Biden and the secrets of the national security state
The real victims of “national security” secrets are the American people, who are denied knowledge of the crimes committed by the American government.
The real victims of “national security” secrets are the American people, who are denied knowledge of the crimes committed by the American government.
In the first days of 2023, the reactionary and repulsive dynamic of American capitalist politics has been on full display. The Democratic Socialists of America and its congressional representatives play a critical role in this right-wing process.
In the aftermath of the November midterm elections, media pundits proclaimed a “victory for democracy” and “return to normalcy” in American politics. The events of Friday, however, the second anniversary of the January 6, 2021 storming of the Capitol by a fascist mob incited by the sitting president, have well and truly exploded all such fantasies.
Two years after former president Trump and his Republican allies tried to overturn the Constitution, the aspiring dictator and the social and political forces that supported him remain free and are openly plotting their next coup.
Both capitalist parties are hurtling to the right, with Biden unalterably committed to war with Russia, and the Republican presidential candidates attacking the fascist Trump from the right.
While Republicans screamed and yelled about Hunter Biden, Democrats barely mentioned the far greater crimes of Donald Trump.
Steven Sund’s testimony before Congress confirms that the Democrats are covering up the complicity of military brass and police and intelligence officials in Trump's fascist assault on the Capitol to overturn the 2020 election.
The crisis of the political system in the US reached a new level of intensity over the past week, with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s announcement Tuesday of an impeachment inquiry against President Biden, the announcement Thursday of a criminal indictment against Biden’s son, Hunter, and the prospect of a shutdown of the federal government on September 30.