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Bannon booted from US National Security Council, takes swipe at Susan Rice

TeleSur | - - "General McMaster has returned the NSC to its proper function,” Bannon said in a statement. U.S. President Donald Trump’s chief strategist, Steve Bannon, has been removed from the…

No, supremacists, the Vikings wouldn’t have put up with “Teuton” Donald Trump

By Keith Ruiter | (The Conversation) | - - It has been suggested that Donald Trump “may get his assertive rather than passive manner from his alleged Viking ancestors”. Or so says…

What the Civil Rights Movement can teach us about Resistance in Age of Trump

By Jon Else | ( Tomdispatch.com) | - - On a glorious afternoon in August 1963, after the massive March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom wrapped up on the national mall,…

What’s Cuba Really Like?

H. Patricia Hynes | (Informed Comment) | - - What is Cuba like? Since visiting there recently, I have been asked this question hundreds of times and learned that every third person…

Africa Trade Summit in US Had Zero Africans After Visas Denied

TeleSur | - - "This year it was 100 percent. Every delegation,” organizer Mary Flowers told the media. An African trade summit organized by the University of Southern California ended up with…

Is White Supremacy Making A Comeback?

AJ+ | (Video Clip) "Former FBI undercover agent Mike German discusses the resurgence of the white supremacist movement now under President Trump." AJ+: "Is White Supremacy Making A Comeback?"

What everyone Needs to know about alt-NeoNazi President Steve Bannon

AJ+ | (Video Clip) | - - "President Trump is calling for an investigation into voter fraud, and media sources have discovered that his chief strategist, Steve Bannon, was actually registered in…

Dear Rep. King: Our Civilization isn’t White and American Babies aren’t Other

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Rep Steve King of Iowa (whose constituents should be ashamed to show their faces in public went full-on racist again, supporting hate-speech master…

Addicted to Racism: Why Populists Literally get off on Bigotry

By Anne-Ruth Wertheim | (Informed Comment) | - - Only recently did I realise that people with racist prejudices have something to lose: their short-term delight, the balm for their soul. This…

Zombie America: Is it too late to Fight Trump’s Real-Life Dystopia?

By John Feffer | (Tomdispatch.com) | - - Dystopias have recently achieved full-spectrum dominance. Kids are drawn to such stories -- The Giver, Hunger Games -- like Goths to piercings. TV shows…

Texas GOP tried Gerrymander away Latino, Austin Votes: Fed. Court

TeleSur | - - "Republicans in Texas have ensured that the dark days of discrimination in Texas continue to loom." Texas lawmakers drew up three U.S. congressional districts to undermine the influence…

We ignore the Violence of Radical White Populist Extremism at our Peril

By Sindre Bangstad | ( OpenDemocracy.net) | - - We ignore the terrorist threat from right-wing extremism at our peril. But the main threat to democracy in our time is even more…

How Islamophobia is Creating Prejudice toward non-Muslims Too

By Peter Hopkins, Gurchathen Sanghera and Katherine Botterill | (The Conversation) | - - Islamophobia simply cannot be overlooked anymore. It is a wide-ranging issue, impacting public and private lives in ways…

Pundits, stop Swooning: Trump still covering for Radical White Nationalist Extremists

By Peter Certo | (Otherwords.org) | - - The president’s obsession with Muslims and immigrants gives cover to a simmering white nationalist movement at home. Donald Trump began his recent speech to…

I Cover Hate. I Didn’t Expect It at My Family’s Jewish Cemetery

by Ariana Tobin | ProPublica | - - When it comes to death, my family honors all of the Ashkenazi Jewish traditions: We name our children after dead relatives, we sit shiva…

Should Bannon Resign? He and Milo Fake-Newsed Hillary as Pedophile

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The interview that emerged on the internet of practicing Catholic Milo Yiannopoulos expressing approval of some instances of priest pedophilia with boys has…

Eight People Flee U.S. Border Patrol to Seek Asylum in Canada

TeleSur | - - As the U.S. looks to tighten its policies on refugees and illegal immigrants, people seeking refugee status have been pouring over the Canada-U.S. border. Eight asylum-seekers, including four…

Not Over: Trump Ban still ruining life of Iraqi Interpreter for US Military

by Megan Rose | ProPublica | - - In 2006, when I arrived at Camp Taqqadum in Iraq to embed with the U.S. Marines, I was immediately invited for tea by the…

Dutch Far-Right Leader Vows to Rid Nation of ‘Moroccan Scum’

TeleSur | - - Geert Wilders hopes the global upsurge in anti-establishment and xenophobic feeling that has helped propel Trump to power will propel him to power. Dutch far-right leader Geert Wilders…

Racist Trump blocks UN Envoy for Libya because, Palestinian

Ma'an News Agency | - - BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) -- The Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) slammed the United States for objecting to a proposal by the United Nations to appoint former Palestinian Prime…