By Aviva Chomsky ( Tomdispatch.com) – In the colonial view of the world — and, in its own strange fashion, Donald Trump’s view couldn’t be more colonial — White European colonizers were embattled beacons of civilization, rationality, and progress, confronting dangerous barbaric hordes beyond (and even, sometimes, within) their own frontiers. Colonial violence then was […]
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Donald Trump
The Six-Times Bankrupt Trump Turns to Bankrupting America
( Tomdispatch.com ) – From childhood, I think I had some eerie sense of just how bad it could get in America. After all, in junior high and high school, I was riveted by this country’s Civil War. Among all my toy soldiers — cowboys and Indians, British marching troops in red jackets, and plastic Army-green […]
With US Bombers at the ready, can Trump cut a Deal with Iran and avoid a War?
By Amin Saikal, Victoria University (The Conversation) – The United States and Iran are once again on a collision course over the Iranian nuclear program. In a letter dated early March, US President Donald Trump urged Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei to negotiate a new deal. The new deal would replace the defunct nuclear […]
Is Trump a Bigger Threat to America than Usama Bin Laden and al-Qaeda?
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Donald Trump has inflicted more damage on the United States’s markets than did Usam Bin Laden and al-Qaeda on 9/11. The attacks of that date caused the US financial authorities to to close down the NYSE and the Nasdaq for a week, until September 17. This was unprecedented. When trading […]
“The American Spring:” Trump is increasingly Like Middle East Rulers who were Overthrown
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Nationwide “Hands Off!” rallies were held in over 1,200 towns and cities, in every single state of the Union on Saturday, staged by over 150 organizations, including workers’ unions, democracy advocates, veterans and human rights groups, according to David Collins at AP. Some of the urban demonstrations were significant, with […]
A Do-it-Yourself Kit for Defeating Trumpism: Because the Mainstream Politicians Won’t
Greenfield, Mass. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – The Republican Administration’s edicts – imposed by broligarchs President Trump and Elon Musk – are with us for the next two to four years. Who/what will defeat them? Not the inside-the Beltway Democratic politicians. Most are supine and silent, or cautious and cowardly, or helping to advance […]
Can Militarism in America be Ended?
( Tomdispatch.com ) – I read the news today, oh boy. About a lucky man named Elon Musk. But he lost out on one thing: he didn’t get a top secret briefing on Pentagon war plans for China. And the news people breathed a sigh of relief. With apologies to John Lennon and The Beatles, […]
How Trump’s Historically High Tariffs will Hurt the US Economy
ByBedassa Tadesse, University of Minnesota Duluth (The Conversation) – President Donald Trump unveiled a sweeping new tariff plan on April 2, 2025, to reshape U.S. trade and boost domestic industry. Framing the announcement as “Liberation Day,” he proposed a 10% tariff on essentially all imports, with steeper rates for major trade partners, including 34% on […]
Trump’s Lawless Deportation Machine Disappears Immigrants into Blacksite Hellhole
Chicago (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Trump kidnapped hundreds of Venezuelan men on March 15, spiriting them away to a black site hellhole outside the reach of due process, habeas corpus, and American justice. Accusing the victims, without evidence, of being members of the Tren de Aragua gang and invoking the 1798 Alien Enemies […]
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