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22/10/2016

What U.S. Progressives Should Do on November 8

Human Wrongs Watch

By John Scales Avery*

21 October 2016

In my opinion, Donald Trump would be so extremely disastrous as a US President that it is our duty to follow Noam Chomsky’s advice. He said “Hold your nose and vote for Hillary”. I think that US voters following any other course would be betraying both their own country and the world.

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John Scales Avery

I completely understand why young people and progressives are disgusted with Hillary Clinton.

Her worst and most dangerous characteristic is her known involvement in U.S. wars, and her support for the present provocation of Russia, which might easily escalate into a catastrophic thermonuclear war.

In addition, one can criticize her close ties with Wall Street and the Israel Lobby, and her failure to propose cuts in the obscenely bloated Pentagon budget.

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