Category Archives: Politics of the Left

“No borders, no wall, no USA at all”

Posted on 9:38 pm, August 13, 2018 by Steve Kates

That’s Antifa, the American left in all its insanity, just today. Is that really what they want, because whether or not that is what they really want, that is what they are heading towards? This, however, seems more to the … Continue reading →

Posted in American politics, Politics of the Left | 7 Comments

Joe McCarthy and the Deep State

Posted on 11:00 am, August 6, 2018 by Steve Kates

The term “McCarthyism” makes a come back in The Oz. But like everywhere, they use McCarthyism as if it had been a bad thing. But before I go on, let me remind you of my review of Diana West’s astounding … Continue reading →

Posted in Conservative politics, Media, Politics of the Left | 12 Comments

Is this really true about the left?

Posted on 5:27 pm, August 4, 2018 by Steve Kates

Complete copy from this post from Hot Air: Vox: Sarah Jeong Was Just Talking The Way Most People On The Left Talk About White People. Vox: Sarah Jeong Was Just Talking The Way Most People On The Left Talk About … Continue reading →

Posted in Cultural Issues, Politics of the Left | 47 Comments

The left are like locusts. They cannot help destroying

Posted on 5:28 pm, August 1, 2018 by Steve Kates

From Sarah Hoyt, where I have extracted her core argument which really gets to the heart of things as they now are. Her title is: The Left are the Locusts of Culture. There is a scene in Independence Day where … Continue reading →

Posted in Politics of the Left, Socialism | 41 Comments

Claire Lehmann and Padraic McGuinness

Posted on 3:46 pm, July 27, 2018 by Rafe Champion

This is a story of two editors. Claire Lehmann is a rising star or even a risen star in cyberspace with her online magazine Quillette that is a space for civilised conversation about controversial cultural issues. Have a look! Last … Continue reading →

Posted in civil society, Cultural Issues, Education, Politics of the Left, Rafe | 16 Comments

The new socialism just like the old socialism

Posted on 11:27 am, July 22, 2018 by Steve Kates

Just think of this in the Age of Venezuela: AP: ‘Democratic Socialism is Surging’. It was surging before and will continue to surge after since socialists are by definition ignorant to an amazing extent about both history and how an … Continue reading →

Posted in American politics, Economics on the left, Politics of the Left | 36 Comments

Actually only 68%

Posted on 3:43 pm, July 14, 2018 by Steve Kates

Although perhaps not the mayor of London. As noted about the pic: Pretty much every American news outlet is gleeful about the “giant Trump baby balloon,” as it is conventionally described, that supposedly is dominating the London landscape while Trump … Continue reading →

Posted in American politics, International, Politics of the Left | 54 Comments

ABC is deliberately misleading

Posted on 3:00 pm, July 9, 2018 by Sinclair Davidson

There has been a great hullabaloo surrounding Chris Berg and my book Against Public Broadcasting:  Why and how we should privatise the ABC.  Even before it was published The Guardian and Senator Kristina Keneally began pushing the line that this book was … Continue reading →

Posted in Australian Story, Books and writing, Politics of the Left, Shut it down. Fire them all. | 75 Comments

First they came for Tommy Robinson

Posted on 2:54 pm, June 23, 2018 by Steve Kates

Great enterprises start small. First they put away just one fellow who is causing trouble and when that works they put away a second. You know the one about first they came for the Jews. In this case, first they … Continue reading →

Posted in Oppressive government, Politics of the Left, Rule of law | 39 Comments

Seaward bound and unbound

Posted on 10:36 pm, June 15, 2018 by Steve Kates

Let’s first define seaward: “the direction or side away from land and toward the open sea”. Seems pretty innocuous, yet there has been quite a disturbance in the force over the use of just this word the other day. And … Continue reading →

Posted in American politics, Hypocrisy of progressives, Politics of the Left | 17 Comments