“Another political weakness in the Weimar Republic which historians have highlighted is the decline of German liberalism. Indeed, Peukart has singled out the decline of bourgeois liberalism and specifically of the Democrat Party and of the German People’s Party as the ‘decisive event’ of[...]
Posts Tagged ‘neofascism’
February 22nd, 2017 - 1:12 am § in America
Weimar Republic: “The Democrat Party ….. undermined the prorepublic centre ‘from within'”
Is McCain Ready to Show HIS Profile in Courage?
John McCain was once a major reaosn I did not call myself a Democrat. Then this hero chose Sarah Pain as his candidate for Vice President. Now, without mentioning Trump’s name once, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., showed his disdain for President Donald Trump. McCain at the Munich Security Conference[...]
February 14th, 2017 - 9:33 am § in Misc.
Be Afraid Of The FPS
(CNN)A US citizen and NASA engineer returning from a trip abroad says he was held at the border by US Customs officers who demanded that he unlock his phone. Sidd Bikkannavar said in a post on social media that US Customs and Border Protection officers wanted his cell phone — and password R[...]
February 10th, 2017 - 10:00 am § in Donald Trump, Misc.
Why Andy Jackson’s Portrait Tells Us What Donald May Do
UNDERMINING THE CONSTITUTION After the 9th District decision to stand behind Seattle judge James Robart, the Donald has two choices : “There is no precedent to support this claimed unreviewability, which runs contrary to the fundamental structure of our constitutional democracy,” the court said [...]
February 10th, 2017 - 5:18 am § in Donald Trump, Misc.
Is fascism taking root in the US?
Historians have been divided over whether to describe Trumpism as fascism. Excerpted text from essay by Rachel Shabi author of Not the Enemy: Israel’s Jews from Arab Lands. Reaching for the term “fascist” isn’t about applying the ultimate insult, so much as preparing for t[...]
January 30th, 2017 - 12:05 am § in America, Donald Trump
THE NEW WORLD ORDER
It turns out we all should have taken Trump both seriously and literally. Monday, January 30, 2017 From the Washington Post Daily Newsletter Sign up here. BY ISHAAN THAROOR THE TAKEAWAY For more than a year, President Trump made it clear how he felt about refugees and other Muslim foreigners se[...]
January 29th, 2017 - 12:30 pm § in Donald Trump, Misc.
Travelling while Muslim
For those of you who have students or colleagues currently stranded outside of the U.S. with tickets to return to the USA, please let Simon Sandoval-Moshenberg know ASAP. He is the Director of the Immigrant Advocacy Program at the Legal Aid Center in Washington, DC. And he can offer free legal help.[...]
January 29th, 2017 - 9:24 am § in Donald Trump, Misc.
Trump Launches Right Wing Putsch
America’s Nazis Come to Power President Donald Trump is reshuffling the US National Security Council (NSC) replacing the military chiefs of staff with the Alt Right councilor Steve Bannon. Mr. Bannon, formerly the head of the populist right-wing, Breitbart News website, has no military quali[...]
January 22nd, 2017 - 11:50 pm § in Donald Trump, Misc.
Warnings to The US From Berlin
Germany’s foreign minister on Sunday predicted turbulent times ahead for the world following Donald Trump’s accession to power in the United States. “With the election of Donald Trump, the world of the 20th century has definitely been overtaken,” Frank-Walter Steinmeier wrote[...]
TRUMP Considers Creating Internal National Army
Why is this scary? Trump administration weighs mobilizing Nat Guard for immigration roundups SEATTLETIMES.COM Remember the Founding Fathers? One of them, Thomas Jefferson, insisted that the nascent state NOT have an internal standing army. Hamilton opposed this and convinced John Adams that we[...]