Over the past few years, the world has been closing in on Dan Gertler, the Jewish “convert” to ultra-Orthodox Judaism and Congo mining magnate. Before then, Gertler was a kingpin in that African nation. He bought huge mining concessions earning billions. In order to obtain those concessions, he handed out bribes worth hundreds of millions […]
Putin Cobbled Together Alliance of US Radical Right and Anti-Imperialist Left, Dividing Opposition to Ukraine Invasion How Did the Hard Left Get Ukraine So Wrong?
Vladimir Putin’s war on Ukraine has made for some strange bedfellows. Say what you will about the Russian dictator, he’s accomplished something remarkable, uniting what I’ll call the anti-imperialist left and the Trumpist right in an alliance, which has upset the calculus of American politics. Back in the bad old days of Cold War politics, […]
Why Do Donald Trump and the Far Left Agree on Ukraine? Those on both ideological extremes find a lot to hate about the west and its opposition to a Ukraine invasion
As Russia masses almost 200,000 troops on Ukraine’s border (thousands have already invaded by entering puppet republics conquered from Ukraine eight years ago and annexed by Putin this week), the reception to Russian aggression has taken a strange turn. Under normal circumstances, I find myself in agreement on Israel-Palestine with those on the left who […]
Trump May Be an Anti-Semite, But He’s Right About the Lobby When it comes to protecting Israel's interests, Congress is in the Lobby's Pocket
Donald Trump gave an interview to Seattle Jewish Trumper, Ari Hoffman, yesterday in which he said that Israel “owned Congress.” And the world seems to be all atwitter with the shocking news that our ex-president is an anti-Semite. We all know he’s always been one. This is nothing new. It’s just that now he can […]
