Max B. Sawicky
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Living my twilight years in the United Banana Republic of America.
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A Minimum Wage Natural Experiment Has Been Running for Over a Decade
When 30 States Raised Minimum Wages, What Happened to Pay and Jobs?
https://substack.com/home/post/p-201524189
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How can anybody root for a team that demands its fans pay thousands of dollars to attend a game, and sometimes have to wait for hours to get into the building? One of Life's eternal mysteries.
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Adam Serwer
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Free Speech Champion(tm) Bari Weiss demanding CBS News smear an American executed by her government for protesting
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After the Platner debacle and other misdeeds. am seriously thinking of ending my @nytimes sub. Have to rely on Yahoo for current news. Yuck.
5 days ago
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Jesus is there going to be one hit piece on Platner every damn day that we have to knock down?
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On Israel's "Right to Exist" (sic)
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On Israel's "Right to Exist" (sic)
V. Lenin thought so
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9 days ago
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Trump has lost Milli. Or is it Vanilli.
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Milli Vanilli’s Fab Morvan Changes Tune on Freedom 250 Concerts, Says He Too Is Quitting the ‘Circus,’ After Trump’s Tirade Against Artists
And then there was… one? Going into this past weekend, there were two out of nine artists booked for the “Freedom 250” concerts in Washington, D.C. that were still proclaiming an eagerness to do the g...
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/music/articles/milli-vanilli-fab-morvan-changes-101253535.html
9 days ago
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On Israel's "Right to Exist" (sic)
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On Israel's "Right to Exist" (sic)
V. Lenin thought so
https://sawicky.substack.com/p/on-israels-right-to-exist-sic
9 days ago
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I ❤️ Our Data Centers
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I ❤️ Our Data Centers
Tax and tax, spend and spend . . .
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I ❤️ Our Data Centers
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I ❤️ Our Data Centers
Tax and tax, spend and spend . . .
https://sawicky.substack.com/p/i-our-data-centers
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Nuclear Orientalism
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Nuclear Orientalism
I tried reading the Edward Said classic but got discouraged.
https://sawicky.substack.com/p/nuclear-orientalism
14 days ago
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Worst new music group: Vanilla Vanilli
14 days ago
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Nuclear Orientalism
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Nuclear Orientalism
I tried reading the Edward Said classic but got discouraged.
https://sawicky.substack.com/p/nuclear-orientalism
14 days ago
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Viva Las Vegas
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Viva Las Vegas
"The last honest place in America . . . "
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20 days ago
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Viva Las Vegas
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Viva Las Vegas
"The last honest place in America . . . "
https://sawicky.substack.com/p/viva-las-vegas
20 days ago
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Roundball Review
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Roundball Review
I hadn’t watched a pro sports event in years until last night.
https://sawicky.substack.com/p/roundball-review
21 days ago
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I didn't want to horn into other threads, but I've written about the challenges to economic planning. Here's a sample:
prospect.org/2019/07/05/g...
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The General Store of the U.S.A. - The American Prospect
Do Walmart and Amazon's logistics triumphs reveal a path forward for a centrally planned economy?
https://prospect.org/2019/07/05/general-store-u-s-a/
27 days ago
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Free the States
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Free the States
I’ve written about this before.
https://sawicky.substack.com/p/free-the-states
28 days ago
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Free the States
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Free the States
I’ve written about this before.
https://sawicky.substack.com/p/free-the-states
28 days ago
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Despair, But With Birds
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Despair, But With Birds
I’ve been too demoralized about politics to write much lately.
https://sawicky.substack.com/p/despair-but-with-birds
about 1 month ago
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Despair, But With Birds
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Despair, But With Birds
I’ve been too demoralized about politics to write much lately.
https://sawicky.substack.com/p/despair-but-with-birds
about 1 month ago
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jacobin.com/2025/05/happ...
Jacobin Magazine, which publishes me when I get up the energy to write something, is having a May Day promotion for new subscribers.
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To Celebrate May Day, $1 Subscriptions
All weekend, we’re offering solidarity digital subs for $1, and print ones for $10. Subscribers get four beautiful new issues a year and access to our entire back catalog.
https://jacobin.com/2025/05/happy-may-day
about 1 month ago
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Hereness
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Hereness
Tears for the Bund
https://sawicky.substack.com/p/hereness
about 2 months ago
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Hereness
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Hereness
Tears for the Bund
https://sawicky.substack.com/p/hereness
about 2 months ago
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Burt Lancaster in 'The Professionals': "Maybe there's only one revolution, since the beginning. The good guys against the bad guys. The question is: Who are the good guys?"
about 2 months ago
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Synagogue in Tehran ‘completely destroyed’ in US-Israeli attack
US-Israeli strikes destroy synagogue in Tehran, prompting outrage amid reports of 15 killed across Iran overnight.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/4/7/synagogue-in-tehran-destroyed-in-us-israeli-strikes-on-iran
2 months ago
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The only good thing about my United flights to Europe were 'free' first run movies. The new Predator movie and Marty Supreme were terrible. I bailed out of the latter 2/3rds way through. Obnoxious NY Jews yelling at each other. Tedious.
2 months ago
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Czech This Out
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Czech This Out
Prague in the Czech Republic is another beautiful city.
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2 months ago
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Czech This Out
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Czech This Out
Prague in the Czech Republic is another beautiful city.
https://sawicky.substack.com/p/czech-this-out
2 months ago
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If It's Friday, It Must Be Bratislava
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If It's Friday, It Must Be Bratislava
Danube waltz . . .
https://sawicky.substack.com/p/if-its-friday-it-must-be-bratislava
2 months ago
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There Is Water In the Desert
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There Is Water In the Desert
"Lawrence IN Arabia"
https://sawicky.substack.com/p/there-is-water-in-the-desert
2 months ago
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Sharing the Wealth Is Good
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Sharing the Wealth Is Good
But how?
https://sawicky.substack.com/p/sharing-the-wealth-is-good
3 months ago
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Posing As Jewish
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Posing As Jewish
I got to thinking, how Jewish am I, really?
https://sawicky.substack.com/p/posing-as-jewish
3 months ago
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Dissent's City of Socialism, II
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Dissent's City of Socialism, II
I began my reaction to this series the other day by begging off of discussions of political tactics and strategy.
https://sawicky.substack.com/p/dissents-city-of-socialism-ii
3 months ago
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Dissent's City of Socialism, I
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Dissent's City of Socialism, I
I landed a subscription discount for Dissent Magazine and decided to bite.
https://sawicky.substack.com/p/dissents-city-of-socialism-i
3 months ago
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Dissent's City of Socialism, I
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Dissent's City of Socialism, I
I landed a subscription discount for Dissent Magazine and decided to bite.
https://sawicky.substack.com/p/dissents-city-of-socialism-i
3 months ago
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Bad Tax Policy Incoming
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Bad Tax Policy Incoming
VAT's cooking . . .
https://sawicky.substack.com/p/bad-tax-policy-incoming
3 months ago
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Since I retired in 2017, my social media postings have failed to draw many readers, so I decided nobody would read any damn book I wrote. However, for those few readers I do have, if there was one thing I would have everyone read (and circulate), it would be this:
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Socialists Need a Distinctive Economic Policy Agenda
As democratic socialism returns to the US public eye, socialists need to make clear how their vision differs from the liberalism most Americans are familiar with. Here are five crucial distinctive ele...
https://jacobin.com/2026/03/socialism-liberalism-economic-policy-agenda
3 months ago
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I've seen both Sinners and One Battle After Another, and Bugonia which I watched the other night, kicks their asses.
3 months ago
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Democrats' plans from Booker and Van Hollen to cut taxes is a competition with Republicans that they will never win.
3 months ago
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Equivalent of chemical warfare, directed at non-combatant population. Makes me wonder if there is anything that Israel would not do.
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3 months ago
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Return of the Living Dead
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Return of the Living Dead
The Neocons are back!
https://sawicky.substack.com/p/return-of-the-living-dead
3 months ago
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Note the "NeverTrumpers" like George Conway and Adam Kinzinger pumping Trump's attacks on Iran.
3 months ago
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I put a link to my learned, germane substack essay in a reply and this douche promptly blocked me.
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3 months ago
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www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
I found this story engrossing, in line with the bit that "Eyes Wide Shut" was a documentary. A taste: "The gift of Andy and Fergie, which comes at too high a price, has been to bring the antiseptic of daylight to the culture of royal privilege."
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Andrew O’Hagan · Stay Classy: Mummy’s Favourite
The late queen can be held responsible for much, but nobody could accuse her of seeming to enjoy her role. For the...
https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v48/n05/andrew-o-hagan/stay-classy?utm_campaign=4328862_20250309early&utm_medium=email&utm_source=LRB%20email&dm_i=7NIQ,2KS66,3EJB9A,5P7H5,1,0,0,0
3 months ago
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Return of the Living Dead
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Return of the Living Dead
The Neocons are back!
https://sawicky.substack.com/p/return-of-the-living-dead
3 months ago
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Bad Tax Policy Incoming
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Bad Tax Policy Incoming
VAT's cooking . . .
https://sawicky.substack.com/p/bad-tax-policy-incoming
3 months ago
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The Noem Shield nonsense is a parallel to the OAS, as the "Board of Peace" conclave is DT's own little United Nations. Another move by DT to set up a parallel state.
3 months ago
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More Africa & Some Arabia
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More Africa & Some Arabia
& T.E. Lawrence (TEL) in his desert
https://sawicky.substack.com/p/more-africa-and-some-arabia
3 months ago
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More Africa & Some Arabia
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More Africa & Some Arabia
& T.E. Lawrence (TEL) in his desert
https://sawicky.substack.com/p/more-africa-and-some-arabia
3 months ago
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