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The US is a world leader in authoritarianism
If the situation for citizens of the West’s most powerful nation was not bad enough, consider what this global bully does to maintain its interests across the planet, writes ROGER McKENZIE
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Without energy and without a strategic partner, Cuba is currently fighting for its survival. While the population is literally sitting in the dark, the Trump administration is trying to definitively break the socialist project through economic blackmail. What lies ahead for the island, asks MARC VANDEPITTE
A setback for IG Metall at Tesla’s Berlin plant has ignited claims of intimidation and raised fears for the future of collective bargaining and workplace democracy, says TONY BURKE
The question for the media, in the US and across the globe, says ROGER McKENZIE, is will they do their job fearlessly and call Donald Trump out?
FAR from being “the land of the free,” I believe the US is the most authoritarian country in the world. It is also the world’s biggest exporter of authoritarianism.
To be fair to the US, it has beaten off some pretty stiff competition for the title, but I do think it is well deserved.
I can already hear the shrill liberal voices pointing the finger at other parts of the globe from a mostly anti-communist or Islamophobic standpoint, but their voices will likely always be aimed at countries that dare to challenge the global dominance of the US.
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