By Anis Chowdhury* SYDNEY, Jan 21 2021 (IPS) – Impeachment or no impeachment, Trump is out of the White House. Trump goes with an approval rating of 34%, far behind his predecessor Barack Obama’s 60%. A majority, 54%, said Trump… Continue Reading
Levente Szadai Hungarian PM Viktor Orbán secured his third successive term in the 2018 general election. Now, for the first time since 2010 polls show that the “united opposition” would defeat his party if an election was held today. According… Continue Reading
By George Friedman* – Geopolitical Futures Thoughts in and around geopolitics U.S. President Donald Trump’s supporters and detractors are both obsessed with him. They share the belief that everything that has happened is because of him. His supporters believe his… Continue Reading
Freethoughtblogs* A revolution can be a good thing — after all, this country was founded by one. When that collection of rascals signed the Declaration of Independence, they knew that putting their name on that piece of paper was a deep commitment.… Continue Reading
Editorial The US president is seeking to bring down a system that defeated him This week, Donald Trump will undermine democracy in the US by supporting the claim that Democrat Joe Biden did not fairly win last November’s presidential election.… Continue Reading
By Jessica Corbett – Common Dreams (*) Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is trying to tie the repeal to proposed $2,000 coronavirus relief checks. Digital rights advocates and sex workers are among those speaking out against GOP Senate Majority… Continue Reading
By Sasha Abramsky* – The Nation This egomaniac has zero concern for the unemployed, the cratered businesses, the sick and dying. He’d much rather pardon crooks and undermine democracy Betting that things can’t get worse with Donald Trump has always… Continue Reading
By Kristian Laubjerg* Democracy provides cover for continued exploitation by a handful of oligarchs Our own (USA) government, in alliance with the big corporations and banks, has created an empire that brings servitude, misery, and death to millions of people.… Continue Reading
By David Litt* – The Guardian Trump’s attempt to steal an election didn’t come from nowhere – it was rooted in years of Republican contempt for democracy Joe Biden has won so much that he is, apparently, tired of winning.… Continue Reading
By David Walsh – Euronews The resignation of a scandal-embroiled politician is always going to make political waves and headline news. But what sets the case of Hungarian MEP József Szájer apart is not just the nature of the scandal he… Continue Reading
By Maria Ressa* (Brief intervention at the webinar “From Repression to Resistance: Combatting the Lawfare against Press Freedom,” Manila, Nov 21, 2020) On June 15, 2020, I sat in a decrepit, windowless courtroom and listened to Judge Rainelda Estacio-Montesa deliver… Continue Reading
By !!444!!! InsightHungary!!! (*) Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki met in Budapest Thursday to discuss the European Union’s €1.8 trillion seven-year budget and coronavirus recovery package, which hit a roadblock after the two countries vetoed its adoption… Continue Reading
By Simon Jenkins* – The Guardian The fact that the president cannot hold on to power shows the checks and balances are working Slowly, painfully, alarmingly, Donald Trump has been conceding the US presidency to Joe Biden. Over the weekend… Continue Reading
Eliot A. Cohen* – The Atlantic A character study of the 45th president It may seem counterintuitive to say so, but Donald Trump is a complicated figure. To be sure, the basic word cloud is clear—narcissistic, deceitful, vindictive, and so on—but there… Continue Reading
By Hadley Freeman* – The Guardian The US election shows many Americans believe the president reflects their own needs and desires There are plenty of stories about how Donald Trump’s mind works. Here’s mine. In 1990, the president of a… Continue Reading
By Thomas Neuburger* – DownWithTyranny! I’m working on a book-length project that includes a look at our soon-to-be post-Trump world. These are preliminary notes for that part of the project. 1. The World Without Trump won’t be a world without… Continue Reading
By Charles H. Clavey* -Boston Review The Frankfurt School on the appeal of authoritarianism—and how to counteract it. A number of recent books have put the methods of the social sciences in the service of understanding Trump, his movement, and… Continue Reading
By Anwar Mhajne, Crystal Whetstone(*) – Foreign Policy Around the world, emergency powers are chipping away at democracy—sometimes with public support As the pandemic’s death toll rose throughout the spring, many countries took aggressive measures to control the spread of COVID-19. Governments instituted national emergencies and travel… Continue Reading
By Boaventura de Sousa Santos* The statements by the US ambassador in his interview to the weekly Expresso on 26 September are offensive to the Portuguese people and a violation of diplomatic codes of conduct. He threatened that the US… Continue Reading
The Economist The president is back after being hospitalised with the virus. But the pandemic may weaken the Republicans’ push to confirm Amy Coney Barrett PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP returned to the White House in triumphant mood on the evening of… Continue Reading
