There is no mystery about how to extend the base: pursue policies that serve peoples’ interests, not the preferences of the donor class
Noam Chomsky
Interview on how the media landscape has changed in the age of social media, inspiring activist movements, the Republican’s sharp movement toward an insane style of politics, and the dangers of the new Cold War with China
It’s hard to garner votes with the slogan “I want to rob you. Vote for me.” That leaves only a few options. One is to prevent the “wrong people” from voting.
Interview on why working-class politics can secure universal health care, climate justice, and an end to nuclear weapons — if we’re willing to fight for them
To understand the roots of the current escalation, one must examine the U.S.-backed, foundational Israeli government policy of using strategies of “terror and expulsion” in an effort to expand its territory by killing and displacing Palestinians
Unless vaccines go to the Global South, the virus is going to mutate. It’s already happening, you get more lethal strains
Source: Truthout There has been “nothing comparable in American history” to the huge outpouring of protest unleashed by the murder of George…
The U.S. will “withdraw,” but will also leave behind its assets to checkmate China and Russia. These geopolitical considerations eclipse any concern for the Afghan people
Interview on on the ways democracy has changed and been constrained in the United States