Tag: Bernie Sanders
Even the Most Progressive U.S. Foreign Policy Blames Foreigners
by David Swanson | Jan 30, 2020 | Politics, US, Viewpoints
Bernie Sanders would, overall, if pressed a typical amount, be a dramatic improvement over 45 out of 45 past U.S. presidents. But that’s a low bar.
Six Reasons Elizabeth Warren Should Volunteer to Be Bernie Sanders’ Running Mate
by David Swanson | Dec 18, 2019 | Politics, US, Viewpoints
A Sanders-Warren campaign would represent the best chance to defeat Donald Trump in the 2020 presidential election.
You Can’t Have a Progressive Movement Without Peace
by David Swanson | Sep 9, 2017 | Politics, US, Viewpoints
Small fractions of U.S. military spending could end starvation, provide clean water, end diseases, even end the use of fossil fuels worldwide.
Of Wizards and Washington and the Dreary, Unrelenting Reality of American Politics
by John Chuckman | Jan 13, 2017 | Politics, US, Viewpoints
A raw and sometimes darkly comic survey of America’s treacherous political terrain…
Only a Counter-Coup Can Save American Democracy
by Paul Craig Roberts | Dec 20, 2016 | Politics, US, Viewpoints
High treason is alive and well in the United States, and it is operating against American democracy and president-elect Trump.
What Hath Trump Wrought?
by Jack A. Smith | Nov 21, 2016 | Politics, US, Viewpoints
What Americans can expect from a Trump administration.
The Democratic Party No Longer Exists
by Paul Craig Roberts | Aug 5, 2016 | Asia Pacific, Politics, US, Viewpoints
An orchestrated war with Russia has all of us marked for extinction.
On (Not) Loving Henry Kissinger
by Richard Falk | May 24, 2016 | US, Viewpoints
Such is Henry Kissinger’s lofty reputation that no amount of crimes or horrific errors of judgment can diminish his public stature.
Beware Israeli Doublespeak: A Palestinian Perspective on Britain’s ‘Anti-Semitic’ Controversy
by Ramzy Baroud | May 13, 2016 | Middle East, Palestine
Criticizing violent political movements and the behavior of any state that violates international law and human rights is a moral duty.
Why Is the Progressive Left Helping the Elite to Elect Hillary?
by Paul Craig Roberts | Apr 23, 2016 | US, Viewpoints
Sometimes the messages overlap so much that the progressive left sounds like the One Percent.
How They Brainwash Us
by Paul Craig Roberts | Apr 1, 2016 | US, Viewpoints
The media’s incessant manufacturing of consent for US foreign policies.
American Democracy Struggles To Recover From Betrayal
by Paul Craig Roberts | Apr 1, 2016 | US, Viewpoints
The US government serves only the One Percent.
Is Trump the Moderate Republican?
by George Thomas Clark | Mar 17, 2016 | US, Viewpoints
Those seeking a Republican presidential candidate who isn’t dangerous won’t find one.
American Exceptionalism Presents an Election Made in Hell
by William Blum | Mar 17, 2016 | US, Viewpoints
William Blum on why he’d vote Donald Trump over Hillary Clinton (if someone was holding a gun to his head).
Politics Not As Usual: Is This the Age of American Fascism?
by Ramzy Baroud | Mar 10, 2016 | US, Viewpoints
Americans have three choices: a recourse to democratic fundamentals based on equality and common good, outright fascism, or moving to Canada.
What Is Really at Stake in the Oddest American Election Season of a Lifetime
by John Chuckman | Mar 9, 2016 | US, Viewpoints
The US is a plutocratic imperial power, not a democracy, and one engaged in vast military and secret state security operations.
Why We Must Transcend the Clinton-Sanders Debate: The Middle East in US Foreign Policy
by Ramzy Baroud | Feb 26, 2016 | Middle East, US, Viewpoints
A vote for either Hillary Clinton or Bernie Sanders would validate the very US political establishment that has wrought unmitigated harm on the Middle East.
Are Americans Too Insouciant To Survive?
by Paul Craig Roberts | Feb 18, 2016 | US, Viewpoints
How is it possible, if Democrats are informed people, that half of them prefer Hillary Clinton?
Book Review: Why Bernie Sanders Matters
Harry Jaffe explains what sets Bernie Sanders apart from the other US presidential candidates.
Opposing Hillary Clinton, Supporting Bernie Sanders
by Richard Falk | Jul 15, 2015 | US, Viewpoints
Being less distasteful on these litmus issues than the Republicans is not sufficient to warrant support.