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A Party built on Fascism: When 63 Republicans take Putin’s side of the war and vote against NATO

A Party built on Fascism: When 63 Republicans take Putin’s side of the war and vote against NATO

Posted by | Apr 10, 2022

The Republican Party is committed to tearing America apart by pitting us against each other. Why would they do this? Here is a clue: 63 Republicans voted this week against a resolution in support of NATO. Yes, they voted for Putin’s side of the war. Seriously. Although it has been largely ignored by American TV media, you can read all about it over at The Washington Post in an article by Aaron Blake titled: Why 30 percent of the House GOP voted against reaffirming NATO support. Their unflinching support of Putin comes shortly after Koch Industries announced they would be...

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Bringing Jesus to the Communist world: Why American Evangelicals cannot fully abandon their Kremlin ally

Bringing Jesus to the Communist world: Why American Evangelicals cannot fully abandon their Kremlin ally

Posted by | Apr 10, 2022

By Melani McAlister, Professor of American Studies and International Affairs, George Washington University In February 2022, evangelical leader Franklin Graham called on his followers to pray for Vladimir Putin. His tweet acknowledged that it might seem a “strange request” given that Russia was clearly about to invade Ukraine. But Graham asked that believers “pray that God would work in his heart so that war could be avoided at all cost.” The backlash was fast and direct. Graham had not solicited prayers for Ukraine, some observers commented. And he had rarely called on believers to pray for U.S. President Joe...

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Lessons from FDR: It turns out that authoritarian governments depend on the economies of democracies

Lessons from FDR: It turns out that authoritarian governments depend on the economies of democracies

Posted by | Apr 9, 2022

On June 5, 1944, the day before the D-Day operation in which the Allied forces in World War II invaded German-occupied western Europe, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt gave his 29th Fireside Chat. Roosevelt told the American people that Rome had fallen to American and Allied troops the previous day. He used the talk not only to announce this important milestone in the deadly war, but also to remind Americans they were engaged in a war between democracy and fascism. And while fascists insisted their ideology made countries more efficient and able to serve their people, the Allies’ victory in...

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Oligarchic economics joined with racist nationalism marks the ultimate failure of progressive politics

Oligarchic economics joined with racist nationalism marks the ultimate failure of progressive politics

Posted by | Apr 9, 2022

The United States presents itself as the beacon of democracy in contrast to the autocracies of China and Russia. Yet American democracy is in danger of succumbing to the same sort of oligarchic economics and racist nationalism that thrive in both these powers. After all, it was not long ago that Donald Trump, who openly admired Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin, encouraged racist nationalism in America while delivering much of the U.S. government into the hands of America’s super-rich. Now state-level Republicans are busily suppressing votes of people of color and paving the way for a possible anti-democratic coup,...

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When the core beliefs of the “Culture Wars” produce more suffering for people living in Red States

When the core beliefs of the “Culture Wars” produce more suffering for people living in Red States

Posted by | Apr 9, 2022

According to a popular meme, comedian Noel Casler asked, “How come everything the Republican Party stands for involves other people dying?” He then went on to note GOP support for assault weapons, opposition to masks and vaccines, opposition to saving the environment, and their all-out war on Obamacare and Medicare-for-All. Casler may have just been being glib, doing the written equivalent of a standup routine, but his question deserves a serious answer, so we should examine the evidence. It is undeniably true that Republican-controlled “Red” states, almost across the board, have higher rates of: spousal abuse, obesity, smoking, teen pregnancy, sexually...

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An advocate for Irpin: How Boris Nayflish searched for his Ukrainian roots and found a Sister City

An advocate for Irpin: How Boris Nayflish searched for his Ukrainian roots and found a Sister City

Posted by | Apr 8, 2022

Milwaukee was founded as a city of immigrants, with traditions embedded into the culture and passed down for generations. The population grew in 19th century, as industrious people from predominately European nations sought better economic opportunities. But by the 20th century, the influx of immigrants came as a matter of survival for many who sought refuge after being displaced by a war. With each ethnic wave to arrive, Milwaukee neighborhoods took on the distinct flavor of a distant homeland that had been left behind. Industry first made Milwaukee an international city, while its later economic loss exposed entrenched racial...

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