[This post about emerging fascism in our country was removed by Facebook from our BathtubBulletin page on May 21, 2024 and on May 25, 2024, because it violated Facebook community standards. Sounds pretty fascistic to me. –Mike Zonta, BB editor] A Q&A with a leading Arendt scholar adapts the philosopher’s… Continue reading
Pro-Palestine activists take part in an April 15, 2024 international day of action by blocking I-880 in Oakland, California. (Photo: A15Action/Facebook) “Even if there were legitimate doubts about Israel’s genocide, there is no doubt that Israel is committing atrocity crimes of the most barbaric kind,” the Lemkin Institute for Genocide… Continue reading
Former U.S. presidential candidate Nikki Haley wrote and signed an arguably genocidal message on an Israeli artillery shell while visiting an Israel Defense Forces post on May 28, 2024. (Photo: Danny Danon/X) “Biden provided the shells, Republicans autograph them,” said one progressive leader. “The U.S. political class is united in… Continue reading
A picture taken on October 15, 2015 shows Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) sitting next to Yossi Cohen, who was later named as the head of the Mossad intelligence agency by Netanyahu. (Photo: Gali Tibbon/AFP via Getty Images) “Bullying won’t hide genocide and war crimes,” said one anti-war group. JULIA… Continue reading
A Palestinian girl, wounded in an Israeli strike on a camp for displaced Gazans, receives treatment at a hospital in Rafah on May 26, 2024, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the militant group Hamas. (Photo by Eyad Baba/AFP via Getty Images) “It is long past time for the… Continue reading
“From Each according to Ability; To Each according to Needs”Origin, Meaning, and Development of Socialist SlogansLuc Bovens and Adrien Lutz1Forthcoming in History of Political Economy 2019Pre-Publication: https://read.dukeupress.edu/hope/article/doi/10.1215/00182702-7368848/137098/From-Eachaccording-to-Ability-To-Each-according Abstract:There are three slogans in the history of Socialism that are very close in wording, namely, the famous Cabet-Blanc-Marx slogan: From each according… Continue reading
COMMENTARY What has Chief Justice John Roberts let become of the court? By SABRINA HAAKE Contributing Writer PUBLISHED MAY 28, 2024 (Salon.com) Virginia Thomas, Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images) Chief Justice Roberts, this is your moment of consequence. History will either laud you for preserving America’s 221-year arc toward… Continue reading
A Palestinian woman holds the shrouded body of a child killed in Israeli bombardment of the Tel al-Sultan neighborhood in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on May 26, 2024. (Photo: Eyad Baba/AFP via Getty Images) “This was intentional,” said U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib. “You don’t accidentally kill massive amounts… Continue reading
Rachel Leingang/Guardian UK Donald Trump. (photo: MSNBC) 28 may 24 Trump has railed against urban centers run by Democrats, and Project 2025 lays out how to crack down on them To hear Donald Trump tell it, America’s cities are in dire shape and in need of a federal intervention. “We’re… Continue reading
By Adreienne Fong R.I.P. ♥ Steve Jacobson ♥ Please hold his partner Doris and his friends in your thoughts. More info soon. See list of Calendar of Events on Palestine from AROC: https://www.araborganizing.org/events/ If your post is about Palestine you can also list your action on the AROC calendar Many other events are listed… Continue reading
