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
Wise words from Mr Farrugio, pointing to the complete victory of the home plutocrats over those who once aspired to building a real democracy in America. The grotesque inequality existing in the US today (and getting worse) negeates all the yada yada we hear constantly from the billionare-owned media. The primary step is perhaps to come to the realization that NO ONE should be earning mega millions of dollars each year while the rest of us are one or two or maybe, if lucky, four or five paychecks away from being forced out on the street. We who ‘ know… Read more »
I think the most important thing is to focus on blaming Russia and/or Israel for all the evils of the US. After all, why not? Whatever happens, there’s no longer anything we can do about it. Democrats turned to the right and split apart their own voting base, middle class vs. poor, workers vs. their “brothers and sisters” who get phased out of the job market. Liberals/media have remained in high gear to drive away the masses who are not on the right wing, maintaining a solid agenda for… yep, fund raising. Those who are in power today have no… Read more »