Longtime anti-war activist David Swanson recently returned from a trip to Russia. âI wanted to see what Russians thought about foreign policy, about the United States, and about all the âscandalsâ in Washington that mention Russia all the time but hardly ever have any evidence in them,â said Swanson, publisher of the influential web site WarIsACrime.org. Russians are keenly aware of the history of U.S. encirclement and hostility towards their country. âThey see opposition to Trump in the United States as all coming out of an anti-Russian agenda,â he said. âThey have no idea, whatsoever, that people might dislike Trump for some other reasons.
The latest Donald Trump indictment is no cause for celebration. The oligarchs still rule, the military industrial complex still gets public money, the criminal justice system he now faces is stillâŚ
A letter commemorating George Jackson speaks to the origins of Black August.
Black August is an important month of political education, but it should not solely be about the past. The continued existence of a mass incarceration state targeting Black peopleâŚ
This weekâs featured author is Musab Younis. Younis is Senior Lecturer in the School of Politics and International Relations at Queen Mary University of London. His book is On the Scale of the WorldâŚ
