mccain – ZERO ANTHROPOLOGY

Pranksters, Jokers, Clowns … True Believers

Another installment of Monday Morning Madness, featuring three short comical videos dealing with the U.S. elections that are about to conclude — finally, at long last. The last video might add some perspective to these elections. No matter who wins, I worry. In the meantime, a few more laughs: Montreal’s involvement in the U.S. elections: […]

by Maximilian C. Forte

Automatic Replay: “Two” Imperialist Speeches from the One Party State

“Bi-partisanship” is a word I have known for as long as I have known the United States. Speeches promoting the idea provide one of those moments when the ethos of the de facto one party state comes into focus. For the rest of the world, distinctions between “Democrat” and “Republican” have long been seen as […]

by Maximilian C. Forte

Attack Iran, Elect McCain, Wait for the Punch(line)

Imagine that there has been a steady beat of war drums supporting the notion of attacking Iran, sooner rather than later. This in the midst of a fuel price crisis that “suddenly” reveals the Persian Gulf to be the holder of the world’s most essential commodity. This is in the midst of two wars that […]

by Maximilian C. Forte

Apology to Native Americans in the U.S.: current discussions

Thanks to Native American Minnesota, I was introduced to some public discussions and documents concerning efforts to obtain a national apology to American Indians in the United States, and Geff Wigley at NAM considers how Minnesota might learn from and adapt Canada’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission — see “Does Minnesota needs its own Truth and […]

by Maximilian C. Forte

Four New Tribes Discovered: 3 in the USA, 1 in Iraq

New tribes are being discovered everywhere, and not even the United States is exempt. By a recent count, at least three new tribes have been discovered on the American mainland, while American occupiers have stumbled upon a new tribe in Iraq, one that persisted right under their noses, to the shock of many observers. Two […]

by Maximilian C. Forte

The United States’ Colonial Armed Forces: “Un-American” Troops? (1.2)

It has long been the contention of Immanuel Wallerstein, among others, that one of the cost-effective ways of maintaining an empire is to get the colonized to colonize themselves. That is obviously a simple rendition of a long history. Yet let us note that the British Empire engaged in warfare with the help of the […]