Category: ElrondHubbard42069
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The Absurdities of Originalism
The dissenting opinions on the Supreme Court’s Birthright Citizenship ruling reveal the “originalist” view of law as a facade for making things up. So over the past few days, since the Supreme Court’s Trump v Barbara ruling reaffirmed the constitutionality of birthright citizenship by reading the 14th Amendment again (but slowly), you may have seen some quotes…
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The David & Goliath Story That Keeps On Giving | FIFA World Cup 2026
Yesterday’s emphatic 0-0 triumph of Cape Verde over Spain at the World Cup is just the tip of the iceberg of Cape Verde’s underdog story. You may never have heard of a place called Cape Verde, or Cabo Verde as it’s known in Portuguese, before their exceptionally brave defiance of Spain’s footballing prowess prior to…
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US Imperialism and Crypto-Imperialism | The Hastening | Our Side of the Ledger
The Hastening is a show about US imperialism. And, in particular, it’s a way to explain how imperialism has evolved into what I call crypto-imperialism. Crypto-imperialism is basically the outcome of living in denial about imperialism for decades — instead of consciously and intentionally working to keep an empire running, we tell ourselves there is…
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What Can We Learn from Kwame Nkrumah and the Ghanaian Revolution?
75 years ago, Ghana was a colony of the United Kingdom known as the Gold Coast. When their leading independence party, the Convention People’s Party (CPP), won the 1951 council elections with 90% of the vote. It signaled that the end was near for the era of British colonization, first in Ghana, and soon across…
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Revolutionary Reading List | General Strikes | ElrondHubbard42069
If you’re searching for reading materials for your local revolutionary reading group, consider these books. If you don’t have a local revolutionary reading group, consider starting one! I found these books at my local independent bookstore, Hemlock Bazaar, located in Ellijay, Georgia. If you’d like to support them, links to each book listing have been…