‘You’re a Regular RIOT Donald!’
For Baby Boomers like this writer The Honeymooners television show was right on. One of Jackie Gleason's funnier quotes was when, as Ralph Kramdon, he gave it to his wife…
Capitol Hill Protest
Gallows Humor in Washington and Brazil
Americans tuning into the television news on January 8th eyed a disturbingly recognizable scene. In an “eerily familiar” moment of “déjà vu,” just two years and two days after the…
J6 Threat of Insurrection Continues
Like so many other days, January 6th has always been just another day of no particular note. But in 2021 that day was transformed into one of our country’s least…
State of Disgrace in Washington
Well before the House select committee’s January 6th investigation began, trust in the classic American system of checks and balances as reliable protection against executive (or, more recently, Supreme Court)…
Islamophobia and the Capitol Insurrection
How the FBI Ignored White Radicals While Spying 24/7 on Muslim Americans Fox News anchor Tucker Carlson excused one of the leaders of the extremist Oath Keepers organization implicated in the January…
What Biden did not say in his national address on the January 6 coup attempt
Yesterday, Joe Biden delivered a speech from the U.S. Capitol in which he told the population there had been an attempt to overthrow the Constitution and establish a dictatorship in…
The American polity is cracked, and might collapse
By 2025, American democracy could collapse, causing extreme domestic political instability, including widespread civil violence. By 2030, if not sooner, the country could be governed by a right-wing dictatorship. We…
The Redneck Coup… One Year On
A must see, especially during these times, is John Frankenheimer's 1964 film Seven Days in May. In the movie, with a screenplay by genius Rod Serling ( of Twilight Zone…
Possibility Of Civil War in U.S., Warn Three Retired Generals And CIA Consultant
Three retired U.S. army generals warned of an insurrection or even civil war if the results of the 2024 presidential election were not accepted by some in the military. Former…
An American Coup, A Recurring Nightmare?
As an eyewitness, I can recall the events of January 6th in Washington as if they were yesterday. The crowds of angry loyalists storming the building while overwhelmed security guards…
Witness to Turbulent American Democracy: The Paradox for Soul Searching of American Acclaimed Values
The Myriad Drama at the US Congressional Committee Hearings Nancy Pelosi, the US House Speaker wanted an independent and non-partisan congressional investigation into the January 6, 2021 Trump planned mobbed…
The Far Right in Uniform
It was around noon and I was texting a friend about who-knows-what when I added, almost as an afterthought: “tho they seem to be invading the Capitol at the mo.”…
On January 6th, the U.S. Became a Foreign Country
Just about everyone was shocked by what happened at the Capitol building on January 6th. But as a former soldier in America’s forever wars, horrifying as the scenes were, I…
The ‘Insurrection’ and Its Discontents: ‘American Exceptionalism’ Revisited
History is being written in the United States today. Even the most pessimistic about the prospects of American democracy have rarely ventured out this far while offering a bleak analysis…
Brainwashed To Violence
When brainwashed to commit violence, your conscience doesn’t prick when you kill. The barbaric actions at the Capitol on January 6, 2021 were taken by Americans convinced by Donald Trump…
Antifa(scism) is the Antidote to Full-Throated American Fascism
Under no circumstances will white supremacy, authoritarian fascism, and rollbacks of global human rights be tolerated “When fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying…
By ‘Force and Fraud’: Is This the End of the US Democracy Doctrine?
In an interview with the British newspaper, The Times, in 2015, former US Defense Secretary, Donald Rumsfeld, vehemently denied that exporting democracy to Iraq was the main motive behind the…
Raskolnikov’s Dream Come True
“Something is happening here, But you don’t know what it is, Do you, Mr. Jones?” — Bob Dylan, Ballad of A Thin Man It’s hard. Life today seems like a dream,…
Illogical Thinking Leading to Illogical Actions
Preventing the assault on America’s capitol was not exclusively a policing failure; the twisted behavior culminated from inadequate response to Trump and his supporters’ unsubstantiated attacks on the validity of…
Mr. MAGA Undone
The guys and gals at work always called him ' Mr. MAGA' for several reasons. One, he always wore that red hat wherever he went. Two, he was ' In…
Lessons from the Beer Belly Putsch
In Europe we are not accustomed to seeing images on the television of thousands of Americans—right-wingers to boot—breaking the law, overrunning government buildings and violently attacking the police. By rushing…
Hold On To That Fear
Dear Congresspersons and Senators, This letter is about that nauseating, trembling fear you felt when that hate exploded at you on January 6. Please don’t forget it. Journal about it…
Impeaching Trump
Why it was so important to impeach President Trump this time than it was ever before. The American democracy is the result of years of struggle, resistance and sacrifice -…
Capitol Hill Violence and Lessons for Indian Democracy
People all over the globe were shocked and shaken by the event that unfolded at the Capitol Hill in the United States of America in the morning of 7th January,…
Violent Right Wing Forces Have Been Activated, It Requires Strategic Action To Stop Them
Since the assault on the US Capitol on January 6 by right-wing Trump supporters, the fallout has been rapid. The Democrats, both elected officials and voters, were quick to jump…
Twitter Nukes Trump
This was Twitter Safety’s January 8 post, full of noble concern: “After close review of recent Tweets from the @realDonaldTrump account and the context around them - specifically how they…
Twitter’s ban on Trump will deepen the US tribal divide
Anyone who believes locking President Donald Trump out of his social media accounts will serve as the first step on the path to healing the political divide in the United…
‘ Trust Me… Obey Me!!
Before I go on with my thoughts on the use of persuasion by demagogues like Donald Trump, we need to understand how powerful a system of obedience can be. There…
Lame Duck – A Peril
The United States election process requires the congress to validate the election of the President. Congress is a bicameral legislature, the senate being the upper house and the House of…
America and Turbulent Democracy Look for Change
The Unthinkable Insurrection on America Powerhouse America and its politics find itself at the tyranny of reason of which it appears to be unconscious either by design or by choice.…
Storms of Protest in Washington and Hong Kong
The coverage of groups of people, described as mobs, rioters, or protestors depending on one’s prejudice or adherence to accurate reporting, who “stormed” the Capitol in Washington and the Legislative…
Trump, Insurrections and the 25th Amendment
How strange it must have seemed for US lawmakers to be suddenly facing what was described as a “mob”, not so much storming as striding into the Capitol with angry…
Vandalizing democracy, the American way
A popular joke among leftists in the eighties was to ask why there had never been a military coup in Washington D.C. The answer: Because it doesn’t have a US…
It was a Disgraceful, Horrific, Yet Fitting Close to the Trump Era
January 5th, 2021, was another Day of Infamy in US History that bookmarked an unsavory, unseemly, disgraceful, yet fitting close to the ruthlessness of the Trump Era in American and…
It’s regime change within the Empire: Utterances in the US capitol
Hundreds of protesters breached the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, forcing lockdowns as the US Congress was convening a joint session to count the certified 2020 Electoral College votes. The entire…
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