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Eight Reasons Why Marco Rubio Would Be a Disastrous Secretary of State

Of all Trump’s choices for his foreign policy team, Marco Rubio is the least controversial to the neoconservative foreign policy establishment in Washington, and the most certain to provide continuity with all that is wrong with U.S. foreign policy, from Cuba to…

Where the MAGA Movement and the Progressive Left Coincide

Too Far Left To Be Part of the Left In 2020 I wrote articles and did a lot of social media promotion for the Bernie Sanders campaign. As I recall it was in July of that year that a group…

Stop the Mass Deportation NOW

At this point, I don’t want to focus on who’s to blame for the tragic election of Donald Trump as President of the United States again. While politicians now debate how to realign their ideological platforms, the immigrant community must…

USA: Reflections on Another Election

Having been mostly silent about American imperialism and the havoc that it wreaks, mainstream Western commentators were suddenly very vocal about the American election. They all voiced their opinions and made their predictions. Geopolitical knowledge, on the other hand, was…

The end of the cycle, Trump and his new world

The election of Donald Trump in the United States marks the definitive change of a political cycle in that country, and if not, in the world. While eight years ago it was thought that Trump was just a political anomaly,…

BABIES IN THE BATHWATER (Dear Fellow Democrats)

I believe I’ve figured out why the Democratic Party, my party, has become so markedly out of touch over the course of the last decade. After being unfriended and castigated on social media by more than a dozen of you…

Discriminator-in-Chief Elected to the U.S. Presidency

The very people who have long faced discrimination have elected their “discriminator-in-chief.” Donald Trump’s political platform is rooted in cultural discrimination: it opposes emerging nations, alternative political views, women’s decision-making power, economic fairness, and even the recognition of climate change.…

The 2024 U.S. Presidential Election: A Moment Beyond Politics

The upcoming U.S. presidential election is not solely a political event; it holds a deeper cultural significance. Beyond the latest headlines about Palestine, Russia, inflation, AI, and China, at its core, this election is really about two themes shaping American…

THE PARADOXICAL SECOND RISE OF DONALD TRUMP (The Reason He Will Probably Win The Election)

Whatever else can be said about Donald Trump, one thing that is certain is that the neocon establishment, which includes politicians, pundits and oligarchs aligned with both major political parties, cannot stand him. Here’s the key thing to understand about…

A No-Win Dilemma for US Peace Voters

On October 24th, a U.S. presidential candidate told an interviewer, “Our day one agenda… also includes picking up the phone and telling Bibi Netanyahu that the war is over, because it’s basically our proxy war. We control the armaments, the funding,…

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