Tag: Trump
Trump Withdrawing from Old Wars While Threatening Iran with New One
While Trump is withdrawing US troops from Syria and Afghanistan, he is ramping up aggression against Iran — acting both less and more hawkish than…
Trump’s State of Union Stokes Fear With Nationalist Rhetoric
The President’s State of he Union speech demanded an end to investigations, while demonizing immigrants and Venezuela, and attacking abortion rights. Our panelists Jacqueline Luqman,…
Specter of Fascism: Cohen Says Trump Won’t Leave Peacefully in 2020
Hearings reveal deepening systemic corruption, further degeneration of GOP, progressive members standout in questioning – Jacqueline Lukman, Henry Giroux and Carmen Russell-Sluchansky join Paul Jay…
Venezuela and American Manifest Destiny – Gerald Horne
A core concept of “Americanism” is the belief that the United States has a God given right to control all of the Americas in the…
Is Sanders’ Democratic Socialism … Socialism?
Sanders says that medicare for all, a living wage, and other reforms is the socialism that’s possible, but is he too reserved on strengthening public…
Protesters say “No to NATO” in Washington
Peace activists converged in the nation’s capital to oppose what they say is aggressive NATO expansion Subscribe to our page and support our work at…
Is Trump for Detente With Russia and Militarism With China and Iran? – RAI with Stephen Cohen (2/5)
Trump’s stated aim is to reduce tensions with Russia, but is it motivated by peaceful objectives or is it preparations for aggression towards Iran and…
Trump’s Latest Iran Sanctions Show an Unraveling of US Foreign Policy
Col. Lawrence Wilkerson says unilateral sanctions against Iran are illegal, and show the ascendancy of John Bolton; they intensify tension with China and threaten our…
Trump Says the Military Industrial Complex is Pressuring him Into a War With Iran
With a thirty year Boeing veteran at the Pentagon, Patrick Shanahan as Acting Secretary of Defense, and with John Bolton and Mike Pompeo at the…
Trump-Bolton Aggression Against Iran Contained by Russia, Japan, China, and EU
Vijay Prashad says the very dangerous statements, economic sanctions and military aggression unleashed by Washington this week against Iran was countered by cool headed diplomacy…
California Defies Trump Policies by Giving Medicaid to Some Undocumented Young Adults
California’s act to cover healthcare for undocumented people sets up national debate on the politics of immigration and healthcare Subscribe to our page and support…
Climate Science Denied as Trump Admin Orders Halt on Long Term Projections
One way in which climate change deniers are getting their way in the Trump administration is by subverting the application of scientific findings by ignoring…
Media’s Russiagate Obsession Smears Black Activists
Specious claims that Russians plan to use disaffected African Americans in a covert war against the U.S. reveals the long history of corporate media blaming…
Biden’s Real Union & Labor Track Record
Biden has presented himself as a friend of unions. But does he have a record of showing up for workers? Kamau Franklin and Jeff Cohen…