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History

The Breakup

Evans* – The Nation The unmaking of the postwar international order. Almost immediately upon entering the White House in 2017, Donald Trump began a series of assaults on the existing global order, which has lasted in its essentials since the end of World War II.

Corruption

Pelosi Is Right. Impeaching Trump Has Nothing to Do With 'Hate'

By Naveed Jamali* –  Newsweek 12/6/19 – With the announcement by Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Thursday that she instructed key House chairmen to draft articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump, the expected outcome of the inquiry has been formalized. But for many…

Civil rights

What’s Wrong With the Republicans?

By Rebecca Gordon*  – TomDispatch Fruits of the Twin Roots of Evil: Slavery and Imperial Expansion On the Thursday of the second week of the House Intelligence Committee’s impeachment hearings, former U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara had a special guest on his weekly podcast…

Elections

The Guardian view on Trump and Johnson: a toxic alliance

Editorial The prime minister kept a calculated distance from the US president at the Nato summit because he knows their similarities play badly with voters A US president’s low-key exit from a Nato summit, skipping the traditional press conference, would once have been perceived…

Commerce

The Strategic Battle for Lithium. Huge Reserves in Bolivia, Argentina, Chile

By Enzo Pellegrin – Global Research On March 15, 2018, Maurizio Stefanini, reporter of an italian right think-tank, complained that the huge reserve of Lithium present in Bolivia was in the hands of the State“” and of the bad example“” of Evo Morales. (1) In the same…

Human Rights

Prompted by Local Activists, Congressman McGovern Condemns the Coup in Bolivia

By Celina della Croce* – Independent Media Institute Thirteen of us squeezed into Congressman Jim McGovern’s small office in Northampton, Massachusetts, far outnumbering the number of chairs available.  At the head of the table sat Koby Gardner-Levine, the congressman’s…

Democracy

Unpacking Media Propaganda About Bolivia’s Election

By Gregory Shupak* – FAIR (Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting)** Pro-coup editorials rely on -and misreport-questionable evidence from the dubious OAS To endorse the coup in Bolivia, numerous editorials in major US media outlets paint President Evo Morales as undemocratic…

Intelligence

Donald Trump Is America's Anti-President

Tribe* – Newsweek After just one week of public impeachment hearings, Donald Trump has unmistakably emerged as America’s anti-president, the very model of the charlatan George Washington warned might be overtaken by “the insidious wiles of foreign influence.” We have learned…