US politics

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Today is ten years since Egyptian youth gathered in Tahrir Square in downtown Cairo demanding the resignation of Egypt’s brutal and corrupt Interior Minister, Habib Adly. Even those who called for the rally were surprised by the thousands of youth and workers that showed up, on Egypt’s Police Day, and […]

Far Right

Equal Opportunity Hate: The Angry White women of the Capitol Far Right

The Conversation

By Jakana Thomas | – The terror inflicted on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 laid bare America’s problem with violent extremism. The FBI and other law enforcement agencies have begun to piece together the events of that day, while attempting to thwart any impending attacks. Scores of people have been arrested and charged over […]

Bush

How Bush’s Wars led to Trump’s Insurrection: From Occupying Iraq to Occupying the Capitol

Tomdispatch

By Andrea Mazzarino | – ( Tomdispatch.com) – “I got out of the Marines and within a few years, 15 of my buddies had killed themselves,” one veteran rifleman who served two tours in both Afghanistan and Iraq between 2003 and 2011 said to me recently. “One minute they belonged and the next, they were […]

Donald Trump

The Other Capitol Mob: How the Billionaires funded the Insurrection

Jim Hightower

Much to the embarrassment of major corporations, their political donations were traced to the mayhem of January 6. ( Otherwords.org ) – You can’t poke into any issue in Congress without stumbling over sacks full of corporate campaign donations. The recent eruption of pro-Trump mob violence inside the U.S. Capitol exposed boodles of that special […]

Donald Trump

Did America really Duck the Dark Night of Fascism? The delusion of normalcy that haunts the United States

The Conversation

By Liam Kennedy | – The election of Joe Biden as the 46th president of the United States was received across much of the world with a mixture of relief and exuberance, though often laced with apprehension. A common theme in news headlines and Twitter feeds was that normal service was being resumed in the […]

Democratic Party

Biden’s own Moderates and Hardliners Battle it Out on reviving Iran Nuclear Deal

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Two and a half days into the Biden administration, it is already clear that the Problem of Iran is going to loom large over its foreign policy. There are already hard liners and moderates in the Biden team, just as there are in Iran. The first few Biden appointments, Antony […]

Democracy

Maybe now the U.S. should stop talking down to the World about “Democracy Promotion”

John Feffer

Because of the events of the last weeks, months and years, should “democracy promotion” be permanently removed from the U.S. foreign policy lexicon? ( Foreign Policy in Focus) – On Inauguration Day 2021, the nation’s capital looks like it has just experienced a coup, not successfully survived one. Streets are blocked off, barricades are up, […]

Donald Trump

Can Biden roll back Trump’s escalation and end catastrophic Yemen War?

Reese Erlich

The Biden Administration has a chance to undo a disastrous label and open the door for peace. ( 48hills.org) – One day before the Inauguration, the Trump Administration added Yemen’s Houthi movement to a list of foreign terrorist organizations. It was just the latest, desperate attempt to hamstring President Joe Biden’s promise to end the […]