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“No Kings” — Another Chapter in the Quest for an Empire without an Emperor
There are many hyped “No Kings” protests this weekend. They seem fairly clearly a creation of the DNC or some appendage of it. They reflect a wretched sentiment I criticized back in 2017 — how many were “In Search of an Empire without an Emperor”: When Trump uses military violence in Yemen or Syria, […]
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It was never a Gaza ‘war’. The ‘ceasefire’ is a lie cut from the same cloth
[First published by Middle East Eye] Ceasefires stick because the two sides in a war have reached military stalemate – or because the incentives for each side in laying down their arms outweigh those of continuing the bloodshed. None of this applies in Gaza. The past two years in the enclave have been many things. But […]
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The Masks Have Come Off
If you believe what is written on those hats worn in the Israeli Knesset – “Trump the Peace President” – you are deluded beyond hope. Halloween may be coming, but you don’t need a frightening mask to realize the horrors that confront us. Trump is the culmination of a long developing horror story. Unlike his […]
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Basta! This Land is YOUR Land, Hermanos y Hermanas
I had Alexis Lisandro Guizar-Diaz, M.S. on my studio recorder today, but it airs Nov. 20 on KYAQ. He’s the Electoral Field Director PCUN. LISTEN HERE! April 1985 PCUN is founded as Oregon’s union for farmworkers and treeplanters. WVIP continues its service and immigration work through PCUN’s Service Center for Farmworkers. 1986 The Immigration Reform and […]
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The Bogus Value of the Pentagon Press Pass
Reporting on national security matters, irrespective of which country you are in, can be a hazardous affair. In police states, the consequences are self-evident to the brave who report on their misdeeds. The paid off toadies do not count. In liberal democracies, there are also consequences for giving the game away on the national security […]
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The Ancient History of Socialism in North America
Monday was Indigenous People’s Day, when much of the United States celebrates a murdering, enslaving, profiteering, imperialist Italian sailor mercenary and missionary who couldn’t tell one continent from another, wisdom from ignorance, or value from waste. I was born and raised and have mostly lived in the eastern United States, and yet when I hear […]
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Imperial Double Standards: Warfare for Venezuela and Welfare for Argentina
Venezuela’s Bolivarian Revolution has been in the vanguard of the Global South. In contrast, President Javiar Milei’s government in Argentina represents the logical, though absurd, consequence of extreme neoliberalism, which he calls “anarcho-capitalism.” Western Hemispheric geopolitics reflect the weakening of US hegemony and an emerging multipolarity, especially with China’s entry as a major regional trading […]
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October 18, November 4: World Changing?
Many millions on the streets this Saturday all over the country loudly proclaiming: No Kings! Yes to Democracy!–followed on November 4th by victories for Mamdani in NYC, Sherrill in NJ, Spanberger in Virginia, redistricting in California, and more–could this be truly “world changing?” On one level, no. This is not a Presidential election year or […]
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