Surprise! What I Learned After “The End of History”
“The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends towards justice.” So declared Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Ah, if only it had proved to be so. Although…
Donald Trump
America and Humour From Hell
Politics is always a game of pretension. Politicians remind us of inherent lies, deception, embedded greed and mastery of persuasive propaganda to voters to do good to fellow citizens if…
Trump’s dangerous rhetoric will push the world into a quagmire
Trump’s warning that “all hell will break out in West Asia” if the hostages being held by Hamas are not released by Inauguration Day has put the world into great…
Friends feel the heat as the USA reworks its dominance strategy
The “only thing worse than being the United States’ enemy is being its friend.”—Henry Kissinger This embarrassing statement by one of USA’s top diplomats was wished away by saying that…
Finding Hope In the Negative Spaces of the Trump Era
The expression “punch-drunk,” Google informs me, means “stupefied by or as if by a series of heavy blows to the head.” Google’s Oxford Language entry then offers a not-terribly-illuminating example of the term’s use: “I…
[Un]Happy New Year: Trump Two Is a Formula for… Yes!… Hell on Earth
Honestly, as 2025 begins, isn’t it finally time to reimagine American history? So, what do you think of this: George Trump, Abraham Trump, Ulysses S. Trump, Franklin D. Trump, Dwight…
Can Donald Trump Get Away by Maintaining a Blind Eye to the Genocide in Gaza?
Genocide Denial, We've had Holocaust Denial. Now we have the phenomenon of Genocide Denial in spite of the plethora of photographs and videos of the obliterated cites of the Gaza…
Jimmy Carter Told Trump How to Put America First, But Will He Do It?
by Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. S. Davies With President Jimmy Carter’s passing and Donald Trump about to return to the White House, it’s a good time to recall a…
Fascism and Us or Radical Left Lunacy?
Donald, the idiot, the madman, the consummate cowardly thug is preparing to unleash shock and awe to paint his agenda onto the American and the world stage such as we…
By Any Means Necessary?!
Trump is a pestilence, an abomination. Really. He is. No more debate. It is as evident as a cloud of locusts. It is as undeniable as his pronouncements, appointments, and…
Why Liberals Will Give Two Cheers for Trump
Liberals hate Trump, no question about it. He’s the definition of illiberal: authoritarian, racist, sexist, and downright nasty. Not only that, he’s a living repudiation of the liberal delusion that…
Trump’s Victory Over the Rule of Law
CAMBRIDGE – Kamala Harris was not alone in suffering a decisive loss in the 2024 US presidential election. It was also a defeat in the “battle for the soul” of…
The Return of War to the Home Front: Don’t Look for Restraint from Donald Trump’s Military
In the early 1990s, doctors in Hiroshima, Japan, discovered a stress-induced syndrome they called Takotsubo cardiomyopathy, or “broken heart syndrome” — a condition in which the heart’s left ventricle, responsible for…
Join the Resistance? Yes, But…
Resistance to Trump's Mean and Nasty Version of America Is Necessary, But Not Sufficient Count on one thing: the next four years are going to be tough. If you can…
Trump’s Mideast Utterings No More Than ‘Hot Air’
After the private dinner hosted by Donald Trump “in honor” of Mrs. Sara Netanyahu, the US President-elect immediately threatened to set the Middle East on fire if the Israeli prisoners…
Trumped
Give him credit. As a start, for that first surprise victory in 2016. No, I didn’t fully get it at the time, but I kind of get it now (since,…
Election Aftermath:Staring Down Misogyny
“I never realized before that men hate us so much.” That was the lesson drawn by one of my fellow organizers in Reno, Nevada, the morning after the 2024 general…
With Trump’s Return, Truth Is in Deadly Danger
During this year’s presidential election campaign, I was puzzled and increasingly troubled that the issue of truth-telling — and the spectacular lack of it from one candidate — wasn’t getting…
Is Trump “the only hope we have”?
RT ran a headline: “Putin must be ‘adult in the room’ on Ukraine conflict.” This is according to left-leaning comedian and political commentator Jimmy Dore. “Joe Biden and the neo-cons…
What I Haven’t Seen Since the Second Election of Donald Trump
Since the US Presidential Election of November 5th, 2024, I have seen a lot from Democrats and Harris supporters. I’ve seen a great deal of introspection. I’ve seen a great…
How to Survive Donald Trump’s America
by Liz Theoharis and Shailly Gupta Barnes “If they do these things when the wood is green, what will happen when it is dry?” (Luke 23:31) Before November 5th, millions…
Trump, Trumpism, and the Polycrisis
“Polycrisis” is a word that has recently come into use to characterize the way crises in many different spheres – ranging from geopolitics and economics to climate and pandemic –…
Trump, AUKUS and Australia’s Dim Servitors
There is something enormously satisfying about seeing those in the war racket worry that their assumptions on conflict have been upended. There they were, happily funding, planning and preparing to…
The Rise of Musk and Trump: A New Era of Influence in American Politics
Whom did the US elect? The Republican ticket for the recent election featured Donald Trump and J.D. Vance. Yet, November’s events painted a different picture, spotlighting another figure influencing the…
Life With and After Trump
How does one take seriously having a vaccine denier in charge of public health? How about having the world’s richest corporate owner in charge of cutting regulatory agencies? Or having the…
A Final Speech from the Great Disrupter (If Only in My Dreams)
My inbox is full of lament (and encouragement). My Instagram feed is full of anger and “the arc of the moral universe bends slow but…” My Facebook brims with exhortations…
Implications of a Second Trump Term for Working Class and Oppressed Peoples
There are numerous arguments being advanced as to the reasons behind the outcomes of the November 5 presidential and congressional elections which resulted in the declaration of former President Donald…
Trump vows military roundups of millions of immigrants
President-elect Donald Trump confirmed Monday that he intends to declare a national emergency and use the US military to deport millions of migrants as soon as he takes office next January 20. Trump was quoting and…
The US elections cast a shadow on global democracy
Many people, especially the democrats in the US, must have gone to be bed the day elections results were announced wondering just what hit them. For the last several months…
Seeds of Resistance: Reviving the Peace Movement in the Age of Trump
When the election results came in on November 4th, I felt a pain in the pit of my stomach, similar to what I experienced when Ronald Reagan rode to power…
Making Israel Great Again: Who’s Who in Trump’s Pro-Israel Cabinet Picks
As President-elect Donald Trump shapes his administration, his cabinet picks have raised eyebrows, especially among those concerned about US foreign policy and long history of wars. A significant number of…
The Fascist Duo From Hell: Trump and Netanyahu
In what war criminal and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called “history’s greatest comeback,” sexual predator, game show host and former Wrestlemania idol Donald Trump was re-elected as US President.…
West Asia reacts to Trump’s dalliance with Zionism
The election victory of Donald Trump in the November 5 election is being perceived in the West Asian region with growing anxiety as presaging the US aligning one hundred percent…
The “historic comeback” of Donald Trump – Shock and Awe
Donald Trump is first and foremost his own mouthpiece, his own champion, his own chronicler. He owns his narrative from start to end. So, when he characterized his victory in…
The Trump Shock Is the Democrats’ Fault
BOSTON – The outcome of the US presidential election was more of a Democratic loss than a triumph for Donald Trump. The Democrats lost not because US President Joe Biden…
Directly Challenging the US Empire, Capitalism, and the Global Climate Crisis: Thoughts on the Morning After the Night Before (a few days later)
Well, the Democrats failed to keep Donald Trump out of the presidency again. That’s going to hurt a lot of people. I assume most of us would prefer that he…
Cuba, buckle up! Trump elected US president
The people of the United States and most of the rest of the world woke up this week to the last news they wanted to hear. Not only had Donald…
Trump an Orgy in White Maleness
So much will be said about the Presidential elections of 2024. Democrats will reflect and inquire where they went wrong, and the various political pundits will claim that it was…
A New Age of Presidential Unilaterism?
As the dust settles over election day, it’s worth reflecting that it’s not only the election results that have been at stake, but the future of the presidency and its…
What Trump’s Return to Power Could Mean for India: A Closer Look
The prospect of Donald Trump’s return to the U.S. presidency has sparked global discussions, and India is no exception. When it comes to Indian’ context, our nation carries unique implications.…
The Morning After, A Hard Pill to Swallow
Nobody said democracy was an easy form of government and the quest to maintain it is quite realistically described as organized chaos. The challenge of course is that since our…
Bangladesh: Hindutva becomes more ominous, and fuels Trump campaign too
Bangladesh Hindus participate in a rally demanding that an interim government withdraw all cases against their leaders and protect them from attacks and harassment, in Chattogram, Bangladesh, Nov. 1, 2024.…
Pump, Dump and Donald Trump
"How can the US population even consider making Donald Trump its President, and that too for a second time? It's a question on the lips and minds of millions around…
Donald Trump’s Deplorable Allegations Against Bangladesh
by Abdul A. Bhuiyan and Habib Siddiqui In times of war, truth is often the first casualty. The US elections are increasingly becoming the battle grounds where truth is sacrificed…
The Black-Lives-(Don’t)-Matter President
Donald Trump was the worst president for Black people in the modern era, if not the nation’s history. Given a life of unremitting racial animus, under no circumstances should he…
Trump’s Anti-Immigrant Fearmongering Exposes Extent of Fascism’s Rise in 2024
Stoked by vitriolic political rhetoric spread by the right and increasingly left unchallenged by leading Democratic politicians, the normalization of a hostile and violent attitude toward immigrants is spreading. Under…
In a Lost Universe (With You Know Who): Creating a Genuine Hell on Earth
Imagine yourself in space, looking down on our world and yet unable to return any time soon. Consider it our bad luck, in fact, that Barry “Butch” Wilmore and Sunita…
Mirages
I am sitting on the beach at the National Seashore, a forty-mile long stretch of the Atlantic Ocean seashore on Outer Cape Cod, established in 1961 by President Kennedy. The…
Imperialists for Trump: Neoconservatism is Still Alive and Well in the GOP
With the rise of Donald Trump in the Republican Party, many on both sides of the aisle have stated that the rise of 'America First' sentiments necessarily signals that the…
Trump’s Never-ending Malevolent War Against Black Women
One of the nation’s best-known Black Republicans is former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. In the twenty-first century (and perhaps ever), no African American woman rose higher in Republican politics…
The Candidate from Hell
Donald Trump is all too literally the candidate from hell and, yes, he’s threatening to take the United States and the world to — no place else! — hell and…
Time to Take Off Those MAGA Hats
To all those working stiffs or retired ones, listen to the latest interview between one mega billionaire and another 'Wanabee' billionaire. Working class heroes Trump and Musk took time out…
R I S E
I wonder if anyone on the right has the guts to stand up and defend the republic. “Get out and vote just this time. You won’t have to do it…
Many unanswered questions remain more than a week after Trump assassination attempt
More than a week after former President Donald Trump was nearly assassinated by a 20-year-old amateur shooter, there are multiple unanswered questions concerning the complete security breakdown at the campaign…
Donald Trump’s Reckless Infatuation with Nuclear Weapons
Over the past decade and more, nuclear war has grown increasingly likely. Most nuclear arms control and disarmament agreements of the past have been discarded by the nuclear powers or will…
The Republican National Convention opens: A carnival of fascistic demagogues
by Joseph Kishore and David North The Republican National Convention opened in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on Monday, two days after the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump. The event was…
My Thoughts On the Attempted Trump Assassination
The assassination of Trump would not remove the yearning of tens of millions of people, many conditioned by the Christian right, for a cult leader. Most of the leaders of…
The Convulsed Republic: The Shooting of Donald Trump
As a nation, the United States, as if we did not already know, is convulsed. Paranoid and divided, giddy with conspiracy and deranged by a fear of totalitarian seizure, hyper…
Who Thinks Donald Trump Is Racist?
Former president Donald Trump often finds himself on the defensive against accusations of racism. He regularly denies the charges, distorting his record and resorting to his “Black friends” defense, while attempting to…
The US Supreme Court Outs the Imperial Presidency
The US Supreme Court has much to answer for. In the genius of republican government, it operates as overseer and balancer to the executive and legislature. Of late, the judges…
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