AMERICAN BRAINWASH

The history of filthy anticommunism in the USA, as eloquent as you can find it. And keep in mind that Woodrow Wilson, yea, the revered Wilson, the Southern racist canonized by official historians as a great statesman and peacemaker (selling us WWI as the “war to end all wars”) was in the thick of it all actively destroying American democracy, instead of safeguarding it.

There are now almost 100,000 members of the Democratic Socialists of America. Because of this, the author of a critical biography of its founder is timely. The criticisms of Harrington are overwhelmingly true of the DSA today. Its anti-communism drives it to still support the Democratic Party in spite of the fact the party today is far more right-wing than it was in Harrington’s day. In Harrington’s day supporting Palestine was considered antisemitic. DSA’s support of Palestine today is more the effect of the brutal Israeli policy for decades than an internal change of heart on the part of DSA. —Bruce Lerro, Socialist Planning Beyond Capitalism

After putting up with nearly four years of relentlessly provocative assaults from the US, China has made a decisive, historic change in its approach to bilateral relations. The two high-level meetings in Anchorage and Tianjin will be seen as watersheds marking Beijing’s genuine pushback to Washington’s trademark bullying — a turn from defensive to full counteroffensive mode.

CAITLIN JOHNSTONE—Wherein Caity recommends serious (and constant) consciousness expansion work to advance the badly needed revolutionary changes humanity needs to save the planet from the oligarchic curse.

Jimmy Dore focuses on worsening conditions of life for workers and free speech under Biden.