The Decline of Noblesse Oblige

 www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/11/29/2289327/-The-Decline-of-Noblesse-Oblige

~~ recommended by newestbeginning ~~

Trump’s sickest appointments

 https://www.struggle-la-lucha.org/2024/11/30/trumps-sickest-appointments/

~~ recommended by collectivist action ~~

The ‘Ceasefire’ in Lebanon is a Ticking Bomb

 www.dropsitenews.com/p/the-ceasefire-in-lebanon-is-a-ticking

~~ recommended by emil karpo ~~

Going Forward from the Edge of the Abyss ~~ Adolph Reed, Jr.

 https://nonsite.org/going-forward-from-the-edge-of-the-abyss/

~~ recommended by calgacus ~~

Ruth Brown (1928-2006) ~~ Music Friday for Class Strugglers

https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/brown-ruth-1928-2006/

~~ recommended by emil karpo ~~

Adam Gopnik’s “Going There With Donald Trump” Eight and a Half Years Later

 https://www.counterpunch.org/2024/11/29/adam-gopniks-going-there-with-donald-trump-eight-and-a-half-years-later/

~~ recommended by collectivist action ~~

Why Gender Is Central to the Antidemocratic Playbook: Unpacking the Linkages in the United States and Beyond ~~ Saskia Brechenmacher

 https://carnegieendowment.org/research/2024/11/women-lgbtq-democracy-authoritarianism-trump?lang=en

~~ recommended by emil karpo ~~

Settler Colonialism, Thanksgiving and Gaza

 https://scheerpost.com/2023/11/23/settler-colonialism-thanksgiving-and-gaza/

~~ recommended by collectivist action ~~

'Raw Fascism' + Lev Golinkin On 'Washington Warmongers'

 https://www.youtube.com/live/1MPc7u8AszE

NB note:  Collectivist Action sent me this yesterday but for some reason I can't post the youtube.  Rather than to wait longer in the hopes the Blogger link gets fixed, I am just posting it anyway - if you click on the link above, you can watch it.  Apologies for my tech limits...  

~~ recommended by collectivist action ~~

Why is it still so hard to breathe in India and Pakistan?

 https://www.vox.com/climate/387135/india-pakistan-air-pollution-delhi-lahore-aq

~~ recommended by emil karpo ~~

Mexico Unbowed

 https://substack.com/app-link/post?publication_id=1710364&post_id=152240649&utm_source=post-email-title&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=rovhk&token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjo0NjUxMDE4NCwicG9zdF9pZCI6MTUyMjQwNjQ5LCJpYXQiOjE3MzI3MTg0NjgsImV4cCI6MTczNTMxMDQ2OCwiaXNzIjoicHViLTE3MTAzNjQiLCJzdWIiOiJwb3N0LXJlYWN0aW9uIn0._wNf4oHNd-VpWueRzWgCaBp2OUDHttSGl_G3cJ239sE

~~ recommended by newestbeginning ~~

"ENSHITTIFICATION" ~~ Word of the Year!

 https://www.huffpost.com/entry/australia-word-of-the-year-enshittification_n_67461028e4b0fffc5a468f28

For those of us who have no words to describe what we are seeing going on around us, here is a perfect one to expand our vocabulary to encompass the utter mess - "enshittification".  You are welcome!

~~ recommended by newestbeginning ~~

The Disparate Factions in the Trump Led Finance Capital Regime will Destroy the U.S. State Apparatus if not Stopped

1). “Economic Update: The US Capitalist Class and the Election”, Nov 25, 2024, Richard Wolff interviews Professors Michael Hillard and Richard McIntyre about their upcoming book Burning Down Your House: Confronting America's Exceptional Capitalist Class, Democracy at Work, Interview runs from 15:40 – 30:47, at < https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4E18y9e6IM >.

2). “Economic Overlords Are Destroying Democracy — and Our Lives”, Aug 11, 2024, David Moscrop interviews Peter Phillips, Jacobin, at < https://jacobin.com/2024/08/finance-titans-democracy-climate-davos/ >.

3). “Trump Won Less Than 50 Percent. Why Is Everyone Calling It a Landslide?: Right and left have bought the narrative of a crushing triumph. They’re wrong”, Nov 22, 2024, Michael Schaffer, Politico, at < https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2024/11/22/trump-win-popular-vote-below-50-percent-00190793 >.

4). “Presidents often claim mandates − especially when they want to expand their power or are on the defensive”, Nov 22, 2024, Julia R. Azari, The Conversation, at < https://theconversation.com/presidents-often-claim-mandates-especially-when-they-want-to-expand-their-power-or-are-on-the-defensive-243904 >.

5). “Conservatives Want to End 'Exceptions' for Women’s Lives: And they think no one will notice”, Nov 25, 2024, Jessica Valenti, Abortion, Every Day, at < https://jessica.substack.com/p/conservatives-want-to-end-exceptions >.

~~ recommended by dmorista ~~

Vietnam defeated fascism. So can YOU!

 https://youtu.be/ANR_owxnll0

~~ recommended by collectivist action ~~

America Has Done Mass Deportation Before ~~ Eric Foster

 https://www.thenation.com/article/society/trump-mass-deportation-history/

Donald Trump’s Treasury Nominee Made Big Bets this Year on Chinese Stocks and a Big Short on the U.S. Market By Pam Martens and Russ Martens:

 https://wallstreetonparade.com/2024/11/donald-trumps-treasury-nominee-made-big-bets-this-year-on-chinese-stocks-and-a-big-short-on-the-u-s-market/

We are being inundated by a firehose of utter corruption with the nominations of sexual predators, thieves and grifters out to steal our collective wealth and dismantle whatever remains of the safety net.  This is an example of Trump's intention to hand power to some rich sociopath.  Heaven help us.

~~ recommended by newestbeginning ~~

The Great Whitney Webb is Interviewed by Brie on the Bad Faith Show

 “Epstein, Sexual Blackmail, and Israel's Grip on American Politics (w/ Whitney Webb)”, Nov 21, 2024, Brie interviews Whitney Webb, Bad Faith, duration of video 1:33:37, at < https://www.youtube.com/watch>.

~~ recommended by dmorista ~~

Trump’s Genius: Weaponize Real Coverups (JFK etc) to Build Distrust ~~ Russ

 https://substack.com/app-link/post

~~ recommended by newestbeginning ~~

What is Really Happening in the U.S.

1). “Global Capitalism: The U.S. Election and Trump 2.0 in Historical Perspective [November 2024]”, Nov 20, 2024, Richard Wolff, Democracy at Work, duration of video 1:17:47, at < https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-WR6Zq7Qec >.

2). “Here’s What We Do Now: A Personal Note”, Nov 6, 2024, Greg Palast, Gregpalast.com, at < https://www.gregpalast.com/heres-what-we-do-now/ >.

3). “ 'The Election Ain’t Over' Greg Palast: New Details on Ballots Thrown Out”, Nov 22, 2024, Mark Thompson interviews Greg Palast, The Mark Thompson Show, duration of video 1:17:47, at < https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3hXeEiFcJM >.

4). “Trump’s Pentagon pick Hegseth wrote of US military taking sides in ‘civil war’: Defense secretary pick said in 2020 that should Democrats win election the military ‘will be forced to make a choice’ ”, Nov 22, 2024, Jason Wilson, The Guardian, at < https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/nov/22/trump-defense-secretary-pete-hegseth-book >.

5). “The dictatorial threat of Trump’s recess appointment plan”, Nov 19, 2024, Eric London, World Socialist Web Site, (WSWS), at < https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2024/11/19/hbqh-n19.html >.

6).  “Georgia Fired Their Entire Maternal Mortality Committee”, Nov 21, 2024, Jessica Valenti, Abortion, Every Day, at < https://jessica.substack.com/p/georgia-fired-their-entire-maternity >.  (updated)

7). “Georgia Dismissed All Members of Maternal Mortality Committee After ProPublica Obtained Internal Details of Two Deaths”, Nov. 21, 2024, Amy Yurkanin, ProPublica, at < https://www.propublica.org/article/georgia-dismisses-maternal-mortality-committee-amber-thurman-candi-miller >.

~~ recommended by dmorista ~~

Roaming Charges: The Final Daze ~~ Jeffrey St. Clair

 https://www.counterpunch.org/2024/11/22/roaming-charges-the-final-daze/

~~ recommended by dreamjoehill2 ~~

Germany’s First Genocide

 https://youtu.be/DUyUm1yEYVM?si=8zWVu9JqSU7cImJJ

~~ recommended by collectivist action ~~

Sex trafficking in the United States - and - JP MORGAN CHASE paid $430 Million to Epstein Victims

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sex_trafficking_in_the_United_States#:~:text=Early%20American%20colonists%20were%20largely,United%20States%20to%20be%20wives

and

https://youtube.com/shorts/OifNWtyZYw0

~~ recommended by collectivist action ~~

Servants of the Mafia State ~~ Merrick Garland and Jamie Gorlick and the Truth ~~ Sarah Kendzior

 https://sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/servants-of-the-mafia-state

~~ recommended by calgacus ~~

“Mississippi” John Smith Hurt (ca. 1892-1966) ~~ Music Friday for Class Strugglers

 https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/hurt-mississippi-john-smith-c-1892-1966/

~~ recommended by emil karpo ~~

EU Anti-Deforestation Law challenges Brazilian exports and the future of the Mercosur-EU trade deal

 https://www.intellinews.com/comment-eu-anti-deforestation-law-challenges-brazilian-exports-and-the-future-of-the-mercosur-eu-trade-deal-352336/?source=eu-today

~~ recommended by emil karpo ~~