Category Archives: Foreign Policy

  1. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. “Only love can do that [drive out hate]”

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    January 19, 2020 by epoetus

    by Bert     It is easy to say “history repeats itself” and “if we haven’t learned from history then …
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    Category: Affirmative Action, Civil Rights, Democracy, Economy, Foreign Policy, Income Inequality, Military, Progressive, Racism, Voting rights | Tags:

  2. Qassim Soleimani was not a terrorist

    January 13, 2020 by epoetus

    by Bert       Unless you are willing to call someone like the head of the US Joint Special …
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    Category: Democracy, Foreign Policy, Media, Military, terrorism, Trump

  3. Are we witnessing Republican desperation?

    January 5, 2020 by epoetus

    by Bert       It appears that US hegemony is waning. This hegemony applies to many situations: world politics …
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    Category: Elections, Foreign Policy, Military, terrorism, World Affairs

  4. Is it time to march in the streets?

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    December 15, 2019 by epoetus

        by Bert     Some have said we should already be marching. Where we are at, where this …
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    Category: Climate Change, Democracy, Foreign Policy, National elections, Supreme Court

  5. Bolivia: the facts followed by a little wade into the murkiness of speculation

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    November 24, 2019 by epoetus

      by Bert     This is a complicated story that is inextricably tied to Bolivia’s history as a former …
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    Category: Democracy, Elections, Foreign Policy, Income Inequality, Native American Issues, Progressive, Racism

  6. What is the deal with the trade agreements?

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    November 2, 2019 by epoetus

    And the trade wars? And the agreements regarding asylum seekers?     #45IdiOTUS has promoted a fictional narrative that it …
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    Category: Agriculture, Economy, Foreign Policy, Immigration, Trade Agreements | Tags:

  7. Could our narcissistic sociopathic White Supremacist President have committed treason?

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    September 28, 2019 by epoetus

    NOTE: He is now 73, not 71 – it is detailed in the text below the photos, specifically the left …
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    Category: Campaign Finance, Democracy, Elections, Foreign Policy, Income Inequality, Money Out of Politics, Progressive, Racism, Trump, Uncategorized, Voting rights

  8. We Have A Rich White Male Problem

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    August 13, 2019 by epoetus

              This problem pre-dates the industrial age, monopolies, trust busting and the end of Slavery. It …
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    Category: Climate Change, Democracy, Economy, Elections, Foreign Policy, Money Out of Politics, National government, Progressive, State government

  9. Root Cause: CAFTA has contributed to the influx of immigrants at the US border over the past 15 years

    August 7, 2019 by epoetus

      We talk about the sudden spike of immigrants coming from “The Triangle” countries of Honduras, Guatemala, and El Salvador …
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    Category: Climate Change, Democracy, Foreign Policy, Immigration, Progressive

  10. A brief history of US Latin America policy, its relevance for today, and analysis of what is going on now

    July 16, 2019 by epoetus

        Putting aside whether or not there really is a spike of migrants from Latin America, as a previous …
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    Category: Climate Change, Foreign Policy, Immigration, Racism, Uncategorized

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