Politics

Those that attempt to divide the progressive left into opposing camps at war with each other are almost as big a threat to the movement as the far right.

By shining a spotlight on what would normally be an internal process decision, Ocasio-Cortez has turned the Green New Deal Committee creation into a referendum on the populist progressive agenda.

“This is our reality now.”

Either Biden reassures voters that exposed defects won’t impair four more years in power – or approval numbers plunge and he withdraws, thus opening the field.

Donor countries also have a long-term responsibility to the people they purport to support. To this end the governments of Britain, America and the European Union must ensure that the Ethiopian government put in place visionary plans to mitigate the impact of any future drought.

Why are Republicans relentlessly following this negative, destructive agenda?

It’s time to create a grassroots groundswell that can compel Joe Biden to give public notice -- preferably soon -- that he won’t provide an assist to Republican forces by trying to extend his presidency for another four years

In short, there are potent Constitutional grounds to impeach Trump for climate terrorism, and doing so would forcefully deter any Republican “rightist revolutionary” from pursuing similar ecocidal policies.

Trump will assume the most powerful position in the world, the presidency of the United States. But there is still a force more powerful: movements.

In the area of foreign policy the new boss in Washington doesn’t look much different from any of the old ones.