One of the claims made by anti-immigration advocates is that the U.S. must enforce the immigration laws because we are a “nation governed by the rule of law.” Law, therefore, is sacrosanct in the opinion of those making that argument.
The individual who makes such as argument is trying to reorient the nature of the [...]
In the next few days, this blog will take a new direction. I am appalled by the anti-immigrant, frothing at the mouth extremism that has gripped this country. What is truly troubling is that no one seems to be truly defending the immigrants. Even so-called allies talk about defending the borders. It [...]
Will all the anti-immigration fanatics please shut the fuck up? Don’t you realize that this issue is just being used to divide people so that they won’t realize just how much the corporatocracy is screwing us over?
This latest economic collapse ought to have served to unite people; it ought to have taught us just how [...]
One of the tried and true political tactics, tried at nearly every turn in nearly every country, is the tactic of demonizing a group of people so as to electrify an intended constituency and mobilize them to “get out the vote.” In California, prop 8 reminds us of how effective this tactic can be.
But [...]