Longtime anti-war activist David Swanson recently returned from a trip to Russia. âI wanted to see what Russians thought about foreign policy, about the United States, and about all the âscandalsâ in Washington that mention Russia all the time but hardly ever have any evidence in them,â said Swanson, publisher of the influential web site WarIsACrime.org. Russians are keenly aware of the history of U.S. encirclement and hostility towards their country. âThey see opposition to Trump in the United States as all coming out of an anti-Russian agenda,â he said. âThey have no idea, whatsoever, that people might dislike Trump for some other reasons.
âSo they go forward with the old plan, the only one they've got. Attack Iran.â
Somaliland aspires to be an âindependentâ US military enclave in the Horn of Africa.
Minnesotaâs progressive myth shatters as its racial gaps in income, education, and housing eclipse even Deep South states, and right wing whites turn to violence against their own people.
The Middle Eastâs only real weapons of mass destruction are Zionism, U.S. imperialism, and Israelâs nuclear arsenalâa toxic trifecta fueling endless war.
"City of Angels" is the latest from BAR's Poet-in-Residence.
