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There’s no shortage of pastoral pundits worrying over the crisis in Caracas while ignoring the ongoing coup in Brazil
Everyone kept wondering what the first sign of descent into dictatorship would be. This is it. Government by sadism, government by humiliation, government by fear and caprice
The bigger concern, of tamping down the warmongering, of lowering the risk of nuclear conflict should be made to appeal to as many as can hear it
Hamas’ new Charter seems like a scrupulously cautious attempt at finding political balances within extremely tight political margins
The US is choosing to support its Kurdish ally in Syria, in defiance of Turkey, whose aim is to prevent the establishment of a quasi-independent Kurdish state there
The world’s eight richest people own as much wealth as the poorest half of the world’s population (3.5 billion people). Countries are destroyed (from Iraq to Afghanistan, from Libya to Syria, and chances are that the next victims will be either Iran or North Korea) in the name of values that are supposed to protect Read more…
Trump hasn’t yet done anything as egregious as al-Sisi or Erdogan. But he is clearly supporting them and perhaps learning from their tactics
Millions of people are looking for the hope that a strong political movement provides, but the window is shrinking
Those who claim to be “conservatives” would shred the very fabric of the nation
Macron takes 90% of the vote in bourgeois Paris but Le Pen got 56% of the workers across France
Suddenly the world is full of leaders from Theresa May to President Erdogan of Turkey claiming to unite their countries while visibly deepening their divisions
It is primarily the economic policies of Europe, including France, over the past decade that have allowed the National Front to grow into a legitimate opposition party
There are two enormous myths about global warming. One is that dealing with it is optional. The other is that the measures needed to slow the process will devastate the economy. Neither is true. On the first point, we are already seeing major changes in weather that are almost certainly related to global warming, both Read more…
The Organization of American States is not a true multilateral body because the US largely controls it, often against the interests of individual member states
Donald Trump hasn’t quite thought through his first foreign trip to Saudi Arabia, Israel and the Vatican
24 Key Issues That Neither the Washington Elite Nor the Media Consider Worth Their Bother
The biggest de facto backer of Le Pen’s hateful, far right nationalism is ISIL
Despite the enormous impact on so many residents, factory farming has its loyal defenders in the North Carolina Legislature
Israel’s most ardent and powerful backers are transforming the debate on Israel/Palestine policy into a cultural war of aggression
The bill is part of a nationwide trend in anti-protest laws meant to significantly increase legal penalties for civil disobedience
Are some major industrial countries only a decade or two from getting all their electricity from non-fossil fuel sources?
This grievance fight gave union activists a way to get recent hires involved and show them what the union is about