As Ilhan Omar Said, Trump Is a Fascist -- and His Rallies Prove It

Monday, July 22, 2019 [| Only 3 days left: Truthout needs your help! |]( [As Ilhan Omar Said, Trump Is a Fascist -- and His Rallies Prove It]( Henry A. Giroux, Truthout Ilhan Omar is right in calling Trump a fascist. One need look no further than his spectacles of white nationalist fear and racism that seek to turn politics into a grandiose theater of nativism, while presenting the head of state as a kind of demigod. There is also his assumption -- reinforced by the GOP and conservative media -- that citizenship is the exclusive terrain of white people. [Read the Article →]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [People on Parole Fight to Reclaim the Ballot]( Michelle Chen, Truthout As the population silenced by felony disenfranchisement in the U.S. grows too big to ignore, the movement to restore the franchise is expanding. California became the latest state to join the effort as it considers a 2020 ballot measure for parolee voting rights. Parolee disenfranchisement threatens democracy by permanently excluding formerly incarcerated people from the two most basic civic institutions, the jury and the ballot, say activists. [Read the Article →]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Illinois GOP Posts Facebook Meme Calling Four Congresswomen "The Jihad Squad"]( Shira Tarlo, Salon Top leaders of the Illinois Republican Party sought to reverse damage after posting and then deleting a movie-style poster on Facebook that depicted four progressive congresswomen who have been repeatedly attacked by President Trump in recent days as "The Jihad Squad." [Read the Article →]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [The "Aging Crisis" Is Actually Just a Labor Crisis for the Wealthy]( Dean Baker, Truthout There have been numerous news stories about the "crisis" posed by an aging population and thus, a declining workforce-to-retiree ratio, both in the U.S. and in China. This concern is based not so much on economic reality as fear that a smaller labor market would give workers greater bargaining power with their employers. [Read the Article →]( --------------------------------------------------------------- Friends of Truthout, we need you! We have just three days left to raise the $32,450 we need to continue reporting on today's most pressing issues. As a grassroots, not-for-profit publication, Truthout's very existence depends on donations from readers. Can you take a moment to help? [Donate Now →]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Hundreds of Thousands to Protest as Puerto Rico Governor Refuses to Resign]( Jake Johnson, Common Dreams As mass street protests demanding his immediate resignation intensified over the weekend, Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rosselló stepped down as head of his party on Sunday and announced he will not seek re-election in 2020 -- but stopped short of leaving his post. [Read the Article →]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Tensions Between Iran, U.K. and U.S. Spark Fears of War]( Amy Goodman, Democracy Now! In Iran, authorities say they've arrested 17 Iranian citizens and charged them with being CIA-trained spies for the United States. This comes as tensions in the Persian Gulf continued to mount following Iran's seizure of a British oil tanker. Iran said it seized the tanker in retaliation for the British impounding of an Iranian tanker. [Watch the Video and Read the Transcript →]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Reparations to Black Americans Should Be Made Now. Here's How to Start.]( Rhoda E. Howard-Hassmann, The Conversation We have a responsibility to make amends to fellow citizens who have been harmed by the past or present policies of our governments. Acknowledging slavery and other atrocities is crucial, but it is only step one to making reparations. [Read the Article →]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Organic Farm in West Virginia Is Imperiled by Gas Pipeline Construction]( Anne Meador, DC Media Group In the four years since finding stakes mysteriously implanted in the ground of their newly acquired farm, Neal LaFerriere and his family have worked as best they could with Mountain Valley Pipeline representatives to preserve the integrity of their organic farm. But even before clearing for construction started on the right-of-way last week, the effects of the company's actions on the family's business have been catastrophic. [Read the Article →]( --------------------------------------------------------------- In Case You Missed It --------------------------------------------------------------- [If Left Unchecked, Trump Will Obliterate the Right to Asylum]( Marjorie Cohn, Truthout Trump's new asylum rule undermines well-established law and prevents refugees fleeing persecution from receiving asylum. It is part of his administration's war on migrants. As Trump threatens to conduct mass raids inside the U.S., instilling fear and terrorizing immigrant communities, he is sending more troops to intensify his militarization of the southern border. [Read the Article →]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [1970s Activism Laid Foundation for Today's Prison Abolitionist Feminism]( Anton Woronczuk, Truthout In All Our Trials: Prisons, Policing, and the Feminist Fight to End Violence, author Emily Thuma brings our attention to feminist movements in the 1970s that resisted the use of policing and imprisonment as a means to end gender violence. Thuma's book uncovers a rich history of grassroots activism that grasped how state violence caused harm rather than addressed it. [Read the Interview →]( --------------------------------------------------------------- We need 42 more people to make a sustaining monthly gift to Truthout. Will you be one? 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