Tomgram: Liz Theoharis, The Trump Administration’s Christian Crusade Is Experiencing Pushback

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Among so many other things, Donald Trump, whose record on religious persecution — of Muslims, of course — is anything but charming, is now openly supporting the one religious group in this country that experiences next to no persecution: Christians. read more

Tomgram: Norman Solomon, Donald Trump and the Military-Industrial-Tech Complex

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Hey, it’s the MIC, right? I’m thinking, of course, about the military-industrial complex. In this century, it’s taken more taxpayer dollars than perhaps any other part of the government, with a Pentagon “budget” that’s now heading for $900 billion a year. At this moment, President Trump has read more

Tomgram: Engelhardt, President Decline, Baby, Decline

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D Is for Donald (and Decline) The Big 3Ds (or Is It Four?) By

Count on one thing: in some almost unimaginable future, no American president (if we even have them anymore) is going to rename a mountain for Donald Trump as he’s recently tried to do with North America’s read more

Speaking Truth to Empire


On Speaking Truth to Empire on KFCF 88.1 FM independently owned and locally operated since 1975 in Fresno, Dan Yaseen interviews
Joe Lombardo, a long time antiwar and anti-Empire activist, he is the co-coordinator of the United National Antiwar Coalition. UNAC a national antiwar coalition that fights against wars at home and abroad. They discuss Trump’s first month in the White House and how will it affect our foreign and domestic policies.

Pacifist Barricade: Peace Activism in the Political Climate of the USA

By Pacifist Barricade, February 22, 2025

The political scene in the United States has become a crucible of radical transformations. Each day brings forth inflammatory statements and shifting landscapes. Donald Trump’s presidency is nothing short of unconventional, keeping activists and journalists on edge with his declarations and actions. What does Trump’s presidency mean for the pacifist movement? We sat down with David Swanson, Executive Director of World BEYOND War, to discuss the read more

Trump is Moving Rapidly to Destroy Workers’ Rights

Only a month into his second term as president, Donald Trump is well underway toward destroying crucial rights of American workers.

Currently, the best known of these threatened rights is probably job security, for the sudden onset of Trump’s mass, indiscriminate firing of more than 200,000 federal government workers has sparked a furor.  Employed by the Departments of Education and Veterans Affairs, the read more

Tomgram: Andrea Mazzarino, The Silence Is Deafening

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Boy, Donald Trump couldn’t be more graphic in telegraphing the way he’s planning to treat detained illegal immigrants, could he?

A little background first: starting in 2002, the U.S. sent prisoners from the disastrous Global War on Terror it launched in response to the 9/11 attacks, some read more

Video: David Swanson on War, Diplomacy, and Solidarity

By The Zero Hour with RJ Eskow, February 19, 2025

David Swanson is Campaign Coordinator for RootsAction.org and is co-founder of World BEYOND War. He recently returned from the 6th Annual Conference for World Balance, which promotes peace and solidarity, global dialogue, and an end to runaway materialism. We discussed the conference, global activism, the need to build stronger coalitions—and much more.