People have connected over food and used meals for political ends for centuries. There are good reasons for this. Historically, the dining table has been considered a neutral space where weapons are put aside, frank conversations held, consensus built and agreements brokered.
Article: The Democrats plan to agree to harsh immigration policies to get funding for wars in Ukraine, Israel, and China - The Democrats seem prepared to give into extreme Republican demands about immigration and deportation to fund the war in Ukraine, Israel s brutal destruction of Gaza, and preparations for war with China. Yet the U.S. is lying massively about the background to the war in Ukraine, and U.S. militarism is a major cause of the migration crisis.
Article: The Democrats plan to agree to harsh immigration policies to get funding for wars in Ukraine, Israel, and China - The Democrats seem prepared to give into extreme Republican demands about immigration and deportation to fund the war in Ukraine, Israel s brutal destruction of Gaza, and preparations for war with China. Yet the U.S. is lying massively about the background to the war in Ukraine, and U.S. militarism is a major cause of the migration crisis.
Mearsheimer throws in the usual grenades. US and European leaders blundered in attempting to turn Ukraine into a Western stronghold on Russia s border.