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What’s Preventing A United Front Against The Trump Regime?

2 weeks ago | progressivehub.net | Norman Solomon |Tom Dispatch

Trump won’t change, but his foes must. By Norman Solomon, Tom DispatchAmerica desperately needs a united front to restrain the wrecking ball of the Trump regime. While outraged opposition has been visible and vocal, it remains a far cry from developing a capacity to protect what’s left of democracy in the United States. With the administration in its fourth month, the magnitude of the damage underway is virtually impossible for any individual to fully grasp.
Donald Trump Is Building A Deportation Machine

2 months ago | progressivehub.net | Michael A. Gould-Wartofsky |Tom Dispatch

The Trump administration is honing a well-oiled deportation machine that it hopes will move millions out of the country. By Michael Gould-Wartofsky, Tom Dispatch“Flights to Guantánamo Bay have begun. The worst of the worst have no place in our homeland.”With those words the U.S. government announced the fate awaiting “criminal aliens” in its custody.
A New Military-Industrial Complex Arises

Feb 10, 2025 | progressivehub.net | Michael T. Klare |Tom Dispatch

A secret war is shaping up at the Pentagon. By Michael Klare, Tom DispatchLast April, in a move generating scant media attention, the Air Force announced that it had chosen two little-known drone manufacturers — Anduril Industries of Costa Mesa, California, and General Atomics of San Diego — to build prototype versions of its proposed Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA), a future unmanned plane intended to accompany piloted aircraft on high-risk combat missions.
The bankrupt 'End of History' and the Trump scam's inevitable failure

Jan 20, 2025 | alternet.org | Andrew J. Bacevich |Tom Dispatch

“The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends towards justice.” So declared Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Ah, if only it had proved to be so. Although my respect for MLK is enduring, when it comes to that upward-trending curve connecting past to present, his view of human history has proven to be all too hopeful. At best, history’s actual course remains exceedingly difficult to decipher.
Fears For The Future As Fascist Donald Trump Wins Second Term

Nov 11, 2024 | progressivehub.net | Juan Cole |Tom Dispatch

By Juan Cole, Tom DispatchDuring his first three years in office, his administration wielded the tools of diplomacy in the Middle East. Donald Trump’s sanctions against the Houthis in Yemen had imperiled the civilian population there by denying them humanitarian aid and gasoline to drive to the market for food. Biden lifted those sanctions and sponsored continued negotiations between those in power in the Yemeni capital of Sanaa and in the neighboring Saudi Arabian capital of Riyadh.
How Long Before This Storm Turns Political?

Oct 28, 2024 | resilience.org | Andrea Mazzarino |Tom Dispatch

Images of homes that collapsed under mudslides or falling trees, waterlogged , and debris-filled roads drove home (yes, home!) to me recently the impact of Hurricane Helene on rural areas in the southeastern United States. That hurricane and the no-less-devastating Hurricane Milton that followed it only exacerbated already existing underlying problems for rural America.
Outrageous Anti-Protest Laws Can’t Silence the Climate Movement

Oct 25, 2024 | resilience.org | Stan Cox |Tom Dispatch

In August, climate activist and cellist John Mark Rozendaal was arrested and charged with criminal contempt for playing a few minutes of Bach outside Citibank’s headquarters in New York City. Rozendaal, 63, was prominent in the “Summer of Heat on Wall Street” campaign that targeted Citibank for its prolific financing of fossil-fuel projects. He and a co-defendant now face up to seven years imprisonment if convicted.
Billionaires Are Not Going to Save Us

Oct 22, 2024 | resilience.org | Liz Theoharis |Tom Dispatch

It was William Shakespeare who, in Troilus and Cressida, wrote, “One touch of nature makes the whole world kin.” And yet, in the polarized news cycle since Hurricane Helene ravaged the southeastern United States and the hurricanes have kept coming, we’ve heard a tale not of shared humanity, but of ruin, discord, and political polarization.
Cornell Students Shut Down Career Fair Featuring Weapons Manufacturers

Oct 18, 2024 | progressivehub.net | Liz Theoharis |Tom Dispatch

We need to look to our own communities for help, not to billionaires. By Liz Theoharis, Tom DispatchThere’s Elon Musk’s politicized deployment of Starlink satellite internet access, which he’s used to credit Donald Trump less than one month before the November election, while undermining the legitimacy of federal recovery efforts.
The Cash Will Soon Flow

Oct 18, 2024 | resilience.org | Joshua Frank |Tom Dispatch

Considered Angola’s crown jewel by many, Lobito is a colorful port city on the country’s scenic Atlantic coast where a nearly five-kilometer strip of land creates a natural harbor. Its white sand beaches, vibrant blue waters, and mild tropical climate have made Lobito a tourist destination in recent years. Yet under its shiny new facade is a history fraught with colonial violence and exploitation. The Portuguese were the first Europeans to lay claim to Angola in the late sixteenth century.