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.
âI don't mean just in the struggles in these prisons. America is one whole concentration camp in and of itself.â
"During the last week of July, I traveled to the front lines of Somaliaâs unresolved border conflict with Somaliland, the Somali secessionist state now recognized by Israel but not by
There is near unanimity of opinion against data centers in the U.S. But elitist and compromised environmental groups and the climate industry should not lead this fight.
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