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International Journal of Anarchism
ifa-Solidaritet - folkebladet - © ISSN 0800-0220 - electronic issues ISSN 1890-9485 since 2009 - no 1 (51) editor H. Fagerhus
Bulletin of the Anarchist International
The Situation in USA 2020-21 and later
By IIFOR
The 2022 United States elections will be held on Tuesday, November 8, 2022. During this midterm election year, all 435 seats in the House of Representatives and 35 of the 100 seats in the Senate will be contested. Thirty-nine state and territorial gubernatorial and numerous other state and local elections will also be contested. This will be the first election affected by the redistricting that will follow the 2020 census. Vote for the Democrats in all elections in USA held on Tuesday, November 8, 2022. The Republicans (GOP) is based on Trumpism, basically a right-fascist non-democratic movement, which people must avoid like the plague. Source: AF 01.09.2022. Results: The Democrats won the Senate, GOP won the House of Representatives.
02.09.2022. Biden warns Trump and his closest followers are trying to undermine American democracy in combative speech, see: https://edition.cnn.com/2022/09/01/politics/joe-biden-democracy-speech/index.html. Source: CNN.
22.09.2022. America’s Authoritarians: The US political divide, see: https://www.aljazeera.com/program/people-power/2022/9/22/americas-authoritarians-the-us-political-divide. Source: Al Jazeera.
10.10.2022. William Shatner, Captain Kirk from «Startrek», on traveling to space: ‘All I saw was death’, and warning about the climatecrisis, see: https://edition.cnn.com/2022/10/10/business/william-shatner-new-book-boldly-go-scn/index.html. Source: CNN.
12.10.2022. Saudis aren’t weaponizing oil like Americans claim, top official says, see: https://edition.cnn.com/2022/10/12/energy/saudi-diplomat-opec-cut-intl/index.html. Source: CNN.
13.10.2022. New crude oil price forecasts from NØI-INDECO-OSE, see: http://www.indeco.no/archive/oilprice2.htm. Source: AIIS.
22.12.2022. Jan. 6 committee releases final report, says Trump should be barred from office, see: https://edition.cnn.com/2022/12/22/politics/jan-6-committee-final-report/index.html. Source: CNN.
The West and UK are just getting over a lengthy mourning period for Queen Elizabeth II, and saying goodbye to the longest reigning monarch in British history. The anarchists called for Repubic in the UK. Perhaps Vladimir Putin waited, as a mark of respect, before he addressed the Russian people to give them the next phase of his plans for his ‘special military operation’, i.e. war against Ukraine. It was hard to witness his drive in the streets of London in an open-topped limousine smiling, beside the Queen, some twenty years ago! Relationships with Russia have certainly soured since then.
About that time also, 2003, there was a high-level meeting held of those of Putin’s inner circle in which there was a chance to adopt a more open democratic line, albeit Russian style, the perestroika of Mikhail Gorbachov, or alternatively follow the well-trodden path which secured the position of the favoured few within a strict authoritarian government, perhaps better termed a kleptarchy. The latter was opted for, which made the few extremely wealthy, e.g. the oligarchs who had a hold on the key state industries from the 1990s and Putin and members with upper KGB, now FSB, affiliations. Today Putin who is recently 70, is reputed to be worth some $40bn, and has an unreasonable embedded hatred of the west which isn’t going to change. It will get worse as his position is increasingly threatened.
There was a fairly recent meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), which includes China, Russia, India, Turkey and others. Putin used the occasion to put his case, as he saw it, and subsequently visited Saudi Arabia, and the Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi, and Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. He was advised to bring the war to an end in each case. Overall, he received a cool reception.
Instead, he has dismissed that advice and chosen to illegally grab the eastern and southern flanks of Ukraine – Luhansk, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia, and Kherson. This he has done now on paper at least, much as he stole Crimea in 2014. He has no compunction about lying; it is his way of life. He now broadcasts worldwide and holds a televised ceremony, that these four parts of Ukraine are now a part of mother Russia, and Ukraine continuing attacks on those 4 provinces would be seen as attacks on Russian soil. But he only has a self-proclaimed mandate for this and most of the world, from the UN down, included the Anarchist International AI/IFA, pronounce the move as illegal.
However, Ukraine won’t stop its endeavours as it has slowly been taking its land back, gaining territory, particularly in Donetsk and latterly towards Kherson. They rightly believe that the land is Ukrainian and not Russian. In the past few days, the Ukrainians have been making steady progress, which has led to the pronouncement again that Russia will take all the land within the four provincial boundaries, which it has illegally claimed, as the “successful’” outcome of «the special military operation». The Russians/Putin claim it now belongs to Russia.
The Ukrainians will continue, however, and the war looks as if it will intensify, if the Russians are to try to make good on their pronouncement. The Russians have to regroup and significantly increase their numbers in order to not only halt the Ukrainian advance but to reverse the progress of the war. Their attempts to recruit prisoners, some criminal and others political, and the untrained populace to provide new troops is decidedly questionable. The population has been fleeing the country in droves.
This is where the future with a long war beckoning becomes worrying, because Putin has more than once stated that he would use tactical nuclear weapons, against all-nation protocols that negate such a move. In trying to decide his actions-- will he or won’t he? - one has to study the man. In his boyhood, he was known to watch rats on the stairwell of his apartment and what happened to them if they became cornered.
He may feel sometimes that the situation is becoming so serious, that he must lash out and fight, no holds barred. That may happen in the next month or two and he will feel that he must use the nuclear option and proceed accordingly. The rules of engagement will have totally changed and such an escalation will have to bring a response. What will it be? No one knows! There is no sign yet that there is sufficient of an opposition in the Duma to bring in a leadership with some sanity. Thus the future of Ukraine and the West looks grim! By IIFOR 11.10.2022.
11.10.2022. Biden says Putin ‘totally miscalculated’ by invading Ukraine but is a ‘rational actor’, see: https://edition.cnn.com/2022/10/11/politics/joe-biden-interview-cnntv/index.html. Source: CNN.
From: Biden Press [mailto:bidenpress@joebiden.com]
Sent: Sunday, December 06, 2020 2:24 AM
To: indeco@online.no
Subject: RE: The Georgia Trump Action (GTA) calls on all Republicans in Georgia to boycott the Senate Runoff on Jan. 5, 2021 as a protest because the election is rigged as the president election was. From the Peoples' Journal... [But the truth is it was not rigged at all!]
Thank you for emailing Biden…https://buildbackbetter.com/
From: The Institute of Industrial Economics [mailto:indeco@online.no]
Sent: Sunday, December 06, 2020 2:24 AM
To: Martin Anarkis
Cc: Christian Vennerød; Noam Chomsky; press@joebiden.com; Robert Drury; USAs Ambassade; Utenriksdepartementet; Statsministerens kontor; USAs Ambassade terrortips; Forsvaret og E-tjenesten; postmottak@mil.no; PST; Helse- og omsorgsdepartementet; JFSØ; Ole-Jacob Edna; fmovpost@fylkesmannen.no
Subject: RE: The Georgia Trump Action (GTA) calls on all Republicans in Georgia to boycott the Senate Runoff on Jan. 5, 2021 as a protest because the election is rigged as the president election was. From the Peoples' Journal... [But the truth is it was not rigged at all!]
Hei Martin Anarkis
Takker for støtte til J-HØ i tidligere mail.
Biden kan nok være litt glemsk og han har et gammelt problem med stamming, og han får nok noe å pigge seg opp på av og til kan kanskje hende, men han er ikke dement og ca. 100% real og ærlig, og Indeco har utvekslet mailer/pressemeldinger med press@joebiden.com, teamet hans hele tiden. De amerikanske anarkistene med Chomsky i spissen har støttet Biden en masse. Trump er en stor sinnssyk lyst- og makt-løgner og blå-brun erke-konservativ representant for det uopplyste pengevelde/plutarki, og tenderer mot mørkebrun ultra-fascist som Hitler når det kommer til stykke, se http://www.anarchy.no/afbpress1.html , og http://www.anarchy.no/ija133.html, samt www.anarchy.no . Han er livsfarlig. Amerikansk psykiatri burde ta ham inn til tvangs-behandling på grunn av psykose og realitetsbrist, og årsak til farlig massepsykose hos tilhengerne. Skader andre.
Mvh. Jens HØ og Anna Q for www.indeco.no
God Jul og Godt Nyttår!
PS. Blir nok litt kamp mot «sovjetisk-kinesisk-spykiatri-systemet» utover i desember. Har blant annet fått en melding fra Christian V. med støtte, som vil bli fulgt opp. "Spykiaterne" Margrethe Stensson, Nina Helene Alnes, AnneTveito & Fylkeslegen & Co skal i hvert fall ikke dø i synden uten å få passene signifikant påskrevet. Sanne våre ord!
From: Martin Anarkis
Sent: Saturday, December 05, 2020 9:43 PM
To: Familie, venner og kjente; Globaldistribution; Indeco
Cc: The people & anarchists and authorities world wide
Subject: Re: The Georgia Trump Action (GTA) calls on all Republicans in Georgia to boycott the Senate Runoff on Jan. 5, 2021 as a protest because the election is rigged as the president election was. From the Peoples' Journal... [But the truth is it was not rigged at all!]
Biden er dement og får sikkert noe apedop.. Tror dere ikke det er lurt å unngå en president som de kan styre som en woodoodukke?
Ha en fredelig julefeiring! :-) Mvh. Martin Anarkis.
From: Globaldistribution <globaldistribution@wemail.no>
Sent: Saturday, December 5, 2020 9:02:52 PM
To: Familie, venner og kjente <indeco@online.no>
Cc: The people & anarchists and authorities world wide <fb@anarchy.no>
Subject: The Georgia Trump Action (GTA) calls on all Republicans in Georgia to boycott the Senate Runoff on Jan. 5, 2021 as a protest because the election is rigged as the president election was. From the Peoples' Journal... [But the truth is it was not rigged at all!]
From: Globaldistribution [mailto:globaldistribution@wemail.no]
Sent: Friday, January 01, 2021 7:00 AM
To: The people & anarchists and authorities world wide
Cc: The Green Global Spring Revolution
Subject: The Peoples' Journal 01.01.2021: shall greet from Antioch, a.k.a. The Anti-ochlarchy League, and say a "happy" New Year to rulers world wide, demanding NO OCHLARCHY, i.e. mob rule broadly defined! Or else...!!!!
Ochlarchy has an anti-climate and anti-green dimension, especially with mob rule broadly defined against the grand-children, thus the fight against ochlarchy, i.e. mob rule broadly
defined, a.o.t. done by Antioch, the Anti-ochlarchy League, is also a part of the Green Global Spring, see http://www.anarchy.no/antioch.html, http://www.anarchy.no/ggs1.html & http://www.anarchy.no/nt20-21.html. Source. AIIS 01.01.2021.
By the way: the US Congress has overturned President Donald Trump's veto of a defence spending bill, the first time this has happened in his presidency. Source: BBC 01.01.2021.
CNN 02.01.2021 - Federal judge throws out Gohmert lawsuit asking Pence to interfere in Electoral College count, see: https://edition.cnn.com/2021/01/01/politics/gohmert-pence-electoral-college-lawsuit-thrown-out/index.html.
04.01.2021. (CNN) - In call, Trump demands Georgia officials 'find' votes to tilt election, see: https://edition.cnn.com/2021/01/03/politics/donald-trump-brad-raffensperger-call-washington-post/index.html.
06.01.2021. (BBC) - Vice-President Mike Pence says he will not block the certification of Biden as president-elect, despite demands from Trump.
Some Republicans are trying to overturn the results in some states but lack sufficient support, see: https://www.bbc.com/news/live/election-us-2020-55558355
From: Globaldistribution [mailto:globaldistribution@wemail.no]
Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2021 9:53 PM
To: Pressemelding fra INDECO
Subject: USA: I denne sammenheng å minne om den norske Grunnlovens Article 85: Any person who obeys an order, the purpose of which is to disturb the liberty and security of the Storting, is thereby guilty of treason against the Country skulle vel være unødvendig.
From: The Institute of Industrial Economics [mailto:indeco@online.no]
Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2021 9:43 PM
To: press@joebiden.com; USAs Ambassade terrortips; USAs Ambassade; postmottak@mil.no; Forsvaret og E-tjenesten; PST
Cc: Utenriksdepartementet; Statsministerens kontor
Subject: USA: I denne sammenheng å minne om den norske Grunnlovens Article 85: Any person who obeys an order, the purpose of which is to disturb the liberty and security of the Storting, is thereby guilty of treason against the Country skulle vel være unødvendig.
USA: I denne sammenheng å minne om den norske Grunnlovens Article 85: Any person who obeys an order, the purpose of which is to disturb the liberty and security of the Storting, is thereby guilty of treason against the Country skulle vel være unødvendig. Har dere ikke noe sånt I USA? PS. Demonstrantene blir snart tørste og sultne, får de ikke vann og mat mister de snart motet. Minst mulig blod.
Mvh. J-HØ (for AISC)
06.01.2021. Latest: (CNN) - Democrats will take control of the Senate.
BROWN CARDS TO NRK WITH TOVE BJØRGÅS, CNN AND BBC RELATED TO THE TRUMP ULTRA-FASCIST COUP ATTEMPT AND RIOTS IN WASHINGTON, USA 06.01.2021
Brown Cards to NRK with Tove Bjørgås, BBC and CNN for mixing up ochlarchy including chaos with anarchy 06-07.01.2021 and falsely putting the blame on the Washington riot partly on anarchists.
Brown Cards to NRK with Tove Bjørgås, BBC and CNN for mixing up ochlarchy including chaos with anarchy 06-07.01.2021 and falsely putting the blame on the Washington riot partly on anarchists, i.e. for serious break of the Oslo Convention. The rioters were the nazi & ultra-fascist Donald Trump supporters, and no anarchist participated in the coup attempt and attack on democratic institutions. Anarchy is not ochlarchy including chaos, but real democracy, i.e. liberal social democracy. And anarchists are real democrats, i.e. liberal social democrats, not ultra-fascists or totalitarian extremists to the left and right on the economic-political map and in reality.
Anarchy and anarchism mean "system and management without ruler(s), i.e. co-operation without repression, tyranny and slavery". In short an-arch-y = [(an = without - arch = ruler(s)) - y = system (included optimal order and law) and management, as, say, in monarch-y]. Anarchy and anarchism are efficient and fair system and management without top heavy societal pyramid economical and/or political/administrative - in income and/or rank, i.e. significant horizontal organization - real, always including green, democracy, liberal social democracy.
From APT: http://www.anarchy.no/apt.html
IAT: http://www.anarchy.no/iat.html
EP-MAP: http://www.anarchy.no/a_e_p_m.html
OSLO CONVENTION: http://www.anarchy.no/oslo.html
John Richard Kasich Jr. a.k.a. John Kasich, Republican, on Wolf Blitzer's “Situation Room” on CNN 14.01.2021, falsely puts the blame for the Trump nazi & ultra-fascist coup attempt and riots in Washington USA 06.01.2021, on “hardcore anarchists” similar to Trump earlier. Are Kasich and the whole Republican party nazi & ultra-fascists? This is a serious break of the Oslo Convention, and the IAT-APT hands out a Brown Card to John Kasich, Wolf Blitzer and CNN for this blatant lie. 20.01.2021. Kasich continues to put the blame for the Republican nazi & ultra-fascist coup attempt and riots in Washington USA 06.01.2021 on anarchists, stating "the anarchists who crashed into the Capital" with Don Lemon at CNN, and the IAT-APT hands out a Dark Brown Card to them all.
From: rudy m
Sent: Friday, January 15, 2021 3:04 AM
To: Globaldistribution
Subject: Re: BROWN CARD TO JOHN KASICH, WOLF BLITZER AND CNN FOR FALSELY PUTTING THE BLAME FOR THE TRUMP
NAZI & ULTRA-FASCIST COUP ATTEMPT AND RIOTS IN WASHINGTON USA 06.01.2021 ON ANARCHISTS. Are Kasich and the whole Republican party nazi & ultra-fascists?
My family thank you so much for telling the truth, here in America people lie!
Best regards Rudy
07.01.2021 - CNN - These are the rioters who stormed the Capitol
CNN - Trump publicly acknowledges he won't serve a second term a day after inciting mob, see: https://edition.cnn.com/2021/01/07/politics/trump-biden-us-capitol-electoral-college-insurrection/index.html.
08.01.2021.(CNN) The final act of the Trump presidency, see: https://edition.cnn.com/2021/01/08/politics/donald-trump-impeachment-capitol-riot/index.html.
17.01.2021. (BBC) Biden inauguration: All 50 US states on alert for [nazi & ultra-fascist] armed protests, see: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-55689840.
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Økosirken, lovene om den økonomiske sirkulasjon, gjelder som Frisch sa «absolutt sikkert» i en viss forstand, nemlig i at den på konsistente data gir 100% regresjon, 0 % avvik. Altså statistisk absolutt sikkert. Men statistikk kan som sagt av mange lyve. For det første er økosirken basert på prinsippet om dobbelt bokholderi, den er ikke forutsetningsløs, som Haavelmo påpekte. B. D. Brochmann drev med økosirk basert på enkel bokføring. Men økosirken, den er også basert på fysikk. Eksport på verdensplan må være fysisk lik import, når en ser bort fra eller tar med lekkasjer til outer space i regnskapet, samme for en del annet. Dette er absolutt sikkert, forutsatt at man regner i energi, ikke masse. Energi kan absolutt sikkert ikke forsvinne i løse luften. Men så var det dette med selve postene i økosirken.
Her regnet Frisch med systemets kostnader, som er et hard facts – realitet, og fortjener å være et eget begrep i regnskapet. Men min slektning Odd Aukrust fjernet det, og lot systemkostnadene (de offentlige) inngå i «offentlig konsum» som er et nytale-type begrep: «Kostnad = nytte». Der en kostnad, dvs. ulempe for folk, inngår i konsumbegrepet = nytte for folk (konsumentene), dvs. en variant av at «krig = fred» og «anarki = kaos» i beste Orwellske stil. Altså en selvmotsigelse: «kostnad = nytte». Da blir de offentlige byråkratene glade, for jo mer vi har av dem, og jo mer de koster reelt, jo gladere blir Folket, eller Populasjonen (som er en løgn). I følge denne galskapen og manipulasjonen av språket og også vitenskapen. Systemets kostnad må inn igjen for å få en realistisk, og dermed mer sann og vitenskapelig sikker og holdbar sammenheng, i nasjonalregnskap og økosirk. Offentlig konsum må forbeholdes reelle nytte, overhodet ikke samfunnsmessige kostnader.
Nasjonalregnskap og økosirk, dette er for øvrig ikke det samme. Økosirk er også fysiske vare og tjenestestrømmer/sirkulasjon, uavhengig av regnskapstriks og konvensjoner i nasjonalregnskapet. Frisch drev stort sett med økosirk, den økonomiske sirkulasjon fysisk, mens nasjonalregnskap i prinsippet er noe annet. Regnskaper behøver som kjent ikke dekke realiteter, men bør gjøre det, skal de være nyttige annet enn for svindlere. Aukrust var en svindler eller svindleres lakei dvs. for klasseinteressene til offentlige byråkrater. Keynes bidro til samme svindelen. Ikke noen tvil om det. At Aukrust også var nazist, før han ble marxistisk sosialdemokrat, hører også med i bildet. Løgn hører til nazisme = ultra-fascisme, en form for det. Og til ekstremisme på høyre og venstre side av det økonomisk-politiske kartet og i realiteten, dvs. alle totalitære systemer og forkjempere for dette. Kan være genetisk betinget til en viss grad. Maktmennesker kan være født sånn. Men ikke alltid.
USA har en ny variant «Folkevalgt = Svindel (Rigged)», når anarki = kaos varianten sannsynlig ble stoppet av undertegnede + + og Antioch. Men dette er altså nytale-løgn. Som legitimerer at man skal droppe valg til fordel for førerprinsippet. «Ett folk en fører (Trump) ellers er vi ute og kjører». Valg er tull og tøys og skadelig juks, styring uten valg fra toppen og ned er tingen - i følge dette fusket og løgnen.
Æsj, brun, mørkebrun møkk. Det stinker. Rødbrun, bare brun inklusive mørkebrun, og blå-brun møkk - stinker! Få det ut og få luftet ut USA. RASKT SOM FAEN. Hele det Republikanske partiet må i støpeskjeen. NÅ – RASKT.
Man kan også manipulere med navn, nomen, betegnelser. Å kalle handelsnæringens arbeidsgiverorganisasjon «Virke» er et eksempel på dette. «Klart det virker».
Alt dette går inn under begrepet psykologisk krigføring. Demokrati innebærer avlusing av løgn og mer sannhet. Det engelske språket er fullt av manipulasjon sammenlignet med det norske, herskernes psykologiske krigføring mot FOLKET. Koreansk er visst enda verre. Alle språk burde loppes for nytale og annen manipulasjon. Den er legio. Mvh J-HØ. 18.01.2021.
PS. 09.03.2021. Uten å gå videre inn på en diskusjon i detalj på hva som er å regne for offentlige systemkostnader, så må storting, departementer og direktorater samt kommunal administrasjon alt inklusive, opplagt høre hjemme her. Disse systemkostnadene må trekkes fra i det offentlige konsumet for å komme frem til et bedre anslag for verdiskapningen, dvs. BNP fratrukket de offentlige systemkostnadene er et bedre anslag på verdiskapningen enn det ukorrigerte BNP. Dette har betydning for et realistisk anslag på verdiskapningen for by vs. land. Dette betyr at Oslo og de store byene og administrasjons-sentre, hvor systemkostnadene i hovedsak er lokalisert, vil få en justering nedover når det gjelder bidrag til verdiskapningen, og landdistriktene får relativt sett en større andel av verdiskapningen i denne mer realistiske betraktningen, hvor det altså er korrigert for systemkostnader. Overvurderingen av verdiskapningen i by vs. land i ukorrigert BNP dreier seg sannsynligvis om hundrevis av milliarder NOK.
20.01.2021. (CNN) President Joe Biden was sworn in as the 46th president of the United States Wednesday 20.01.2021, ushering in a new era of calm and comity to Washington after four divisive and tumultuous years under former President Donald Trump, see: https://edition.cnn.com/2021/01/20/politics/joe-biden-presidential-inauguration/index.html. The liberal social-democrats, i.e. anarchists, world wide congratulate Joe Biden.
20.01.2021 (CNN) Biden targets Trump's legacy with first-day executive actions, see: https://edition.cnn.com/2021/01/20/politics/executive-actions-biden/index.html.
22.01.2021 (CNN) Here are the 30 executive orders and actions Biden signed in his first three days, see: https://edition.cnn.com/2021/01/22/politics/joe-biden-executive-orders-first-week/index.html.
By Timian Sabatini 28.01.2021
Live streamed video of the D.C. Capitol being stormed on January 6 brought viewers worldwide into the moment that internet conspiracy theories exploded in real life. This futile attempt to block Biden from being confirmed was fueled by the false but ferociously repeated tale that votes were stolen and Trump illegitimately denied a second term. That cover transforms lawless rioters into “patriotic heroes.” Commentators claimed to be shocked when the calls for a show of force “like Bunker Hill” — circulated on the web for weeks by pro-Trump extremists — came to life. And they appeared mystified that masses of people could be launched into action by claims and “alt-facts” that have no evidence or basis in reality. In fact, there is a continuous chain stretching over decades that ties mainstream news, link by link, to the remote reaches of dark web white supremacy boards, anti-Semitic memes and fascistic plotting.
A brief history of “Fake News.” Journalism in the US, like other democratic countries, is supposedly held to the standard of objectivity and even-handedness. In reality, exaggerated, sensationalized or outright lying for capitalism and statism has been around for a long time. So, too, has selective presentation and editorial slanting by the wealthy owners of media outlets and their advertisers as well statist propaganda. Information, like other commodities, is controlled by cash & power.
In the US, the Reagan years proved a critical turning point in cracking the veneer of media impartiality. Three events are particularly interesting. The Koch brothers, intending to re-shape US politics, began building a network of right-wing, arch-conservative liberalist and fascistoid think tanks, organizations and bought politicians. Fox News was founded in 1986 — initially the cutting edge of arch-conservative politics but now eclipsed by Breitbart and others farther to the fascist right. And months later, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) threw out its Fairness Doctrine requiring airwaves reporting to cover multiple perspectives.
A slow slide since the 1980s morphed into a journalistic sea change. The term “Fake News” emerged during the 2016 election, largely as Donald Trump’s iteration of a common conservative complaint that the “liberal” media is unfair to them. But who’s doing the faking?An independent study by the Nieman Foundation for Journalism analyzed 429 “hyper-partisan media sites.” Of these, only 8 — or less than 2% — were leftist-leaning.
As print media declined and many small newspapers went belly up, hundreds of online sites purporting to be local news outlets popped up. One stand-out is TV reporter turned internet entrepreneur Brian Timpone. He is linked to multiple interconnected media companies, including Government Information Services, Locality Labs, and others. Combined, they control nearly 1,300 websites scattered across all 50 states. All cater to fascist and right-leaning politicians, lobbyists and PACs (Political Action Committees), often printing their press releases word-for-word. Such networks serve the billionaire-funded propaganda mills, capitalist and statist. Linked up with social media, they become a massive echo chamber. The power of social media to magnify is immense and growing astronomically. Axios reported that online response to sketchy news sources shot up from 0.7 billion in 2019 to 2.8 billion in tumultuous 2020.
The liberal capitalist and statist media fail. Throughout the four-year rule by the Liar-in-Chief Donald Trump, liberal capitalist and statist commentators have counted falsehoods and done daily fact checks. It hasn’t worked much. Still less does citing evidence and reason stem the tide of conspiracy theories. How can one prove to a QAnon zealot that the world’s elite do not secretly rape and eat children? Another unsuccessful ploy is appealing to morality, fairness and decency. Joe Biden’s message to the Capitol mob was outrage at the violation of the “sacred” halls of democracy. Completely ineffectual to those who believe they are defending the “real” winner of the election, speaking for the “shat-upon little guy, and saving the children”. This is the mantle the right-wing ultra-fascist and arch-conservative liberalist propaganda machine has woven.
The far right, ultra-fascist and arch-conservative liberalist media, has a massive advantage over the others when it comes to getting its message out. First, of course, they have immense amounts of money from the über-wealthy. But even more fundamentally: they don’t have to tell the truth. Writing in Mein Kampf, Adolf Hitler laid out the basics of extreme right-wing messaging: “Propaganda must not investigate the truth objectively … it must present only that aspect of the truth which is favorable to its own side.” The right wing doesn’t have to be factual or even logically consistent. What it must do is speak to the passions and desperation of the masses. Its key purpose is to identify a target, a scapegoat to deflect their fury and frustration away from the true statist and/or capitalist causes and to ordain a strongman savior. Also the red-brown extremists to the left lies, included Trotskyites and other communists, all of the time…
The liberal social democrats, i.e. anarchists, has a job that is both harder and easier. Harder because its purpose is to empower the People to challenge the entrenched ruling class, i.e. private & public Bureaucracy broadly defined, and be able to regenerate the entire social system to one that is humane and genuinely, real democratic. And to do that, liberal social democrats have to not only arouse passion, but also arm workers and the most oppressed with an understanding of how the system works, and what must be done to bring it down and replace it with real, i.e. always including green and pro climate, democracy. What makes the job easier is that unlike fascism and other totalitarian ideologies, which rest on venomous, unsustainable fictions, the path toward real democracy is rooted in reality and genuine non-authoritarian, included non-corrupt - strength, both economically and political/administrative. For liberal social democrats and allies, the justice sought and the means to get there are completely entwined. Tell the truth. Over and over again, especially about the Law of Corruption that explains why strongmen always are the Enemies of the People.
PS. Clarification of the term Revolution in connection with the Economic-Political map (EP map) - and GGS, GAIAN & GRETA THUNBERG and more. Every shift in the coordinates of an economic-political system on the EP map is by definition a revolution. Revolutions can be of varying sizes, some small, and sometimes somewhat larger. Revolution stands in opposition to reform, which is economic-political changes without a shift in the system coordinates, i.e. changes within the system's framework, without going beyond these. Each shift in the coordinates of an economic-political system on the EP map almost always takes place in a continuous process via infinitesimal shifts in the system coordinates, which are dynamically integrated over time, to a significant overall shift in the system coordinates, i.e. to a significant revolution. NB! A series of insignificant revolutions can thus result after a while, in an overall significant revolution. If the revolution is a downward movement on the EP map, it is also called a counter-revolution. Revolutions can also occur by discontinuous, possibly large - shifts in the system coordinates, without us going into this here, beyond noting that such often go terribly wrong, most often due to lack of relevant follow-up organizational structures. GGS, The Green Global Spring Revolution, among others supported by GAIAN Freedomly Zen Buddhists, other libertarians, Greta Thunberg & Co and more, do not pursue this terribly wrong strategy. But on the scheme mentioned under "NB!" above, which probably will be a success, provided the triggering of sufficient crowds to support the scheme (of GGS). And it must happen in due time to avert a full blown climate crisis, with Ragnarokk = FULL HELL ON GAIA, A.K.A. TELLUS AND THE EARTH. JHØ. Best regards and real democratic greetings from the networks of NØI-INDECO at www.indeco.no and IJOR / IIFOR at www.anarchy.no.
28.01.2021. (CNN) In the Republican [nazi (national-socialist) & ultra-fascist] Party, the post-Trump era lasted a week, see: https://edition.cnn.com/2021/01/28/politics/donald-trump-republican-party/index.html.
05.02.2021. Marjorie Taylor Greene: US House votes to strip Republican of key posts, see: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-55940542. Source: BBC.
09.02.2020. Capitol riots: Five takeaways from the arrests, see: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-55987603. Source: BBC.
Ad the impeachment trial: When about half of the judges are nazi & ultra-fascists of GOP, and 2/3s are necessary for guilty verdict, Trump - the nazi & ultra-fascist - will not be convicted. Is this USA's justice?
14.02.2021. The US Senate has fallen short of the two-thirds majority needed to convict former President Donald Trump on a charge of incitement to insurrection over the Capitol riot on 6 January. A majority of senators - 57 to 43, including seven Republicans - voted to convict Mr. Trump, 10 votes short of the 67 required for conviction. After his acquittal, Mr. Trump released a statement denouncing the trial as "the greatest witch hunt in history". This was Mr. Trump's second impeachment. Of course the nazi & ultra-fascists at GOP with Senate Republican ruler Mitch McConnell at the top, acquitted the nazi & ultra-fascist chief ochlarch (pøbelhersker) and dark Brown Card convict Trump. They are all dark brown nazi & ultra-fascist extremist shit. Sources: BBC & AIIS.
18.02.2021. 6 Capitol Police officers suspended, 29 others being investigated for alleged roles in riot, see: https://edition.cnn.com/2021/02/18/politics/capitol-police-officers-suspended/index.html. Source: CNN.
02.03.2021. FBI Director Wray knocks down conspiracy theory that January 6 rioters were 'fake Trump protesters', see: https://edition.cnn.com/2021/03/02/politics/fbi-director-chris-wray-january-6-riot-hearing/index.html. Source: CNN.
10.03.2021. Biden's $1.9tn Covid relief bill passes US Congress, see: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-56350463. Source: BBC.
14.04.2021. Biden is making a major mistake on Afghanistan, see: https://edition.cnn.com/2021/04/13/opinions/biden-major-mistake-afghanistan-andelman/index.html. Source: CNN.
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20.05.2021. House passes bill to create Jan. 6 Capitol riot commission, see: https://edition.cnn.com/politics/live-news/capitol-riot-commission-house-vote/index.html. Source: CNN.
01.06.2021. Echoing QAnon forums, Michael Flynn appears to suggest a Myanmar-style coup should happen in the United States, see: https://edition.cnn.com/2021/05/31/politics/michael-flynn-qanon/index.html. Source: CNN.
17.06.2021. Biden and Putin praise Geneva summit talks but discord remains, see: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-57504755. Source: BBC.
23.06.2021. Judge rebukes GOP for downplaying US Capitol riot as he hands out first sentence in insurrection, see: https://edition.cnn.com/2021/06/23/politics/capitol-rioter-sentenced/index.html. Source: CNN.
24.06.2021, Biden backs funding more police to fight crime wave, see: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-57589416. Source: BBC.
08.07.2021. Republicans preview months ahead filled with obstruction and extremism, see: https://edition.cnn.com/2021/07/08/politics/republican-extremism-latest/index.html. Source: CNN.
14.07.2021. Bush calls Afghanistan withdrawal a mistake, says consequences will be 'unbelievably bad', see: https://edition.cnn.com/2021/07/14/politics/george-w-bush-afghanistan-troop-withdrawal/index.html. Source: CNN
15.07.2021. 'They're not going to f**king succeed': Top generals feared Trump would attempt a coup after election, according to new book, see: https://edition.cnn.com/2021/07/14/politics/donald-trump-election-coup-new-book-excerpt/index.html. Source: CNN.
30.10.2011. The 2021 United States gubernatorial elections will be held on November 2, 2021, in two states, New Jersey and Virginia. Vote for the Democrats in the gubernatorial elections. Source: AIIS.
16.12.2021. How the January 6 committee finally exposed Trump's empire of lies, see: https://edition.cnn.com/2021/12/16/politics/donald-trump-january-6-committee-republicans-fox-news/index.html. Source: CNN.
22.12.2021. Five big questions about Trump and the riot, see: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-59703761. Source: BBC.
22.06.2022. Senate poised to pass first major gun safety legislation in decades following bipartisan agreement; see: https://edition.cnn.com/2022/06/21/politics/gun-safety-bill-senate/index.html. Source: CNN.
24.06.2022. Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade, see: https://edition.cnn.com/2022/06/24/politics/dobbs-mississippi-supreme-court-abortion-roe-wade/index.html. Source: CNN. This means constitutional right to abortion is eliminated nationwide in USA. The anarcha-feminists protest, and call this a reactionary totalitarian move.
08.07.2022. Biden signs executive order aimed at safeguarding abortion rights, see: https://edition.cnn.com/2022/07/08/politics/white-house-executive-order-abortion/index.html. Source: CNN.
10.07.2022. The January 6 insurrection: Minute-by-minute, see https://edition.cnn.com/2022/07/10/politics/jan-6-us-capitol-riot-timeline/index.html. Source: CNN.
08.08.2022. Climate deal. How Biden's big win in the Senate could change America and reshape his fortunes, see: https://edition.cnn.com/2022/08/08/politics/senate-bill-win-for-biden-analysis/index.html. Source: CNN.
09.08.2022. FBI executes search warrant at Trump's Mar-a-Lago in document investigation, see: https://edition.cnn.com/2022/08/08/politics/mar-a-lago-search-warrant-fbi-donald-trump/index.html. Source: CNN.
12.08.2022. Judge unseals Trump Mar-a-Lago search warrant, see: https://edition.cnn.com/us/live-news/fbi-search-trump-mar-a-lago-08-12-22/index.html. Source: CNN.
Fast forward a year and a half later, and it’s all being relived, in technicolor glory, thanks to the bipartisan House of Representatives committee investigating the coup. As of this writing in mid-August 2022, there have been seven hearings, with some explosive revelations.
Uncommon honesty. As an anarchist, I did not expect to be surprised by the hearings. But my assumption was shaken by how blasé the powers-that-be were over the attempted overthrow of the elected government. Multiple people testified that Trump and his inner circle knew he lost the election; Trump just did not care. He put out a not-so-subtle call to his white supremacist, nazi and far-right fascist followers, and they responded with plans and weapons.
From where I sit, it took Cassidy Hutchinson to blow the whole thing open. Her testimony was riveting. She made it clear that Trump’s people knew exactly what was happening and that The Donald planned to stride into the Capitol like a conquering hero.
She did what many of those in the know were too spineless or supportive to do. She stood up to the bullying and told the truth. In a CNN interview, former White house communications director Alyssa Farah Griffin backed Hutchinson, saying that Chief of Staff Mark Meadows (Hutchinson’s boss) suggested Griffin stay on the job because Trump would not be leaving office.
The «usefulness» of fascism. The hearings made it abundantly clear that the veneer of US democracy is razor thin; the People have little to no real control over those who rule them, the Bureaucracy, economic and political/administrative, the upper class.
What we have is state and capitalist «democracy», which provides the illusion that people have a real say in the government just through voting. But it’s a rigged game, in which only Republicans and Democrats de facto can get on the ballot. And since politicians on both sides of the aisle protect business and monied & state interests, vertical organization economically and political/administrative, the needs and wishes of The Grassroots = The People, are left in the dust.
But even this “choice” between these two parties may be too much in these precarious and socially volatile times. And that is why the ruling class, the Bureaucracy economic and political/administrative tolerates the existence of fascist groups like the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers (notwithstanding the handwringing at the hearings).
The capitalists and statists may need these goons when the next recession hits and brings with it misery for the People, the working class — on top of already unaffordable housing, rents, food, medicine and basic life requirements.
To come to power, fascism must build a mass movement to smash working-class organizations like unions; strip rights and humanity from religious, sexual and ethnic minorities; and reduce women to second-class citizenship. Their way is paved by the bigotry and suspicion that already exists, against immigrants, the LGBTQ+ community, single moms, “greedy” public workers, women and people of color blamed for “taking jobs” from white men, tree-hugging climate activists, leftists and anarchists, and so on.
True democracy for the majority. The January 6 investigation is generating a tsunami of analysis, and much of it is crap. By and large, it promotes the idea that Trump and his minions threatened a precious democracy. In reality, that exists for most US residents only as a fantasy.
So what’s the alternative to the mess that the collapse of moderate capitalism and statism is creating, with its drastic last resort of fascism?
I see anarchism, horizontal organization, as that alternative. I want to live in a world where workers and people who are currently marginalized have not only a voice but significant influence on the decisions. Where we can make sure that the issues important to most of us — things like civil rights, peace, freedom of movement, climate security, health, and basic human rights — are addressed in a sane and sustainable way.
To me, the key takeaway of the hearings is that state & capitalist «democracy» will never be safe from the threat of fascism and it will never be enough for the world’s People. What we need to win is the People’s democracy, horizontal organization, a bottom – up approach, significant.
G. Johnson, member of the American Section of the British and Anglophone Anarchist Federation (AF)
15.08.2022. Opinion: Trump is worried after FBI search -- and he should be, see: https://edition.cnn.com/2022/08/15/opinions/search-warrant-trumps-mar-a-lago-trump-criminal-liability/index.html. Source: CNN.
17.08.2022. Biden signs major climate change and health care bill into law, see: https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20220816-biden-signs-major-climate-change-and-health-care-bill-into-law. Source. France 24.
MIDTERM ELECTIONS 2022
The 2022 United States elections will be held on Tuesday, November 8, 2022. During this midterm election year, all 435 seats in the House of Representatives and 35 of the 100 seats in the Senate will be contested. Thirty-nine state and territorial gubernatorial and numerous other state and local elections will also be contested. This will be the first election affected by the redistricting that will follow the 2020 census. Vote for the Democrats in all elections in USA held on Tuesday, November 8, 2022. The Republicans (GOP) is based on Trumpism, basically a right-fascist non-democratic movement, which people must avoid like the plague. Source: AF 01.09.2022.
02.09.2022. Biden warns Trump and his closest followers are trying to undermine American democracy in combative speech, see: https://edition.cnn.com/2022/09/01/politics/joe-biden-democracy-speech/index.html. Source: CNN.
03.09.2022. Donald Trump has repeatedly called for lengthy jail sentences for those who he claimed mishandled classified information. Now it is Trump that have mishandled classified information. See: https://edition.cnn.com/2022/09/03/politics/trump-jail-sentences-mishandled-classified-information-kfile/index.html. Source: CNN.
In USA, when adjusted for inflation, worker pay is actually falling, and is lower than before the pandemic.
Is the econonomy in recession - crisis? Yes!
21.09.2022. In USA, when adjusted for inflation, worker pay is actually falling, and is lower than before the pandemic — 3.6% lower than if it had followed pre-pandemic trends. Source: Petersen Institute for International Economics, based on data from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics. Pundits are asking, “Is the economy in recession?” Regardless of definitions, working people are hurting, with pandemic aid programs evaporating and inflation eroding wages. Big business uses the threat of recession to its advantage, pleading for public handouts to bolster profits, or as now, encouraging a downturn in order to neutralize growing worker power by increasing unemployment.
Current conditions in the US economy are not normally found in a recession. Corporate profits are surging, and inflation is at near record levels. Lingering supply-demand imbalances are unique to the pandemic. There’s a tight labor market and workers have gained some leverage in the last 18 months or so due to their own increased militancy.
A recession, crisis, by any other name: There is no objective definition of an economic “recession,” so it must be one of those things that you “know it if you see it.” The National Bureau of Economic Research “Business Cycle Dating Committee” says that a recession is a “significant decline of economic activity that is spread across the economy and lasts for more than a few months.” The unstated definition however is whether corporate profits are falling. According to the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA), a division of the US Department of Commerce, the “real GDP” (gross domestic product, one measure of economic output) decreased by 0.9% in the second quarter of 2022, following a 1.6% decline in the first quarter. That is two consecutive quarters of decline. But they were preceded by six consecutive quarters of increase in a schizophrenic, unprecedented pandemic-driven economy. It’s hard to know if these short-term statistics represent a real problem or are just an anomaly.
Here is the real stuff. As of June, inflation has driven consumer prices up by 9.1% from a year ago, while wages, although up significantly for some, increased only 5.2% overall. Inflation may be easing, with consumer prices no higher in July than June, but it has still caused real wages (wages compared to inflation) to decline. This is not just a pandemic hangover; real income for most workers has been falling for decades. And yet the Federal Reserve has raised interest rates 2.25 percentage points in the last six months, from near zero at the beginning of the year. The pretext is that the economy is overheating, so higher interest rates will throw some cold water on it. The problem with this storyline is that the causes of inflation are supply-demand mismatches and prolonged factory shutdowns in key manufacturing regions left over from the pandemic, global events such as the Russian invasion of Ukraine, natural disasters that disrupted production, and price gouging by corporations. Raising interest rates won’t impact any of these problems.
What it will do is further drain an already beleaguered working class by increasing the cost of credit card balances, mortgages, and auto loans. As if buying a house wasn’t already unattainable for most. Help isn’t “on the way” for US workers (or those anywhere for that matter), and conditions are only getting worse. Capitalists are giddy about interest rate hikes slowing the economy, increasing unemployment, dampening wage growth and, most importantly, undercutting any leverage the working class has gained in the last few years. The idea that US labor, less than 11% of which is unionized, will continue to push back on capitalists is simply unacceptable to them. A leaked internal memo from a Bank of America head of economic research stated this in stark, but clinical, terms. Among other nefarious things, it said the bank hoped that unemployment would rise, so that business could return to its idea of “normal,” and praised the Fed for finally supporting this cause with interest rate hikes. Whether those who create most of the wealth — workers — will go along with this game plan, or continue to be “uppity” remains to be seen. Source: AIIS.
No significant change in the economic-political system in USA from 2003-7 to 2018-19
THE 25 HIGHEST RANKING COUNTRIES ACCORDING TO LIBERTARIAN DEGREE ETC.
THE LIBERTARIAN DEGREE = THE DEGREE OF DEMOCRACY = 100 % - THE AUTHORITARIAN DEGREE
SYSTEM ANALYSIS. DATA FROM 2003-2007.
Countries: |
Rank of country according to libertarian degree, and type of system |
Libertarian degree and (authoritarian degree) % |
Degree of socialism |
Degree of autonomy and |
Gini-index |
Norway |
1 Anarchy |
54,0 (46,0) |
55,0 (45.0) |
53,2 (46,8) |
25,8 |
Switzerland |
2 Anarchy |
53,0 (47,0) |
51,0 (49,0) |
55,1 (44,9) |
33,1 |
Iceland |
3 Anarchy |
52,0 (48,0) |
54,0 (46,0) |
50,1 (49,9) |
25,0 (est.) |
Liechtenstein |
4 Soc.dem. |
49,5 (50,5) |
51,4 (48,6) |
47,7 (52,3) |
32,0 (est.) |
Luxembourg |
5 Soc.dem. |
49,2 (50,8) |
52,1 (47,9) |
46,5 (53,5) |
30,8 |
Denmark |
6 Soc.dem. |
48,8 (51,2) |
55,3 (44,7) |
43,0 (57,0) |
24,7 |
Japan |
7 Soc.dem. |
48,5 (51,5) |
55,2 (44,8) |
42,6 (57,4) |
24,9 |
Belgium |
8 Soc.dem. |
48,2 (51,8) |
54,0 (46,0) |
43,0 (57,0) |
25,0 |
Finland |
9 Soc.dem. |
47,9 (52,1) |
53,8 (46,2) |
42,6 (57,4) |
26,9 |
Sweden |
10 Soc.dem. |
47,5 (52,5) |
54,0 (46,0) |
41,7 (58,3) |
25,0 |
Netherlands |
11 Soc.dem. |
47,2 (52,8) |
52,0 (48,0) |
42,8 (57,2) |
30,9 |
Canada |
12 Soc.dem. |
46,8 (53,2) |
50,9 (49,1) |
43,0 (57,0) |
33,1 |
Austria |
13 Soc.dem. |
46,5 (53,5) |
52,1 (47,9) |
41,4 (58,6) |
30,0 |
Ireland |
14 Populist |
46,2 (53,8) |
45,0 (55,0) |
47,4 (52,6) |
35,9 |
Germany |
15 Soc.dem. |
45,9 (54,1) |
53,0 (47,0) |
39,6 (60,4) |
28,3 |
Spain |
16 Soc.dem. |
45,5 (54,5) |
51,5 (48,5) |
40,1 (59,9) |
32,5 |
Australia |
17 Populist |
45,0 (55,0) |
48,0 (52,0) |
42,2 (57,8) |
35,2 |
United King. |
18 Populist |
44,5 (55,5) |
44,7 (55,3) |
44,3 (55,7) |
36.0 |
New Zealand |
19 Populist |
44,0 (56,0) |
44,6 (55,4) |
42,4 (57,6) |
36,2 |
France |
20 Soc.dem. |
43,5 (56,5) |
51,4 (48,6) |
36,6 (63,4) |
32,7 |
Italy |
21 Populist |
43,0 (57,0) |
44,7 (55,3) |
41,3 (58,7) |
36,0 |
USA |
22 Cons. lib. |
42,5 (57,5) |
24,5 (75,5) |
69,8 (30,2) |
40,8 |
Israel |
23 Populist |
42,3 (57,7) |
47,8 (52,2) |
37,3 (62,7) |
35,5 |
Hong Kong |
24 Cons. lib. |
42,1 ( 57,9) |
22,1 (77,9) |
74,8 (25,2) |
43,4 |
Greece |
25 Populist |
42,0 (58,0) |
47,9 (52,1) |
36,6 (63,4) |
35,4 |
The degree of socialism is dependent of economic equality and freedom, again indicated with efficiency of the system. The gini index is an indicator for capitalism vs. socialism. A gini index above 35 indicates capitalism, a gini index below 35 indecates socialism. In addition to this a high and somewhat increasing GDP per capita measured in constant prices, contributes to socialism, as an indicator of efficiency. Equality contributes far more than efficiency in estimating the degree of socialism vs. capitalism.
Gini indexes for USA; 2019: 41.5, 2017: 41.2, 2016: 41.1; 2015: 41.2, 2003-7: 40.8. A very small increase. The GDP per capita in constant prices has increased a bit from 2003-7 to 2017-19. Thus, all in all, there is no significant change in the degree of capitalism vs. socialism, in USA. The degree of autonomy vs. statism has not increased significantly either. Thus, there has not been a significant change in libertarian vs authoritarian degree, and capitalism vs socialism and autonomy vs. statism in the USA since 2003-7 see the table above. The USA’s system is stable, as a significant capitalist and autonomous system, i.e. a conservative liberalist system. The degree of democracy has not changed significantly. Source: IIFOR. 22.09.2022.
The ultra-authoritarian reactionary arch-conservative US Supreme Court assails tribal sovereignty
The June 29, 2022, US Supreme Court decision in Oklahoma v. Castro-Huerta gave the state of Oklahoma jurisdiction over non-Native crimes against Natives in Indian Country. This decision is the latest step in challenging tribal authority in order to gain control of tribal peoples, lands and resources.
“To put it bluntly, this decision is an act of conquest,” countered Gregory Ablavsky and Elizabeth Hidalgo Reese in their Washington Post editorial. “And it could signal a sea change in federal Indian law, ushering in a new era governed by selective ignorance of history and deference to state power.”
Legal battles galore. In 2015, Oklahoma convicted Manuel Castro-Huerta (a non-Native) of neglecting his blind, developmentally disabled Cherokee stepdaughter. While the defendant’s appeal worked its way through the courts, the US Supreme Court in another case, McGirt v. Oklahoma, upheld in 2020 that most of the eastern half of Oklahoma is Indian Territory. Only federal and tribal law have jurisdiction to prosecute crimes committed by and against Indians there.
Furthermore, Article VI of the US Constitution gives tribes a legal nation-to-nation relationship with the federal government and that has been official policy since 1832. Treaties signed by the US with the tribes are the same as treaties with other nations. Some major crimes on tribal territory come under federal jurisdiction, but most are dealt with in the tribal court system. Individual states have no authority on tribal lands — only the US Congress can change that, and only with tribal agreement.
Hence, based on the Constitution and technically 200 years of federal policy, Oklahoma had no authority to arrest or prosecute Manuel Castro-Huerta in 2015. That case decision today strengthens right-wing Oklahoma politicians’ opposition to McGirt v. Oklahoma two years ago, which reinforced the Supreme Court 1832 decision on sovereignty.
The 1832 decision, however, did not stop President Jackson or another state, Georgia, from force-marching 60 tribes east of the Mississippi River into Oklahoma and other western territories throughout the 1830s. It is widely known as the Trail of Tears. Thousands died along the way. They were all promised these new lands would be set aside for them to live in peace forever.
In recent decades only one-quarter of the US Supreme Court’s decisions have been in favor of tribes. Even when they win court cases, the laws are often ignored. As Native activist Ann Rogers said, “White gold seekers tore up the Black Hills in South Dakota in the 1800’s; hundreds of children were removed from families to government and church boarding schools — actually labor camps — from 1869 to the 1960s; tribal lands were decimated for mining uranium, fishing treaty rights destroyed, tribal land and water with oil pipelines contaminated. And now they want policing power on tribal land to arrest white criminals!”
Following the money, not humane law. One immediate impact of the Huerta ruling is utter confusion between federal, tribal, and state jurisdiction over crimes on tribal lands. Will tribal members face less protection and more abuse by police? Will sentences be less than in tribal courts? Tribes in Oklahoma have already received $62 million to support increased legal enforcement responsibility after the McGirt decision. Will that be withdrawn?
Oklahoma has spent $10 million on publicity to convince the non-Native public that they need state law enforcement protection from tribes, because tribal territory is claimed to be a “hotbed of crime and drugs.” Oklahoma has already filed 40 different pleas to overturn the McGirt ruling.
The state wants to enrich its coffers by taxing tribal businesses and land (that is, double-taxation) and to control access to natural resources and land usage. A primary goal, no doubt, would be overturning tribal environmental protections, so that corporations can drill, mine, frack, and run pipelines everywhere.
Congress could overrule the Castro-Huerta decision by passing laws, but that would only be a bump in the road for the current campaign to obliterate tribal sovereignty. In the long run, states’ rights politicians’ goals include taxing tribal enterprises to benefit state governments, erasing fishing and hunting rights, overturning tribal environmental laws, and stealing water and mineral resources. In essence the long-term goal is to assimilate Native people and do away with their culture and rights to control their resources.
Next session the Supreme Court will hear the Brackeen v. Haaland case, an attempt to overturn the Indian Child Welfare Act and break up families, steal tribal children, and erase culture based on the claim that tribes are not nations but races. (See “Native children and sovereignty targeted by right-wing lawsuits” at socialism.com.)
The right-wing majority of the Supreme Court is pushing their agenda — a campaign of genocide on this continent’s earliest inhabitants. It will take determined, collaborative organizing among all civil and human rights activists and groups to defend Native sovereignty and stymie big-money moguls’ attacks on Indian Country.
This is the opposite of the bottom – up, horizontal organization, regarding native People and in general in USA, which the anarchists – the liberal social democrats – want of this at the moment conservative liberalist country with some severe authoritarian tendencies, although the system seen all in all and in general is relatively stable since the early 2000-s. By IIFOR. 05.10.2022.
06.10.2022. Anarchy vs narcotic-liberalism. Protest against Biden's step towards decriminalization of cannabis, from the Anarchist International - AI/IFA, see (click on): http://www.anarchy.no/ija145.html and The Peoples' Journal: www.anarchy.no.
06.10.2022. Biden invokes possibility of 'Armageddon' in Democratic fundraiser speech, see: Biden invokes possibility of 'Armageddon' in Democratic fundraiser speech | Fox News. Source: Fox News.
10.10.2022. William Shatner, Captain Kirk from «Startrek», on traveling to space: ‘All I saw was death’, and warning about the climatecrisis, see: https://edition.cnn.com/2022/10/10/business/william-shatner-new-book-boldly-go-scn/index.html. Source: CNN.
12.10.2022. Trump employee tells FBI that Trump directed boxes to be moved at Mar-a-Lago after subpoena served, see: https://edition.cnn.com/2022/10/12/politics/trump-employee-fbi-mar-a-lago-boxes/index.html. Source: CNN.
12.10.2022. Saudis aren’t weaponizing oil like Americans claim, top official says, see: https://edition.cnn.com/2022/10/12/energy/saudi-diplomat-opec-cut-intl/index.html. Source: CNN.
13.10.2022. New crude oil price forecasts from NØI-INDECO-OSE, see: http://www.indeco.no/archive/oilprice2.htm. Source: AIIS.
22.12.2022. Jan. 6 committee releases final report, says Trump should be barred from office, see: https://edition.cnn.com/2022/12/22/politics/jan-6-committee-final-report/index.html. Source: CNN.
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