Dave Lindorff

Dave Lindorff is an award-winning US journalist, former Asia correspondent for Business Week, and founder of the collectively-owned journalists' news site ThisCantBeHappening.net.

Trump hails Obama! How the US president has turned to his predecessor’s ugly methods of repressing dissent to tackle BLM Op-ed
The US leader has called Obama’s model for crushing the 2011 Occupy Wall St movement “beautiful” and is using it to label even peaceful BLM protestors as domestic terrorists. It’s police state stuff.
Jul 9, 2020 18:26
Covid-19 is massacring US elderly in nursing homes, neglected for years by a power-hungry industry Op-ed
The elderly in US care institutions are dying disproportionately from Covid-19. The pandemic has revealed the extent to which their wellbeing and safety have been sacrificed by an industry that prioritizes profit and influence.
May 15, 2020 13:51
US is at a critical juncture, facing TWO EPIDEMICS: Covid-19 & soaring joblessness Op-ed
The Senate and the White House have finally managed to negotiate a record $2-trillion stimulus aid package to ease the economic impact of the coronavirus outbreak. But the money may well be too little too late.
Mar 25, 2020 18:21
US bombings on Hiroshima & Nagasaki were not to end WWII but to frighten Soviet Union Op-ed
Almost three-quarters of a century ago on August 9, 1945, the United States dropped a 22-kiloton plutonium bomb called the “Fat Man” on Nagasaki.
Aug 9, 2019 15:56
In Washington, money trumps votes: Is the US still a democracy? Op-ed
The United States for years has touted itself as the “world’s oldest democracy,” but it doesn’t seem to be as democratic as it might appear.
Jan 30, 2019 11:34
Business as usual: US INF pullout will delight arms industry as it threatens to reignite Cold War Op-ed
Trump has been tearing up treaties since taking office, from halting negotiations on the TPP to NAFTA, but his latest threat to pull out of the nuclear deal, negotiated by President Reagan in the 80s, may be his biggest mistake.
Oct 25, 2018 14:16
Party at war with itself: DNC facing insurgency from its progressive base Op-ed
Latest knock-out of a veteran Democratic Congressman, Michael Capuano from Massachusetts, shows voters are turned off by liberals, and want more progressive candidates.
Sep 13, 2018 13:16
Did Bernie Sanders break down doors for new US socialist movement? Op-ed
Since its heyday in the early 20th Century, socialism in the US struggled to win even a tiny following. Now candidates are openly calling themselves socialists and winning elections.
Jul 20, 2018 15:54
'Wicked sense of humor': Could Donald Trump be a Nobel Peace Prize laureate? Op-ed
Republicans in Congress, and a pair of Norwegian parliamentarians seek to further tarnish Nobel's peace prize by nominating Trump. 'President Donald Trump receives a Nobel Peace Prize!' - I suppose it could happen.
Jun 29, 2018 14:09
Trump ‘flips off’ the rest of the world, losing friends and allies Op-ed
With a White House riven by policy feuds, Trump has been tearing up agreements and treaties right and left, as well as threating military action and sanctions. This has left its allies wondering if the US is, in fact, an ally.
May 27, 2018 14:00

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