By Amy Goodman* – Democracy Now! Police Stand Down as Trump Mob Storms Capitol to Disrupt Election Vote The U.S.
By Tihomir Domazet* Fall of the Berlin Wall, the End of the Cold War, the Collapse of communism, all symbols of the victory of Western ideology, led by the United States, were to bring new economic prosperity to the West. But this did not happen: the EU’s share of the world…
By Lloyd Green* – The Guardian As a procedural certification has become a coup attempt, Trump and his allies have done lasting harm Democracy in the US teeters on the edge of a figurative sword. On Wednesday, the US Congress will convene to formally receive the outcome of…
By Noam Chomsky and Vijay Prashad(*) – Globetrotter, Independent Media Institute Large parts of the world—outside of China and a few other countries—face a runaway virus, which has not been stopped because of criminal incompetence by governments. That these governments in…
Editorial The US president is seeking to bring down a system that defeated him This week, Donald Trump will undermine democracy in the US by supporting the claim that Democrat Joe Biden did not fairly win last November’s presidential election. A peaceful handover of power in a…
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…
By Quint Forgey* – POLITICO Legal experts and lawmakers have expressed alarm at the president’s conversation with Georgia’s secretary of state. Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger said Monday that it was unlikely his office would open an investigation into his weekend…
By Ishaan Tharoor* – The Washington Post If you’re like me, you were probably flooded with jubilant messages and memes about the end of 2020. Our black swan year of crisis and calamity, plague and polarization, is over.
Opinion, by Robert Reich* – Newsweek Most of the 74,222,957 Americans who voted to reelect Donald Trump—46.8 percent of the votes cast in the 2020 presidential election—don’t hold Trump accountable for what he’s done to America. Their acceptance of Trump’s behavior will be…
By Jessica Corbett – Common Dreams (*) Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is trying to tie the repeal to proposed $2,000 coronavirus relief checks. Digital rights advocates and sex workers are among those speaking out against GOP Senate Majority Leader Mitch…
