Trump-appointed Judge Kacsmaryk set to hear Planned Parenthood lawsuit https://www.msnbc.com/katie-phang/watch/trump-appointed-judge-kacsmaryk-set-to-hear-planned-parenthood-lawsuit-177763397834
The #MAGA #rightwing #radicals are obviously "Judge shopping" in their efforts to push their radical agenda.

"As Crack-Up Capitalism shows, what unites market radicals is the conviction that societies should be designed to prioritize capital, not people. The book illustrates the profound fatalism about democracy—and sometimes outright contempt for it—that sits at the core of many market radicals’ beliefs. "

#markets #radicals #authoritarism #fascism

https://www.theatlantic.com/books/archive/2023/05/crack-up-capitalism-quinn-slobodian-book-review/674064/

How #Relatives Can Make #Radicals
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/04/january-6-violent-extremism-family-ties/673868/?lh_aid=4991254&lh_cid=knwmocc7kq&di=856dae8be4f936da1525a2ed0f2a6f20
We tend to think #violent #extremism is all about ideology, but we ignore the power of personal loyalties at our peril.

Trapped in the woes of the #US #duopoly #dystopia we can't see our way out of it. We are so trained on the dynamics this either/or out of date #voting #system that even #radicals have a hard time imagining anything else. We fail to see how fixing it would make any meaningful difference. No It won't solve the ills of #capitalism but It is possible to do now, making improvements that would yield much better #dynamics. Cost is not a barrier and it has great potential to disrupt existing political structures. Subverting the polar nature of our existing system is a good thing. It's said voting will never solve anything. I agree if we keep using the same dumb system getting duopoly loyal leaders. Why can't we #rally behind something this clearly needed, easy to do and potentially #good. #STARvoting #change #reform #hope

The best reason of all to never, ever give in to Antifa’s demands.
Just remember that with Antifa, no matter how cravenly you give in to their demands, it won’t be enough. In fact, it can never be enough.
#Antifa #SOROS #Democrats #Radicals #StoogeSquad
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2023/02/the_best_reason_of_all_to_never_ever_give_in_to_antifas_demands.html

BY SAMUEL L. PERRY AND ERIC L. MCDANIEL JANUARY 26, 2023 8:00 AM EST

https://time.com/6250153/woke-convenient-republican-dog-whistle/

Why “Woke” Is A Convenient Republican Dog Whistle

On Jan. 12, 2023, Florida Gov. and possible GOP presidential candidate Ron #DeSantis extended his “war on #woke,” when his administration rejected a proposed Advanced Placement #African #American Studies class from #Florida high schools. The move was consistent with DeSantis’s proposed “Stop W.O.K.E Act” in 2022, which aims to eliminate certain content from #educational curriculum and has been under partial injunction since November. And on Jan. 20, 2023, a U.S. District Court judge upheld DeSantis’s suspension of Hillsborough State Attorney Andrew Warren whom DeSantis claimed had prosecuted cases under “woke ideology.”

DeSantis is only the most prominent example of #Republican lawmakers claiming to fight “woke #ideology,” “#wokeness,” or the “woke left,” and though occasionally pressed to provide definitions, politicians are strategically vague. Even with the “Stop W.O.K.E. Act,” that clearly targets content about #America’s #racist history and systems, the acronym simply stands for “Wrong to our Kids and Employees.” Nothing racial. Just as with all effective dog whistles, the racial implications must be subtle, or better yet, implied. The label should evoke demonized Black populations, but their literal sense broad enough and ambiguous enough to provide plausible deniability.

As #social #scientists with expertise in the area of #race and #politics, we collected #data on who actually identifies with the term “woke”? The patterns make it clear why the label has become the latest in a long line of Republican dog whistles.

In a nationally-representative survey of over 1,700 Americans fielded by YouGov in Oct. 2022, one of us (Samuel Perry) and a collaborator Joshua Grubbs asked Americans how well the term “woke” described them. Overall, 22% of Americans said “woke” described them either “very well” or “somewhat well.” If that sounds like a high percentage, it’s actually somewhat lower than the percentage found in a 2021 Harris poll (32%), suggesting Americans may be backing away from the label as it’s become a slur. Though it’s also slightly less than the percentage of our survey respondents who identified with the term “Christian nationalist” (25%).

When we break down who actually identifies with the term “woke” in the YouGov survey, it becomes clearer why the racial implications are unmistakable. Nearly 40% of Black Americans identify somewhat with the label, more than double the percentage of white Americans (19%). It’s also considerably more than the percentage of Hispanics (24%) or Asian Americans (19%). In fact, only 28% of Black Americans completely distanced themselves from the term, saying “woke” described them “not at all,” compared to clear majorities of white Americans (57%) and Asian Americans (54%).

But “woke” is also a term for Black Americans that transcends ideology and partisanship in a way it doesn’t for any other group. Over 40% of Black Americans in the YouGov survey identify with the term whether they are liberals or moderates. In fact, roughly 40% of Black Republicans and Independents identify somewhat with “woke.” This means the percentage of “woke” Black Republicans and Independents is higher than the percentage of white “Strong Democrats” (39%).

Statistically speaking, the broad demographic for whom the term “woke” most consistently applies is Black Americans. This should be unsurprising considering the term originates among the Black community to denote someone who has been awakened to the reality of systemic injustice. It also demonstrates that being “woke” is a fact of life for Black Americans as they process what W. E. B. Du Bois refers to as a “double consciousness”—the struggle to be Black and viewed as a full American. This is further supported by numerous polls and studies showing Black Americans are far more likely to be aware of the past and current injustices they face in housing, employment, policing, and health.

The disproportionate number of Black Americans who identify somewhat with the term “woke” would ostensibly make Republican “anti-woke” efforts transparently racist. But there is one group who is even more likely to identify with the term “woke” than the average Black American—whites who identify as “very liberal.” In the same YouGov survey, just over 50% of white “very liberal” Americans (representing 6% of the total population of white Americans) say “woke” describes them “very well” or “somewhat well.”

Though this group of whites is small, the relatively high percentage of “very liberal” whites who identify with “woke” provides the deniability that all effective dog whistles need: Policies that clearly target efforts to convey the history of racial injustice in schools under the guise of fighting “woke” education need not be anti-Black when the “woke” are perhaps even more the white far-left.

This is a common challenge when anti-racist language becomes mainstream. Critics point out that white liberals often lay claim to anti-racist concepts and identities without effectively working for anti-racist goals. As a result, the language becomes absorbed into white partisan conflicts, accomplishing little while also setting the stage for counter attacks with dog whistles. A recent study, for example, found the term “anti-racist” itself was more often embraced by white progressives than Blacks or Hispanics, and thus, right-wing mobilization against “anti-racist” concepts, books, or policies could just as easily be framed in mundane partisan, culture war terms in which Republicans oppose movements led by white liberals. This in turn makes the conflict intra-racial, instead of interracial.

This covert form of race-baiting has become a central plank in shaping American partisan politics. Moving away from the language of Strom Thurmand and George Wallace, who overtly rallied their supporters against threats to the racial hierarchy, Republican candidates in the post-Civil Rights era stoke fear and anger over this threat via coded language.

Whether it’s a term like “woke,” or more traditional labels like “welfare queen,” “buck,” “thug,” “terror,” “illegals,” “#socialists,” or “#unAmerican,” the efficacy of a #racial #dogwhistle is not in the fact that nobody knows whom you’re clearly talking about, it’s the plausible deniability that allows you to respond: “Who’s talking about Black people? I’m just talking about #leftists. You’re the one making it about race.”

#Republicans have mastered the tactic. And if history is any indication, front-runners like DeSantis will continue their public crusade against the #bogeyman of “woke,” the current code word for left-wing #radicals who provide the convenient distraction from those whom anti-woke legislation really targets—#Black Americans who demand justice.

I would love to explore therapy and cultivate a relationship with the 'right' therapist. But I can't imagine doing this with someone who isn't anti-capitalist, or someone without a critical analysis of power.

Is there some branch (field? type? practice?) of therapists that might attract such folks? Is there some "tell" or jargon that might tip me off? Is there anything to help me narrow down the possibilities... or at least remove the no-ways?

Is this asking too much? Does capital "P" Psychology have too much "individualism" at its professional roots and thus select out the radicals?

I mean if my therapist doesn't grok the "It's Not Monday You Hate, It's Capitalism" meme, how are we ever going to talk about my moods

#Therapy #Therapist #psych #psycholgy #healing #anticapitalism #anticapitalist #relationship #power #anarchist #radicals #individualism #professions #profressionalism #selection #statusquo

@pivoinebleue i really hope this doesn't insight anything stupid by #Radicals or #Extremests trying to take matters into their own hands smh #FuckTrump

Folks of #luetzerath, go home!

Das will der #CDU-Landrat #Pusch des Kreis Heinsberg und hat eine entsprechende Allgemeinverfügung erlassen. Dieser Platzverweis soll #NRWE ermöglichen, *ENDLICH* 🤑 die dreckige Braunkohle unter dem Dorf abzubaggern und zu verfeuern. 🔥

#Klimakatastrophe passiert nicht einfach so, sie ist das Ergebnis von Handlungen und Entscheidungen! 😡

#Ökozid #FossileMadness #Radicals
@LuetziBleibt @AlleDoerfer @NRW_XR

https://www.aachener-zeitung.de/lokales/heinsberg/pusch-erteilt-platzverweis-fuer-luetzerath-aktivisten_aid-81696015

Folks of #luetzerath, go home!

Das will der #CDU-Landrat #Pusch des Kreis Heinsberg und hat eine entsprechende Allgemeinverfügung erlassen. Dieser Platzverweis soll #NRWE ermöglichen, *ENDLICH* 🤑 die dreckige Braunkohle unter dem Dorf abzubaggern und zu verfeuern. 🔥

#Klimakatastrophe passiert nicht einfach so, sie ist das Ergebnis von Handlungen und Entscheidungen! 😡

#Ökozid #FossileMadness #Radicals
@LuetziBleibt @AlleDoerfer @NRW_XR

https://www.aachener-zeitung.de/lokales/heinsberg/pusch-erteilt-platzverweis-fuer-luetzerath-aktivisten_aid-81696015

I’d be interested to learn colleagues’ reactions. As I see it, #professional sociology is practiced by #scholars, #policy sociology by #reformers, #critical sociology by #radicals, #public sociology by #democrats, #foresight sociology by #visionaries, and #action sociology by #activists. Foresight sociology is the sociology of ‘alternate (better) futures’, and action sociology enters the public sphere to fight the corner for the knowledge sociology provides. The last couple are neglected imo.

@conradhackett @riderexmachina the word “reactionary” describes the faction and the phenomenon. It needs an “actionary” in order to react to. They sort themselves in contrast to others, because their worldview requires an adversary with principles. Their nihilist, fatalist principles can’t exist in a vacuum, nor propagate into the future. It’s a compulsively contrarian stance. #reactionaries #conservatives #liberals #moderates #radicals

In every end, a beginning. What is possible, if #Twitter really disappears? We get to imagine the answer.

Calling all #fiction #writers, #humanists, #radicals, #fanfic creators, incorrigible #dreamers, #tech visionaries, #revolutionaries and #optimists:

Can we write a #utopian story together that begins like this?

Once upon a time, a rich man bought himself a fancy toy, and broke it.

New #introduction toot to better help #Scientists #radicals #musos #diverse folks find me (as I’m looking for them😉). Here’s all the hashtags:

SCIENCE: #Ecology #ECR #AdaptiveManagement #InvasiveSpecies #ChristmasIsland #Woodland #Botany

POLITICS: #Environment #Anarchism #WorkingClass #AntiCapitalism #AntiFascism #AntiRacism #LGBTIQA+

MUSIC: #Blues #Punk #Garage #Guitar #Bass #Drums #KingGizzard

LOCAL: #NgunnawalCountry #Canberra #WurundjeriLand #Melbourne #FoodGrowing #SeedSaving #Parenting

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#SriLanka #Politics #Economics #Protest #KindlebergerTrap #ThucydidesTrap

Plenty to learn from Sri Lankan crisis. But I get the feeling #UK #radicals are not paying attention.

Interesting interview with #Chinese Foreign Ministry official #LeYucheng from 2018 provides context to Sri Lankan and #Ukraine crises. I recommend you read it for background.

http://eu.china-mission.gov.cn/eng/ChinaEURelations/201809/t20180927_8198279.htm

We are lucky to have al-jazeera, covers news most UK MSM ignores.

Right of reply (by Permanent Representative Vassily Nebenzia at UNSC):

" I was surprised at some comments by the briefers. Some reports, footage and messages about the developments in #Ukraine are taken for granted, whilst others, though obvious and undoubtedly true, are considered unconfirmed and unverified. We will share some videos with you and will expect the #UN leadership to comment on how such acts by Ukrainian #radicals should be perceived. "

https://russiaun.ru/en/news/280222np

http://Igg.me/at/Radical. You are all amazing people! We just hit 25% of the goal in one week. Thank you to all who shared and contributed! Let's see if we can hit 50% this week. #KeepGoing #crowdfunding #radicals

TRIGGERWARNUNG: Sexualisierte Gewalt

https://www.frohfroh.de/35307/taeter-an-den-decks-erfahrungen-mit-sexualisierter-gewalt-durch-leipziger-djs

#leipzig #clubkultur #sexualisiertegewalt #monisrache #goldhorn #radicals