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[…] as was).55 Taibbi wrote: Groups like the CCDH often paralyze left-leaning political figures and media commentators by making them afraid to be lumped in with anti-vaxxers or Trump supporters. Only a few sharp reporters like Branko Marcetic of Jacobin, have had the vision to understand that ‘They’ll come for us next.’ In other words, […]
The Watergate break-ins and the Howard Hughes connection
[PDF file]: […] or organizations. Jonathan Marshall is the author of six non-fiction books, including Dark Quadrant: Organized Crime, Big Business, and the Corruption of American Democracy, from Truman to Trump (Lanham, MA: Rowman and Littlefield, 2021). Several of his essays have been published in Lobster. 1 1 Thus began Watergate, the mother of all modern political […]
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[…] as was).54 Taibbi wrote: Groups like the CCDH often paralyze left-leaning political figures and media commentators by making them afraid to be lumped in with anti-vaxxers or Trump supporters. Only a few sharp reporters like Branko Marcetic of Jacobin, have had the vision to understand that ‘They’ll come for us next.’ In other words, […]
Do Not Disturb: The Story of a Political Murder and an African Regime Gone Bad by Michela Wrong
[PDF file]: […] murderous brutality from any party spokesmen or women. This shameful reality makes Michela Wrong’s book all the more important. It is a brave and powerful indictment that deserves urgent reading. John Newsinger is a retired academic. His latest book is Chosen by God: Donald Trump, the Christian Right and American Capitalism, published by Bookmarks. 6
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[…] as was).54 Taibbi wrote: Groups like the CCDH often paralyze left-leaning political figures and media commentators by making them afraid to be lumped in with anti-vaxxers or Trump supporters. Only a few sharp reporters like Branko Marcetic of Jacobin, have had the vision to understand that ‘They’ll come for us next.’ In other words, […]
Frontline Ukraine: Crisis in the Borderlands by Richard Sakwa
[PDF file]: […] EU (including, for now, the UK, whose support for boosting NATO’s presence in Eastern Europe would ‘only pour fuel on an already raging fire’8). The election of Trump to the US Presidency, with his support for protectionism and greater interest in hemispheric than in European affairs, post-dated publication of Sakwa’s book. It may have […]
The view from the bridge
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Failed Führers: A History of Britain’s Extreme Right by Graham Macklin
[PDF file]: […] chronicle of failure. Macklin does not really deal with this, nevertheless his book is a still a tremendous achievement that everyone interested in British Fascism needs to read. * John Newsinger is a retired academic. His latest book is Chosen by God: Donald Trump, the Christian Right and American Capitalism, published by Bookmarks. 7 8
Newsinger Uproar
[…] the fact is ‘that there was a sizeable audience in the US for a song extolling mass murder’. (pp. 224-225) Presumably this did not perturb the FBI in the slightest. John Newsinger is a retired academic. His latest book is Chosen by God: Donald Trump, the Christian Right and American Capitalism, published by Bookmarks. 6