The alliance between Trump’s expanding deportation campaign and Salvadoran President Bukele’s carceral authoritarianism has major implications for human rights and the future of democracy.
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Heidegger’s feeble excuses
Martin Heidegger was arguably the most important philosopher of the twentieth century.
Tariffs, Triffin and the dollar
Trump backed down because the bond market was showing signs of severe stress that could lead to a credit squeeze, particularly for hedge funds that own a significant stock of U.S. bonds.
A snapshot of the Global war against African People: Reflections from Ecuador
Defying Ecuador’s attempt to bar international monitors, election observers documented how Daniel Noboa’s contested victory, secured amid militarized polling stations and state violence, escalates the assault on Afro-Ecuadorian communities.
Wiz acquisition puts Israeli Intelligence in charge of your Google data
Google recently announced it would acquire Israeli-American cloud security firm Wiz for $32 billion.
Diego Garcia: Ethnically cleansed for U.S. forever wars
As Trump threatens war on Iran, Washington weaponizes Diego Garcia–a Chagos island in the Indian Ocean built on ethnic cleansing, British colonialism, and military adventurism.
War Above, War Below
Capital Is Murder Capital was soaked in blood, steeped in urine, and “dripping from every pore” as it emerged from myriad colonial genocides perpetuated by white Europe.1 With the colonization of the Americas, the world was divided in two: the “white” and civilized...
The myth of the Western-maintained international rules-based order
Despite liberal whining that Trump threatens the ‘international rules-based order,’ the historical record shows Western nations have repeatedly overthrown democracies, backed genocides and violated sovereignty, writes IAN SINCLAIR.
Trump threatens to revoke Harvard University’s tax exempt status and visas for international students
On Wednesday, President Donald Trump asked the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to revoke Harvard University’s tax exempt status.
American concentration camps
Our offshore concentration camps, for now, are in El Salvador and Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. But don’t expect them to remain there. Once they are normalized, not only for U.S.-deported immigrants and residents, but U.S. citizens, they will migrate to the homeland.
How countries like India should not respond to Trump’s tariffs
DONALD Trump has put off his proposed tariffs by ninety days; but countries like India have to respond to Trump’s measures whether now or after ninety days.
U.S. massacres civilian workers and paramedics in attack on Yemen fuel port
At least 38 people, including five paramedics, were killed by the U.S. bombing of the Ras Isa port in Hodeidah.