The enemy is not Donald Trump, says John Pilger, it is ourselves
Under Obama, the U.S. extended secret “special forces” operations to 138 countries, or 70 percent of the world’s population.
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Is Donald Trump a fascist who threatens the end of civilisation as we know it?
Trump’s conception of American power is not very different from many politicians before him, says Matt Carr.
How the BBC toxifies Jeremy Corbyn and makes him stink like Donald Trump
Where Jeremy Corbyn is concerned, the BBC seems to see its role in shaping political events rather than merely ‘reporting’ them.
Migrants not to blame for UK problems. Support the Alliance for Free Movement
It’s not immigrants that failed to build the houses our economy needs and they don’t cause a race to the bottom on wages or conditions.
We do not live in a “post truth” world, we live in a world of lies and we always have
Can the media really shake its heads in disbelief at electoral lies when it has been lying to its readers and viewers for years?
Jeremy Corbyn vs the media: why character assassination has failed
The media, along with their MP collaborators, try to portray Jeremy Corbyn as a weak, feeble and inadequate leader.
If walls keeping out refugees can fall in fortress Britain – they can fall anywhere
Humanitarian aid without a political movement is like trying to extinguish a forest fire with water one teacup at a time.
2016: That was the year that was of living fearfully
2016 will go down in history as a watershed year when the old political establishment was rejected by an unprecedented electoral insurgency that was dominated by the right and extreme right.
Brexit, Trump and the most dangerous moment in human history. By Stephen Hawking
Brexit and the victory of Donald Trump were a cry of anger by people who felt they had been abandoned by their leaders.
Castro outlasted 10 US presidents, was the nightmare of Trump a US president too far?
The ideals of Liberty, Fraternity, and Equality, though routinely trampled, will always sprout anew, everywhere. – Fidel Castro
Fidel Castro 1926–2016: History will be his judge
History will be the final judge, but, Castro has already been elevated to the plinth occupied by the great Latin American liberators.
Why the Labour party should support freedom of movement in Europe
The shadow Brexit Minister Keir Starmer’s position on free movement is indistinguishable from Theresa May’s negotiating stance.
Happy Thanksgiving, USA: born out of war 400 years ago, at war endlessly ever since
For most Americans today, how can you be thankful when you are poor or sick in a society without social justice?
Trump’s climate denial is just one of the forces that point towards war
Faced with a choice between hard truths and easy lies, politicians will discover that war is among the few options for political survival.
‘Fake news’ and ‘post-truth politics’ blamed for Trump and Brexit. You couldn’t make it up. But they did
Those warning of the dangers of ‘fake news’ and ‘post-truth politics’ have been the biggest peddlers of ‘fake news’ and ‘post-truth politics’.
Donald Trump’s victory and the dangerous refusal to learn the lesson of Brexit
Unless the elites that rule our lives learn the lessons, there will be many more Brexits, and Trumps in the future, says Glenn Greenwald.
Woody Guthrie and the racist foundations of Trump’s business empire
For two years, Woody Guthrie was a tenant of the racist landlord Fred Trump, father of Donald, against whom he wrote blistering broadsides like “I Ain’t Got No Home”.
Bernie Sanders: Why did Donald Trump win and where do we go from here?
Millions of people who voted for Mr. Trump did so because they are sick and tired of the economic, political and media status quo says Bernie Sanders