The United States has been sliding into socialism, as the idea grows in popularity among younger generations and in public policy. Yet this is actually not a new phenomenon. According to Kevin Hassett, former chairman of the president’s Council of Economic Advisers, this has been something going on for a long time, and the Trump…
Former Top Trump Adviser: We Tried Stopping America’s Drift Into Socialism
Peng Changes Her Story of Sexual Assault Allegations; Interview on Marxism in American Education
Tennis star Peng Shuai is backtracking her sexual assault allegations against a former Chinese Communist Party ranking official in a new video showing her speaking to the media for the first time. People are not satisfied by her answer and worry she is forced to lie, as new evidence contradicts the narrative. We take a…
Chile Chooses Young Socialist as President in Historic Election
SANTA CRUZ, Bolivia—On Dec. 19, 35-year-old socialist Gabriel Boric became the youngest president in Chile’s history after defeating right-wing candidate Jose Antonio Kast. Boric won with 55.87 percent of the votes in a run-off election after the Nov. 21 general poll. The Santiago stock exchange plummeted more than six points after Boric was announced the winner, while the US dollar…
Remembering the 51st Anniversary of Communist-Era Massacre of Polish Workers
December 17 marks 51 years since Poland’s communist rulers used the military and tanks to violently suppress strikes of Polish workers who were protesting difficult living conditions, exacerbated by increased food prices introduced by the regime. Piotr Brzeziński, Ph.D., a historian at the Institute of National Remembrance (IPN) in Poland, talked to The Epoch Times…
Farming Union Conflict Turns Violent Over Socialist Land Grab
SANTA CRUZ, Bolivia—Smoke from gunpowder and tear gas lingered in the air as rival members of a local farmer’s union engaged in a brutal conflict over the Movement for Socialism (MAS) Party’s distribution of free land to party supporters on Dec. 13. Police arrested three combatants while five were injured in the conflict. For the past 15 years,…
Cancel Culture, Socialism, and America’s Clear and Present Danger
“A deadly virus is quietly spreading through our nation,” says David Jeremiah, “and it’s far more lethal than COVID-19.” On a recent episode of American Thought Leaders, Jan Jekielek discussed our current political moment with David Jeremiah, host of “Turning Point for God,” senior pastor of the Shadow Mountain Community Church, and author of “Where…
Peru’s Socialist Government Cancels Christmas Gatherings
The administration of Peru’s socialist president Pedro Castillo has cancelled all social events, including family gatherings, on Christmas Day and New Year’s Day this year. Using a supreme decree—Nº 179-2021-PCM—which passed on Dec. 9 and went into effect the following day, Peruvians are required to stay home without exception. In the same order, those over age 18 must now…
Big Government Socialism Isn’t Working
Commentary The No. 1 issue for 2022 and 2024 is very simple. Big Government Socialism isn’t working. Go to your local gas station and ask folks filling up their gas tanks if they think things are working. Go to the grocery store and watch people coping with the rising cost of food and ask if…
62 House Republicans Back Bill Promoting High School Education on ‘Dangers of Communism’
More than 60 House Republicans have joined forces to support a legislative effort to promote teaching high schoolers about the danger of communism and why this ideology is contrary to what America stands for. Introduced Thursday by Rep. María Elvira Salazar (R-Fla.), the Crucial Communism Teaching (CCT) Act (pdf) has a goal to ensure high…
Kyle Rittenhouse Written Off As Student at ASU Amid Controversy
Leftist students at Arizona State University in Tempe will stage a rally and protest on Dec. 1 demanding that acquitted “blood-thirsty murderer” Kyle Rittenhouse be driven off campus. There’s just one problem: Rittenhouse is “not currently enrolled” in any program at the university, ASU said in a Nov. 29 statement. “Kyle Rittenhouse has not gone…
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