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Congressional Democrats Supported Violent Force Against Protesters in 2010

June 19, 2020 By admin

The use of lethal force by police, National Guard, and other security forces has come under increasing scrutiny in the wake of the George Floyd killing and resulting uprisings. Congressional Democrats have begun speaking out against police-perpetrated killings as well as the use of excessive force against protesters and journalists across the country, such as the notorious incident in Lafayette Park across from the White House late last month.

Sanders Is Not Another McGovern. I Know – I Worked on McGovern’s Campaign; and PODCAST: Why Comparisons Between Sanders and McGovern Are Wrong

February 26, 2020 By admin

With Bernie Sanders now the clear front-runner for the Democratic presidential nomination, we are hearing talk that — despite polls indicating otherwise — he would not be able to win against Donald Trump in November. Repeated comparisons are being made to the 1972 landslide defeat of George McGovern — the only time the Democrats nominated a genuine progressive — with the implication that a similar fate would befall a Sanders nomination.

Klobuchar Has Pushed Extreme Right-Wing Policy on Israel/Palestine

February 14, 2020 By admin

In recent days, much of the mainstream media has been focusing on the rise of centrist Minnesota senator Amy Klobuchar as a serious contender in the Democratic presidential primary. Many in the more progressive wing of the party have been criticizing her positions on climate change and broader environmental concerns, as well as her stances on economic inequality, social welfare and the criminal legal system. However, attention also needs to be brought to her surprisingly right-wing foreign policy perspectives.

Biden Is Doubling Down on Iraq War Lies

August 8, 2019 By admin

For the second consecutive Democratic debate, Joe Biden has failed to come to terms about his critical role in supporting the illegal, unnecessary, and predictably disastrous U.S. invasion and occupation of Iraq….

The Other Reason Biden Shouldn’t Run

April 2, 2019 By admin

Anyone wondering about former Vice-President Joe Biden’s fitness for the presidency ought to be concerned about the recent allegations of inappropriate touching. But there is another issue that deserves consideration: his key role in making possible an inappropriate and utterly disastrous war.

‘More AIPAC Than J Street’: Kamala Harris Runs to the Right on Foreign Policy

January 28, 2019 By admin

Harris is being embraced by many progressive Democrats, and she’s branding herself as a progressive. Yet in the course of her little more than two years in the U.S. Senate, she’s taken some foreign policy positions that should give pause to supporters of human rights and international law.

Impeach Away! Thoughts on a Possible President Pence

August 22, 2018 By admin

August 22, 2018 in The Progressive, and Common Dreams: While many express concern that Vice-President Mike Pence, a Christian supremacist with more consistently hard right wing views than Trump, could replace him, Zunes argues Trump will likely be forced from office and…

The Role of Civil Resistance in Bolivia’s 1977-1982 Pro-Democracy Struggle

June 30, 2018 By admin

July 2018 Middle Atlantic Review of Latin American Studies, V.2(1), and International Center on Nonviolent Conflict and Research Gate: Despite being the poorest and least developed country in South America, Bolivia was the first to emerge from the period of…

Villaraigosa still haunted by role as 2012 DNC chair

May 4, 2018 By admin

The Californian May 4, 2018: Despite endorsements from Luis Alejo, Simón Salinas, and other leading Monterey County Democrats, gubernatorial candidate Antonio Villaraigosa has been struggling to gain traction statewide…

Democrats’ skepticism of Feinstein well-founded

April 27, 2018 By admin

The Californian, April 27, 2018, by Stephen Zunes The stunning rejection of Dianne Feinstein’s expected endorsement for another term as California’s senior U.S. Senator the Democratic State Convention in February was based not just upon concerns about her age and…

Civil Resistance Against Coups: A Comparative and Historical Perspective

April 24, 2018 By admin

International Center on Nonviolent Conflict, December 2017: This monograph presents in-depth case studies and analysis intended to improve our understanding of the strategic utility of civil resistance against military takeovers; the nature of civil resistance mobilization against coups; and the…

Mike Pompeo: Trump Is Handing the State Department Over from Exxon Mobil to the Tea Party

March 14, 2018 By admin

In These Times March 14, 2024: President Trump abruptly fired Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and plans to replace him with CIA Director Mike Pompeo [who] will only reinforce Trump’s most dangerous, reckless and militaristic instincts…

Global Journalist: Egypt’s Staged Election

March 9, 2018 By admin

[Zunes’ segment begins at 14 mins.] Global Journalist March 8, 2018: President Abdel-Fatah el-Sissi, who led a 2013 coup against Egypt’s first democratically elected leader, is expected to be handily re-elected. That’s because el-Sissi’s government has arrested or intimidated all…

Overcoming Bitterness and No Longer Assuming the Worst of Democrats

November 2, 2016 By admin

National Catholic Reporter November 28, 2016 For decades, I have been obsessed with exposing the Clintons and like-minded Democratic politicians’ dangerous foreign policies, challenging liberal naiveté that ignores or excuses such hawkish proclivities, and underscoring the need to withhold…

Millennial Apathy and a Possible President Trump

September 28, 2016 By admin

The Progressive September 28, 2016: Despite Hillary Clinton’s shellacking of Donald Trump in Monday’s debate, polls show the presidential race remains disturbingly close.

Putin’s U.S. Defenders

September 15, 2016 By admin

The Progressive September 15, 2016 After experiencing decades of rightwing attacks for being “soft” on Moscow, progressives may be feeling a bit of whiplash as they witness prominent conservatives—with Donald Trump in the lead—heaping praise upon an autocratic Russian leader.…

Pick Your Poison: Clinton Vs. Trump on Foreign Policy

June 14, 2016 By admin

In their remarks to the nation following the Orlando massacre, Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump made their differences—and disturbing similarities—crystal clear.

Hillary and Bernie Part Ways on Israel

April 18, 2016 By admin

The foreign policy divide between Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders could not have been more obvious than in last week’s debate in Brooklyn when the moderator brought forward the issue of Israel and Palestine. The answers they gave not only revealed differing emphases among two politicians who both strongly identify as being “pro-Israel,” it revealed a striking contrast regarding the role the United States should play as a mediator in international conflicts and attitudes towards international humanitarian law.

Hillary Clinton’s Iraq War vote still appalls

April 14, 2016 By admin

In 2002, Sen. Hillary Clinton of New York voted to authorize the Iraq War; her rival for the Democratic nomination for president, Bernie Sanders, opposed it. Clinton’s vote continues to haunt her on the campaign trail – and for good reason.

Hillary Clinton’s double standards on human rights

April 11, 2016 By admin

During the 1980s, the United States was seriously divided over U.S. policy toward Central America. The Reagan administration was propping up a brutal military-backed regime in El Salvador that was responsible for the deaths of tens of thousands of people, including priests, nuns and catechists, along with labor, student and human rights leaders, as well as peasants who happened to live in areas supporting the opposition.