Addendum
THERE ARE NO CENTRIST POLITICS IN YANKEEDOM: NEOLIBERALS AND NEOCONSERVATIVES MEET ON THE RIGHT
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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
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The remark about Republicans being the Party of Putin got me to asking what kinds of social benefits are available in Russia, especially in the years since Putin actually jailed some (not enough) oligarchs, unlike the US who jailed one Bernie Madoff. So I wondered if Republicans would support these types of social programs, not to mention the Democrats. –Paid maternity leave 70 days before and 70 days after birth. –Retirement age raised to 65 from 60 (arousing widespread opposition) –Single Payer government health care funded by employment tax of about 5% –Free education for most students. Even foreign students… Read more »