Category Archives: Racism

“Favor and Affection:” From Glynn County, Georgia to Kenosha, Wisconsin, Police/Vigilante Collusion Is A Far Bigger Story Than The Verdicts.

Posted on December 2, 2021 by Richard Moser

“Favor and Affection” In late November, Jackie Johnson, the District Attorney in the Arbery murder case, was arrested and charged with obstruction of justice for showing “favor and affection” toward the murderers. No wonder it took over 70 days for … Continue reading →

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How They Stole $50 Trillion. How We Take It Back.

Posted on June 24, 2021 by Richard Moser

Between the mid-1930s and mid-1970s worker organizing and unrest created a degree of economic democracy not achieved since. It was quite an accomplishment. After several decades of increased standards of living for most US workers, corporate actors organized a counter-attack … Continue reading →

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What is Austerity? That is the 50 Trillion Dollar Question.

Posted on June 17, 2021 by Richard Moser

The modern system of austerity took shape in the mid-1970s and we are still in its grip. Austerity is meant to trap us in a destructive double-bind; the race to the bottom for millions of people is also the race to … Continue reading →

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How Cold War Anti-Communism Built the US Empire and Destroyed the Last Vestiges of Constitutional Government.

Posted on March 25, 2021 by Richard Moser

This 10 minute talk was part of the Cold War Truth Commission held on March 21, 2021

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Organizing White Workers When The Klan Is In The Shop

Posted on February 18, 2021 by Richard Moser

With the rise of the extreme right, the Klan and its modern descendants are definitely “in the shop.” Here’s a story from a long time ago but it could have happened only yesterday. This is not a heroic tale just … Continue reading →

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January 6th: Cops, Vigilantes, and the Ruling Class

Posted on January 28, 2021 by Richard Moser

As more and more evidence comes in, much of it reveals collusion between the neo-fascists who were the hard-core and vanguard of the mob and the police, military, politicians and President. While some of the overwhelmed Capitol Police resisted the … Continue reading →

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The Last Third Party to Win: The Republicans, The Civil War, The “Slave Power,” and The Current Crisis

Posted on September 3, 2020 by Richard Moser

“Third parties can never win” or so you have heard a thousand times. Except — and it’s one huge exception — under historical circumstances much like the conditions we currently face. We are living in a rare historical moment when … Continue reading →

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Cops and Constitutions

Posted on July 22, 2020 by Richard Moser

(Doug Brown/ACLU of Oregon) The cops are violating the Constitution by attacking people exercising their basic rights — — that much is obvious. The rounding up of random protestors because they “fit the description” is related to the discriminatory policing that … Continue reading →

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White Privilege: The Psychic Wage, Mass Incarceration and Class Solidarity

Posted on June 18, 2020 by Richard Moser

Also at CounterPunch White Skin Privilege White privilege is a thing. It’s just not the same thing the corporate Democrats use to boss us around with. The concept of white privilege was not invented by some liberal university professors. In … Continue reading →

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Can White People ‘Organize Their Own’ Against White Racism?

Posted on June 11, 2020 by Richard Moser

“ Their (the poor “whites”) own position, vis-a-vis the rich and powerful . . . was not improved, but weakened, by the white-skin privilege system.” “The ‘white race’ is the historically most general form of ‘class collaboration.”  Theodor W. Allen* … Continue reading →

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