The Anderson Files
Is the U.S. marching toward a war with Iran?
A year ago, Trump withdrew from the 2015 Iran nuclear deal and restored harsh sanctions. As a result, Iran’s economy has been severely damaged. ...
Anti-LGBTQ terror, corporate hypocrites, militant workers
Several years ago, corporate America began to celebrate LGBTQ Pride month with rainbow-patterned merchandise and participation in parades. Ryan Cooper, writing in The American...
Trump’s trial run for a fascist state
A few weeks ago, Trump tweeted that he will quickly deport millions of undocumented immigrants from this country. “They will be removed as fast...
Defeating GOP zombie Reagonomics and fossil fuel autocracy
On Sept. 23, Fox Business’ Larry Kudlow exclaimed, “The U.S. midterm elections cavalry arrived early in London! … The new British prime minister, Liz...
A new reality for Israelis, Palestinians and U.S. politics
The Israel-Palestine conflict is frequently portrayed as an eternal Hatfields versus McCoys dispute. There is calm now after the fighting.
But Yousef Munayyer, a political...
German coup plotters borrow from QAnon, Jan. 6
On Dec. 7, some 3,000 German police officers and special forces raided 150 locations in 11 of Germany’s 16 states as well as in...
Social solidarity or culture war
We are supposed to be in the middle of a “culture war” but it is really a conflict about how we define social solidarity...
The Battle in Seattle 20 years on
Twenty years ago, activists gave us an adrenaline rush. Tens of thousands of people flooded downtown Seattle, challenging the global economic order and yelling...
What did Kevin McCarthy know and when did he know it?
It’s too early to know the impact of Trump’s second impeachment trial. Many millions watched it on TV, but the size of the audience...
The hidden history of U.S.-Cuban relationship
It was a turning point. Beginning in 2013, the U.S. and Cuba began secret talks in Canada and Vatican City. In 2015, Barack Obama...
How the Green New Deal wins
This month, the U.S. House passed the most comprehensive pro-labor legislation since the 1930s. The PRO (Protecting the Right to Organize) Act would significantly...
Choosing terrain for activism
What if America had a parliamentary system? What if we got rid of the presidency and the Senate and turned the House of Representatives...
