JIMMY DORE—Marc Lamont Hill was unceremoniously dumped from his position as a CNN anchor after criticizing Israel in terms some, including the Anti-Defamation League, considered antisemitic. So it was somewhat surprising for Hill to join his voice with the ADL to condemn Twitter-now-X CEO Elon Musk for allegedly allowing the social media platform to become a “cesspool of antisemitism.” Jimmy and Craig “Pasta” Jardula, along with special guest comedian Chrissie Mayr, discuss what might have compelled Hill to defend an organization that smeared him and led to his being “canceled.”
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EDITOR—Garland sorts out the inexorable logic behind fascism whether in Chile, Agentina, Italy, Germany or the modern contemporary West—either at the beginning or end of neoliberalism, just a weasel word for savage capitalism. Capitalism, suggests Garland, as a faux democratic foundation, is an engine for colossal wealth accumulation by the few at the expense and oppression of the many. During its not-openly fascist phases, it swamps the nation in debt. Generalised debt is a feature, not a flaw in capitalism. It helps to remember that in the postwar, as production expanded but fell short of consumer demand, the capitalist introduced credit cards to patch over the shortfall. They did not think of simply paying the workers a fair wage. Their preferred method was instead to “lend” them money at ridiculous rates. This was the beginning of the vaunted US middle class affluence and huge private indebtedness that haunts the economy today.
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J MATSON HEININGER—ambling Thoughts… Good points, but embarrassing, not really. The US has been lying to the American people and a Nastyland nation for most of its existence, and certainly since the end of WW2. As Gore Vidal said paraphrasing, ‘the primary cultural contribution to the world from the United States is advertising’ manipulating the people through the media and repeating new tide, new tide, new tide… selling Goebbels’ big lie better than he did.
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EDITOR–Five years ago, thousands of people gathered in Madrid’s Puerta del Sol on Saturday to protest against the country’s bullfighting tradition. Several hundred activists came from across Spain to participate in the demo which was organised by the Spanish animal rights political party, PACMA. Protesters held up handkerchiefs similar to those used in the San Fermin festivities in Pamplona, which include a bull run and bullfight.
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GARLAND NIXON—Being suddenly denied access to his account on Twitter, and seeing his timeline scrubbed and in complete disorder, Garland suspects foul play and underhanded censorship by Twitter. Garand details the many and obvious reasons why the Twitter request to verify his account “obsessively” is probably fraudulent and dishonest as he has maintained the same identifying data for over a decade.
