From CommonDreamsPublished on Tuesday, December 08, 2020byCommon Dreams'Bad News': Biden Picks Retired General and Raytheon Board Member Lloyd Austin as Pentagon Chief Raytheon, one journalist pointed out, is "a key supplier of bombs to the U.S.-Saudi war in Yemen that has lobbied aggressively in opposition to curbs on arms sales to the … [Read more...] about 'Bad News': Biden Picks Retired General and Raytheon Board Member Lloyd Austin as Pentagon Chief
Social Justice/社会正義
The Donald, According to David Roth
From JacobinANP Let’s start with Trump’s election. You’re a longtime Trump-watcher. But more than that, you seem cursed to have what reads like a direct line to his brain, which … [Read more...] about The Donald, According to David Roth
Who Will Xavier Becerra Serve as Joe Biden’s HHS Secretary?
From JacobinTo run the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Joe Biden has selected a Democrat who has touted his support for Medicare for All and previously demanded the Obama administration take tough action against the pharmaceutical industry to lower the … [Read more...] about Who Will Xavier Becerra Serve as Joe Biden’s HHS Secretary?
Israel’s Honeymoon With the United Arab Emirates Is Grotesque
From JacobinBack in 2010, the New York Times’ Thomas Friedman issued the following complaint: “Destructive critics dismiss Gaza as an Israeli prison, without ever mentioning that had Hamas decided — after Israel unilaterally left Gaza — to turn it into Dubai rather than … [Read more...] about Israel’s Honeymoon With the United Arab Emirates Is Grotesque
Trump’s Pernicious Military Legacy
From CommonDreamsIn the military realm, Donald Trump will most likely be remembered for his insistence on ending America’s involvement in its twenty-first-century "forever wars"—the fruitless, relentless, mind-crushing military campaigns undertaken by Presidents Bush and Obama in Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, and Somalia. After all, as a candidate, Trump pledged to … [Read more...] about Trump’s Pernicious Military Legacy