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.
From culture wars to identity politics, it's easy to get sucked into toxic rhetoric and forget the reality of racism staring the US in the face.
Rwanda and Uganda continue their plunder and destabilization of the Democratic Republic of the Congo as proxies of the United States.
Where do they all come from???
This weekâs featured authors are Lara Sheehi and Stephen Sheehi. Lara Sheehi is an Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychology at the George Washington University Professional Psychology program.âŚ
This weekâs featured authors are Robyn Maynard and Leanne Betasamosake Simpson. Maynard is an award-winning Black feminist scholar-activist based in Toronto, and the author of the national bestsellerâŚ
