Immigration and Empire

Posted on March 4, 2008

An article I wrote for the CelticAnarchy.org site, I figured I’d re-post it here as well.

One of the big topics nearly everywhere I turn these days is Immigration – in the US news it’s Latino immigrants from Mexico and South America, in UK news it’s Islamic immigrants from a range of countries, and in Irish news it’s Polish immigrants; but in all three the complaints are the same: there are a lot of them, they’re hard to understand, they’re different, and they’re taking our jobs! Similar debates rage throughout the rest of the world as well. Everywhere one looks one sees populations in flux, Diasporas in the making. Read more

Iron Fist, Velvet Glove

Posted on January 9, 2008

Saw an editorial by Tedd Rall today that says pretty much exactly what I’ve been saying about the US government for a very long time – that we are teetering on the edge of overt fascism and that the long-term consistant support of the American government for overtly fascist regimes is not some sort of an odd anomaly, but is actually completely predictable and consistant with everything we know about our ruling elite. peep game:

NEW YORK–What would you do if you learned that Bush Administration officials wanted to round up thousands of Americans and throw them into concentration camps?

For all we know, there is no slippery slope. It’s entirely possible that extraordinary rendition, eliminating habeas corpus, and the torture camps at Guantánamo and elsewhere are exactly what the government says they are–tools for fighting terrorists, not domestic political opponents. But how likely is it?

History is clear: Over and over again, the U.S. government places fascists in powerful positions. Once in office, they exploit wars and national tragedies to roll back hard-won freedoms. They’re Democrats as well as Republicans.

Ted Rall – The Iron Fist in the Velvet Glove (click the link for the full article)

Dude is dead on, I’m just amazed that his article got syndicated through yahoo news.