8. The Nitty Gritty: Capitalism & Fascism

“What would it mean for your business if you could target potential clients who are actively discussing their need for your services in their day-to-day conversations? No, it's not a Black Mirror episode—it's Voice Data, and CMG has the capabilities to use it to your business advantage.”

As the Palestinian death toll from Israel's 10-week annihilation of the Gaza Strip passed 20,000, warfare experts said this weekend that the retaliatory

Culture / The one thing science fiction couldn’t imagine is the world we have now: the near-complete control of Artificial Intelligence by a few corporations whose only goal is profit. Dwayne Monroe As HAL 9000, the true star of Stanley Kubrick´s landmark film, 2001: A Space Odyssey, died a silicon death by memory module removal, the machine, reduced to its infant state (the moment it became operational) recited: “Good afternoon, gentlemen. I am...

Researchers find that what groups preaching abstinence and chastity excel at doing is giving adherents anxiety, depression, and far right memes.

The influential idea that in the past men were hunters and women were not isn’t supported by the available evidence

The US press and politicians are trying to fit the attacks on Gaza into a Zero Dark Thirty mold, but it’s something much simpler—and sinister.

WASHINGTON (AP) — FBI Director Chris Wray told lawmakers Thursday that antifa is an ideology, not an organization, delivering testimony that puts him at odds with President Donald Trump, who has said he would designate it a terror group.

Since the election of President Trump and the rise in racist and white supremacist activity, the militant antifascist movement known as antifa has become increasingly active and high profile in the United States. This book analyzes the tactics, culture, and practices of the movement through a combination of social movement studies and critical criminological perspectives.Based on extensive fieldwork and interviews with activists, this book is the first scholarly sociological analysis of contemporary antifascist activism in the United States. Drawing on social movement studies, subculture studies and critical criminology, it explains antifa's membership, their ideology, strategy, tactics and use of culture as a weapon against the far right. It provides the most detailed account of this movement and also cuts through much of the mythology and common misunderstandings about it.This book will be of interest to scholars and students in sociology, political science, anthropology, criminology, and history; however, a general audience would also be interested in the explanation of what drives antifa tactics and strategy in light of the high-profile conflicts between fascists and antifascists.

As Trump rails against ‘far-left’ fascism, new database shows leftwing attacks have left far fewer people dead than violence by rightwing extremists

President Trump has blamed anti-fascist protesters for inciting violence at protests and tried to link “far left” activists to his mainstream Democratic opponent, Joe Biden.

US professors detected unusual trading activity on Tel Aviv and US stock exchanges before 7 October

A call from the families of hostages contains the seed of true safety.

“Beyond the cursing, Elon Musk’s interview is erratic enough to end his career.”

Jordan Peterson has been one of the most prominent so-called intellectuals in Western politics. Bursting onto the scene railing against wokeness, he quickly became extremely wealthy through self-help book sales, podcasts and his own popular YouTube channel. Cutting a centrist image, his mainly male fan bases had a range of political beliefs. Peterson was seen as a calm rational debater who could successfully take on the left and the right with facts and logic. However, since 2017 he has been slowly pandering to an increasingly hard right audience before eventually joining Ben Shapiro’s Daily Wire this month. Due to the somewhat diverse nature of his fanbase many have turned against him quickly saying he has become the caricature the left always painted him as. In this video we go through his rise on social media and how he has gained a right-wing fan base while alienating his original fans. .00:00:00 - Intro 00:05:37 - I never liked Jordan Peterson 00:08:40 - Jordan Peterson Calm and Rational Persona 00:13:10 - Jordan Peterson was always Toxic 00:18:06 - Jordan Peterson’s Twitter Ban 00:20:05 - Jordan Peterson’s Subreddit TURN ON HIM 00:31:00 - His Fans call him out 00:35:00 - Closing Thoughts My Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/join/TheKavernacle Follow me on Twitter: https://twitter.com//TheKavernacle My Instagram: https://instagram.com/thekavernacle/ Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtet3kEWqgKj6sSfMgf2n7A My Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/2g88k90PsIKnDxU39lU0qi?nd=1&nd=1 My Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/TheKavernacle/ My Personal Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/user/tommycahil1995 My Medium: https://medium.com/@thekavernacle

Scholars are torn on whether the current conflict can be yet classified a genocide officially.

On Tuesday morning, October 10, the Associated Press reported that the death toll in the Israel/Hamas War had reached 1600. At least 900 Israelis and 700 Palestinians, according to AP, had died since Hamas' terrorist attacked on Israel on October 7. One of the Israelis who survived was journalist Am...

Democratic socialist politicians like Cori Bush and Rashida Tlaib are right about the violence in Israel and Palestine: we should both be mourning civilian deaths and calling for an end to the Israeli occupation.

Thousands of young people were partying at dawn when Palestinian militants opened fire

Palestinians have long warned that Israel's blockade and repeated aggressions would eventually lead to an explosion. But few of us in Gaza expected this.

The current outpouring of sympathy for Israel should make anyone with half a heart wretch. Not because it is not awful that Israeli civilians are dying

The uprising began on the anniversary of another one, which had become a revolution.  The occupying power had had informants throughout the ghetto, but

The Middle East is once again on fire

Israel has long preferred force to peace, segregation to equality. Its brutal air strikes on Gaza are a continuation of that policy — and will do nothing to bring peace and dignity to civilians on both sides.

"One crime does not justify another, nor does one kind of injustice justify another," said B'Tselem.