Over the past quarter century, the national Democratic Party merged with the Clinton pay-for-play money machine and lost touch with American populism. So, what must be done and what are the party’s prospects, asks Lawrence Davidson. By Lawrence Davidson You…Read more →
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Back on 30th July 2016, long before the US election took place, I wrote a piece for The Duran saying that the campaign of Putin-bashing and Russia-bashing with which Hillary Clinton was fighting the election was a serious mistake, and that it risked handing the election to Donald Trump, who was talking about the issues the American people actually cared about.
The election outcome showed that in this I was right.
To avoid facing up to why Hillary Clinton’s pro-corporatist candidacy really lost key Rust Belt states, national Democrats are finding it easier to blame Russia, a dangerous and self-defeating game, says Norman Solomon at The Hill. By Norman Solomon Two…Read more →
With the Clintons’ corporate money machine floundering after a devastating election defeat, Democrats are desperate to find someone to blame and have dangerously settled on Vladimir Putin, writes Norman Solomon. By Norman Solomon Many top Democrats are stoking a political…Read more →
Exclusive: The mainstream U.S. media is all atwitter about Russia having to pay a price for hacking into Democratic emails and supposedly tilting the U.S. election to Donald Trump, but the evidence still is lacking, reports Robert Parry. By Robert…Read more →
By James Petras :: 12.28.2016 Introduction: A coup has been underway to prevent President-Elect Donald Trump from taking office and fulfilling his campaign promise to improve US-Russia relations. This ‘palace coup’ is not a secret conspiracy, but an open, loud attack on the election. The coup involves important US elites, who openly intervene on many […]
Despite the lack of verifiable evidence, many progressives have jumped on the blame-Russia-for-Trump’s-victory bandwagon, but it’s a dangerous and dead-end ride for the Left, warns Norman Solomon. By Norman Solomon This week began with a mass email from the head…Read more →
The mainstream U.S. media’s gullible acceptance of unproven CIA claims about Russian interference in the U.S. elections is another reason to doubt the media and fear for the future of American democracy, says Joe Lauria. By Joe Lauria President Obama…Read more →
