Weapons for Anyone: Donald Trump and the Art of the Arms Deal
Selling weapons to dictatorships and repressive regimes often fuels instability, war, and terrorism, as the American war on terror has vividly demonstrated for the last nearly 17 years.
Iraq is a Reminder: US Crimes Against Humanity Predate Trump
Source: The Guardian
With all the talk of ‘totalitarianism’ in the Trump era, let’s not forget what came before
People talk a lot about “totalitarianism” in the Trump era. I’ve never really loved the category: it seems to paper over some pretty deep differences between the entities one might call totalitarian. But if there was a “totalitarian” moment in my lifetime, it is unquestionably the period between 9/11 and the Iraq war.
It’s not simply that war criminals enlisted the aid of the press and every other ideological apparatus in our country to launch a massively destructive, destabilizing, and completely unwarranted war of aggression (the principal crime against humanity), although they did.
Stand Up, Fight Back: The Rising Militancy of the Immigrant Rights Movement
Source: Truthout
Activism for immigrant rights may be about to get much more militant.
Some 1.1 million undocumented people — beneficiaries of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) or Temporary Protected Status (TPS) — are slated to lose their protection against deportation over the next two years, along with the possibility of obtaining work permits or aid for higher education. The result will of course be devastating for them and for their relatives, friends and communities, but there will also be repercussions for the society as a whole, especially in areas with large immigrant populations. Meanwhile, the country’s other 10 million or so undocumented people continue to live in fear, with Trump administration policies increasing the pressure. “[Y]ou should be uncomfortable,” Tom Homan, the acting director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), warned them last spring. “You should look over your shoulder.”
“The Tide of Anti-Gun Sentiment is Rising:” A Photo Essay From Vermont’s March for Our Lives
Some 2,500 people participated in the March for Our Lives at the Montpelier, VT statehouse on Saturday, March 24. Participants in the rally called for bans on bump stocks and high capacity magazines, but perhaps most importantly, they called one another to action.
Battling on the Front Lines of Argentina’s Healthcare Crisis
Since the 1940s, Argentina has had free universal public healthcare for all of its citizens. But under the government of conservative president Mauricio Macri — who was elected in late 2015 — budget cuts and layoffs have riddled the public health sector.
Latin American Indigenous People Fight New Plunder of Their Resources
Indigenous communities in Latin America, who have suffered the plunder of their natural resources since colonial times, are reliving that phenomenon again as mega infrastructure are jeopardizing their very survival.