Dancing With the Devil
Photo by Roscoe Myrick Dystopia is finally here, but we seem to have our sides mixed up as of late. We live in a time when Homeland Security and the…
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Pentagon Study Declares American Empire Is ‘Collapsing’
Photo by Specialist Steven Hitchcock, U.S. Army An extraordinary new Pentagon study has concluded that the US-backed framework of international order established after World War II is “fraying” and may…
Seattle wants to tax the rich so the poor can afford to live there
Photo from Public Domain Amid the mansions of tech billionaires and millionaires, the luxury stores and upscale eateries, Seattle is having an existential crisis. There’s a deepening wealth gap and…
Republican Push to Replace Obamacare Reflects Radical Right’s Stealth Plan for America
Mitch McConnell • Photo by Gage Skidmore As Republicans attempt to revive a bill to overturn Obamacare, we look at the radical right’s attempt to reshape the role of the…
Paris is Burning
With U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to formally withdraw from the Paris Agreement, he has put an end to months of apparent indecision. This withdrawal does not dissolve the agreement,…
The far right goes on a rampage in Berkeley
The liberal San Francisco Bay Area city of Berkeley has become the prime target for violent far-right individuals and organizations emboldened by the reign of Donald Trump. Their latest provocation…
The Feuding Kleptocrats
The Trump kleptocrats are political arsonists. They are carting cans of gasoline into government agencies and Congress to burn down any structure or program that promotes the common good and…
Democratic Party Floats Proposal for a Palace Coup
Photo by Gage Skidmore On Wednesday, New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman addressed an open letter to a group of generals, deep state operatives and a corporate executive in President…
Official Washington Tips into Madness
Photo by Karl-Ludwig Poggemann President Trump responded to evidence-lite accusations from Democrats about his ties to Russia with his own air-filled allegations about President Obama wiretapping Trump Tower, as Robert…
An Interview with Noam Chomsky on Trump and the US Election
Photo by Mike Maguire This interview took place at the University of Arizona, before a public audience, on February 2, 2017. I thank Marvin Waterstone for arranging the event, and…
Blood in the Water: the Trump Revolution Ends in a Whimper
Photo by Gage Skidmore The Flynn fiasco is not about national security advisor Michael Flynn’s conversations with the Russian ambassador. It’s much deeper than that. It’s about Russia. It’s about…
Trump Decapitates the Russia Peace Initiative
Photo by Erin A. Kirk-Cuomo Trump folds under totalizing corporate media and war-state pressures today. The resignation of National Security Adviser Michael Flynn decapitates his presidency’s peace initiative with Russia…
US-Russia Relations in “Most Dangerous Moment”
Image from YourNewsWire.com While many in power recklessly escalate tensions with Russia, there is very little discussion of the geo-political significance of this aggression and the dangerous consequences people could…
Castigating Trump for Truth-Telling
Photo by Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff President Trump says much that is untrue, but he draws some of Official Washington’s greatest opprobrium when he speaks the truth,…
The Dismal Cartography of the Pre-Fascist State
Photo by Alisdare Hickson Points of Departure Listening to Donald Trump’s inaugural speech on January 20th led me to muse about what it might mean to live in a pre-fascist…
What’s the Matter with America?
Photo by Seth Anderson Thomas Frank is the founder of The Baffler magazine, author of What’s the Matter With Kansas? and Listen Liberal, and past columnist for The Wall Street…
President Trump: Nationalist Capitalism, An Alternative to Globalization
Image from Public Domain During his inaugural speech, President Trump clearly and forcefully outlined the strategic political-economic policies he will pursue over the next four years. Anti-Trump journalists, editorialists, academics…
The Empire Has No Clothes
Photo by Caleb Smith Harsh realities have long mocked United States “elites’” ritual description of their nation state as a benevolent beacon and agent of freedom, democracy, and justice at…
Third Coast Pillory: Mexico, Neo-Nationalism and the Capitalist World-System
Photo by Ms. Phoenix Mexico is dependent on the United States, as it is dependent on the global economy more generally. Neoliberal development scholars led them down the “global value…
Militant Hope in the Age of Trump
Illustration by DonkeyHotey The United States stands at the endpoint of a long series of attacks on democracy, and the choices faced by the American public today point to the…