Posts

On Our 'Virtual Route 99" (Special Editoin): On The Week That Was in America & The World

Image
 Our team presents a snapshot of thoughts on the World This Week:  Credit: Molly Riley/APA Images via ZUMA Next week, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman , aka MBS , will return to the White House for the first time since the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi . That’s a big deal right there, or at least should be. And the visit is a big deal, with lots of potential deals in it. The White House  will host  a US-Saudi Summit at the Kennedy Center and a black tie dinner. Since MBS is not formally the head of state, it’s not a “state” dinner. But it’s close. What Trump wants Though it hasn’t dominated headlines this week, Team Trump is still pushing hard on Gaza. One main reason is: Trump wants Saudi Arabia to join the Abraham Accords and normalize relations with Israel. That is something Joe Biden pushed hard to do and failed. It would not only let Trump crow that he accomplished what his predecessor couldn’t, it would feed into the narrative that he’s bringing ...
Post a Comment
Read more

On Our "Virtual Route 99" Around America: Mid-Week Thoughts

Image
 Our team pulled together thoughts during this edition of the "Virtual Route 99" on the Zohran Mamadani Election , courtesy the team at Jacobin Magazine   in New York, and the ongoing developments regarding Donald Trump  ,courtesy the team at the New Republic :  Last night in Brooklyn , after his win in New York’s mayoral race , Zohran Mamdani gave a victory speech that quoted Eugene Debs , directly challenged Donald Trump, and laid out a vision for a New York City transformed.  We have reprinted the full speech in  Jacobin . The sun may have set over our city this evening, but as Eugene Debs once said, “I can see the dawn of a better day for humanity.” For as long as we can remember, the working people of New York have been told by the wealthy and the well-connected that power does not belong in their hands. Fingers bruised from lifting boxes on the warehouse floor, palms calloused from delivery bike handlebars, knuckles scarred with kitchen burns: these ...
Post a Comment
Read more