TeleSur | – – Building a wall of support against Trump’s wall of rhetoric is the way forward. Wanda Sykes, a Black lesbian comedian, was booed because she dared to rant against the new U.S. president-elect just five minutes into her set. “I am certain this is not the first time we’ve elected a racist, […]
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Donald Trump
Racism in the US runs far deeper than Trump’s white supremacist fanbase
By Nicholas Guyatt | (The Conversation) | – – Donald Trump’s astonishing rise to the presidency has put racism at the heart of American politics. From the very start of his campaign, Trump called Mexicans “criminals” and “rapists” while pledging to build a wall between the US and its southern neighbour. He shocked the world […]
Israel’s sliding definition of anti-Semitism in the Trump era
By Heike Schotten | (Ma’an News Agency) | – – You would think that support for Israel is fundamentally at odds with anti-Semitism. If you thought that, however, you would be wrong. The past few days have witnessed a bizarre pile-up of prominent Israel-supporters going out of their way to defend or excuse what seem […]
American Muslims & the Trump Administration with Juan Cole
Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs | Video Interview | – – “The election of Donald Trump was a shock to the American political system and, in its wake, many are deeply concerned about what his ascendancy will mean for the civil rights of minority groups. History Professor Juan Cole, an expert on the […]
Will Trump bolster the Military-Industrial Complex?
By William D. Hartung | ( Tomdispatch.com ) | – – As with so much of what Donald Trump has said in recent months, his positions on Pentagon spending are, to be polite, a bundle of contradictions. Early signs suggest, however, that those contradictions are likely to resolve themselves in favor of the usual suspects: […]
CNN’s Chyron wonders if Jews are People, inspired by Trumpist Neofascism
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Richard Spencer is a rock star of the Neofascist movement that hides behind the euphemism “alt-right.” (Since they’re always going on about how manly white people are, why don’t they man up and admit their Nazism? Why hide behind weak tea like a keyboard pun?). Trump’s […]
Now Trump’s Targets: Many US Latinos fled chaos of Reagan’s anti-Left crusade
By Luis Gómez Romero | (The Conversation) | – – In an interview with CBS’s 60 Minutes, United States president-elect Donald Trump highlighted some campaign promises that he actually plans to keep. Among others, he confirmed that he will build his promised wall on the Mexican border and deport up to three million undocumented migrants. […]
5 Trump Headlines more outrageous than the “Hamilton” Tiff
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Trump is the master of misdirection, the techniques magicians use to get you to look elsewhere while they perform their sleight of hand. This weekend on social media was taken up with his slamming matches with the cast of the play “Hamilton,” who addressed a respectful […]
No to the New Normal
By Rebecca Gordon | ( Tomdispatch.com) | – – The night after the election, this long-time pacifist dreamed she shot a big white man carrying an arsenal of guns. He was wandering around a room full of people, waving a pistol and threatening to fire. Someone pushed a gun into my hand and said, “Shoot […]