You voted for Trump and are being deported, or losing your job, or paying more for eggs. Now you’re the subject of so-called journalism about your “buyer’s remorse.” This is an extremely weak version of the sort of transformation that is needed — the sort of Saul-to-Paul awakening, forehead-slapping, I’ve-been-an-idiot, redemption-seeking metamorphosizing needed from millions of people, Trump voters and otherwise. For one thing it’s all still selfish and short-sighted. For another
Talk World Radio: I Debate Gaza with AIPAC Executive Committee Member
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The Arrogance of Power Revived
In April 1966, Senator J.W. Fulbright, Chair of the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee, gave a remarkable and highly-publicized speech at Johns Hopkins University, condemning the U.S. role in the Vietnam War. Warning of “the arrogance of power,” Fulbright argued that “we are not living up to our capacity and promise as a civilized power for the world.” It turned out to be a momentous speech, enraging President Lyndon
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.
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
Talk World Radio: Rehearsing for Nuclear War on the Coast of California
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Tomgram: Douglas H. White, Bending The Arc of the Moral Universe Toward Justice
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Yes, Donald Trump intends to rid this country of untold hundreds of thousands (millions?) of immigrants of color, starting with the Venezuelans he’s begun dispatching to a U.S. military prison at Guantánamo Bay,
Tomgram: Engelhardt, President Decline, Baby, Decline
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D Is for Donald (and Decline) The Big 3Ds (or Is It Four?) ByCount 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
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