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1 month agoI temp unsubscribed from Glenn when he started having “prof” Jiang on. He also had that weenie Gad Saad on at one point. The comments were absolutely scathing so I hope he doesn’t try that again.
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Crooke is an interesting guy. I’m reading his Resistance book about Iran and it’s informative though I don’t expect ideological alignment with my views. With any of these people you have to exercise tolerance. Sachs for example has some geopolitical and historical insights but just cannot fathom that imperialism does what it does because it’s an obligate blood drinker. He’s constantly moaning about bad choices and why can’t we be more sensible. Uh, because that’s not where surplus value comes from, Jeff.
0·1 month agoThere is nothing wrong with migration in and of itself but this must be seen in context. US imperialism, through its stooges in Israel and Morocco, is encouraging migration for multiple reasons, among them to stoke right wing sentiment in Spain - hence, the talk from some US politicians and pundits about how this wouldn’t have happened if Spain had its own Trump. They are trying to weaken Sanchez and improve the standing of Vox, Spain’s right wing party. They won’t be happy with Spain until it gets its own Milei at the very least.
https://www.ynetnews.com/opinions-analysis/article/bki11ns9tzx
That’s precisely right. It’s colonialism, but you have to read it not in isolation but in context of current events. When has the US ever come out against colonialism? When have they sided, say, with the Sahel states against France, or with the Palestinians against Zionist occupation? The US is simply angry at Spain for not allowing the US to use their airspace against Iran, for openly making modest noise in support of Palestine, as well as for forging closer ties with Algeria, which will never be forgiven for expelling the French (same as Haiti in that regard).
Adnan Husain is one of my favs. Also seconding East is a Podcast and Red Nation, and usually MAKC but the film review ones get tired. Adnan had a terrific talk with Pascal Lottaz at Neutrality Studies. Pascal has some of those conservative anti imperialist Glenn Diesen rotation schmucks on but he gets so enthusiastic when he hosts people like Adnan and Radhika Desai that you know where his sympathies lie.