James Carroll* – TomDispatch. What can the fall of the Berlin Wall teach us at a time when democracy is in retreat, predatory capitalism is on the rise, and a new arms race is ramping up?
Editorial Boris Johnson wants to get rid of this House of Commons because it stands in the way of an even harder Brexit than he is letting on Oliver Cromwell’s speech attacking the Long Parliament in 1653 has gone down in history. “You have sat too long here for any good you…
By Prof Rodrigue Tremblay* – Global Research “If this [U.S.] government ever became a tyrant, if a dictator ever took charge in this country, the technological capacity that the intelligence community has given the government could enable it to impose total tyranny…
By Gary Younge* – The Nation British MPs are tired of arguing, but that’s no reason to approve Boris Johnson’s disastrous deal There is a moment in the movie Primary Colors when presidential candidate Jack Stanton (played by John Travolta) demands that someone call his…
ZeroHedge – Authored by Patrick Buchanan * (via Buchanan.org) Imperial Capital But America-First Nation “Let someone else fight over this long blood-stained sand,” said President Donald Trump in an impassioned defense of his decision to cut ties to the Syrian Kurds, withdraw and…
By Gabby Orr* – POLITICO Backlash from Trump’s Syria decision has left him scurrying to shore up a critical element of his base. “I was concerned about it, but feel more confident after talking with POTUS and seeing the results of the cease-fire and the economic sanctions,”…
By Justin Baragona* – The Daily Beast “I’ve often said that Tulsi is sort of the Trojan horse in this. She’s polling at only 1.2 percent, yet she’s still in the race,” Sunny Hostin said at one point.
By Stuart Schrader* – Boston Review During the Cold War, the “police apparatus” was held up as a prime example of Soviet repression. Yet in its efforts to fight subversives, the United States ended up with its own carceral state. Imagine an empire with a massive…
By Tom Kibasi * – The Guardian Without a second referendum we face a decade of deregulation, and a repeat of the 1980s assault on working people Hopes for a second referendum on Brexit are receding, as more and more Tories show their true colours and fall in line behind Boris…
By Fernando Ayala* – Wall Street International The Yugoslav civil war, 1991-2001: 150,000 dead in Europe The future does not belong to globalists, but to patriots …. We are the most powerful power in the world, but I hope I will never have to use that power. (Donald Trump…
