Lawrence W. Britt: 14 Characteristics of Fascism
Lawrence Britt studied the fascist regimes of Hitler (Germany), Mussolini (Italy), Franco (Spain), Suharto (Indonesia), and Pinochet (Chile) and found they had 14 elements in common. He calls these the … Continue reading
Aviva Chomsky: How (Not) to Challenge Racist Violence
Protesters are eager to expend extraordinary energy denouncing small-scale racist actors. But what about the large-scale racist actors? As white nationalism and the so-called “alt-Right” have gained prominence in the … Continue reading
Leonard Gontarek: National Security
Monday: Alphabet Soup. Tuesday: Alphabet Soup. Wednesday: Punctuation Soup. The sun cinches the edge of winter trees. Why this talk of seeing into your own nature? Huang … Continue reading
Gail Ablow: Making Change — Gabe Gonzalez
. When federal agents began cracking down on undocumented immigrants in the Chicago area, Gabe Gonzalez launched a rapid-response network of neighbors to block them. The city of Chicago sued … Continue reading
Isaiah J. Poole: On the Road From Protest to Power — A Rising Tide
The millions who gathered in Washington and around the country for the historic Women’s March, one day after Donald Trump’s inauguration, made an indisputable statement: Trump may have won the … Continue reading
Julia Conley: Trump Threatens ‘Fire and Fury’ against North Korea
If North Korea makes any more threats to the U.S., “they will be met with fire, fury, and frankly power the likes of which the world has never seen before.” — … Continue reading
Carolyn Gregory: Tin King
The tin-hammered king rubs his hands in glee. His crown shines while covering the holes beneath. He flies around the world acquiring gold and new deals, claiming success … Continue reading
Tom Engelhardt: Hail to the Duffer in Chief
Think of Donald Trump as the plutocratic id loosed in the White House. And who hasn’t noticed the results? Civil war and uproar in Washington with bodies regularly carried out … Continue reading
Michael T. Klare: America’s Carbon-Pusher in Chief
Trump’s Fossil-Fueled Foreign Policy Who says President Trump doesn’t have a coherent foreign policy? Pundits and critics across the political spectrum have chided him for failing to articulate and implement … Continue reading
Leonard Steinhorn: Donald Trump’s War on the 1960s
Donald Trump and his supporters may be waging battles against the press, immigrants, voting rights, the environment, science, social welfare programs, Planned Parenthood and what they label political correctness and the … Continue reading
Neal Gabler: Trump Bet Americans Would Like His Un-Presidential Antics. He May Be Right.
Is America one big con game? Political pundits have been intoxicated lately by explanations as to why Democrats always seem to be behind the eight ball — never mind that … Continue reading
Frida Berrigan: Feeling Not Quite So Hopeless in a World on the Skids
Why the Resistance is fertile, not futile. In the wake of Donald Trump’s inauguration, George Orwell’s 1984 soared onto bestseller lists, as did Sinclair Lewis’s It Can’t Happen Here and … Continue reading
Daniel R. Cobb: Putin Apologizes for Hacking US Election
Claims it was a practical joke that got out of hand. According to detailed notes taken during their private meeting in Hamburg, Germany, the Great American President, Donald Trump, sternly … Continue reading
Neal Gabler: Our Celebrity President
I suppose we should consider ourselves lucky that our bullying, narcissistic, impulsive man-child of a president is only fighting a Twitter war against MSNBC‘s Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski and … Continue reading
