John Feffer

MAGA Outgrows Isolationism A mere 15 years ago, during an epoch that now seems as distant as the Paleozoic era, an American president attempted to use military power to prevent a dictator from slaughtering his own citizens. Bar...

From TomDispatch this morning: Donald Trump may be the first American president to treat international law as if it were as fictional as intergalactic law -- John Feffer, "MAGA Outgrows Isolationism, And Yet America First Means America Alone"
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The Disappearance of Palestine? - FPIF International support for a Palestinian state has never been stronger, but the territory that could be included in such a state is disappearing like sand in an hourglass.

What’s happening today in both #Gaza and the #WestBank is a deliberate effort by the Israeli government to change the facts on the ground and make any “two-state solution” a territorial impossibility.
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Trump Delivers Lunch to Beijing - FPIF China is taking advantage of the fact that even the most even-tempered of allies have had it with Trump and his tantrums.

China isn’t just eating our lunch. The Trump administration is preparing the meal and delivering it all the way to Beijing on a silver platter. bit.ly/4qYgJny

Wannabe King of the World At the World Economic Forum this year, the audience of wealthy and powerful was treated to the kind of trash-talking that was once reserved for the likes

Wannabe King of the World

Via @counterpunchmedia.bsky.social by Scoville Fellow '88 @johnfeffer.bsky.social. www.counterpunch.org/2026/02/03/w...

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New Publication: @johnfeffer.bsky.social explores the US Land Back movement - Indigenous efforts to reclaim stolen land to restore sovereignty, stewardship and culture. Examining legal, political and economic routes and limits of market & charity solutions. Find it here: rosalux.nyc/restoring-th...

Yes - agreed! I do think there's a chance to contain it. There are impressive examples of individual, group, state, and international resistance. But just preserving everyday mechanisms of democracy and sanity is also important...

The Man Who Would Be King (of the World) - FPIF With his new Board of Peace, Trump is now bent on conquering the world.

From Belarus and Russia to Saudi Arabia and Israel, Trump is peace-washing some of the worst human rights violators in the world. bit.ly/3NJ4Q6l

Trump's Administration of Comic Book Villains Is Making War on the World Order The 47th US president wants to get rid of the United Nations, reverse the decolonization process, and return the world to a time when only power determines the course of events.

The Trump administration shouldn’t be surprised when the world that it is trying to turn upside down unites against it, writes @johnfeffer.bsky.social.

Trump Tries to Overturn the World Order - FPIF And the world is starting to fight back.

From health care to climate change to Greenland, the Trump administration is doing everything it can to harm people and the planet. Trump and company are like comic book villains, and their supporters don’t even realize it. bit.ly/3LunPAZ

Is Iran Next? - FPIF Trump wants to be the world's policeman, and Putin's not going to stop him.

Protests could topple the Iranian government. Trump could launch an attack. And #Iran could be the next in a series of countries that Russia has effectively abandoned around the world. bit.ly/4sHuLLM

The Power Play President - FPIF For Trump, peace negotiations and military operations are simply different means to the same end: total control.

At Foreign Policy in Focus, in his latest piece, John Feffer on how Trump aspires to be the number one bad hombre: the one in complete control. shorturl.fm/AjvOR

The Russian Far-Right - Institute for Policy Studies How Does It Influence Russian Government Policy?

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The Venezuela Attack Is Part of Trump's Quest to Be the World's No. 1 Bad Hombre ​For Trump, peace negotiations and military strikes are simply the means to an end. He wants to exert power over as much of the world as he can reach.

Trump is on an extended power play. He will use America’s asymmetric advantage to score as many goals as he can during his term, writes @johnfeffer.bsky.social.

The Power Play President - FPIF For Trump, peace negotiations and military operations are simply different means to the same end: total control.

The U.S. military operation in Venezuela was the latest example of the Trump/Putin doctrine: our sovereignty is sacred but your sovereignty means nothing at all. bit.ly/4ptDSgb

The Geopolitics of Trump’s Venezuela Campaign - Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung The attack on Maduro is part of a wider attempt to push China out of the region

Trump’s escalating pressure on Venezuela is not just about Maduro but about reasserting US dominance in Latin America and pushing China out of the region, as @johnfeffer.bsky.social argued just last month.

The Geopolitics of Trump’s Venezuela Campaign - FPIF Is Trump about to kill the chicken to scare the monkeys?

Alas, as I predicted for Venezuela, Trump has captured the chicken to scare the monkeys. The president has signaled that he can and will do anything to expand his power globally. bit.ly/3MweCIm

#AnálisisYDebate 📚 ¿Lucha contra el narcotráfico o estrategia de dominación? 📖 John Feffer analiza cómo la estrategia de EE.UU. hacia Venezuela amenaza con profundizar la dependencia hemisférica.

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Trump Destroys Government - FPIF The administration is destroying all the aspects of government that can make a positive difference in people’s lives and pumping up those aspects of government that concentrate wealth, promote injusti...

It’s one thing to cut government services and regulations. Those can be restored by subsequent administrations. It’s another thing to destroy the very idea of government. bit.ly/4pKaG5D

#AnálisisYDebate 📄Este texto de John Feffer examina cómo se despliega un aparato militar orientado a cálculos de poder, control de recursos y rivalidad con China. El autor menciona que, además, se utiliza la fragilidad venezolana como mensaje para toda la región

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La géopolitique de la campagne de Trump au Venezuela. – Réseau Bastille

Trump est-il sur le point de tuer le poulet pour effrayer les singes ?

Par John Feffer | 10 décembre 2025

Publié à l’origine dans Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung.

Donald #Trump a sans aucun doute des ambitions mondiales. Il utilise les droits de douane 👇

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[Column] Trump destroys government Anti-government sentiment has reached record heights under Donald Trump, and that’s no accident

"It’s one thing to cut government services and regulations. Those can be restored by subsequent administrations. It’s another thing to destroy the very idea of government," John Feffer writes in a new column.

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Trump in #Venezuela. Den geopolitischen Kontext der US-amerikanischen Lateinamerika-Politik analysiert John Feffer vom Institute for Policy Studies. 👇
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The Geopolitics of Trump’s Venezuela Campaign - FPIF Is Trump about to kill the chicken to scare the monkeys?

#Venezuela attracts Trump's attention because it lies at the crossroads of several obsessions: #immigration, drugs, fossil fuels, and #China bit.ly/3MweCIm

Reimagining Engagement with China over Investments in the Global South - Institute for Policy Studies Lessons from more than 25 cases of local engagement with projects in the Global South involving Chinese investments.

New data shows successful resistance defending human rights, labor standards, and/or the environment when facing Chinese investments.

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Trump in Venezuela - Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung Der geopolitische Kontext der US-amerikanischen Lateinamerika-Politik. Von John Feffer

Guter Text von @johnfeffer.bsky.social über den geopolitischen Kontext von Trumps Venezuela- und Lateinamerika-Politik. www.rosalux.de/news/id/5412...

#AnalysisAndDebate 🌎 The Trump administration’s stance on Venezuela goes far beyond a simple diplomatic standoff. As John Feffer argues, the so-called “war on narco-terrorism” masks a strategy driven by power politics, resource control, and geopolitical rivalry.

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“Oligarchs on the Russian and U.S. side are orchestrating this diktat of a ‘peace’ deal. But don’t let all the money involved—or the intensity of the diplomatic shuffle—distract from the essential issue at play: Russia projecting its suzerainty and Ukraine protecting its sovereignty.”

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An Oligarch’s Guide to Ending the War in Ukraine - FPIF Peace, for the top negotiators on the U.S. and Russian sides, is just an opportunity for profiteering.

A golden rule of oligarchy: the rich get richer during any major shift in politics, economics, or war. Any peace deal will mean big profits for Russian oligarchs while Trump imagines he'll get from Russia what he's already gotten from Middle East deals. bit.ly/44GKb8r

The People of Ecuador Are Right: US Force Won't Stop Narco-Traffickers ​The US military is not a responsible partner in addressing “bad behavior” precisely because it is engaging in seriously bad behavior itself.

Even in a country where people are dying left and right, voters overwhelmingly opposed any outside military intervention to address the problem of narco-traffickers, says @johnfeffer.bsky.social.

US Military Is No Answer to Narcotraffickers - FPIF Ecuador says no to U.S. military expansion.

Ecuador just voted against a U.S. military base. Mexico just rejected (again) Trump's military strike proposal. The region is just saying no to America's new war on drugs. bit.ly/44lY37Z