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Lindsey Graham Was the Face of the Duopoly

by Margaret Kimberley, published on Black Agenda Report, July 15, 2026 The late Senator Lindsey Graham played the role of chief congressional warmonger very well. But many of his colleagues, who spoke in quieter voices, were completely aligned with his support of U.S. imperialism. Lindsey Graham, South Carolina’s republican senior senator, passed away suddenly on the evening of July 11,[…]

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Some Thoughts on the Congressional Democrats’ Response to the US Iranian MoU

By Judy Bello, July 1, 2026 Margaret Kimberly wrote a thoughtful and well researched piece showing a vicious response by many congressional Democrats to the U.S. Iran MoU and the negotiations to end the war.   I’m glad Margaret followed up since  I had not had a chance to listen to Congressional responses to the current disaster in the Middle East,[…]

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Democrats and Trump are In Sync on Iran

by Margaret Kimberley, published on Black Agenda Report, June 24, 2026 The bipartisan consensus for regime change against Iran hit the wall of Iranian resistance. But Trump is forced into talks while democrats attack him from the right and expose themselves as partners in crime.  The United States began its latest attempt at regime change against the Islamic Republic of[…]

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Going To War, Again, For Israel

by Chris Hedges, published on Popular Resistance, March 1, 2026 Once again, America is going to war for Israel. Once again, many will die for the Zionist state, including American service members. Once again, we will stumble blindly into a military fiasco. Once again, we will do the bidding of a foreign power whose interests are not our interests, but[…]

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We Are All Somalia

by Margaret Kimberley, published on Black Agenda Report, December 11, 2025 Donald Trump’s anti-Somali rants are not directed solely at members of that group. All Black/African people are seen as suspects, as ungrateful criminals who are deserving of punishment and scorn. Trump is not alone in this thinking.  On two recent occasions, Donald Trump, president of the United States, engaged[…]

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How ‘No Kings’ Takes The ‘Move’ Out Of Movements

by Anthony Karefa Rogers-Wright, published on Black Agenda Report, October 24, 2025 Stuck in a Neutral Gear of Watered Down and Whitewashed Prefigurative Politics. You cannot defeat a king with a parade. The failure of “No Kings” is the refusal to build real power beyond a single day of protest. “If participants are motivated by hope of psychic completion—by community[…]

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Cory Booker, Confused Liberals, Obama’s Reappearance and the Danger of a Fake Movement

by Margaret Kimberley, published on Black Agenda Report,  April 9, 2025 People really want a ‘party’ so, sadly, they come out in droves when offered one, even if its a false premise. I suppose they are still hoping for an ‘authority’ to come and save them. [jb] Any “movement” that leads protest back to the Democratic Party is, by definition,[…]

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Millions tell Trump, Musk: ‘Hands off!’

By Martha Grevatt, posted on Workers World,  April 7, 2025 Nearly everyone in the U.S. has been negatively affected by the Trump/Musk team’s cuts to federal jobs, veterans’ care, schools, libraries, science programs, Medicaid, the Women, Infants and Children program, heating aid, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and more. There are looming threats to Social Security and disability benefits. The[…]

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Liberals Want War in Ukraine, Trump Wants Peace in Ukraine, But All Agree on Death in Gaza

by Margaret Kimberley, published on Black Agenda Report, March 5, 2025 Donald Trump’s efforts to normalize relations with Russia, and to end the fighting in the Ukraine proxy war are logical and sensible. But years of whipped up anti-Russia hatred make logical solutions difficult to achieve, with democrats trying to fight his change of course. While Russia is a hot[…]

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Democratic Party Convention: Lesser Evilism Strikes With a Vengeance and a Cacophony of Corporate Media Hype

by Jeff Mackler, published on Socialist Action,  August 25, 2024 24,500 full size posters reading “We ♥ Joe” [See photo above] were held high by virtually every Democratic Party Convention delegate and attendee jammed into Chicago’s United Center to cheer for yesterday’s disgraced and withdrawn presidential candidate, Genocide Joe Biden. That the Biden-Harris administration presided over a new congressionally approved[…]

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