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, by WOLFF Stefan
When Donald Trump first offered to buy Greenland in 2019, he was widely ridiculed and nothing much came of it, apart from a cancelled state visit to Denmark. Fast forward six years and Trump’s renewed “bid” for the world’s largest island is back on the table.
And with renewed vigour at that. (…)
, by LA BOTZ Dan
Americans celebrated the arrival of the New Year on January 1 with fireworks and the hope for better things in the future. But we also recognized that the new year is bringing Donald J. Trump back to the presidency on January 20 with promises to take swift action to remove undocumented (…)
, by FARBER Samuel
Ignoring the advice of luminaries ranging from Sun Tzu, the Chinese general and philosopher to Star Trek’s Captain Kirk who recommended going on the offensive as the best defense, Kamala Harris ran a presidential campaign that was overwhelmingly defensive if not altogether in flight from the (…)
, by FINKEL David
On the occasion of Jimmy Carter’s passing, I pulled up the archival recording of the signing of the Camp David Accords, September 17, 1978.
What I remembered most about the event happens just after the 25-minute point. Check it out for yourself. After Menachem Begin and Carter embrace, Begin (…)
, by MCKIERNAN Joan
Young, well educated Luigi Mangione is certainly learning that corporate America does not take kindly to the killing of one of their own. When he took the life of Brian Thompson, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of United Healthcare, one of the largest US health insurance providers, there was an (…)
, by SMITH Michael K.
A pious Sunday school teacher confessing to lust in his heart but swearing never to lie, he came to Washington to reestablish public faith in government just when popular disgust at monstrous U.S. crimes in Indochina had reached unprecedented heights. The big business agenda during his term in (…)
, by LA BOTZ Dan
Elon Musk, the world’s richest man with $430 billion in personal wealth, became an advisor to president-elect Donald Trump a few months ago. Now he is something more. Politicians and the media now refer to him as the “shadow president,” “co-president” or even call him “president Musk.”
Musk, (…)
, by Against the Current
THE ADVENT OF “Trump 2.0” poses dangers and challenges in U.S. society as well as globally — including the non-trivial problem of surviving environmental catastrophe — and most certainly to the social movement and socialist left. We will attempt here to sort through those elements of the (…)
, by MOOR Ahmed
In Philadelphia and across the U.S., progressive young voters rejected the idea that domestic priorities must be tied to a destructive policy abroad.
In mid-November, I attended a public meeting organized by Reclaim Philadelphia, a progressive group founded in the aftermath of the first Trump (…)
, by LA BOTZ Dan
The U.S. government and state governments are engaged in a broad attack on the political rights, public health, as well as the sexual and reproductive rights of the young. Federal economic programs that provide financial assistance for housing, food, and education for young people from poor (…)
, by Ukraine Solidarity Network (U.S.)
THE UKRAINE SOLIDARITY Network (U.S.) wholeheartedly celebrates the liberation of Syria and its people from the half-century murderous Assad family tyranny. Like so many others, we are profoundly inspired by the scenes of people celebrating in the streets, the return of refugees who had fled (…)
, by LA BOTZ Dan
In the early morning of December 4, a man with a pistol assassinated Brian Thompson, CEO of UnitedHealth Group, one of the largest corporations in the world which was holding a meeting for investors in New York City. Police found shell casings marked with the words “depose,” “delay,” and “deny,” (…)
, by SMITH Ashley
The Left, social movements, and unions cannot rely on the Democrats, who are responsible for Trump’s victory, Ashley Smith argues. Instead, we must unite against all the looming attacks, defend migrants and trans people in particular, and build an independent resistance committed to fighting for (…)
, by SMITH Ashley
The Left, social movements, and unions cannot rely on the Democrats, who are responsible for Trump’s victory, Ashley Smith argues. Instead, we must unite against all the looming attacks, defend migrants and trans people in particular, and build an independent resistance committed to fighting for (…)
, by MOODY Kim
The experiment of socialist and left-progressive electoral action on the Democratic ballot line now faces a fundamental crisis. The momentum created by the 2016 Sanders presidential primary campaign, which helped propel the Squad to political office and inspired the rapid growth of the (…)
, by LA BOTZ Dan
President-elect Trump and Mexican president Claudia Sheinbaum had a conversation on November 27, a chat that Trump recalled with delight. That was not how Sheinbaum remembered it.
As a candidate, Donald Trump threatened to put a 25% tariff on Mexican goods entering the United States and to (…)
, by BONHOMME Marc
The world is going to change fundamentally, as it did with the advent of Nazism in 1933. The well-elected US President and his Republican Party control the three federal powers, although there is still resistance from certain states such as New York and especially California.
Trump is better (…)
, by LA BOTZ Dan
Senator Bernie Sanders introduced three resolutions in the Senate last week to stop U.S. weapons transfers to Israel. The resolutions to end U.S. support for Israel’s genocidal war against Palestinians in Gaza all received between 18 and 19 votes from Democrats and none from Republicans. While (…)
, by GAZLEY Beth, SCHWARTZ GRECO Emily
Organizations representing nonprofits have condemned this bill, which critics see as a threat to President-elect Donald Trump’s opponents.
The U.S. House of Representatives has passed a bill that would empower the Treasury Department to eliminate the tax-exempt status of any nonprofit it deems (…)
, by BELLO Walden
There are a number of certainties about the coming Trump administration. One is that it will be bad for the climate. Another is that it will be bad for American democracy. A third is that it will be largely bad for minorities and for women.
But when it comes to many other matters, like (…)
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