Sixteen-time incumbent Eliot Engel supported the racist 1994 crime bill, building more prisons, and gutting public schools. His foreign policy is even worse. As House Foreign Affairs Committee Chair Engel stands in the way of a progressive foreign policy.
Read MoreA better Congress requires electing leaders who will fight for the working class, and removing those who won’t. There is an opportunity to do both in Maryland’s 5th congressional district on June 2.
Read MoreIsrael receives more aid every three years than Palestine has in seven decades. This aid disparity is not the only issue; in reality, much of U.S. support to Palestine is — in effect — support to Israel. Crucially, U.S. policies that favor Israel and deprive Palestinians of basic rights the means of self-determination reflect a bipartisan consensus that long predates Trump.
Read MoreThere is good reason to dwell on the deliberate cruelty of foreign policy in the era of Trump. This would be a mistake. It is precisely the temptation to see these events as a historical discontinuity that must be resisted, lest we fail to understand the fact that in terms of substance, Trump’s approach to Palestine differs little from that of his predecessors in the White House and in Congress.
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