Mastodawn

https://aus.social/@oscarjiminy/116683719627329934

'strategic incompetence, manifest illegality, humanitarian and environmental impacts, and predictable global economic consequences of the United States’ actions provided perhaps the perfect example of a moment to “take [Canada’s] sign down.” Instead, Carney supported the US action, even if he did so with regret'

#canada #markCarney #whereToFromHere

TinDrum (@[email protected])

'Thatcher and Reagan’s project was forged in crisis and without any nostalgia towards existing institutional arrangements. What mattered to them was the ability to conceive of new institutions and arrangements (and new uses for old ones) which could shore up power and privilege by concentrating decision-making authority in the hands of a few key states' #canada #geopolitics #internationalTrade #neoliberalism #history #politicalScience https://lpeproject.org/blog/keeping-the-neoliberal-sign-in-the-window-carney-at-davos/

Aus.Social

TinDrum Mar 16

Two key declarations in the neoliberal surge of the eighties were made my Thatcher and Reagan

In '86 Reagan described the 9 most 'terrifying' words in the English language as "I'm from the government and I'm here to help"

I remember this being reported in Rolling Stone like it was some kind of counter-culture platitude, unworthy of serious analysis or consideration

In '87 Thatcher said "There is no such thing as society. There are individual men and women and there are families"

#neoliberalism #politicalEconomy #socialDemocracy #whereToFromHere

TinDrum Feb 7

Bit of historical context by Reece Jones

'The tactics in Minneapolis have been used both on the border and beyond — against immigrants and citizens alike — during the Bush, Obama, Trump and Biden presidencies'

#borders #usPol #fascism #whereToFromHere

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/29/opinion/border-patrol-ice-minneapolis.html?unlocked_article_code=1.KFA.jh7B.OQhESeXwplwJ&smid=bs-share

Opinion | The Border Patrol Is the Problem. It Always Has Been.

A Wild West frontier ethos has persisted to this day.

The New York Times

TinDrum Jan 18

Ned Resnikoff on Strategy, Bureaucracy and the Left

'On the one hand, the left needs a muscular state...to realize its vision. On the other hand, there exists a strain of leftist thought that is inclined to reject anything that smacks of hierarchy, centralization, formal rules, and decisions made through any process other than consensus'

#whereToFromHere #left #strategy #politics

https://dissentmagazine.org/article/the-left-needs-bureaucrats/

The Left Needs Bureaucrats - Dissent Magazine

After MAGA, the left will need to be ready with a theory of how to rebuild the federal administrative state—not as it was before Trump, but as something better.

Dissent Magazine

TinDrum Jan 1

Cheery first post for the year

'had progressives not voted for Ralph Nader in Florida in 2000, Al Gore would have become president, and we never would have been lied into two illegal wars, given trillions in tax breaks to billionaires, or gotten John Roberts and Sam Alito on the Supreme Court...Had progressives in Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin not voted for Jill Stein in 2016, Hillary Clinton would have become president and America would have been spared the trauma of 500,000 unnecessary Covid deaths; Barret, Kavanaugh, and Gorsuch on the Court; another $5 trillion in tax breaks for billionaires; and the ongoing DOGE assault'

#usPol #historicalContext #democracy #whereToFromHere

https://hartmannreport.com/p/why-do-third-party-dreams-keep-turning-4d7