Ian Goodrum

LATEST ARTICLES BY Ian Goodrum

• World

  

  Trump’s “blame China” campaign is an effort to dodge responsibility

  April 3, 2020 By Ian Goodrum

  First, China was doing too much to stop the coronavirus. Now, U.S. media and government officials are saying it didn’t do enough. Ian Goodrum asks them to make up their minds.

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• Opinion

  

  “Chinese virus?” Trump’s petty name game puts lives at risk

  March 20, 2020 By Ian Goodrum

  Viruses have no hidden agenda, no nationality. Pretending otherwise breaks up international solidarity at a time when it’s needed most.

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• Opinion

  

  Coronavirus epidemic responses reveal differences in capitalist and socialist values

  March 13, 2020 By Ian Goodrum

  The epidemic is laying bare the shortcomings of a system that prioritizes private profit over public health.

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• Opinion

  

  Protest hypocrisy: U.S. media’s double standard on Hong Kong and Bolivia demos

  December 2, 2019 By Ian Goodrum

  If you were on that strictly limited diet of Western media, you'd think the only protests on the planet were happening in Hong Kong.

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• Opinion

  

  Congressional bill on Hong Kong lays bare U.S.’ colonial ambitions

  November 4, 2019 By Ian Goodrum

  As Iran, Chile, Honduras, Haiti, Venezuela, and countless other countries have learned, U.S. dedication to “democracy” only lasts as long as you’re willing to do its bidding.

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• Sports

  

  LeBron ‘scandal’ over Hong Kong comments shows depth of anti-China psychosis

  October 18, 2019 By Ian Goodrum

  The same people Colin Kaepernick to “shut up and play” when he took a stand against police violence are now demanding athletes speak out—but only if their opinions are the correct ones, of course.

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• Sports

  

  On Hong Kong and more, NBA must adapt to global opinion—or perish

  October 9, 2019 By Ian Goodrum

  The balance of power is shifting, and those formerly brutalized by the colonialism and imperialism of the West are making their voices heard.

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• World

  

  U.S.’ claims of innocence in Hong Kong are fooling no one

  August 21, 2019 By Ian Goodrum

  Somewhere along the way, powerful government figures and capitalists realized by doing all their influencing in the open, the scandal brought by secrecy would go away.

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