Dana Frank is professor emerita of history at the University of California, Santa Cruz. She is the author of eight books, including the forthcoming Balancing Acts: How a Japanese Immigrant Built a Life in the Face of Racial Danger Until Federal Agents Seized Him.
Democrats are trying to defeat socialism by deploying concepts that, while sounding reasonable, ultimately play to the Right. Words like “practical” and “pragmatic” may sound objective, but they’re used to undermine a left that’s winning elections.
Donald Trump recently commandeered California’s National Guard to repress anti-ICE protests in LA. The National Guard has a long history of being deployed to break up protests and strikes, including violent repression of strikes by immigrant workers.
The Black Legion was a white supremacist fascist group headquartered in Lima, Ohio. It grew to hundreds of thousands of members in the 1930s and engaged in violent acts of racist terrorism. Its worst deeds are lost to memory, but they shouldn’t be.
The United States has long danced with dictators in Central America. US support for Honduran president Juan Orlando Hernández is no different.
In the face of state repression and blatant fraud, Hondurans are demanding their right to a democratic election.
"Buy American" campaigns have historically done more to intensify xenophobia than improve workers' conditions.
From the "USS Honduras" to the 2009 coup and its aftermath, Honduras has suffered some of the worst abuses of US foreign policy.