David Seaton
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2016: Trump, Meths & Heroin — The White Man’s Burden
Poor whites are addicted to methamphetamine, while the middle class reels under addiction to heroin, but all are suffering from modern global capitalism. → Read More
Today’s America Is A Class Act
America is built on working class origins, and the health of the working class depends on unions. But almost no U.S. politician advocates for either, today. → Read More
Ayn Rand's India A Disturbing Mirror For The American Right To See Itself
The richest citizens of India love Ayn Rand because she lets them ignore their country's systemic racism & inequality. Could it be the same in the U.S.? → Read More
ISIS: The Caliphate — What’s In A Name?
ISIS, known in the Middle East as Daesh, intends to form a caliphate in the region. By studying their motives, we can better understand their actions. → Read More
Tinfoil Hat Time: ISIS, Saudi Arabia, Paris And Climate Change
What country gives the most support to Daesh? What Middle Eastern country has the most to lose if the Paris climate change conference is a success? → Read More
Blood In Paris & Beyond: France, Saudi Arabia & The Origins Of ISIS
France and its Western allies played an integral role in the formation of ISIS (Daesh), along with key financing from U.S.-backed Saudi Arabia. → Read More
Why Are The Russians So Quiet About The Plane Crash Over Egypt?
A Russian plane crashed over Egypt, and the United Kingdom is claiming it was brought down by an ISIS bomb. Why is Russia so quiet in response? → Read More
A Republican Revolution Against Common Sense
America’s one-percenters are at war with simple common sense ... and from their point of view that makes all kinds of sense. → Read More
Planet Earth: Messing It Up And Cleaning It Up
In Fracked Earth News: Islamic Declaration on Climate Change demands better stewardship of earth, Navajo Nation fights for clean water, & more energy news. → Read More
Why "Shareholder Value" And Humanity Are On A Collision Course
Here is why I think humanity will end with a bang followed by a whimper or a whimper followed by a bang. Take your pick. "(H)ardcore conservatives: (…) have come to understand that as soon as they admit that climate change is real, they will lose the central ideological battle of our time—whether we need to plan and manage our societies to reflect our goals and values, or whether that task can… → Read More
Ruling Women In Muslim History: Sultan Raziyye of Medieval India
Raziyye Hatun is a mostly forgotten female ruler in the Muslim Turkish State of Delhi. Iltutmush “Shems üd-Dünya v’ed-Dîn,” who was Kutbüddîn Aybek’s slave and son-in-law, seized the throne and took the title of sovereign and became very powerful. His dynasty was given the name of “Shemsiyye.” He was a just ruler and chose his daughter Raziyye Hatun as heir to the throne. Sultan Raziyye was the… → Read More
Haven And Hell: A Closer Look At Tax Havens
On hearing the term 'tax haven,' many will picture idyllic locales with long beaches, palm trees and yachts belonging to multi-millionaires like the Cayman Islands, a British Overseas Territory in the Caribbean Sea. The more mundane reality, however, is laid out in the 'financial secrecy index' compiled by the Tax Justice Network in 2013. Unimaginably vast sums of financial wealth sit in the 82… → Read More
A Microcosm Of American Politics: Reports From #MillionMaskMarch DC
This is what makes Anonymous such a novel concept: Instead of specific groupings of activists who come together over a single shared interest, Anon invites and encourages any and all to take a passionate stance against injustices or oppressions that exist in our world. Being that Anonymous is world-wide, the range of issues being presented is vast. On November 5th of each year, "Anons,"… → Read More
The Violent Paradox Of Origins: An Excerpt From Border Patrol Nation
The first thing that I want to do when I arrive in Dajabón, one of the Dominican Republic’s border towns with Haiti, is find a good place to eat. After all, it is a five-hour bus ride from the capital of Santo Domingo, through a lush, mountainous landscape with many small towns, all with baseball fields on their edges. As soon as I get off the bus it’s obvious that I’m in borderlands again.… → Read More
Katie Hopkins: A Muslim Response
Yesterday Katie Hopkins let loose a barrage of Tweets which disseminated some of the most vulgar, ill-founded, openly abusive, and unprovoked commentary a public personality ever has. Though one may try to argue freedom of expression in her defence, it is important to remember that such a freedom is not an absolute right, and definitely has its limits on the fringes of what constitutes criminal… → Read More
America Takes The Islamic State's Bait
In this photo provided by an anti-Bashar Assad activist group Edlib News Network (ENN), which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP rep, Barack Obama, Bashar Assad, David Gardner, Egypt, Financial Times, France, George W. Bush, Iraq, ISIS, Islamic State, Middle East, Syria, UK, Youthpolicy.org, → Read More
Caliphate Versus Caliphate: Obama's Wild Goose Chase
In this file photo, Islamic State group militants stand with a captured Iraqi Army Humvee at a checkpoint outside Beiji refinery, some 250 kilometers (155, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, Andrés Rábago, charisma, George W. Bush, globalization, ISIS, Islam, Islamic State, Karl Marx, Khmer Rouge, Max Weber, Pol Pot, Tony Blair, Wall Street, → Read More