Ben Burgis

1 week ago | jacobin.com | Ben Burgis

The “No Kings” protests last weekend were a landmark in the burgeoning movement against the destructive and authoritarian second Trump administration. The scale of the rallies was remarkable. Estimates vary from two to six million protesters around the country. Many of the protesters were older and more politically moderate than the typical attendees at other rallies.

1 week ago | msnbc.com | Ben Burgis

Ten million people live in the city of Tehran. Several million more live in the greater metropolitan area. On Monday, President Trump took to his social media platform Truth Social to tell all of these people that they have to “immediately” flee their homes. “Simply stated,” he wrote, “IRAN CANNOT HAVE A NUCLEAR WEAPON. I said it over and over again. Everyone should immediately evacuate Tehran.”This may be one of the most belligerent statements ever made by a U.S. president. Even George W.

2 weeks ago | damagemag.com | Ben Burgis

One of my strangest hobbies is arguing with libertarians. I’ve probably participated in a couple of dozen debates with various libertarian pundits, philosophers, and economists since 2019. There are very few arguments in defense of “free markets” I haven’t heard at least once. Some libertarians like to insinuate that anyone who ends up on the bottom end of capitalism’s inequalities must have it coming.

2 weeks ago | unherd.com | Ben Burgis

Donald TrumpLA protestsLos Angelesnational guardPoliticsUS I’ve been hearing sirens and helicopters on and off since Saturday afternoon. These are the sounds of the Los Angeles Police Department passing my neighbourhood on their way to police the protests. Beyond this, my own life has hardly been affected by what’s going on downtown. Neither, as far as I can tell, has the lives of the vast majority of the city’s 3.8 million residents.

2 weeks ago | buff.ly | Ben Burgis

Donald TrumpOlly RobbinsLos Angelesnational guardPoliticsUS I’ve been hearing sirens and helicopters on and off since Saturday afternoon. These are the sounds of the Los Angeles Police Department passing my neighbourhood on their way to police the protests. Beyond this, my own life has hardly been affected by what’s going on downtown. Neither, as far as I can tell, has the lives of the vast majority of the city’s 3.8 million residents.