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North Korea, the US and the Status Quo
In the age of “fake news” and President Donald Trump claiming that Sweden was riddled with terror attacks which of course never took place, and of perpetual corporate and state-media…
The Death of Osama Bin Laden: Islamophobia Goes to America
It was a bullet that killed a terrorist and revived a presidency. On the morning of May the second 2011, the world woke up to the breaking news of Osama…
Trump Rejects US Electoral System as Rigged if He’s Defeated
Final Debate Confirms Positions – strengths and weaknesses of Both Candidates: Trump Sets Stage for Refusal to Accept Election Result if he Loses The final US presidential debate confirmed what…
Santos got the Nobel Prize for not giving up on peace – here’s why all Colombians won
Only days after the people of Colombia voted to reject a historic peace deal he spent years negotiating, the Colombian president, Juan Manuel Santos, received the Nobel Peace Prize for…
Trump signals crisis of the US foreign policy establishment
Donald Trump's bid for the presidency and current position in the opinion polls is a crisis not only of the Republican party – the party of Lincoln – but also…
The Border That We Keep
On March 30 of this year, the National Border Patrol Council (NBPC) endorsed Donald Trump, effectively backing his bid for the presidency of the United States. NBPC president Brandon Judd…
American Establishment Is Sabotaging Sanders and Trump Insurgencies
As the forward march of the Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders primary campaigns continues to defy expert predictions, the GOP and Democratic party establishments, and their corporate-media allies are busily…
President Trump’s foreign policy dystopia
After over three decades of living in the United States, one thing that I have learned is never to assume that I understand American domestic politics. Every time I think…
The Art of the Deal? More of the Same!
“There are among us today, as there always have been, those who act against the scheme of things that degrades them, and in the process of action everything we have…
Paris Bombing (13 November 2015) and Western “Terrorism” Policy
The bombing that took place in Paris with many casualties was a human tragedy and a political disaster for Western anti-terrorism policy. A day before ISIS suicide bombers in Paris,…
21st Century Challenges to American Democracy: Part 3
“Consumption Democracy” Consumption values are at the core of contemporary American culture. The mass media, businesses and politicians equate such values with freedom and democracy. The social contract as the…
21st Century Challenges to American Democracy: Part 2
Rising Public Debt, Dwindling Democracy. Conservatives attribute the rising public debt to government spending on costly entitlement and social programs. They conclude that deficit financing for entitlement and social programs…