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Populism

Democracy

Trump Must Be Investigated For Negligent Homicide, Manslaughter

By Tyler Durden* – ZeroHedge* Authored by Jonathan Turley We recently discussed how an American University professor called for the impeachment of President Donald Trump over his handling of the coronavirus outbreak. Not to be outdone, MSNBC legal analyst Glenn…

Health

Stop Saying That Everything Is Under Control. It Isn’t.

By The Editorial Board* – The New York Times Tackling the pandemic will require a new, collective way of thinking about public health and society as a whole. In 1941, with war tearing through Europe and Asia and America on the precipice of joining the conflict, President…

Health

Republican Xenophobia Is Going to Make the Pandemic Much Worse

By Jeet Heer* –  The Nation Trump is ramping up hatred of foreigners during a crisis that requires international cooperation Bigotry has always served Donald Trump well. Racism played no small part in his ascension to the White House.

Civil rights

Capitalism in chaos!

By Antonio Martins* – Outras Palavras, Brasil Panic in the markets: the global crisis shows a tendency to be prolonged and deep. The “Davos Class” will respond with more inequality and less democracy.

Commerce

Elon Musk Is Acting Like a Neo-Conquistador for South America’s Lithium

By Vijay Prashad and Alejandro Bejarano (*) – Independent Media Institute Elon Musk, the head of Tesla, wants to build an electric car factory in Brazil. He was supposed to meet Jair Bolsonaro, the president of Brazil, in Miami in early March, but he was too busy; instead…

Armed conflicts

Courting War

Posen* – Boston Review Despite claims to the contrary, the Trump administration wants regime change in Iran and is risking a full-scale war in order to get it The Prussian strategic theorist Carl von Clausewitz once observed that “The aggressor is always peace-loving . . . he…

Climate Change

Human rights and Greta on Hungarian state media watch list

By Lili Bayer – POLITICO Activists condemn ‘censorship’ revealed in leaked emails. Hungarian journalists working for state media were told they need permission before they even start writing about sensitive topics such as Greta Thunberg Hungarian state media bosses told staff…

Democracy

Britain’s imperial prime minister

The Economist Boris Johnson is busy accumulating power in Number 10 The emperor Nero was reportedly in the habit of dipping dissidents in tar and using them to light his dinner parties. Boris Johnson has not so far shown an inclination to use his ministers as human torches…

Civil rights

Anti-Muslim violence in Delhi serves Modi well

By Mukul Kesavan* – The Guardian The riots have been driven by a ruling party intent on painting its largely peaceful opponents as seditious sectarians Since Sunday violent mobs in north-east Delhi have killed 21 people including a police constable, injured hundreds of others…