The Logan Act? The Logan Act of 1799? Do you actually think that the Logan Act of 1799 is even remotely relevant in our GLOBALIZED world of 2019 where transnational corporate and financial linkages require ongoing communication with foreign governments by countless private citizens working for these same corporations? The Logan Act is a relic only used for targeted harassment, nothing more. And Russiagate is Deep State propaganda designed primarily to demonize Russia and Putin in pursuit of Deep State objectives. Furthermore, the Democrats are now well to the right of the Republicans when it comes to warmongering, getting rid of Kelly and Tillerson resulted in Bolton and Pompeo and now Abrams. This Democratic Party Jihad against Russia is insane, Rachel Maddow making Tucker Carlson look good by comparison. Keith Olberman a raving lunatic. The Logan Act is a diversion from reality.
Thanks for the heads up! Good article, albeit somewhat belated. As usual, the imperial media is in full propaganda mode, freedom of the press and/or democracy an illusion. And most (all?) of the imperial human rights/feminist organizations fall into line with empire.
That BCG is probably not a Jewish fat-cat. In capitalism, it is the fat-cats who influence policy, not us little people.
No, Brexit is the consequence of the legitimate concern of people to not be ruled by the EU Central Bank. Unfortunately, undoing what never should have been done is opening up a can of worms, not the least of which is government officials intentionally screwing things up to punish the citizens for voting the wrong way. All of these supranational arrangements are ultimately about social control. And, contrary to conventional wisdom, sustainability absolutely requires a reduction in energy intensive trade and an emphasis on local autonomy.
And you probably don’t have deep pockets either.
The Clinton’s and the “New Democrats” turned the party of Roosevelt into the party of Wall Street, successfully competing with the Republicans for corporate sponsorship. Trump and the Republicans are now competing against the Democrats for Jewish Zionist dollars. This meeting with the British Jewish anti-Corbynites is intended to shore up Jewish fat-cat support for the Democrats. The Democrats no longer even pretend to support working people in any substantive way, appeals made primarily to identity politics. Reckless charges of anti-Semitism and now the arrest of Julian Assange indicate a descent into in-your-face authoritarianism. Welcome to the future.
At the time, I am sure there were those who said the same thing about the “excesses” of Hitler’s Brown Shirts. Things are rapidly going from bad to worse. Do you think that the blatantly illegal arrest of truth teller Julian Assange will lead to rebellion? Intimidation usually works. The fat-cats have taken the gloves off and will likely crush any and all resistance. This is all part of the endless war at the end of the present era to determine who rules in the new era, assuming there are survivors.
What you don’t mention is the financial support for the various factions from American Jewish Zionist fat-cats and how this effected the outcome. Netanyahu has long been the darling of American Jewish fat-cats and his policies have long been what they have wanted. Arguably, Israel reflects the worldview of American Zionist Jews with deep pockets capable of influencing both US and Israel politics. It is the nature of capitalism.
Zionism is a throwback to the Jewish tribalism of Classical Judaism, hardly “idealistic.” What has happened and is happening is the logical trajectory of Jewish separatism based upon Jewish peoplehood. This logical outcome has the massive support of American Jewish fat-cats, American Jewish “liberals” of modest means of no significance. The anomaly is in the US where Jewish Zionist kinship tends to be more psychological than physical due to US multiculturalism. Neoliberalism virtually guarantees a rightward drift until the entire system more-or-less collapses.