I’m not a fan of criminal justice systems, since they are often poorly concealed state authortarianism, i.e.: in the US it’s a racist/classist arm of the racist/classist state. Ugh. But this tickles my fancy, right now.
If the US political news weren’t already over-saturated with the smoke and flames from the multiple murder dumpster fire that is the executive branch, maybe there would be some attention spared for the tragedy of another oligarch whose turn it is, having to actually struggle to access power.
Some of you have doubtless heard of the Haymarket Affair.
In the comments on my previous posting, someone mentioned deep sea oil rigs. Now, there’s a captive work-force. So, I was curious.
I have written before about the battle of Matewan, [stderr] which was a small engagement in what later was known as “The Coal War.”
There has been considerable discussion about what to do if Trump loses in November, yet refuses to leave office.
Trump is infuriating. Not only is he dishonest, crude, criminal, stupid and inarticulate – he’s unforgivably ignorant.
Here’s a general rule: when the US government claims to be concerned that some other government will do X it is because the US has been doing X for some time, and considers X to be its sole prerogative. There’s seldom any attempt to justify its prerogrative as appropriate, merely a bunch of stuff about how bad it is for anyone else to do what we do.
The US government, and others, have plotted to bypass protections regarding search and surveillance, by finely parsing the words of the 4th amendment and weaseling around them – but, mostly, by just ignoring it. Privacy is for the rich and powerful, not for hoi polloi.
I’ve been puzzled by the fact that nobody seems to be talking about where these “federal troops” have come from.