These fears are well-founded. Since February, the American population has been subjected to an unrelenting campaign of anti-Russian hysteria centered on supposed collusion by the Trump camp with alleged Moscow interference in the US elections. The driving force for this political and media campaign is the determination within the military and intelligence apparatus to continue and intensify the US military confrontation with Russia, the world’s second largest nuclear power. The Pentagon and CIA see Russia as an obstacle to US imperialism’s attempt to assert its hegemony in the Middle East, Eastern Europe and around the world.
[premium_newsticker id=”154171″]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
Amazing country the US. The Republicans ask Trump to cut the throats of Americans with draconian social genocide and the Democrats ask Trump to outright genocide the Russians and the rest of the World. Now there is bipartisanship you can believe in.
Within one week of the election, the Clinton wing jumped from the predictable “Trump stole the election” to the inexplicable “Russia stole the election.” They’ve worked ever since then to manufacture a tale to support that claim. In fact, Russia played no role in the 2016 election whatsoever. Every claim against Russia has fallen flat under the weight of the facts. This only causes the Clintonites to double-down on reciting the allegations, confident that much of the media marketed to middle class liberals will do their part in promoting the propaganda. What the international community sees is that since Trump… Read more »