It HAS happened here

[Jochen Stremmel]

Nice reading:

Still at the United Nations, President Trump, in his first press conference
in 587 days, takes on the persona of a mafia don: ‘I told a number of
countries over the last few days, I said, listen, you’re a very rich
country. We protect you. Without our protection, you would have real
problems. You would have real problems. I said you should reimburse us for
this protection.’
https://www.lrb.co.uk/v40/n20/eliot-weinberger/ten-typical-days-in-trumps-america


Am Mi., 7. Nov. 2018 um 16:30 Uhr schrieb Joseph Tracy <brook7 at sover.net>:

> OOps here is the interview link:
> https://theintercept.com/2018/11/07/chris-hedges-on-elections-christian-fascists-and-the-rot-within-the-american-system/
> <
> https://theintercept.com/2018/11/07/chris-hedges-on-elections-christian-fascists-and-the-rot-within-the-american-system/
> >
> > On Nov 7, 2018, at 10:25 AM, Joseph Tracy <brook7 at sover.net> wrote:
> >
> > One of the things Hedges talks about and many who try to understand US
> politics don’t get is the active crushing of the radical reformist
> movements that have existed as major forces in US politics since WW1 . The
> major tactic by both parties and even the major unions was to label these
> activists as communists and end individual carreers and networks of
> support. This was sweeping and effective and the purge lasted for decades
> attacking, framing, and sometimes killing movement leaders.
> > Also, anytime a major leader begins to question our imperialist wars
> they go unsupported and often vilified by their party or get killed in
> questionable circumstances. Whether or not this violence is the result of
> CIA, FBI etc. or is just weirdly circumstantial is irrelevant to the result
> of empowering the corporate corruption of politics and the ever growing bi
> partisan support for wars that put the country deep in debt to banks, are
> riddled with war crimes and are massive failures in bringng peace or
> stability.
> >
> >
>
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