Storming the Bastille

Introducing ICE: Cassandra Redeemed A short play for the resistance. CC-NC-ND 4.0 🎭 Summary of ICE: Cassandra Badbaadey (Cassandra Redeemed) The play opens in a small café on unceded Dakota and Anishinaabe land. Three men sit at a table: two ICE agents and an SS officer, their faces partially obscured. Nearby, a guitarist quietly plays and sings “Gracias a la Vida” in Italian. Characters A cheerf...

The Fall of an Investigative Icon: How Consortium News Became a Russian Disinformation Mouthpiece and Contributed to Putin’s Penetration of the White House Robert Parry once stood as a pillar of investigative journalism — renowned for breaking the Iran–Contra story and earning accolades such as the George Polk Award for National Reporting¹. Yet his later work at Consortium News, the outlet he foun...

Geof Bard (J.D.Everhard) interviews John Reimann at the UCSB Liberated Zone, a demonstration in solidarity with Palestine. Topics extend his writing included in the short anthology  Peace in Ukraine: Victory Over the New Fascism Reactionary aspects of all the organized religions, such as the misogyny of the Hindutva of India's Modi The rise of traditionalism: Duginism and Russo-fascism Lack of a w...

Live at the UCSB Liberated Zone: John Reimann explains the mission of the Ukraine Socialist Solidarity Campaign and the nature of campist and tankie accomodation to authoritarian regimes.  Interviewed by Geof Bard (JD Everhard) John is a contributor to Peace in Ukraine: Victory Over the New Fascism and Stand with Ukraine: Debunking the Propaganda.

In brazen overreach, Elon Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has infiltrated the very heart of our nation’s financial infrastructure — the U.S. Treasury Department. This clandestine operation, spearheaded by a cadre of Musk’s inexperienced and unvetted associates, poses an unprecedented threat to the security and privacy of millions of Americans. Reports reveal that DOGE o...

It’s a tale as old as authoritarianism: a powerful, erratic leader and his ever-loyal lieutenant, bound together in a grim dance of ego, power, and ideological contortions. In the 20th century, this dynamic played out between Joseph Stalin and his most subservient deputy, Vyacheslav Molotov.  Today, it manifests in the public display of fealty between Elon Musk and Donald Trump. The Faithful Lieut...

Whither the Left? Ukraine and Palestine Activism The world has seen a resurgence of the antiwar movement due to the increasing violence in Gaza and related conflicts. Many people who were once divided on issues such as the Russian invasion of Ukraine now find themselves in agreement on the excessive use of force by Israel. They're against it. Universally. However, there still remain sharp differen...

This is my revised foreword of Peace in Ukraine: Victory Over the New Fascism , Book Three of the series United Resistance Support Archive . Full audio books pending! The series has a focus on debunking the myths that are advanced to shift blame for Russian imperialism onto NATO , America, Europe, and everyone but the actual aggressors. Examine the motives behind the ideology of Eurasianism , whic...