Attacks on US energy infrastructure across the US are increasing. Meanwhile, the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission is mulling shifting more security obligations from plant owners to local law enforcement.
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How COVID-19 and White Fragility are Fueling Fascist Creep
In the COVID-19 era, white fragility intensifies a collective sense of white life in peril, paving the way for a rising fascism. How can we intervene? Alex Khasnabish/ROAR Politics as usual seems to have been put on hold while we grapple with the pandemic, but the political forces and formations […]
Election 2016: Dying Gasps of the Last Global State?
By Richard Falk A cascade of developments should make us afraid of what seems to be emerging politically in the United States at this time. Although politicians keep telling us how great we were or will be or are. Donald Trump has ridden a wave of populist enthusiasm touting his […]
Kansas Bombs: When ‘Civil War’ is not a Metaphor
The headline warns of “civil war.” But although the Guardian uses militaristic euphemisms for campaign contestations across the length of its recent political analysis, the emphasis is decidedly on the more “civil” side of that equation, as much as it can be within the context of our current extreme political […]