of anesthesia” Jenny Holzer, Truisms Following our 2016 U.S. presidential election, I am more than ever convinced that th... Read more
Published on http://www.truth-out.org/ “We see the anger, but we don’t see the mourning. I think these people are in mourning for a lost way of life, for a lost identity.... Read more
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