The long tail of U.S. intervention in Latin America and the CaribbeanIf the Trump administration’s assaults on Venezuela and threats to Colombia and Mexico, have a familiar stench, they should. For more than…5d agoA response icon15d agoA response icon1
Gaza and Ireland — shared experiences and a warning going forwardRegardless of how the long delayed, welcome cease fire in Gaza plays out, there are historic parallels that shed a warning on the future…Oct 10Oct 10
With Charlie Kirk murder, Trump’s Reichstag moment may have arrivedIs this America’s Reichstag moment? The murder of conservative organizer Charlie Kirk, founder of the right-wing Turning Point USA…Sep 11Sep 11
DC occupation, Gestapo-style raids mimic Nazi playbookIn April, Jesús Escalona Mújicas, a 48-year-old construction worker near Bryan, TX was grabbed, detained and ultimately deported in…Aug 22Aug 22
All they will call you will be “deportees”Goodbye to my Juan, goodbye, Rosalita, Adios mis amigos, Jesus y Maria; You won’t have your names when you ride the big airplane, All…Jul 19A response icon1Jul 19A response icon1
The vilification of Zohran Mamdani– and why he’s right about Israel’s genocideIt says a lot about how corrupted U.S. politics have become that so many elected leaders, Republicans and Democrats, are more enraged about…Jun 28Jun 28
How a newfound love of quotas drove Trump’s Los Angeles military invasionThere’s a little discussed word behind the escalating Gestapo-style abductions and deportations of ordinary working people, many longtime…Jun 10Jun 10
The rendition of democracy is escalatingFor all the autocratic abuses that characterize Trump’s second tenure, nothing more parallels the historic pattern of dictatorships than…May 13May 13
Protests matter. We can all act to stop the coupOutrage is not enough. If there is one lesson the world has learned from the horrors of authoritarian rule, silence, consent, concession…Apr 18Apr 18
The long roots of Trump’s assault on public healthOf all the slash and burn terminations President Trump and billionaire Elon Musk are inflicting on public agencies, few will have a more…Apr 3Apr 3