Don Fitz

Jul 2, 2024 | blackagendareport.com | Don Fitz |Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz

As the Fourth of July grows closer, let us examine the reality of "independence day". BAR is republishing this article from 2021. The causes of the July 4, 1776 Declaration of Independence are rarely taught in this country. The American colonists chafed under British rules limiting their settlements and feared they would end slavery. The "patriots" motives were anything but noble.

Jun 28, 2024 | countercurrents.org | Patrick Martin |John Berger |Julian Zelizer |Don Fitz

Thursday night’s debate between Democratic President Joe Biden and Republican ex-President Donald Trump was a totally degraded spectacle. One candidate could barely finish a sentence, while reiterating his commitment to US military supremacy and war against Russia. The other openly defended the attempted fascist coup of January 6, 2021 in which he attempted to establish a presidential dictatorship. Biden’s disastrous performance has already touched off a full-blown crisis in the Democratic Party.

Jun 28, 2024 | countercurrents.org | John Berger |Julian Zelizer |Don Fitz |Philip Farruggio

What would a realistic presidential debate look like in a nation where 100 million Americans recently sweltered under a massive heat dome while their nation led the world in oil and gas production—and consumption? It’s a fair bet it wouldn’t look like the debate we’ll have tonight. If past is prologue, CNN moderators will devote no more than 10 minutes to a topic that’s easily worth a whole debate. Among the issues the candidates will address, climate disruption belongs at the top.

Jun 28, 2024 | countercurrents.org | Julian Zelizer |Karen Greenberg |Don Fitz

by Julian E. Zelizer and Karen J. GreenbergOfficials and election experts are now struggling in a big-time way. How, they wonder, can they effectively address mounting threats — of violence, election denialism, foreign influence, and voter discrimination? Do they run the risk of alarming the public to the point of reducing voter turnout? Are there reasons to assuage fears about either election disinformation or possible election interference in 2024?

Jun 25, 2024 | smirkingchimp.com | Don Fitz

During the 2016 election Trump fanatics chanted “Lock her up,” referring to Hillary Clinton. The tables have now turned. Trump is a convicted criminal and Biden violates international law. In one of the most twisted forms of logic ever to appear in politics, liberals believe that screaming “Trump is a fascist” somehow proves that Biden is not. If what Biden is helping the Zionists do in Gaza is not a fascist war crime, it is difficult to know what is.