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
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WILLD / JUNE 1, 2018
It’s very sad that Moreno has succumbed to US threats & bribery. Ecuador has now gone from providing sanctuary to performing the role of US jailer in keeping Assange under lock and key and silencing him. The tactic appears to be – if they can’t physically get him to the US (without a huge public outcry) then make his life a misery by keeping him in solitary confinement.
This is typical of a brutal and repressive regime – just like all of the regimes that the US, and its pet allies, constantly criticise and attack. It is the excuse they always use for invasions, sanctions, manipulation and interference in the affairs of other countries.
LAURA WEAVER / JUNE 1, 2018
As the old Mexican Proverb says..” They tried to bury us but did not know that we were seeds”…Assange has done more to harken our “awakening” than anyone! We must continue to be his voice and to fight evil at every turn.