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    Star Trek: Progressivism and corporatism don’t mix (part 2)

    Originally published: Axis of Logic on May 3, 2021 by B.J. Sabri (more by Axis of Logic) (Posted May 08, 2021)

    What is the point of Star Trek? Is it conceivable that all these treks among the stars are in fact subtle ways to spread and justify U.S. policies, ideology, militarism, and interventionism?

  • Is Michael Burnham a Mary Sue?

    Star Trek: Progressivism and corporatism don’t mix (part 1)

    Originally published: Axis of Logic on April 30, 2021 by Kim Petersen (more by Axis of Logic) (Posted May 06, 2021)

    The television series Star Trek has appeared in several iterations with a few handfuls of movies thrown in that have fired the imaginations of viewers of all ages for nigh 55 years.

  • Simon Bolivar, El Libertador, Early 19th century South American who, along with Jose de San Martin, lead Latin America in the war of independence from The Spanish Empire. Bolivar is the symbol of Hugo Chavez's Bolivarian Revolution of the 21st century. Photo Wikipedia

    U.S. and Canada are backing an elite white minority in Venezuela

    Originally published: Axis of Logic on June 21, 2019 by David William Pear (more by Axis of Logic) (Posted Jun 28, 2019)

    The U.S. and Canada are not supporting “the return of democracy” in Venezuela as they claim. Instead, they are following in their shameful histories of colonialism, imperialism, exploitation, illegal wars of aggression, and overthrowing governments.

  • This artwork by Michael Osbun relates to the travails of the American middle class.

    The fall offensive: the U.S., France and Brazil

    Originally published: Axis of Logic on September 14, 2017 (more by Axis of Logic)

    The fall of 2017 will witness the most brutal assault on working and middle class living standards since the end of World War II. Three presidents and their congressional allies will ‘revise’ labor legislation, progressive income tax laws and regulations and effectively end the mixed economy in France, the US and Brazil.

Monthly Review Essays

  • Parallel Universes
    Andy Merrifield

    Anybody who’s ever leafed through Finnegans Wake will quickly recognize that we’re not dealing here with a standard novel, just as anybody leafing through Marx’s Capital will know we’re not dealing with standard economics.

Lost & Found

  • Honor the Vietnamese, Not Those Who Killed Them
    Michael D. Yates A Vietnamese stamp depicting two Vietnamese resistance fighters shooting down a US Army helicopter.

    Only the courage of those who opposed the war, including the soldiers who did so at great risk, should be respected.

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