The New Global Fascist Bloc: Part I. New Rules in Historical Context.

This weeks historic UN vote signals to the world there is a new alliance of fascist nations who, with the backing of Trump’s extremist government, may work to divide up the world, assert their military power to crush the weak, ignore state lines, & destroy international law.

The devastation of war. Iwo Jima, 80 years ago. Image by Eugene Smith, from NYT. The world now seems to be on a collision course for a repeat performance as the world’s two most powerful nuclear nations could threaten global security, holding the world to ransom to get what they think they deserve.

‘Politics is the seedbed of social enmity, evil suspicions, shameless lies, morbid ambitions, and disrespect for the individual. Name anything bad in man, and it is precisely in the soil of political struggle that it grows in abundance.’

Maxim Gorky, 20th April, 1917.

The end of the world as we know it…

This week's historic, shocking, but entirely predictable vote at the UN, saw the U.S. officially fall in lock step with Russia against, not only its own nations enduring history, but also against long standing allies, friends, and democracies in what Bret Stephens calls ‘America’s most shameful vote ever…’

And yes, so it would be if anyone in the Trump administration felt any shame. But that just isn’t the case. These guys are all so drunk on power, all…