DONALD TRUMP, THE DEVIL WE KNOW

Posted on November 8, 2020 by Norwich Radical in Inter|national and tagged barack obama, conflict, continuity, corporate, covid, Donald Trump, election, featured, global politics, Joe Biden, kamala harris, liberalism, Mike Pence, neocolonialism, new deal, populism, QAnon, racism, US election, USA, wall street.

by Jonathan Lee

First, the good news: Donald Trump has been kicked out of the Oval Office.

The proto-fascist, far-right enabling, climate change denying, racist, misogynist is out. The man who held up a mirror to the worst of America, and gave old fashioned racists all the encouragement they needed to express themselves publicly, has been finally removed through the United State’s idiosyncratic, pseudo-democratic electoral process. Barring civil unrest and armed militias causing problems in the transition period, he will be gone in a matter of months.

CHOOSE YOUR RICH OLD WHITE MAN – AN UNINSPIRING ELECTION

Posted on November 1, 2020 by Norwich Radical in Inter|national and tagged barack obama, Bernie Sanders, black lives matter, bolivia, Chile, climate crisis, Covid-19, democracy, democratic party, Donald Trump, Evo Morales, featured, government, Hillary Clinton, ideology, Joe Biden, left wing, MAS-IPSP, Movimiento al Socialismo, patriarchy, politics, Southern Border Wall, US congress, US constitution, US election 2020, US government shutdown, US Politics, US presidential election, US senate, USA.

By Howard Green

Every 4 years, the world’s attention turns to the US presidential election. It is widely seen as the most important election in the world, and it’s hard to argue that it will be any less than that this year. In a time of racial injustice, climate crisis and global pandemic, many in America have been looking for their politicians to put forward an inspiring, achievable vision of the future. Instead they have a choice between an egomaniacal incumbent and a lacklustre opposition.

A WORLD IN CRISIS

Posted on September 6, 2017 by Norwich Radical in Inter|national and tagged Aung San Suu Kyi, barack obama, Brexit, Charlottesville, cholera, climate change, crisis, DACA, daesh, Donald Trump, famine, Houthi, Hurrican IRma, Hurricane Harvey, hydrogen bomb, ISIS, Myanmar, Nazi imagery, North Korea, nuclear, politicians, politics, Qatar, Rohingya, Saudi Arabia, South Korea, Syria, threat, UN, war, white supremacy, world, Yemen.

by Gunnar Eigener

Everywhere we turn to some sort of crisis or damage control is taking place. North Korea’s recent testing of a hydrogen bomb, the massacre of Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar, Hurricane Harvey devastating parts of Texas, the cholera epidemic and famine in Yemen, the failure of Brexit negotiations, US President Trump’s ever divisive actions, the list goes on. Our global problems are racking up and cracks are starting to appear.

Many of these problems have been long coming, but are now gathering lethal momentum. The world seems to be constantly on edge, waiting with baited breath for the next catastrophe or attack, humanitarian or economical, to happen. New problems are being created or the foundations of future conflicts being laid. What is probably most frustrating is that many are avoidable.Continue Reading

OUR LEADERS ARE DRAGGING US BACK TO THE COAL AGE

Posted on June 8, 2017 by Norwich Radical in Inter|national, Student and tagged activism, barack obama, climate, climate change, coal, collectivism, COP 21, corporations, creative subjects, creativity, democracy, Donald Trump, Earth Day, environment, environmental literacy, environmental sustainability, environmentalism, equality, fossil free, free thought, freedom of expression, future, future generations, global warming, government, individualism, media, national interest, paris, Paris Climate Agreement, people and planet, people's climate march, Pittsburgh, progress, progressive, qualifications, selfishness, student activism, trade deals, UKYCC, USA, West, youth movements.

by Laura Potts

We expect time to encourage positive progression, as new minds surface and opportunities ripen. But recently we are seeing more of the opposite achieved by the leaders of some of the greatest western ‘powers’. Last week, the current president of the United States announced the country’s withdrawal from the Paris Climate deal. This will have seriously detrimental effects on the environment and the future of our planet.

TRUMP: FACING REALITY AND MOVING FORWARD

Posted on May 7, 2017 by Norwich Radical in Inter|national and tagged americanism, barack obama, capitalism, democratic party, Donald Trump, first time, globalisation, globalism, Hilary Clinton, Jeb Sprague-Silgado, make america great again, neoliberal globalists, neoliberalism, new york times, patriortic solidarity, propaganda, r r reno, reno, rogues gallery, ron suskind, Salvador Ranger, Trump.

by Gary Olson

Normally I skip the op-ed pages of the power-worshiping New York Times, but a recent piece by R.R. Reno caught my eye. Reno, a political and religious conservative, edits First Time, a neoconservative journal.

In his article, Republicans Are Now the ‘America First’ Party, Reno contends that Donald Trump understood that unfair free trade deals, immigration, and the “broad and deep impact of globalization on America’s economy and culture” deeply vexed many voters. These were the ominous developments that stoked Trump’s populist rhetoric. An angry backlash against the New York/Washington establishment carried the day in key electoral states like Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan and Wisconsin.

According to Reno, Trump’s juxtaposing of globalism and Americanism, or what Reno describes as “patriotic solidarity,” won the election for Trump. That is, enough voters strongly resented the elite, neoliberal globalists (think Clinton and Obama), believing they cared not one whit about them.Continue Reading

OBAMA’S COMPLICATED ENVIRONMENTAL LEGACY

Posted on January 23, 2017 by Norwich Radical in Inter|national, Perspectives and tagged barack obama, Donald Trump, environment, environmental sustainability, green energy, oil, Paris Climate Agreement, politics, president obama, renewable energy, scott pruitt, US Politics.

by Tara Debra G

By the time you are reading this, Trump will be president of the United States. Soon Scott Pruitt will be head of the EPA (or behead the EPA). As I’m writing this, Obama is singing his swan song and making his final goodbyes as President. The gulf of time between me writing and you reading is small but salient. It is the time to reflect upon what it is Obama leaves in his wake. Contradiction has characterized so many aspects of Obama’s presidency, but what of his environmental record? Well – it’s complicated.

A GREEN REVOLUTION?

Posted on January 17, 2017 by Norwich Radical in Inter|national and tagged Arctic Drilling, barack obama, Brexit, capitalism, clean energy, climate, climate change, coal industry, Congress, divest, Donald Trump, economy, elections, Elon Musk, energy, environment, fossil fuels, future, Green, Green Investment Bank, Greenpeace, hinkley point, industry, James Bond, Jerry Brown, money, Paris Climate Agreement, politics, pollution, power, public interest, renewable, republican, research, revolution, science, solar panels, sustainable, Swansea Bay tidal lagoon, Tesla, uk, US, voting.

by Gunnar Eigener

The election of Donald Trump and the result of the Brexit referendum have thrown the prospect of a greener future into doubt. Trump’s threat to withdraw from the Paris Climate Agreement and promise to boost the ailing US coal industry overshadow the current surge in renewable energy. The UK government’s decision to sell the Green Investment Bank (GIB) has been attacked amid fears of asset-stripping.

Social media is full of individuals and climate groups recoiling in horror at the potential of such actions pushing back the advancement of environmental progress. Many are counting down the days until Trump’s inauguration and the eradication of environmental regulations that is predicted to follow. Yet is the future really as bleak as many would have us believe?Continue Reading

US ELECTIONS: WHAT WENT WRONG?

Posted on November 11, 2016 by Norwich Radical in Inter|national and tagged anti-establishment, barack obama, Bernie Sanders, bias, Brexit, Clinton, CNN, conservative, democrat, Donald Trump, Drumpf, election, elite, establishment, fox news, Hillary Clinton, house, immigration, justice, lgbtQ+, media, minorities, MSM, neo-con, policies, polls, POTUS, republican, Senate, Supreme Court, taxes, Trump, Trumpwins, US president, US presidential election, wall.

by Gunnar Eigener

The victory of Donald Trump to become the 45th President of the United States has shocked and dumbfounded many. What does it say about the state of politics when the first female major party presidential candidate – who was, by far, the most technically qualified – is defeated by a man who has never held any political office? Continue Reading

COLD WAR MARK II: UNNECESSARY, AVOIDABLE, AND A CHALLENGE TO INTERNATIONAL SECURITY

Posted on November 1, 2016 by Norwich Radical in Inter|national and tagged Aleppo, arms, baltic states, barack obama, cold war, cold war mark 2, Crimea, defence, Eastern Europe, ideology, international relations, leninism, liberal capitalism, marxism, middle east, military, national interest, Nato, nuclear weapons, obama, power, putin, relations, Russia, Syria, Ukraine, US, USA, Vladimir Putin, West, western powers.

by Oliver Steward

Today in international relations we are witnessing a return to a new Cold War between Russia and the West. However, this Cold War Mark II is avoidable, and has only been institutionalised by the actions of both the West and Russia to antagonise one another, and rejuvenate the old Cold War which ceased since the collapse of the Soviet Union. Now in the second decade of the 21st Century it is here once again. This new Cold War is characterised by increased tensions between the West and Russia, with rhetoric particularly from the latter becoming increasingly aggressive, and the use of economic measures such as sanctions against Russia by Western powers.

The recent Russian bombardment of the besieged Syrian city of Aleppo has done nothing to ameliorate the current diplomatic tensions, only deepened it. However two important qualifications need to be made about this new Cold War that makes it different to the Cold War of the 20th Century.Continue Reading

DAVID CAMERON ‘RESPONSIBLE FOR THE RISE OF ISIS?’

Posted on September 22, 2016 by Norwich Radical in Inter|national and tagged Afghanistan, airstrikes, Arab League, barack obama, Basra, Brexit, canada, coalition, daesh, david cameron, gaddafi, intervention, knee jerk, liam fox, Libya, military, Nicolas Sarkozy, pig gate, politicians, politics, Srebrenica, theresa may, uk, UN, US, Yugoslavia.

by Zoe Harding

Is anyone else starting to feel a little bit sorry for David Cameron? At this point it’s starting to look like the only redeeming feature of his 2016 so far has been that the accusation of pig fellatio is no longer the worst thing that’s happened to him in office. On the 12^th of September he quit as a Conservative MP, claiming that he ‘didn’t want to be a distraction’ for Theresa May, and on the 14^th we found out why.

A report released by a Foreign Affairs Select Committee found that ‘Through his decision-making in the national security council, former Prime Minister David Cameron was ultimately responsible for the failure to develop a coherent Libya Strategy.’ It alleges that Cameron’s decision to commit military force to intervene in the Libyan revolution was poorly planned and done without considering the consequences, and ultimately led to a power vacuum that was eventually filled by Daesh. Very distracting.Continue Reading

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DONALD TRUMP, THE DEVIL WE KNOW

by Jonathan Lee

CHOOSE YOUR RICH OLD WHITE MAN – AN UNINSPIRING ELECTION

By Howard Green

A WORLD IN CRISIS

OUR LEADERS ARE DRAGGING US BACK TO THE COAL AGE

TRUMP: FACING REALITY AND MOVING FORWARD

OBAMA’S COMPLICATED ENVIRONMENTAL LEGACY

A GREEN REVOLUTION?

US ELECTIONS: WHAT WENT WRONG?

COLD WAR MARK II: UNNECESSARY, AVOIDABLE, AND A CHALLENGE TO INTERNATIONAL SECURITY

DAVID CAMERON ‘RESPONSIBLE FOR THE RISE OF ISIS?’

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