AMERICAN EXCEPTIONALISM

CALEB MAUPIN—Kamala Harris being peddled for VP slot; Bob Aviakian, head of the Revolutionary Communist Party (RCP), a small but loud Maoist group, relic of the 1970s, urges everyone to vote for Biden; irrelevance of the synthetic left, their broken anti-imperialist compass; inability of “woke” people to act as genuine revolutionary vectors; why we must go to the masses; there has been a massive shift in consciousness: the old “Cold War” paradigm is dead, a new order is possible. What was the “Hungarian revolution” and its most unusual features? This and much more. 

PHILIP A. FARRUGGIO—Here’s the kicker: Without an army of lackeys no empire can continue to rule so unfairly. The Power Elite, categorized by the late C. Wright Mills, are but a few thousand people at most. They always need the ‘ boots on the ground’ to maintain control. We see this occurring every day. Those who own the electronic media need a myriad of field reporters, producers, editors, writers, newscasters, hosts and their guests to keep churning out the spin. The corporate world needs top and lower level executives and managers to continue to ‘ Sell their shit’ to the public. Schools of higher learning need compliant school administrators, department heads and teachers to toe the company line of this empire.

“Eye mutilation continues in Chile. Military officers shoot people in the face in Santiago,” Chilean correspondent Paola Dragnic tweeted.

Chile’s social leaders and activists condemned President Sebastian Piñera’s omission of human rights violations and mishandling of the pandemic in his administration’s public account presentation to Congress on Friday.

Who would have bet that Portland, of all possible places, would become the focus of one of the most recalcitrant, courageous anti-status quo protests? It’s humbling, folks. History always carries surprises in its folds. It’s regrettable that such enthusiasm is not liable to survive the many devious stratagems deployed by false friends of the people, and the painful lack of a combative party and leadership capable of providing guidance in the months and years ahead. 

GODFREE ROBERTS—CNBC reports that China is testing electronic warfare assets at fortified outposts in the South China Sea. The move allows Beijing to further project its power in the hotly disputed waters. [MORE]. China News reports that several US Growler electronic warplanes went out of control for a few second over the South China Sea then withdrew. According to the pilots, their instruments  became chaotic and the planes could not communicate with the outside world. The United States demanded that China dismantle the electronic equipment immediately, but was ignored