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Protests and Contradictions on the Second Anniversary of the Egyptian Revolution
by Lawrence McMahon Today marks the second anniversary of the date to which the beginning of the 2011 Egyptian revolution is generally ascribed. Naturally, today’s symbolic importance was not lost on the Egyptian multitudes, and so protests by opponents of the ruling Muslim Brotherhood have erupted today in cities all across the country. Some have […]
American Electoral Politics Sink to a New Low: Political Debate Revolves around Puppet Character called Big Bird
October 5, 2012
by Dawn Occidere I didn’t watch the “debate” between those two bourgeois politicians the other night, partially because the digital converter box atop my early-1990s-era television seems to have crapped out. But I also didn’t watch it because… Who cares? It looks like the “political debate” in this pathetic excuse for a society called the […]
The Case of Jim Bridenstine and John Sullivan: What Is Democracy?
July 2, 2012
by W. L. D. Jim Bridenstine beat incumbent John Sullivan in last Tuesday’s Republican Party primary in the 1st congressional district of Oklahoma, which includes the city of Tulsa. In accordance with the political winds of our times, Bridenstine was the so-called “Tea Party favorite” over Sullivan, although in practical terms, all signs indicate that […]
Muslim Brotherhood sends Egyptian stock market soaring
June 25, 2012
In a cacophony of nonsense, Selecting Stones took it upon itself to cut through the hype and lay bare the real nature of the Muslim Brotherhood, as a part of our ongoing project, The Encyclopaedia of the Bourgeoisie. In its objective orientation, the Brotherhood is a run-of-the-mill party of the middle bourgeoisie. It protects, above […]
German “Pirate Party” Takes Politics to an even higher level of Charade
June 9, 2012
by Bruno Fournier Recent elections in Germany have given a new political party known as the “Pirate Party” a sudden splash on the political scene, as it has gained seats in four of Germany’s sixteen state-level legislatures. You can catch the full story from the BBC or NPR, or check out a good account by […]
Communists win 20% in recent Russian elections
December 25, 2011
by Bruno Fournier Today marks the twentieth anniversary of the official dissolution of the Soviet Union. A few weeks ago, Russian parliamentary elections delivered approximately twenty percent of the vote to the Russian Communist Party. This is not some exercise in numerology. There is nothing magical about the number 20. And yet, somehow, it all […]
Everybody Knows that Iran is developing a Nuclear Weapon: Ahmadinejad wants to be Bombed
November 8, 2011
by Lawrence McMahon Today, the IAEA finally issued a report which reveals evidence that Iran’s nuclear program may, in fact, be geared toward weapons production. All the major media outlets are covering the story, so take your pick from CNN, the BBC, Al-Jazeera, or Ha’aretz. Better yet, go directly to the report. Of course Iran […]
The Owl of Minerva flies high over Helsinki
May 8, 2011
by Lawrence McMahon The true irony of the Arab Spring is that, whilst the Arabs openly declare their allegiance to the universal of political democracy, the Europeans move toward the particularity of their right-wing nationalist parties. The logic of Eurocentrism posits “the West” as the progressive democratic universal, and “the East” as the backward theological […]
January 25, 2013
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