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-- 'Far right' now includes feminists, Brexiters, elected representatives and nihilistic mobs -- Elites use playground insults to express disapproval and shut down further discussion -- Being angry about violence against children does not make someone 'far right' Last Thursday, Dublin city centre resembled a war zone. Violent mobs rioted for over three hours in what’s been described as ‘the worst disorder experienced for decades’. Vehicles, including police cars, were set on fire, and three buses and a tram were destroyed. The ‘huge destruction’ left shops badly damaged and windows broken. Looting followed. The violence is believed to have been...

It’s hard to dislike Judith Butler. If you’ve ever taken a Gender Studies class, you’ve probably read their work at one point or another. The term “gender performativity” is practically ubiquitous in queer, trans, and feminist theory discourse...

Pick your grift... which of these holidays is the most wholly fabricated (hurry and vote before George Floyd's birthday is added to the ballot)?

How to Blow Up a Pipeline is a Brisk Thriller and a Passionate Argument for Revolution The Fictionalization of Andreas Malm’s 2021 Manifesto Asks How Far We Should Go to Fight Climate Destruction and Injustice By Olivia Rutigliano April 7, 2023 The central thesis of Andreas Malm’s manifesto How to Blow Up a Pipeline: Learning to Fight in a World on Fire is that peaceful protests have proven themselves ineffective in stopping the widespread annihilation of the earth and its inhabitants by climate change. The book, published by Verso Books in 2021, explains that the only available option is to...

When Isaias Hernandez was growing up in Los Angeles, he faced a host of obstacles. From living off food stamps to struggling with the city’s air quality, Hernandez was raised with an acute understanding of how poverty, migration, gender discrimination, and environmental destruction intersect and feed off each other. “At a young age, I realized that there were moments in my life that I was never able to leave my apartment because the smog was bad,” he says. “Being in poverty really deprived me from having access to clean spaces.” Hernandez has since devoted his career to ensuring that the...

How will the mainstream media spin the collapse of Afghanistan under the Biden presidency? My call: "You know, the Taliban isn't so bad now... being out of power for two decades has mellowed them."

Barbie’s Video On Racism Goes Viral & Nails White Privilege In One Sentence...

One of the just 100 white moose in Sweden has been filmed in the Varmland region. http://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-europe-40918494/rare-white-moose-captured-on-film-in-sweden

The Donald and the Demagogues Democracies that trade substance for charisma don’t last. Trump is America’s answer to Hugo Chávez. By Bret Stephens Aug. 31, 2015 7:34 p.m. ET If by now you don’t find Donald Trump appalling, you’re appalling. If you have reached physical maturity and still chuckle at Mr. Trump’s pubescent jokes about Rosie O’Donnell or Heidi Klum, you will never reach mental maturity. If you watched Mr. Trump mock fellow candidate Lindsey Graham’s low poll numbers and didn’t cringe at the lack of class, you are incapable of class. If you think we need to build new...