Matt Karp

2 months ago | africafocus.substack.com | Bernie Sanders |Matt Karp |William Minter

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Nov 7, 2024 | vientosur.info | Matt Karp |Ee Uu |Elecciones presidenciales

JacobinLat «Está pasando otra vez». Esta mañana, con Donald Trump a la cabeza de otra aplastante victoria presidencial, las terribles palabras de Twin Peaks de David Lynch se asientan como plomo en el interior de muchos estómagos.

Nov 5, 2024 | jacobin.com | Matt Karp

“It is happening again.” This morning, with Donald Trump in command of another crushing presidential victory, the dreadful words from David Lynch’s Twin Peaks sit like lead inside many stomachs. As the climax of a frenzied campaign and the triumph of so much that is vicious and corrosive in American society, Trump’s second election comes as a shock. And yet, as an event in contemporary history, it can hardly be seen as a surprise. First and most prosaic, there is inflation.

Nov 5, 2024 | prensarural.org | Matt Karp

Está pasando otra vez». Esta mañana, con Donald Trump a la cabeza de otra aplastante victoria presidencial, las terribles palabras de Twin Peaks de David Lynch se asientan como plomo en el interior de muchos estómagos. Como clímax de una campaña frenética y triunfo de tantas cosas viciosas y corrosivas de la sociedad estadounidense, la segunda elección de Trump resulta chocante. Y, sin embargo, como acontecimiento de la historia contemporánea, difícilmente puede considerarse una sorpresa.

Aug 21, 2024 | jacobin.com | Matt Karp

From the happy, coconut-strewn island of the Democratic National Convention, where Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AOC) and Hillary Clinton get the same rapturous response and the voices of Gaza protest are quickly silenced, it is easy to forget how fast History can move. But much has changed in the last few years, especially within the world of left politics.