Archives for février 2020

A Neoliberal Legacy: America’s Fascism Problem Runs Much Deeper Than Trump

In recent years, the press reports of racist young whites attracted to far-right persuasions including flirting with fascism. But are they the cause or the consequence?

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After the supposedly post-racial presidency of Barack Obama, what passes for the liberal punditry discovered that racism had arisen in the homeland. They never felt so good feeling bad about racism, denouncing what they identified as its primal cause – Mr. Trump, who was sullying that “shining example” of the United States of America. Obscured were

SOTU: Democratic « Resistance » Give Trump’s Venezuela Aggression a Standing Ovation

Perhaps the loudest applause heard during Trump’s State of the Union Address was reserved for Venezuala’s Juan Guaidó, as Democrats and Republicans rose as one to salute the self-declared president.

Donald Trump was in defiant mood at last night’s State of the Union Address in Washington, D.C., confident that he will be acquitted in the Senate impeachment trial today. While there is a great amount of talk that the United States is racked with partisan strife, when it comes to foreign policy, the parties are in near lockstep agreement. A case

“Corrupt” “Rigged” Iowa “Shit Show” Caucus Sparks Anger Across America

Many Americans are having a sense of deja vu following the Iowa caucus, which appears to be turning into a rerun of the DNC corruption seen during the 2016 campaign. Only this time, Buttigieg is standing in place of Clinton.

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Two days after the caucus, the fiasco in Iowa continues. On Monday, Shadow, the app the Democratic Party was relying on to count votes, crashed, leaving all sides angry at the incompetence and the confusion it caused. Nevertheless, with no precincts reporting, South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg declared victory. Bernie Sanders’ team believed the

As Houthis Close in on Al-Qaeda in Yemen, US Drone Strikes Target its Leaders

An escalating campaign of U.S. drone strikes in Yemen in slowing a Houthi advance on al-Qaeda-held territory reports Ahmed Abdulkareem.

MARIB, YEMEN -- An escalating campaign of U.S. drone strikes in Yemen has sparked anger from residents and tribal leaders. The drone strikes, according to the victims' relatives, not only killed suspected members of al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) but also killed and injured a number of civilians. The recent escalation comes after the

Trump’s ‘Deal of the Century’: Old Israeli Demands in a New Package

Consisting of 80 pages, 50 of which are entirely dedicated to the plan’s economic component, Trump’s Deal of the Century is little more than a rehash of previous Israeli proposals that have already been rejected by Palestinians, writes Ramzy Baroud.

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After several postponements, US President, Donald Trump, has finally revealed the details of his Middle East plan, dubbed ‘Deal of the Century’, in a press conference in Washington on January 28.  Standing triumphantly beside Trump, Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, must have surely understood that the timing of the announcement, only

In Interview with Randy Credico, Investigative Journalist Stefania Maurizi Talks Assange, Source Protection and the Rise of Fascism

In a wide-ranging interview with Randy Credico, Stefania Maurizi recounts the important lessons she learned while working extensively with WikiLeaks for over a decade after receiving an unexpected phone call in the summer of 2009.

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In the fourth installment of "Live on the Fly - Julian Assange: Countdown to Freedom" in collaboration with CovertAction Magazine, political satirist and civil rights activist, Randy Credico, spoke with internationally acclaimed investigative journalist Stefania Maurizi, in an exclusive, in-depth interview about source protection, Julian Assange,