The Democratic party candidate, Joe Biden has beaten the Republican party incumbent Donald Trump for the US presidency in 2020. What can we learn from election result about the United States of Americ

Chanting “This isn’t over!” and “Stop the steal,” supporters of President Donald Trump protested at state capitols across the country Saturday, refusing to accept defeat and echoing Trump’s unsubstant

Author Nicholson Baker on his new book, freedom of information and America’s psychotic episode https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/books/article-author-nicholson-baker-on-his-new-book-freedom-of-info

Another piece from Jacobin--yeah I know--this is a pretty fair summary of the case against Biden if one is needed. From the mouths of babes ... . https://jacobinmag.com/2020/11/joe-biden-administratio

Some questions from someone just learning about Marxism: Are knowledge workers (e.g. software engineers) part of the proletariat? What if they are highly-paid, salaried, and have stock options? If so,

Don't blame the Cubans! Trump's 43 percent of Florida Jews shows influence of orthodox in Miami and turned the state for him, Israel lobbyist Mark Mellman says. Oh and Joe Biden will use "pressure" an

Me and my lovely wife just heard shouting in the streets, horns blaring. We knew that it was Biden finally being elected. I am not a Biden fan but--for fuck's sake--I am relieved Trump is history.

This is a fucking joke. In his Thursday night rant, Trump said, "Democrats are the party of the big donors. The big media, the big tech, it seems, and Republicans have become the party of the American

NYT, Nov. 7, 2020 New York Post Shifts Tone on Trump as a Top Editor Plans His Own Exit By Katie Robertson Last month The New York Post called President Trump “an invincible hero, who not only survive

A Star of the ‘Raging Rooks,’ He Helped Change the Face of N.Y.C. Chess Charu Robinson was one of the pioneers who inspired a generation of children to play a game that had been the province of elite

By Robin D.G. Kelley I wrote the following essay, “Births of a Nation: Surveying Trumpland with Cedric Robinson,” in the wake of Trump’s 2016 victory, but it could have been written today—two days int

London Review of Books, Vol. 42 No. 22 · 19 November 2020 Why go high? Adam Shatz on America’s defective democracy Share on TwitterShare on FacebookEmailPrint 2189 words In​ ‘Is America by Nature a Vi

Two new books reveal how our economy is increasingly oriented around the interests of asset owners – and increasingly uncaring about the fates of everyone else. https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/oureco

https://socialistvoice.ie/2020/11/engels-and-marriage/

https://anthonybrainapplyingtrotskyismfortodayandtommorw.wordpress.com/2020/11/07/principles-strategies-and-tactics-which-should-guide-the-american-left-in-deal-in-reaction-to-2020-american-elections-

Here is an answer to the Jacobin article claiming that Biden blew the election because he wasn't left enough. In the Jacobin article, they point out that "the economy" was foremost on the minds of man

https://www.greenleft.org.au/content/bolivarian-socialism-and-anti-blockade-law-venezuela "Due to the blockade, sanctions and an economic war, Venezuela’s national wealth has rapidly depleted. To temp

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/06/nyregion/bannon-lawyer-beheading.html Steve Bannon Loses Lawyer After Suggesting Beheading of Fauci Mr. Bannon, the former adviser to President Trump, said the heads

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2020/02/paula-white-how-do-you-get-from-the-trailer-park-to-a-white-house-job-give-money-to-trumps-spiritual-adviser/

Going through a stack of Baffler Magazines that were accumulating dust on my bookshelves, I noticed this article from the Spring 2017 issue. Written by Sam Kriss, who had been involved in a #Metoo typ