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The Torments of Scalia

Jeffrey St. Clair on the brutal jurisprudence of Antonin Scalia; Inside the CIA: Melvin Goodman recounts his battles with William Casey and Robert Gates; Prisoners of War: Jennifer Lowenstein on Syria, Iraq and the Silenced Majority; Steeltown, USA: Lee Ballinger on the collapse of the industrial midwest; Hillary in Honduras: Nick Alexandrov exposes Hillary Clinton’s nasty role in the Honduran coup; The Red-Baiting of Bernie Sanders: Yvette Carnell excoriates the black political class for turning its back on the rich history of black socialism; Holland’s Climate Crisis: Dave Lindorff reports from Amsterdam on how are the Dutch are taking action against rising sea levels; Populists United: Sam Husseini charts a way out of the two-party stranglehold on American politics. PLUS: Mike Whitney on the easy money con of the central banks; Chris Floyd on the rotten choices offered by democracy; Luciana Bohne on the films of Ettore Scola; and Javier Sethness Castro interviews Kim Stanley Robinson on radical politics and science fiction novels.

Bring on the Crackup: Hoping for a Trump–Sanders Election

by Bill Martin

As I write this, in mid-late March 2016, things are generally going the way that I have hoped for--but of course this sort of analysis is in danger of being overtaken by events at any moment. Still, I think the basic principles and analysis will remain sound.

There is every reason to think that electoral "politics" in the United States (and most places) is bullshit. For people who yearn for a very different world to get involved in this "process"--which is almost entirely scripted by people who absolutely do not yearn for a very different world--is a big waste of energy and commitment. The arguments here are addressed to the yearners, who I will call "radicals"--people who recognize that the only real solution to the many problems facing humanity today is a qualitative, even epoch-making, change. When I say "we," I mean those of us who yearn for and work for such a change. More

Bernie Does Madison

by Mari Jo Buhle – Paul Buhle

Madison, Wisconsin. Bernie’s second visit to Madison could not possibly be as dramatic as the Good Friday event with the magic finch and the birth of the “Berdiecrats” making peace and ecological salvation as Bernie’s meaning/message. Not even the happy results of the one-sided votes in the West could do more than confirm that never-to-be More

Hillary’s Latest Bow to AIPAC

by Ralph Nader

It is well known to Washington political observers that politicians invited to speak at the annual, giant AIPAC convention ask for suggested talking points from this powerful pro-Israeli government lobby. Hillary Clinton’s pandering speech must have registered close to 100% on AIPAC’s checklist.

Of course, both parties pander to AIPAC to such depths of similar obeisance that reporters have little to report as news. But giving big-time coverage to sheer political power is automatic. Compare it to the sparse attention given to the conference a few days earlier at the National Press Club on the Israeli lobby featuring scholars, authors and the well-known Israeli dissenter, Gideon Levy of the respected Ha'aretz newspaper. More