History
White Supremacy in Action
By Amy Goodman* – Democracy Now! Police Stand Down as Trump Mob Storms Capitol to Disrupt Election Vote The U.S.
History
Brexit
Britain Returns to Its Past
By George Friedman * – Geopolitical Futures As of Jan. 1, Britain has completed the process of leaving the European Union. The EU has assured all that dire consequences will haunt the British. Certainly, there will be economic consequences for the U.K., but it is hard to imagine…
Armed conflicts
The Second Cold War is coming
By Roberto Savio* It will be quite different from the one with the Soviet Union While the Coronavirus has rightly taken much of our attention, a fundamental geopolitical realignment has been taking shape in the world, and it will become clearer in 2021. The realignment is the…
Armed conflicts
Trump's flurry of dodgy deals will not bring the Middle East any peace
By Simon Tisdall* – The Guardian The outgoing US president has his eyes on a Saudi Arabia-Israel accord – no matter who gets hurt Peace deals that entrench injustice, punish the weak and are propelled by greed, blackmail and weapons sales have precious little to do with peace –…
authoritarianism
The mask of democracy
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. (John…
Armed conflicts
All-War-All-the-Time?
TomDispatch* Hmmm… let me see if I’ve gotten this straight. In his last days in office, Donald Trump is “ending” America’s forever wars (as he long promised he would do) by leaving 2,500 American troops in Afghanistan, a similar number in Iraq, and continuing the air war…
Armed conflicts
Donald Trump’s Final Act: Snuffing out the Promise of Democracy in the Middle East
By Vijay Prashad* – Globetrotter , Independent Media Institute Ten years ago, a hawker in Tunisia set himself on fire, which spurred on people along the entire Mediterranean Sea—from Morocco to Spain—to rise up in revolt. They took to their squares…
Economy / Finance
This Brexit disaster has been brewing in the Conservative party for 30 years
By John Harris* – The Guardian Margaret Thatcher helped turn the Tory right into a force for instability – and now we are all living with the consequences What a strange, head-spinning moment this is. The news is awash with reports of queues at the ports, the stockpiling of food…
Armed conflicts
Hanan Ashrawi: Trump’s Morocco-Israel Deal Legitimizes Land Theft & Occupation
By Amy Goodman* – Democracy Now! Guests : Hanan Ashrawi, Palestinian diplomat and scholar.
History
How Did the GOP Become the Party of Ideas?
Glickman* – Boston Review If Trump was the end of the “party of ideas,” the rise of Reagan was its start. But what were those “ideas” in the first place, and were they really as new as people said? For many conservative pundits, the election of Donald Trump marked the moment…