Trump Regime

MS NOW -  A recent New York Times report — citing interviews with current and former U.S. officials, officials in foreign governments and internal State Department documents — lays out how the Trump administration is lobbying countries around the world to join the U.S. in identifying far left “terrorism” as the preeminent threat to global stability and taking steps to crack down on it.

These efforts are not about focusing on threats based on data. Instead, they illustrate how the Trump administration is expanding its ongoing agenda to transform law enforcement into a political tool for the right. But while this particular effort is focused internationally, its most concrete effects may be felt at home in new ways of repressing dissent.

...The first steps were taken last November, when the State Department designated four far-left groups in Italy, Germany and Greece as terrorist organizations.

....The U.S. wants to convene multiple international summits over the coming months to coordinate efforts against the anti-fascist left with other countries. This includes a May workshop with foreign law enforcement officials in The Hague to “teach them about the dangers of far-left groups and how to counter them,” according to the Times. Invitees include officials from Canada, Britain, Germany, France, Italy, Hungary, Brazil, Mexico, Argentina, India and Indonesia.