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
Democrats work hard to avoid the key point: Years of research have consistently confirmed that most voting choices come down to economic issues, not race/age/gender/etc.The Dem voting base had long consisted of the poor and middle class, for the common good. Democrats split this base wide apart in the 1990s, and the Obama years confirmed that this split is permanent. What matters the most to people,regardless of race, etc., is whether they have the means to keep their families together, housed and fed. Democrats ended basic poverty relief, and stuck us with a “free trade” agenda that translates into: We… Read more »
Actually, the “it’s all about race” theme only more powerfully alienated people. The US is an economic entity, and every aspect of our lives is determined by income/class. While the great majority of US poor are white, the results of our “war on the poor” are the same, regardless of skin color.Years of work went into pitting middle class against poor, and then pitting the poor against each other by race.