Obama and his terrorists here in their “clear monument” of Miami
Apr 23, 2016Walter Lippmann
The Surprising Candidacy of Bernie Sanders
It is surprising that within a population that until so recently feared the word socialism, support for Sanders has reached so high.
A wise decision or the Party Congress will leave approval of two essential documents pending
It was a wise decision that the main report to the Congress "should remain pending approval until discussion with the population and all party militants."
Washington’s Best-Kept Secret in Africa
For years, the US military expansion in Africa has gone unnoticed thanks to a deliberate effort to keep the public misinformed. But look hard enough and –north to south, east to west– you’ll find the reasons for that silencing effort: in remote locales, behind fences and beyond the gaze of prying eyes, the US military has built an extensive archipelago of African outposts, transforming the continent, experts say, into a laboratory for a new kind of war.
The Hijacking of Presidential Prerogatives
This is the reason why today the President of the United States does not have the authority to rectify the seizing of a faculty so essential for the exercise of the sovereign international relations of his country.
Fascism, Revenge of the Poor in the USA
No swastikas in an American fascism, but Stars and Stripes (or Stars and Bars) and Christian crosses. No fascist salute, but mass recitations of the pledge of allegiance. These symbols contain no whiff of fascism in themselves “to avoid detection by the internal enemy”.
A Brief Opinion on Obama’s Visit to Cuba
Mar 30, 2016Walter Lippmann
A 21st Century War
Barack Obama is just one actor in one more scene of a transcendental drama: Cuba’s century-old struggle for freedom and social justice. We have had all kinds of adversaries, from the most respectable to the downright worst, but each one’s place in history has been dictated by the revolutionary practice of the Cuban people.
Walter Lippmann, Interviewed on Law & Disorder Radio March 23, 2016
This interview was conducted on March 23, 2016, on the meaning of President Barack Obama’s visit to Cuba. Hosted by: Michael Ratner, Michael Smith, Heidi Boghosian Law & Disorder, a groundbreaking radio program that among many things, encourages listeners to get involved with and understand the legal issues eroding all of our civil liberties — […]
It’s premature to speak about normalizing US-Cuban relations
Despite the fact that many of the promises made by President Obama have remained unfulfilled and much more was expected of him, he has obviously played a historic role. With regard to Cuba we must recognize his merit for having taken very courageous and important steps. I would like to meet him.