Is conservatism a legitimate ideology? Yes. At its most benign, it aims to maintain the status quo and works for the benefit of the ruling class. At its worst, it supports fascism and actively works against the masses.
By BENJIE OLIVEROS Analysis Bulatlat.com Progressive analysts are raising the alarm over the rise of fascism. And they are not referring to neo-nazi groups in Europe, although these are on the rise too especially after the 2008 crisis, and governments in Europe...
America on the Cusp of Fascism By NORMAN POLLACK Counterpunch I use “fascism” here not as a cliché, but as an historical-structural formation principally rooted in the mature stage of capitalism, in which business-government interpenetration (what the Japanese...
By William J. Astore TomDispatch.com/Truthout?International Posted by Bulatlat.com Kleptocracy -- now, there's a word I was taught to associate with corrupt and exploitative governments that steal ruthlessly and relentlessly from the people. It's a word, in fact,...
By SARAH ROBINSON Truthout/The Campaign for America’s Future International Posted by Bulatlat There are dangerous currents running through America's politics and the way we confront them is crucial. All through the dark years of the Bush Administration,...
Four elements of the Philippine Army were recently caught in the act of spying on students of the Polytechnic University of the Philippines. Student leaders criticized surveillance and other tactics employed by state agents to disrupt the student movement....
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