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Archives: Authoritarianism
The left’s response to Trump and US Neofascism must be international
By Sayantan Ghosal | (The Conversation) | - - With Donald Trump’s inauguration as American president, one more event considered by many to be beyond the realm of possibility has come to…
Translating Trump’s inaugural Speech from the original German
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Donald Trump's inaugural speech, like the candidate himself, was a chain of falsehoods, saber-rattling and scary Neofascist uber-nationalism. But it could be difficult…
Will Americans go along with Authoritarian Trumpism?
By Thomas Pepinsky | (TeleSur) | - - Everyday life in the modern authoritarian regime is boring and tolerable. Malaysia is a country that I know well, and whose political system I…6 Lessons From Nonviolent Organizing for Resisting Trumpism
The Beautiful Trouble Team | ( Waging Nonviolence ) | - - Trouble vs. Trump Drawing from the Beautiful Trouble and Beautiful Rising toolboxes, here are six key concepts that may prove…
2017: The Rise of the Demagogues: Trump & the Euro-Populists
Human Rights Watch | - - (Washington, DC) – The rise of populist leaders in the United States and Europe poses a dangerous threat to basic rights protections while encouraging abuse by…
Trump does Poor imitation of Tin-Pot Dictator at “Press Conference”
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - In his first news conference in months, president-elect Donald J. Trump engaged in a series of petulant tirades. For anyone like myself, who…
Welcome to Psychopathocracy
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - We are now on the brink of a new form of government, undreamed of by Aristotle, who spoke of monarchy, aristocracy and democracy.…
Turkish President Erdogan Sees Better Ties with US Under Trump
TeleSur | - - "I believe we will accelerate dialogue when Mr. Trump takes office," Erdogan said. Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday he believed relations with Washington would improve under…
Meryl Streep calls out Trump: Having Bully-in-Chief Coarsens whole Culture
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Occasionally entertainment and politics intersect, often hitting a false note. You never want your screenplay to be, as they say in Hollywood, "on…
Some Animals are Better: An American Version of the One-Party State
By Tom Engelhardt | ( Tomdispatch.com ) | - - Know thyself. It was what came to mind in the wake of Donald Trump’s victory and my own puzzling reaction to it.…
Preparing for the Normalization of a Neofascist White House
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - It is 2017, and shortly the White House will be inhabited by an unscrupulous, corrupt narcissist who has shamelessly mobilized the Neo-Nazi fringe…
Wall Street Journal Wouldn’t Call a Lie a Lie If Trump Says It
TeleSur | - - The paper is worried about objectivity, said WSJ editor-in-chief Gerard Baker. The Wall Street Journal would not call a lie a lie if it was told by President-elect…
Climate Scientist Enemies List: Internal Trump Memo Sparks Fears of Witch Hunt
By Lauren McCauley, staff writer | ( Commondreams.org ) | - - Trump transition team reportedly asking for names of career employees at Department of Energy who worked on Obama's climate policies…
Life under the Junta: Deadly Explosion at Cairo’s Coptic Christian Cathedral Kills 25
TeleSur | - - The Coptic cathedral explosion has reportedly killed 25 people and injured dozens more. A crowd gathered outside Cairo city’s biggest Coptic Christian cathedral Sunday morning chanting, "Tell the…
The Last Days of Democracy?
By Adil E. Shamoo and Bonnie Bricker | Foreign Policy in Focus | - - A fraudulent campaign has resulted in the election of a fraudulent president. What can be done to…
America’s Sisi: On What Has Been Lost, and What Must Be Done
David M. Faris | (Informed Comment) | - - “When the people love you, that is the most important thing for me.” So spoke General Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, the onetime savior and…
Turkey: the road towards dictatorship and the west’s responsibility
By Mehmet Ugur | ( OpenDemocracy.net) | - - Let us stop pretending otherwise: Turkey is now under a dictatorial regime established step by step under the gaze of, and with tacit…
Save America from Trump to fix America, or, Did your Mother Drop you on Your Head?
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - When I trained as a lifeguard they warned us that you have to be very careful how you approach a drowning victim flailing…