Glen Ford is a founding editor of Black Agenda Report (BAR), where he serves as executive editor. He can be contacted at Glen.Ford@BlackAgendaReport.com
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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
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If Sanders did win, the corporate Democrats would stab him in the back the way they sabotaged McGovern in 1972….or shoot him in the front they way they did Bobby Kennedy….the country is fascist. Period.
The following comment, by our colleague Hiroyuki Hamada, deserves wide dissemination:
Hiroyuki Hamada
I see some people praising Mr. Bernie Sanders for his efforts in passing a
bill to end the US war on Yemen. This is certainly a great thing for
people who are facing enormous sufferings and deaths in Yemen.
But for those of us who have followed the momentum closely, we also know
that Mr. Sanders was certainly one of the politicians who pushed Saudi
Arabia to do its part in “fighting terrorism” (which of course meant
that he wanted Saudi kingdom to be a part of the US colonial war in the
middle east), saying that it was “a battle for the soul of Islam”. The
atrocious attacks against the people of Yemen by Saudi Arabia have been
planned, guided and closely overseen by the US military forces. It has
been a part of the US imperial war against the world.
The nefarious double speak and manipulation of Mr. Sanders appear legitimate
and convincing to the people; the empire fully utilizes corporate
media lies, corporate political party circus, and skillful manipulations
of people’s emotions. We must firmly recognize how Mr. Sanders’
rhetoric shifted from “a battle for the soul of Islam” to “We should not
be allied with a dictatorship like Saudi Arabia who is leading the
effort in that war”. The leading momentum has nothing to do with the
weaponized notion of “humanitarianism”. It is firmly guided by the
agenda of the US hegemony to prop up the imperial domination of the
planet by the enormous capitalist hierarchy.
From Luciana Bohne:
“US Hypocrisy on Yemen in 2018
This is example of how US imperialism works: in 2015 US (Obama) gives
full support to Saudi war in Yemen (air support, satellite imagery, and
other support). In 2018, the US Congress criticizes Saudi War on Yemen
in order to effect regime change in Saudi and to assume the cloak of
humanitarianism in the context of a new warmongering US president
(Trump), with whom they have differences that have nothing to do with
humanitarianism for Yemen.
The Saudi War in Yemen started with the support of the US: “Arab and senior administration officials from the United States told CNN that an interagency U.S. coordination team is in Saudi Arabia. The sources said the Saudis have not specified what they want yet, but will likely ask for American air support, satellite imagery, and other intelligence.–CNN, 26 March 2015
“We are extremely pleased and extremely appreciative of the support we have
received . . . especially from the United States.” –Saudi Ambassador to
US”
US foreign policies are so peripheral to its internal policies that they appear forever stuck in confusion and contradictions. From supporting Saddam Hussein to destroying him, from supporting Saudi elites to undermining their man Mohammed bin Salman, nobody can make sense out of what direction the US government takes. It leaves certainly Western Europe guessing what the US is up to from moment to moment, while it keeps China and Russia intensively on their guard. It also explains the utter disregard or rather disinterest in what causes the intense end extensive suffering imposed on those people that live within the US spheres of interest. It is a theater of cruelty via Artaud directed by perplexity and factional strife from madmen like the play Marat/Sade set in the insane asylum of Charenton. The only liberation from this wild horror is the vague promise by history that this also will pass.