MARGARET KIMBERLEY—n 2012 Angela Davis felt compelled to give fulsome praise to Barack Obama, including claiming that his rise to the presidency showed a connection with the Black radical tradition. The false statement was quite alarming, as Davis ignored the obvious, that the Obama campaign was a creation of the neo-liberal and imperialist elites who needed a more attractive face in a moment of crisis. Our late comrade Glen Ford observed that, “The ‘delusional effect’ that swept Black America with the advent of the First Black President has warped and weakened the mental powers of some of our most revered icons – and it has been painful to behold.”
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EDITOR—”The CIA is but the strong arm for [the Empire’s] economic hitmen, and yet we have these liberals in love with the CIA and the FBI!” Jimmy and Drea de Matteo comment on the appalling ignorance, cowardice, and alarming stupidity of celebrities, as they join the parade to cheer the liberal authoritarian Empire—the “WOKE” version—in support of all its wars, regime change ops, suppression of free speech and labor rights, and even broad daylight genocide!
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EDITOR—Alana Hadid (sister of famous models Gigi and Bella Hadid), all daughters of a Palestinian father and a Dutch mother, discusses her outrage and frustration with the Democrats, from the party leadership to the seemingly equally complicit upper tier of the party, which remains criminally unmoved by the plight of Palestinians. The clip also includes important questions answered by other Pro-Palestinian activists. “We need a planet that is safe. But when you commit genocide, and you threaten us with getting someone worse…we’ll deal with that, but genocide can’t be tolerated.”
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CAITLIN JOHNSTONE—We’re seeing free speech eroded in the west as authorities suppress critics of the genocide in Gaza, just as we saw a huge spike in censorship with the NATO proxy war in Ukraine. They say these wars are to protect the west and its values, while ruining the west and its values in order to protect their ability to manufacture consent for these wars. War, genocide and tyranny are the west’s real values.
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THOMAS FAZI—The Wagenknecht phenomenon is fascinating — and unique — for several reasons. Not only has she managed to establish the BSW as one of the country’s major political forces in a matter of months, but she’s also running on a platform that is unique in the Western political panorama, at least among electorally relevant parties. Though Wagenknecht tends to avoid framing her party in tired Left-Right terms, its platform can best be described as left-conservative.
