The con of neoliberalism has gutted U.S. democracy and paved the way for fascism.
Tag: Democracy
Caitlin Johnstone: American Democracy?
Americans just watched the Israel lobby openly manipulate yet another election. Then they’re going to hear their government tell them they need to regime change another foreign country to bring in “democracy.” Try bringing democracy to the United States.
Jonathan Cook: Western Democracy?
Western societies are not led by individuals. Rather, they are shaped by structural forces that reward the super rich and operate like laws of nature — though there is nothing natural about them.
On Blackshirts & Reds: Remembering the Class Analysis of Michael Parenti
On Saturday, a memorial service will be held in Berkeley, Calif., for Michael Parenti, radical historian, social scientist, author and public speaker. Ann Garrison takes a look at one of his many invaluable works, Blackshirts and Reds: Rational Fascism and…
America’s Moral Suicide
The United States – the cynosure of Western society — has committed moral suicide in Gaza; and the death certificate was issued in Iran, writes Michael Brenner.
Free Speech for Me But Not for Thee
The government is threatening to change the FCC’s equal-time rule and even put broadcast giants out of business because they may paint the war in Iran in an unflattering light, writes Andrew P. Napolitano.
Scott Ritter: Getting it Wrong on Russia
Sy Hersh’s new article “Putin’s Long War,” is bad for peace. When a reporter becomes hostage to his sources, the results are little more than weaponized propaganda.
Chris Hedges: Grand Illusion
In the end, with weary citizens yearning for extinction, empires light their own funeral pyre.
Hedges Report: America the Rogue State
Iraqis, a million of whom were killed during the U.S. war and occupation, know what comes next for Venezuela. The reigning gangsters will use the threat of death and destruction to procure subservience.
Jonathan Cook: Britain Has Officially Criminalized Journalism
Reporting facts in Keir Starmer’s Britain can now land you in jail for 14 years as a terrorist. This is what authoritarian governments do.