By Matthew Kahn | (The Conversation) | – – In mid-November, while Americans were preoccupied with election returns, China sent some of its clearest signals yet that it will continue to pursue an international leadership role on issues including climate. At an international climate change summit in Marrakech, the Chinese government reasserted its commitment to […]
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Donald Trump
After Nov. 8: Countdown to Doomsday
By John Feffer | (Tomdispatch.com) | – – I didn’t vote in the pivotal American election of 2016. Thirty-five years ago, in that unseasonably warm month of November, I was in Antarctica’s Allan Hills taking ice core samples with a hand augur. The pictures I have from that time show my team drilling deep into […]
All the President’s Men: The Warmongering Washington Blob is Back
By John Feffer | (Foreign Policy in Focus) | – – Shortly after taking office in 1969, President Richard Nixon devised his “madman theory.” It was the height of the Vietnam War, and Nixon believed that he could end the conflict. It just required a bit of unpredictability. “I want the North Vietnamese to believe […]
IfNotNow’s ‘Jewish Day of Resistance’ against Trump and appointees
By Sarah Aziza | (Waging Nonviolence) | – – Demonstrators gathered in over 30 U.S. cities last Wednesday as part of a “Jewish Day of Resistance” against President-elect Donald Trump and his appointment of Stephen Bannon as chief strategist and senior counselor. The group responsible for organizing the day’s events is IfNotNow, an organization of […]
Can Trump be checked and balanced?
By Ulrike G. Theuerkauf | ( OpenDemocracy.net) | – – The US Presidential system has been much heralded as a prime example of horizontal accountability, but there is no guarantee how Donald Trump will be kept in check. The US presidential system has been much heralded for its system of checks and balances. But Trump’s victory has given […]
Pakistanis Baffled, Buoyant over Trump’s Fantastical Praise
By Frud Bezhan | ( RFE/RL) | – – The office of Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has cited a phone conversation with Donald Trump in which it says the U.S. president-elect described nuclear-armed Pakistan as a "fantastic country" and its embattled prime minister as a "terrific guy." The exchange, as described by Sharif’s side, […]
Hateful letters to More mosques warning Trump will ‘cleanse’ US of Muslims
TeleSur | – – The threatening letters have been sent to mosques in at least seven states. “To the children of Satan,” begins the letter that was first sent to sent to three California mosques but has has now been dispatched to mosques all over the country. “You Muslims are a vile and filthy people.” […]
Trump Effect: 867 Hate Incidents in Just 10 Days After Election
TeleSur | – – Educators have reported an increase in students using racial slurs, verbally harassing their classmates and writing white nationalist graffiti. The “Trump effect” is already taking a heavy toll across the United States just weeks after the presidential election with a disturbing spike in racist incidents, including in the nation’s schools, according […]
Will Trump Bring in a New Era of Surveillance and Torture?
TeleSur | – – Trump’s picks for important security positions look intent on rolling back civil liberties. While there are many questions about what U.S. President-elect Donald Trump will change once he officially takes office on Jan. 20, one of the biggest questions, and indeed concerns, is what a Trump administration will bring in terms […]
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