In politics and the mainstream media, Germany's elites are still addicted to obeying the US and sticking to Israel come-what-may, genocide and wars of aggression included.
by Tarik Cyril Amar
www.newglobalpolitics.org/the-new-old-...
The historian Toby Craig Jones (Rutgers) on the deeper historical context of the American/Israeli war on Iran.
www.newglobalpolitics.org/iran-and-ame...
More U.S. Troops Are Headed to Nigeria
The Trump administration is sending more troops to a region where U.S. military assistance coincided with increased violence.
theintercept.com/2026/02/19/m...
With Trump edging closer to war with Iran, there is almost no pushback in the US. The Democrats remain silent, oblivious to the enormous dangers that lay ahead. www.newglobalpolitics.org/us-iran-war/
Senators who voted to increase military spending received 3.5 times the arms industry cash of those opposed. Median amount received (2024 election cycle), by vote. Voted YES on $901 billion military bill: $224,028. Voted NO on $901 billion military bill: $63,956. Votes: Fiscal Year 2026 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). Political contributions (2019 to 2024): OpenSecrets. Chart by Stephen Semler.
Senators who voted for the $901 billion military bill accepted 3.5x as much money from military contractors as those opposed.
Helps explain why the Senate is so comfortable ignoring public opinion.
www.stephensemler.com/p/1-in-10-vo...
A must-read: Eric Reinhart on reclaiming 'politics itself–not as spectacle or identity but as the collective pursuit of the conditions for a full life ‘
www.newglobalpolitics.org/when-power-t...
UNICEF says Israel blocking one million syringes needed to vaccinate Gaza children flip.it/V3voye
Trump’s Military Occupations of U.S. Cities Cost $473 Million and Rising
Trump’s campaign to quell dissent by deploying the American military to U.S. cities comes at an immense price
theintercept.com/2025/11/11/c...
Trump Troop Deployment in U.S. Climbs to 35,000 Boots on the Ground
A federal judge found the deployment to LA violated bedrock constitutional law, but Trump’s domestic military campaign continues. theintercept.com/2025/09/17/t...
Tarik Cyril Amar on the impact that forced mobilization is having on Ukrainian politics and society, deepening divisions between civilians and the military--and between officials and the ordinary men hunted by brutal conscription gangs.
www.newglobalpolitics.org/forced-mobil...
Keeping America safe! 💪🇺🇸
Eric Reinhart on the ‘Democratic Party and its “fear of breakdown“: We aren’t on the edge of democracy’s demise; it’s already lost. Confronting this reality is essential for meaningfully opposing fascism.’
www.newglobalpolitics.org/neither-cult...
In thinking of our technocratic age as unprecedented, we mistake its mutation for newness.
Aishwary Kumar and Payal Puri on recovering democracy from tech oligarchy.
www.newglobalpolitics.org/podcasts/t-t...
Gaza and the Ghosts of Leningrad: The Return of Starvation Politics
The Germans intentionally orchestrated a horrific famine in Leningrad during the Second World War. The Israeli siege of Gaza is following the same logic.
Robert D. Crews
www.newglobalpolitics.org/gaza-and-gho...
The Mass Detention Industrial Complex
Fear, Racism, and Racial Capitalism
David A. Canton
www.newglobalpolitics.org/the-mass-det...
Check out David A. Canton's critique of Bernie's approach to race and his warning to white progressives not to downplay racism in identifying candidates to challenge MAGA.
David A. Canton, Department of History, University of Florida
www.newglobalpolitics.org/bernies-blin...
“Centrists like Ezra Klein call for a kinder, more connected liberal culture. But without building public systems that allow people to actually care for one another, civility is just polite sentiment to cover over the fact of cruelty.” - Eric Reinhart
www.newglobalpolitics.org/neither-cult...
For @newglobalpolitics.bsky.social, I spoke with Salvadoran journalist @petizagavarrete.bsky.social about fascism, militarism, and tech-bro gentrification under Nayib Bukele's indefinite state of exception.
Check out David A. Canton's critique of Bernie's approach to race and his warning to white progressives not to downplay racism in identifying candidates to challenge MAGA.
David A. Canton, Department of History, University of Florida
www.newglobalpolitics.org/bernies-blin...
I have long ranted re how problematic it is when well-meaning folks in Trump 2 era advocate for a return to "due process" for immigrants when the status quo of the legal system has LONG denied them any semblance of it.
My latest in New Global Politics:
www.newglobalpolitics.org/immigrants-i...
“Even before Trump’s deportation scheme laid siege to immigration law, the system was unfair. True reform must not stop at the restoration of the status quo—but imagine a new system based on actual justice.”
by Heba Gowayed
www.newglobalpolitics.org/immigrants-i...
"Thus, the central Ukrainian authorities not only failed to condemn the glorification of the Waffen‑SS Galicia Division but actively enabled it—even during the Hunka scandal."
The Mass Detention Industrial Complex
Fear, Racism, and Racial Capitalism
David A. Canton
www.newglobalpolitics.org/the-mass-det...
Gaza and the Ghosts of Leningrad: The Return of Starvation Politics
The Germans intentionally orchestrated a horrific famine in Leningrad during the Second World War. The Israeli siege of Gaza is following the same logic.
Robert D. Crews
www.newglobalpolitics.org/gaza-and-gho...
