One ironic benefit from Donald Trump’s presidency is that the world is showing more independence against U.S. edicts, such as the recent rebuff of Trump’s decision to move the U.S. embassy in Israel to Jerusalem, as Dennis J Bernstein reports.…
Category: Human Rights
Trump’s Continuation of US Interventionism
The Israel-gate Side of Russia-gate
Why Loss of Net Neutrality Hurts Democracy
The principle of every person having equal access to the Internet represented a strong pillar of modern democracy — and its removal represents another victory for profit-dominated plutocracy, as Dennis J Bernstein explains.
Trump’s Gross Hypocrisy on Yemen War
Delusional Self-Interest in Trump’s Jerusalem Move
What’s at Stake in Honduran Election
Silencing of Courageous Documentaries
Historically, documentaries have told important truth in powerful ways and often challenging powerful groupthinks, but such brave films are becoming an endangered species, explains John Pilger.
North Korea’s Understandable Fears
By escalating threatening rhetoric — and staging provocative military maneuvers — President Trump may believe he can intimidate North Korea into capitulation but history would tell you something else, writes David William Pear.