Tag: Politics

  • Traitor to the Constitution: The U.S. Government Is the Real Criminal

    Traitor to the Constitution: The U.S. Government Is the Real Criminal

    The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out for himself, without regard to the prevailing superstitions and taboos. Almost inevitably he comes to the conclusion that the government he lives under is dishonest, insane and intolerable. — H.L. Mencken, “Le Contrat Social” in: Prejudices: Third Series […]

  • Norman Solomon’s War Made Invisible Refutes Collusion with War Makers

    Norman Solomon’s War Made Invisible Refutes Collusion with War Makers

    Following a string of U.S. “forever wars,” a profusion of well-written, often riveting novels, memoirs, and analyses have been published. Talented authors have aimed to promote understanding about the human cost of war. In the same period, mainstream media sources have continually developed ways to make war appear normal –something necessary, justifiable, or in some […]

  • Empire Fables: A Mockingbird Murmuration

    Empire Fables: A Mockingbird Murmuration

    A hawk and an eagle sat in a tree overlooking the Potomac River, watching an astounding starling murmuration involving tens of thousands of birds. “That is amazing!” said the eagle. “I never saw anything as harmonious as these murmurations,” said the hawk. “A murmuration makes the best case for God.” “I always wanted to be […]

  • Why is NDP China Policy Same as Conservatives?

    The NDP is supporting the intelligence agencies/arms industry/US empire faction of Canada’s ruling class that is stoking tensions with China. The historically left-wing party has amplified childish Conservative attacks, ignored the views of party backers and supported provocative naval missions.  The NDP responded to the Liberals’ special rapporteur on foreign interference report by amplifying Conservative […]

  • Vienna’s International Summit for Peace in Ukraine Issues a Global Call for Action

    Vienna’s International Summit for Peace in Ukraine Issues a Global Call for Action

    Photo credit: Medea Benjamin During the  weekend of June 10-11 in Vienna, Austria, over 300 people representing peace organizations from 32 countries came together for the first time since the Russian invasion of Ukraine to demand an end to the fighting. In a formal conference declaration, participants declared, “We are a broad and politically diverse […]

  • The Fuel Shortages in Cuba are Worse Than You Think

    The Fuel Shortages in Cuba are Worse Than You Think

    One hundred and fifty young people from the United States and Canada arrived in Cuba in late April 2023, just days before International Workers Day. As members of CODEPINK’s youth cohort, our goal was to understand the Cuban political system, the US blockade and its impacts on everyday life. We sat in a room upon […]

  • Biden Indicts Trump on 5 Charges That Applied Also to Hillary Clinton, Who Was Never Charged

    Biden Indicts Trump on 5 Charges That Applied Also to Hillary Clinton, Who Was Never Charged

    Alan J. Russo opened the “Conclusions” section of his extraordinary (extraordinarily fine) 1970 Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review article, “Equal Protection from the Law: The Substantive Requirements for a Showing of Discriminatory Law Enforcement,” by saying: In order to be acquitted in a penal proceeding on grounds of discriminatory enforcement, a defendant generally has […]

  • Why Has WSJ Become a “Professional Rumormonger” against China?

    Why Has WSJ Become a “Professional Rumormonger” against China?

    Illustration: Liu Rui/GT On June 8, the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) published an “exclusive report” citing anonymous US officials, stating that China agreed to pay cash-strapped Cuba several billion dollars to allow it to build an eavesdropping station. To understand what this news means to Washington, which has become so sensitive about China-related issues, we […]

  • Promethean City Builders vs Finance Capital Malthusians

    Promethean City Builders vs Finance Capital Malthusians

    Part I Who are Some Western Supporters of Multipolarists? Orientation Most of us realize there is a major tectonic shift in the world economy from West to East. The multipolar nations are basing their economies on investing in developing the productive forces of science and technology and to better human life. The Belt and Road […]

  • Charter Schools Are Quintessentially and Irreversibly Private Schools by Design

    Despite endless disinformation from charter school promoters that charter schools are public schools, they differ profoundly—legally, organizationally, fiscally, and philosophically—from public schools. They are not the same. The dissimilarities are numerous by design. Calling them “public” 50 times a day does not spontaneously make charter schools public. Nor does receiving public funds automatically make charter […]

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