Israel and the US talk as if they’ve won a victory, but the reality is that world opinion has turned decisively against the Israeli regime, says RAMZY BAROUD
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Let’s be clear about what fascism actually is
Nixon, Reagan, Trump — they were, and are, not fascists: misusing the term will cost the left dearly, writes ZOLTAN ZIGEDY
The popular obsession with depicting Donald Trump as Adolf Hitler is far from accurate.
SOLOMON HUGHES finds one-time Cameron-centrist EU fans now promote vicious anti-migrant rhetoric in their bid to get attention for their ailing party
From terrifying the children of immigrants to pepper-spraying frogs, the US under Trump is rapidly descending into mayhem, writes Linda Pentz Gunter
Farage and other Reform-ers keep pointing to Dubai’s immigration policy – but there migrants make up most of the population and do all the work without any rights, muses SOLOMON HUGHES
Modi has rolled out the carpet for the Taliban in New Delhi — and we shouldn’t be surprised. They have more in common than you might think, argues Bhabani Shankar Nayak
HUGH LANNING says there is no path to peace without dismantling Israel’s control over Palestinian land, lives and resources
“FASCIST” and “Fascism” are frequently used words today that are both popular and slippery. The prevalence of the words in common parlance is indisputable, but regrettable for three reasons:
- There is no common, shared, ordinary meaning of “fascism”
- “Fascist” has often become merely an epithet, a term of abuse
- The use of the expressions has disengaged from their specific history and context
Today, commentators, both left and right, excoriate their targets with fascist-themed concatenations: “feminazis,” “islamofascists,” “neo-fascists,” “PC fascists,” etc.
And, of course, the dinner-table discussion of the liberal intelligentsia inevitably arrives at the burning question: “Is Trump a fascist?” If you Googled “Trump, fascism, fascist” on August 25, you would have gotten 9,150,000 results.
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