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  Will the U.S. Right-wing Bring Racism, and Thus Lynching, to a Fever Pitch Once Again? By David Starr   During around the 1890s and 1900s racism in the United States not only increased, it became barbaric.    After the Union won the Civil War, there was a  period of reconstruction  to try and free the ancestors of African Americans from the remnants of slavery. African Americans could finally declare themselves citizens of the U.S. with constitutional and political rights.   But the backlash was inevitable. White supremacists proceeded to go on a  racist rampage , (see chapter 2), thus making the benefits of Reconstruction weaker or just temporary. The period from the 1890s to the 1900s was in particular very dangerous for African Americans.    With white racism at a fever pitch, supremacists used both verbal and physical violence to try to intimidate and/or kill, quite a number of Blacks. If we count going beyond 1900, the deaths of b...

  The Emerging of BRICS and U.S. Hostility   By David Starr   The Global South in particular has needed reforms and policies that don’t conform with and defy the current U.S.-dominated world order. It’s been a long time coming.    A viable alternative is BRICS, an acronym that stands for the names of the countries that founded it: Brazil, Russia, India, China, are the founding members, with South Africa joining in 2011.     As  stated on its web site , the objectives of BRICS “incudes strengthening economic, political and social cooperation among its members, as well as increasing the influence of Global South countries in international governance. The group seeks to improve the legitimacy, equity in participation and efficiency in global institutions such as the UN, IMF, World Bank and WTO. (UN = United Nations, IMF = International Monetary Fund, and WTO = World Trade Organization.)   “Moreover, it aims to bolster sustainable social and...

  While the United States Empire Lies and Makes Provocations, Venezuela Prepares to Defend Itself By David Starr   By now, it should be clear to most people that U.S. leaders are lying about and making provocations against Venezuela. This has been a virtual tradition within the U.S.’s imperial foreign policy when it particularly pertains to the Global South.    If most people are not aware, this is because of  government and media propaganda  which conditions the population on a daily basis and as a result makes people ignorant of a country like Venezuela. Examples of  propaganda techniques  are a blatant omission of facts and a cynical one-sidedness.    The Trump regime in particular has come out with  damn lies , claiming that Venezuela has a “narco-terrorist” government and a “narco-terrorist” leader, that is, Nicolas Maduro. But Maduro and most of the Venezuelan people are not having any of it.    For example, MAGA shi...

  The United States Empire is Losing Its Grip By David Starr   At this time in history, major events are reshaping the world where the current world order will probably be discarded and a new, multi-polar world will take its place.   The United States, as an empire, has  largely failed historically  as it continues its attempts to impose its imperial foreign policy on other nations, especially in the Global South. It’s true that the U.S. has had its victories but usually at what cost? It is also true that the U.S.’s participation in WWII helped to defeat Nazism and Fascism, but it was the Soviet Union that usually bore the brunt of Nazi Germany’s aggression, given the latter’s attempted invasion of the USSR.    The United States has had a degree of democracy but that  hasn’t been too evident  within its foreign policy maneuvers in the Global South. And now the Global South is waking up…and it is fed up with U.S./Western hegemony.   Venez...

  Trump’s Imperialism: U.S. Foreign Policy Adopts a Fascist Character By David Starr   In his utter insanity, Donald Trump has been threatening a host of countries with potential military force. Canada, Mexico, Panama, China, Greenland. Recently, the latest target for threats has been Venezuela.    The U.S. empire has sent three war ships accompanied by 4,000 marines near Venezuela. The Trump regime’s threats reflect the old imperialism of the empire, only being more direct and thus taken on fascist characteristics.   On August 7, 2025 regime attorney general Pam Bondi  announced  an increase in a bounty on Venezuelan President Nicholas Maduro to $50 million. Bondi declared that Maduro was a “narco-terrorist.” The excuse this time for threatening another nation was to fight “drug cartels.” None of the sweet talk about freedom and democracy.   White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt  added to the propaganda , saying that the Trump regime ...

  The Russia-Ukraine War: Jeffrey Sachs Knows the Root Causes By David Starr   Political economist Jeffrey Sachs has a deep understanding of the Russia-Ukraine war and is thus knowledgeable on the root causes of the conflict. Sachs, however, has pretty much gone against the current of the major support for Ukraine and the condemning of Russia’s invasion as an act of aggression.    Sachs’s recent speech at the European Parliament  lays out in detail  the how’s and why’s of the conflict. There is an important factor some Ukraine supporters have ignored. And that’s the role of the U.S./NATO alliance.   Over the decades, U.S. leaders and their supporters have exercised a superiority complex when it comes to relating to other nations in the world. Russia has been no exception. One can go back to the 1890s, for example, and see the Old United States display overt racism in its  foreign policy as it expanded  across the world. This before there was ...

  Medea Benjamin Speaks Out By David Starr   For years, Medea Benjamin has been on front lines of activism, championing various causes. And she is not stopping. The conflict between Israelis and Palestinians is particularly an issue Benjamin puts her full efforts into.    Benjamin, of course, has her detractors. Those hardline Israeli supporters who have  exhibited behavior that’s drenched in hysteria, lies, propaganda, threats, and all-around nastiness. While pro-Palestinian supporters have expressed their share of outrage, their reasons are  quite different  from that of the hardliners. The former are against Israel going way beyond self-defense to try and impose a “Greater Israel,” characterized by myths of religious supremacy, ultranationalism and racism. The latter arrogantly ignore the suffering and deaths of Palestinians and actually cheer on such carnage.   One detractor was typical in its arrogance against Benjamin and the opposition to I...