Mark Carney Proclaims the End of American Hegemony
Stephen Maher on an unexpected speech at Davos.
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Mark Carney Proclaims the End of American Hegemony w/ Stephen Maher | The Time of Monsters with Jeet Heer
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney made headlines at Davos with a much-noticed speech
where he candidly acknowledged that the US led alliance system created in World War II was
coming to an end. Carney called for middle powers such as Canada and its European allies to
give up the illusion that a US led world is still viable and instead try to create new institutions to
preserve their values and their sovereignty. I talked to Canadian journalist Stephen Maher, who
has written a biography of Carney’s predecessor Justin Trudeau, about the far-reaching
implications of this speech.
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Mark Carney speaks in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada.
(Renaud Philippe / Bloomberg via Getty Images)For our end-of-year show, we are featuring a couple of our Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney made headlines at Davos with a much-noticed speech where he candidly acknowledged that the US-led alliance system created in World War II was coming to an end. Carney called for middle powers such as Canada and its European allies to give up the illusion that a US-led world is still viable and instead try to create new institutions to preserve their values and their sovereignty. I talked to Canadian journalist Stephen Maher, who has written a biography of Carney’s predecessor Justin Trudeau, about the far-reaching implications of this speech.
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Trump is Using Terrorist Charges to Wage Political War w/ Josh Kovensky | The Time of Monsters with Jeet Heer
Over at Talking Points Memo, Josh Kovensky has written an essay on the Trump
administration’s use of anti-terrorism law to target political groups it doesn’t like.
In that piece, Kovensky notes,
"Across the country, federal prosecutors are upgrading what would have been routine
prosecutions into terrorism cases when they involve people President Trump has cast as his
political enemies.
It represents a dramatic departure from how the Justice Department has historically used the
federal material support for terrorism statute. For decades, counterterrorism prosecutors have
largely reserved the statute — 2339A — for the kinds of audacious plots that wreak real, lasting
damage or whose ambition forms the stuff of movie screenplays."
I spoke to Kovensky about his essay and the history and politics of this dangerous legal
innovation.
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