American money and American moral and political support has been really important in creating this backlash in Europe against feminism, LGBT rights and basic equality. The reason we started looking at this was it didn't add up how much these groups were able to organize, and the size of these organizations, based on the size of the bases they could reach when they started. A lot of these groups seemed to suddenly spring up. That a lot of their funding is coming from the US explains that.
Journalist Adam Ramsay traces money fueling Europe's far right back to Christian fundamentalists in the US - as a way to create new political spaces within Europe for the far right to advance against gay and trans rights, immigration and abortion, and as cover for a global reactionary movement in service of oligarchs on both sides of the Atlantic.
openDemocracy released the report Revealed: Trump-linked US Christian âfundamentalistsâ pour millions of âdark moneyâ into Europe, boosting the far right.
Yes, Trump is an inveterate liar, but American politicians have always told lies about the Black and brown people they demonize and mass-imprison.
Washingtonâs strategy throughout 2019 was aimed at bringing about chaos and mayhem sufficient to justify US military intervention.
Scott King was spied on constantly by the FBI â surveillance that was authorized by the Kingsâ âfriends,â the Kennedy brothers.
Both Newton and King sought to create a united front for peace and socialism.
The convict labor system was once notorious in Mississippi â and it still is, under the guise of debt restitution.
