Parting shot—a word from the editors
The Best Definition of Donald Trump We Have Found
In his zeal to prove to his antagonists in the War Party that he is as bloodthirsty as their champion, Hillary Clinton, and more manly than Barack Obama, Trump seems to have gone “play-crazy” — acting like an unpredictable maniac in order to terrorize the Russians into forcing some kind of dramatic concessions from their Syrian allies, or risk Armageddon.However, the “play-crazy” gambit can only work when the leader is, in real life, a disciplined and intelligent actor, who knows precisely what actual boundaries must not be crossed. That ain’t Donald Trump — a pitifully shallow and ill-disciplined man, emotionally handicapped by obscene privilege and cognitively crippled by white American chauvinism. By pushing Trump into a corner and demanding that he display his most bellicose self, or be ceaselessly mocked as a “puppet” and minion of Russia, a lesser power, the War Party and its media and clandestine services have created a perfect storm of mayhem that may consume us all.— Glen Ford, Editor in Chief, Black Agenda Report
A short few years ago the demise of the republican party was prophesized by …. the democrats! It is not so much the failure to stop Trump and the new fascist that is being smoked by the democrats. IT is their abysmal failure as a party. A party so desperate to keep the Wall Street/MICC slop flowing, they routinely line up to vote with the republicans …. including voting for and supporting known war criminals and those guilty of crimes against humanity. The fact this sad sack bunch lasted from Clinton to Obama shows the effectiveness of class propaganda and… Read more »