“Julius Caesar: The Making of a Dictator” Ignores the Rot in the Roman Republic, and Its Analogy to Contemporary Politics Is Flawed

^{Andonis Anthony as the Roman emperor Photograph: Laurence Cendrowicz/Laurence Cendrowicz/BBC Studios}

Julius Caesar: The Making of a Dictator is a 3-episode series available on United States Public Broadcasting. The docudrama’s contemporary commentators portray Julius Caesar as an ambitious aspiring ruler who masks himself with populism to attract supporters. It portrays Cato as a principled defender of the Roman Republic. Other characters like Cicero and Brutus and Marc Anthony are assessed in their fidelity (or lack thereof) to Caesar and Cato.

10 Reasons Why Talking About #Russiagate is Bad

Decades after Letterman made Top Ten lists ubiquitous, I’m making my first!

Here are the Top 10 Reasons why your political “wokeness” is not tied to obsession over #Russiagate, an idea advanced in a National Public Radio piece critical of Lee Camp’s show Redacted Tonight on Russia Today:

Adam Johnson Uses “Woke NYPD” To Explain Trumpwashing

Trumpwashing (a term I think coined by @AliAbunimah) allows the routine violence of American empire to seem sane, normal and reasonable.

— Adam Johnson (@adamjohnsonCHI) June 6, 2016

A good example is the “woke” New York Police Department.

Tyrants Love Each Other, and Each Needs an Herr Spin Doktor

#45Regime has a friend in South Sudan

Thunderclap: Say the Magic Words “Radical Islamic Terrorism”

Millions of people around the world are looking forward to the end of politically motivated violence with the inauguration of Donald J. Trump to the Presidency of the United States of America on January 20, 2017. The moment he utters the phrase “Radical Islamic Terrorism,” these millions will no longer suffer car bombs, shootings, kidnappings, public executions and vehicle hijackings. What a joyous day!

Fascism in the USA – Playlist on Spotify

On the day of the 2016 USA presidential election, I made this playlist on Spotify. Add your suggestions in the comments or through Spotify. Also check out my posts tagged fascism on this blog & at my other blog.

Idea for #HRC bumper sticker!