Image by Unseen Histories. A good way to understand CIVIC SELF-RESPECT – the title of my timely new book – is to recall a slice of American history from the late nineteen sixties and early nineteen seventies. Those were the years when Congress and a Republican...
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Is a “Manchurian Candidate” Guiding Our Defense?
Photo by Rafiee Artist A Manchurian Candidate, as initially defined in Richard Condon’s 1959 novel and the 1966 movie, is a nation’s leader controlled by that country’s enemy. These works of fiction played on the fear of a Communist takeover of America by Russia or...
Why My Ancestors Would be in the Streets
Image by Ted Griswold, Los Angeles, 6/9/25. Many of us residing in the U.S. of European descent are the children of immigrants. Some are more recent than others, but immigrants nonetheless. My own grandfather arrived at Ellis Island just over a hundred years ago as a...
Genocide by Starvation
Photograph Source: Jaber Jehad Badwan – CC BY-SA 4.0 This is the end. The final blood-soaked chapter of the genocide. It will be over soon. Weeks. At most. Two million people are camped out amongst the rubble or in the open air. Dozens are killed and wounded daily...
Trump’s Justifications for the Latest Travel Ban Aren’t Supported by the Data on Immigration and Terrorism
Photograph Source: Ted Eytan – CC BY-SA 2.0 The Trump administration on June 4, 2025, announced travel restrictions targeting 19 countries in Africa and Asia, including many of the world’s poorest nations. All travel is banned from 12 of these countries, with partial...
Activists and Empires, Old and New
Greta Thunberg onboard the freedom flotilla dubbed The Madleen. SCREENSHOT/ INSTAGRAM @GRETATHUNBERG Greta Thunberg and crew threatened to commit the unthinkable – deliver food, first aid, clean water, and child prosthetics to the people of Gaza. Their symbolism and...
Is a “Manchurian Candidate” Guiding Our Defense?
Photo by Rafiee Artist A Manchurian Candidate, as initially defined in Richard Condon’s 1959 novel and the 1966 movie, is a nation’s leader controlled by that country’s enemy. These works of fiction played on the fear of a Communist takeover of America by Russia or...
MAGA to Women: Stay Home and Have Babies
‘The Willard Family’, oil on canvas painting, by John Samuel Blunt The right wing routinely demonizes family-friendly policies of liberals as “social engineering.” But look out! Here come those same politicians, putting on MAGA hardhats and firing up their political...
Musk’s Deadliest Legacy
Photograph Source: Gage Skidmore – CC BY-SA 2.0 Elon Musk has left the White House, leaving a trail of destruction in his wake. But of all the actions Musk and President Trump set in motion before their recent rupture, nothing will hurt more people around the world...
El Supremo confirma el fraude masivo de contratación en el sector cárnico gallego
La sentencia reafirma que Servicarne funcionaba como una falsa cooperativa y que sus socios tenían una relación laboral con Novafrigsa, del Grupo CorenTemas: Actualidad, Galicia, LaboralLeer artículo completo
Iberdrola proyecta un parque eólico que pone en riesgo uno de los mayores yacimientos fortificados de Galicia
La Xunta acaba de declarar la utilidad pública para el parque eólico Castro Valente, a pesar de que su construcción está suspendida cautelarmente por el Tribunal Superior de Justicia de Galicia. Esta autorización supone un paso adelante en la tramitación del proyecto...
Donald Trump invia settecento marines e altri duemila riservisti a Los Angeles
Il presidente statunitense Donald Trump ha rafforzato la risposta agli scontri tra polizia e manifestanti a Los Angeles, schierando i marines e richiamando altri duemila riservisti, misure definite sproporzionate e illegali dall’opposizione. Leggi