It’s easy to become wrapped up in the spectacle of national politics. Legacy media outlets are masters at diverting our focus and leaving us entertained and uninformed. We’re often introduced to politicians who are telegenic yet ineffective legislators or statesmen. Many place undue trust in these people, mistakenly believing that they will provide instant…
Read moreKiller Mike: Free Speech Lets Me Know My Enemy
“Be warned that once you become in power, to use government as a bludgeon is as evil as the masters before you” “In these times, where the allies of justice seem to be winning, it is important that we don’t use the media, as a bludgeon to quiet those who may disagree with us.” In…
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Operation Mockingbird – Part two of: “Nah…that’s a conspiracy because the Federal government would never do that!”
Americans love a good conspiracy theory, and plenty have been bandied about, but what about conspiracy theories that turned out to be, well, not theoretical at all? The CIA has long played the international propaganda game an intelligence agency requires, and during the Cold War, the Agency paid and intimidated journalists into helping promote its…
Read moreAre Land Acknowledgments Necessary?
“The Public Theater stands in honor of the first inhabitants and our ancestors. We acknowledge the land on which The Public and its theaters stand—the original homeland of the Lenape people– and the painful history of genocide and forced removal from this territory. We honor the generations of stewards, and we pay our respects to…
Read moreCivil Disobedience – Why disobeying unjust laws is sometimes necessary.
Disobeying unjust laws is a form of civil disobedience, which is generally defined as the refusal to comply with certain laws or governmental demands that are perceived as unjust. It is a means of bringing attention to the oppressive nature of the laws and bringing about change. This type of resistance to authority…
Read moreA Black American Culture War Debate
This event featured three black left-wing experts debating three black right-wing experts on various issues. Watch it here: https://claytoncraddock.substack.com/p/a-black-american-culture-war-debate
Read moreLET’S DECLARE A PANDEMIC AMNESTY?
Why should we forgive those who, through stupidity, fear, and malfeasance, spent so much energy denying years of evidence-based science in a sustained attack on our lives and livelihoods? They were “just following orders”? They were just doing what the authorities said? Hmmm… I remember many excuses that sounded similar back in the late 40s….
Read moreVaccine Hesitancy Explained
A Looming Civil War?
In the mid 19th century, Americans in the North behaved, spoke, and dressed differently than in the South. Suppose there was a unifying cultural moment, like listening to a performance of a classical piece performed by a string quartet. After the show, one audience might ride home past free laborers in one part of the…
Read morePODCAST – Episode 15- The Moynihan Report
Listen HERE: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/podcast-episode-15-the-moynihan-report/id1549480774?i=1000524627433 I think everyone should read the Moynihan Report. This document, known then as “The Negro Family: The Case For National Action,” held that many of the problems of American blacks resulted from the instability of black urban families. The report was leaked to the media in July 1965, one month before the devastating riots in…
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