Politics

Read author William Blum’s views on recent events...

“Public corruption is among the most serious of criminal violations and a betrayal of the public’s sacred trust.”

Trump is neglecting or worsening five genuinely big problems facing America. Why is he doing these things?

Or Buck Rogers in the 21st century.

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Fake news corporate media uses atrocity propaganda to sell sensational stories, and politicians use faux outrage to bully Myanmar’s leaders.

Another round of punitive disruption-for-disruption-sake Trumpism – except for the innocence of the targets. DACA children, brought into the only country they know, are now reduced to ideological bargaining chips to distract from endless failures. Trump populism? Little more than an unfeeling tyranny of the shrinking minority.

The late ‘60s and early ‘70s were crazy, but we’re looking wilder.

Tens of millions of Americans – many aging and white – are willing to sabotage young people rather than to accept racial diversity.

It remains to be seen whether China and its allies have the diplomatic power to compel the parties, including the United States, to the negotiating table.