As I was leaving the University of the Communes in Tocuyito, after a joyful and uplifting visit, an earnest young Professor came up to me and pulled me aside. Very quietly, he asked me what was going to happen. A number of the students were terrified there would be...
US President Donald Trump is reportedly ready to give up on the Persian Gulf passage: Trump Tells Aides He’s Willing to End War Without Reopening Hormuz (archived) – WSJ In recent days, Trump and his aides assessed that a mission to pry open the chokepoint...
“We negotiate with bombs.”— Pete Hegseth, Defense Secretary for the Trump Administration The language of modern government is the language of empire. It is the language of domination, retaliation, conquest and control—of enemies to be crushed, nations to be subdued,...
