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Parting shot—a word from the editors
The Best Definition of Donald Trump We Have Found
In his zeal to prove to his antagonists in the War Party that he is as bloodthirsty as their champion, Hillary Clinton, and more manly than Barack Obama, Trump seems to have gone “play-crazy” -- acting like an unpredictable maniac in order to terrorize the Russians into forcing some kind of dramatic concessions from their Syrian allies, or risk Armageddon.However, the “play-crazy” gambit can only work when the leader is, in real life, a disciplined and intelligent actor, who knows precisely what actual boundaries must not be crossed. That ain’t Donald Trump -- a pitifully shallow and ill-disciplined man, emotionally handicapped by obscene privilege and cognitively crippled by white American chauvinism. By pushing Trump into a corner and demanding that he display his most bellicose self, or be ceaselessly mocked as a “puppet” and minion of Russia, a lesser power, the War Party and its media and clandestine services have created a perfect storm of mayhem that may consume us all.— Glen Ford, Editor in Chief, Black Agenda Report
A simply terrific read. That this should be going on under the noses of 99% of the US public without a complaint is a tribute to the art of propaganda practiced by US ruling orders and the legendary passivity and idiocy shown by the American population—the cross that the world must bear!
It is always a pleasure to read observations on Italy by a non-Italian. Gaither Stewart’s article is very interesting. It is, of course, the nature of any historical judgment to find its roots in a personal assessment of the characters involved. I agree with the general thesis of the article, though I would feel somewhat different about Montanelli. That he publicly praised a character like Pinochet would be enough to confine him to the swelling rank of the historical undesirables. Nevertheless, he was one of the most independent contemporary Italian thinkers, though with a deeply skeptical attitude and sentiment towards… Read more »
Ironic that a people so stubbornly conservative also produced the largest communist party in the West. The contradictions of the Italian character, as Mr Moglia suggests, may be numberless. Perhaps this is a reflection of the old observation that no action goes without a reaction—the longstanding miserable conditions of most lower class Italians under a conservative regime of landowners and later industrialists, all sanctified by the ubiquitous Catholic church, and to detonate a leftist reaction. It is no accident that most emigrants to the USA came to escape abysmal poverty not freedom” of religion or similar goals. Raw survival and… Read more »
” declared himself and his newspaper, Il Giornale, supporters of the “little man”, something like the class on which President Donald Trump finds his base today and to which he speaks ” I’m sorry but are you out of your gourd ? Do you beleive that Trump “bases his support on the little man” ? The median annual income of a Trump supporter in 2016 was approximately 80,000 USD ..if you think that’s working class here in America then I cant imagine how you define working class. Trumps base of support is and has always been, the most reactionary sector… Read more »
I am disappointed in the rather condescending comments of Jimmie Mogli when he speaks of NON-ITALIANS writing about important Italian affairs. I will not dispute this point. As far as one of of the points of my article is concerned, I understand from Jimmie’s (Jimmie?) response that I have a good grasp on Indro Montanelli ( admittedly no easy task) as does he, born and bred in Turin, have his OPINION. Neither Italy nor Italians are a closed sect, though some might think so.