Bernie Sanders

In an interview Sanders was asked whether he would consider using the billions of dollars in military aid from the US to change Israel’s behaviour, to which he replied “absolutely”. Our policy cannot just be pro-Israel pro-Israel pro-Israel. It has got to be pro-region working with all of the people, all of the countries in […]

Bernie Sanders

Biden vs. Bernie—a Foreign Policy Faceoff

Reese Erlich

Supporters of former Vice President Joe Biden praise him as a man with extensive foreign policy experience. He’s living proof, however, that extensive doesn’t necessarily mean good. Biden reflects the mindset of the previous generation of mainstream Democratic leaders who are out of touch with the anti-interventionist sentiments of most Americans. “We don’t like his […]

Bernie Sanders

How Bernie Sanders trounced Fox on Medicare for All, and why a Carbon Tax could help Pay for It

Juan Cole

I say, apply the proceeds of a carbon tax to funding medicare for all

Bernie Sanders

In Historic Rebuke to Trump, Senate invokes War Powers to Halt US aid to Saudi War on Yemen

Juan Cole

Thousands of children have starved and 16 million persons are food insecure in the world’s worst humanitarian crisis

Bernie Sanders

Bernie Sanders returns Palestine to the Center of Political Debate in the US

Middle East Monitor

Sanders rightly described the Senate anti-BDS bill as “absurd”

Bernie Sanders

Democrats Need to Go Bold on Wages, Ed, or Why would their Big Win Matter?

Sam Pizzigati

The party’s leaders have been far too cautious in the past. Newer ideas could spark real change in who owns and runs America.

Bernie Sanders

Yemen War: Bernie Sanders et al. Try to get US Out

Juan Cole

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | Senators Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Mike Lee (R-Utah) and Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) on Wednesday proposed a bipartisan resolution to take the US Pentagon back out of the Yemen War. The war was declared by Saudi Arabia and its allies in 2015 when Zaydi Shiites of the Helpers of God […]

Bernie Sanders

Was Democratic Nomination rigged for Clinton against Sanders?

contributors

Donna Brazile bombshell alleges DNC served as fundraising piggy bank for Clinton

Bernie Sanders

Bannon must go, but after that, Protesters should listen to Bernie

Juan Cole

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Steve Bannon ran, and is still likely pulling the strings at, Breitbart, the “Stormfront” in a business suit with a skinny tie. Bannon once characterized it as enabling what he called the “alt right,” by which he meant a slightly more presentable version of the skinheads, […]