December 14 national day of action against using the military against Americans

A radical change in law to allow the use of the military inside the United States, against U.S. citizens and residents, and to allow their indefinite military detention based merely on suspicion of being engaged in hostilities against the U.S is being rushed through congress. This is a major shift for a country that has […]

Occupy Wall Street movement applauded by Tea Party founder

One of the original founders of the Tea Party movement said he believes Occupy Wall Street is not only comparable to the earliest states of the movement he helped launch but can learn from its mistakes. “The problem with protests and the political process is that it is very easy, no matter how big the […]

The election has made the US more foreign

Twenty-five years ago this month I left New York for London. For me, years as a foreign correspondent have made America a foreign country to me. In Britain, even the conservative press has found the Tea Party and Republican Party difficult to understand. They happily bash President Barack Obama on their opinion pages while trying […]