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Populism

History

FASCISMM THEN AND NOW

By John Scales Avery* A new book I would like to announce the publication of a new book, entitled “Fascism, Then and Now”. It  can be freely downloaded from the following link: http://eacpe.org/app/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Fascism-then-and-now-John-Scales-Avery.pdf Please…

Elections

Italy’s political crisis marks a populist failure

By Ishaan Tharoor* –  The Washington Post Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte opted to resign Tuesday rather than face a no-confidence vote he was likely to lose. In doing so, Conte confirmed the collapse of one of the more intriguing recent political experiments in Europe: a…

Populism

Trump Accuses Jewish Democrats of ‘Great Disloyalty’

By Julie Hirschfeld Davis   –  The New York Times WASHINGTON — President Trump said on Tuesday that any Jewish person who votes for a Democrat is guilty of ignorance or “great disloyalty,” intensifying his efforts to drive in a partisan wedge over religion and support for Israel…

Human Rights

Trump, Israel and a global right-wing Project

BY ISHAAN THAROOR* – The Washington Post Axis and allies (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post and Melina Mara/The Washington Post) Earlier this summer, President Trump tweeted at four female lawmakers of color to “go back” to their countries of origin. Trump’s attack on these…

Armed conflicts

With Trump as President, the World Is Spiraling Into Chaos

By Michelle Goldberg* – The New York Times Trump torched America’s foreign policy infrastructure. The results are becoming clear Earlier this week, Pakistan’s ambassador to the United States, Asad Majeed Khan, visited The New York Times editorial board, and I asked him about the…

Commerce

Stocks Whipsaw as Traders Face Conflicting Trade War Signals

By Alexandra Stevenson*, Amie Tsang and Matt Phillips –  The New York Times Stocks in the United States swerved up and down on Thursday after China sent conflicting signals about how it would respond to President Trump’s threats of new tariffs and investors took some solace in…

History

Will Sanctions Undermine 1947 US Treaty with UN?

By Thalif Deen* UNITED NATIONS, Aug  2019 (IPS) – When Yassir Arafat was denied a US visa to visit New York to address the United Nations back in 1988, the General Assembly defied the United States by temporarily moving the UN’s highest policy making body to Geneva– perhaps for…

Politics

‘He gets it’: Evangelicals aren’t turned off by Trump’s first term

By Julie Zauzmer  * – The Washington Post BRANDON, Fla. — Three years ago, Rickey Halbert was torn about whether to vote for President Trump. On the one hand, he had read about Trump’s extramarital affairs and the women who alleged he had sexually assaulted them.