Tag Archives: Fascism
With Brazil’s Bolsonaro, Israel finds another natural partner on the far-right
Jonathan Cook argues that Israel’s leaders are not simply placating a new wave of white-nationalist and neo-fascist leaders, from Brazil and the US to Central and Eastern Europe, but have a deep-rooted ideological sympathy with them. Read more [...]
Enemies of our future: Donald Trump and John Bolton
Lawrence Davidson argues that “placing people like Trump and Bolton into leading government positions is the same as inviting fascism back into our national lives”, and that this raises questions about the adequacy of the US political and education systems. Read more [...]
Britain in the grip of the Zionist lobby: Living in an Orwellian dystopia
Gilad Atzmon writes:
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Countering extremism: Jihadist ideology reigns supreme
James Dorsey says although the security approach to Islamic terrorism has enhanced security across the globe, an ideological response is still lacking, as are meaningful policies to tackle its root causes. Read more [...]
Avi Gabbay: Israeli Labour Party’s new visionless, lacklustre and stale leader
Uri Avnery explains why it is time to forget the Israeli Labour Party and create a new political force with new leaders who are "young, charismatic and resolute, with clear-cut aims, who can energise the peace camp". Read more [...]
Donald Trump’s evolving mass movement
Lawrence Davidson argues that the 37 per cent of Americans who still support President Trump “are evolving a consciousness more responsive to political propaganda and socio-economic mysticism than to rational debate or fact-based policy formulation". Read more [...]
Trump’s defining moments
Lawrence Davidson laments the absence of an institutional alternative to the segment of the US public represented by the supremacists who demonstrated in Charlottesville and who reflexively applaud Donald Trump’s uninhibited utterances. Read more [...]
Truth vs Donald Trump
Lawrence Davidson analyses President Trump’s inability to distinguish fact from fiction from a psychological perspective, and examines what makes such a deeply flawed person attractive to a significant minority of the US population. Read more [...]
Dysfunction in the US White House
Lawrence Davidson says President Trump presents “progressives” with an opportunity to form a united front and reform the Democratic Party but wonders if party apparatchiks will stand in the way of meaningful reform. Read more [...]
The ultra right’s conquest of Israel
Uri Avnery explains the Israeli conundrum of a government undermining the army, and the peace camp putting its trust in the high command, with perhaps some praying to a God they don't believe in for a military coup they would not approve of. Read more [...]
