Don’t lose the Madleen. Track her journey for safety, accountability, and solidarity — Read on freedomflotilla.org/ffc-tracker/
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FBI and SPD infiltrated Seattle 2020 protests, used informants and surveillance | May 28–June 3, 2025 | Real Change
Five years ago, on the night of June 1, 2020, a Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agent was punched in the face while on “an approved surveillance operation” inside Seattle’s 2020 Black Lives Matter protests, according to FBI intelligence reports. Punched so hard their nose was broken. The next day, as protest crowds in SeattleContinue reading “FBI and SPD infiltrated Seattle 2020 protests, used informants and surveillance | May 28–June 3, 2025 | Real Change”
From Racket Theory to Real Domination | CTWG
In the early 1940s, the Frankfurt School developed a body of work—most of it only published posthumously decades later—that has been given the name ‘racket theory.’ That body of work is the topic of Section 2 of this essay. The other subject of this essay is the French (post-) Marxist theorist Jacques Camatte. In whatContinue reading “From Racket Theory to Real Domination | CTWG”
Brian Eno calls for Microsoft to cut ties with Israel, donating his Windows 95 startup chime fee to Gaza victims
”I’m compelled to speak, not as a composer this time, but as a citizen alarmed by the role Microsoft is playing in a very different kind of composition: one that leads to surveillance, violence, and destruction in Palestine.” — Read on http://www.brooklynvegan.com/brian-eno-calls-for-microsoft-to-cut-ties-with-israel-donating-his-windows-95-startup-chime-fee-to-gaza-victims/
Remembering Cola Boyy, King of Oxnard Indie | Bandcamp Daily
Mac DeMarco, John Carroll Kirby, and others celebrate Matthew Urango ahead of the artist and activist’s posthumous final album. — Read on daily.bandcamp.com/features/cola-boyy-quit-to-play-chess-interview
Digital Lords or Capitalist Titans? Critiquing the Techno-Feudalism Narrative
In recent years, the rise of platform monopolies such as Google, Amazon, Meta, and Microsoft has sparked a growing discourse among scholars and … Digital Lords or Capitalist Titans? Critiquing the Techno-Feudalism Narrative
Euthanize This (Merger) – The American Prospect
The merger of Cigna and Humana, America’s fifth- and sixth-largest for-profit health insurers, would create a monster middleman to ‘compete’ with the undisputed giant, UnitedHealth. — Read on prospect.org/health/2023-12-01-euthanize-this-merger/
Did Luigi Save the UnitedHealth Case? – The American Prospect
While shutting down dozens of corporate crime probes, the Trump DOJ seems to have jump-started a forever investigation into the mega-insurer’s billing practices. — Read on prospect.org/health/2025-03-07-did-luigi-save-unitedhealth-case/
Revealed: UnitedHealth secretly paid nursing homes to reduce hospital transfers | US Medicare | The Guardian
A Guardian investigation finds insurer quietly paid facilities that helped it gain Medicare enrollees and reduce hospitalizations. Whistleblowers allege harm to residents — Read on http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/21/unitedhealth-nursing-homes-payments-hospital-transfers
The Salvadoran trail of Ronald Johnson, Trump’s man for Mexico | U.S. | EL PAÍS English
The retired colonel’s tenure as ambassador to El Salvador lasted less than two years, but it was enough for him to forge a personal friendship with President Nayib Bukele. During the country’s civil war in the 1980s, he led combat and counterinsurgency operations — Read on english.elpais.com/usa/2024-12-12/the-salvadoran-trail-of-ronald-johnson-trumps-man-for-mexico.html
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