North America
Yes, Donald Trump is a fascist
The appointment of Stephen Bannon, head of “alt-right” Breitbart News, as Trump’s senior counselor removes any doubt about the new order that awaits the United States.
Tag: politics of anti-Semitism
Southern Cone
Argentine judge demands Iraq arrest Iran diplomat
An Argentine federal judge called upon authorities in Iraq to arrest Iranian diplomat Ali Akbar Velayati, accused intellectual author of the 1994 bombing of Buenos Aires' Jewish center.
Palestine
Trump plays Jerusalem card for Jewish vote
Trump pledged to Netanyahu that he would "recognize Jerusalem as the undivided capital" of Israel. Will American Jews take this bait—despite his open blocking with neo-Nazis?
Watching the Shadows
Bill Weinberg: against the left-right convergence
In his latest vlog, Bill Weinberg rants about the current left-right convergence, and how the politics of the Hitler-Stalin Pact are being revived in the age of Trump and Putin.
New York City
‘Progressive’ Brooklyn Commons hosts anti-Semite
9-11 conspiracy guru Christopher Bollyn, an open Jew-hater who has appeared on David Duke's radio show, was met by protesters outside his gig at Brooklyn's "progressive" venue.
North America
Jill Stein joins Trump-Putin fascist convergence
When Green Party candidate Jill Stein supped with Putin at a Moscow confab, also on hand was Donald Trump's ultra-hawkish military advisor, retired General Mike Flynn.
North America
WikiLeaks abetting worldwide fascist take-over
Hackers linked to Russian state intelligence used WikiLeaks to throw the US election, so Trump and Putin can instate a fascist order worldwide. Yes, we're serious.
Palestine
Bernie bucks Washington consensus on Israel
It is a real moral and political victory that the first US presidential candidate to break with Washington's anti-Palestinian consensus is a Jewish guy.
Palestine
No, Clinton is not to ‘right’ of Trump on Israel
Paul Waldman's Washington Post commentary on Clinton's AIPAC speech accuses her of being to the "right" of Trump on Israel, but Trump is actually playing to the paleocon right.
Greater Middle East
Erdogan exploits terror wave —of course
Erdogan cynically blames the mounting terror attacks in Turkey on Kurdish miitants—as Europe grooms his consolidating dictatorship as a buffer state to keep refugees at bay.
Southern Cone
Argentina: prosecutor’s death classified homicide
A court in Buenos Aires found that Argentine prosecutor Alberto Nisman was the victim of murder, allowing a long-stalled investigation of his death to go forward.
Greater Middle East
Pseudo-left ‘monsterphilia’ hits bottom
Actively embracing monstrous regimes such as that of Bashar Assad, the contemporary "left" has thrown in its lot with fascism rather than revolution—and is in fact no longer a "left."