Tag: Civil War
In the election year, we are witnessing “two Americas”: the “red” and “blue” US, each with its own social circles, media circles and policy spheres, holding divergent views on many issues. Some American scholars point out that these “two Americas” are essentially in a state of a “cold” civil war.
On January 25, a coalition of 24 Republican governors released a joint statement in support of Texas Governor Greg Abbott’s efforts to exercise the state’s “constitutional right to self-defense.” Vermont Governor Phil Scott was the only GOP governor who did not sign onto the statement to support Abbott.
Deteriorating social conditions, dollarization and lack of punishment for criminals have been key aspects of Ecuadorian politics since the U.S.-led regime change in the country.
Radical historian William Appleman Williams struck a consistent theme through his decades of writing on U.S. history. When confronted with a choice between building a society based on communitarian values or expanding to dodge the difficulties that would have entailed, the U.S. consistently chose imperial expansion. First, across the continent, and then around the world.
