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NEWS ABOUT: anti-Americanism

anti-Americanism stories: 7 news summaries

GOP's Bachmann
Not Exactly Lying Low

Bachmann strays off message with new round of bizarre attacks

Mar 29, 09 4:54 AM CDT
(Newser) - Controversial Congresswoman Michele Bachmann is making headlines again, despite promises to keep a low profile and stay on message. The Minnesota Republican infamously endangered her reelection last year by demanding an investigation of "anti-American" members of Congress. Now, she's drawing attention for warning of "nefarious activities" in... More »

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Congress • GOP • Republican Party • anti-Americanism • Michele Bachmann

 Bachmann Celebrates
 Obama Win

Hails victory as 'tremendous signal' against racism

Nov 7, 08 12:42 AM CST
(Newser) - The congresswoman who suggested in a national television interview that Barack Obama has anti-American views is changing her tune. Minnesota Republican Michele Bachmann tells Politico she’s "extremely grateful that we have an African-American who has won this year," calling Obama’s victory ”a tremendous signal we... More »

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Barack Obama • Hardball • Chris Matthews • racism • anti-Americanism • Michele Bachmann • President Obama

 Bachmann Flap 
 Leads to Poll Dip 

Minnesota Rep. in statistical dead heat with Dem challenger after 'anti-American' gaffe

Oct 24, 08 4:02 PM CDT
(Newser) - Republican Michele Bachmann is now trailing the Democratic challenger for her House seat, Minnesota Public Radio reports, with Elwyn Tinklenberg up 45%-43%. Bachmann’s recent comments about “anti-American” sentiment in Congress appear partly to blame; 40% of respondents said her remarks had made them less likely to vote for... More »

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politics • Minnesota • Election 2008 • anti-Americanism • polls • Michele Bachmann • Elwyn Tinklenberg

OPINION

 One Day, the 
 World Will Hate Him 

The envy empire inspires is a great leveler

Jul 22, 08 4:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - Should he win the White House, the rest of the world will one day see Barack Obama as a villain, David Aaronovitch writes in the London Times. The spectacle of empire and popularity drives the country's allies to both anger and envy, he argues, and every American president has... More »

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Barack Obama • Taliban • empire • al-Qaeda • anti-Americanism • envy

OPINION

So-Called 'New Powers' Are Acting Spineless

Time to show some leadership and stop coddling Mugabe

Jul 16, 08 10:03 AM CDT
(Newser) - Critics of unchecked and amoral American power should be wary of prospective new world hegemons—especially China, Russia, and South Africa, Thomas Friedman warns in the New York Times. America's international popularity has plummeted under President Bush, but it's the more popular countries that have been acting unconscionably on the... More »

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China • Russia • United Nations • Robert Mugabe • United States • UN sanctions • anti-Americanism • UN Security Council

 Verdi, Naked and Anti-American 

Austrian Marxist uses opera to slam US capitalism

Apr 12, 08 6:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - A German staging of Verdi’s “A Masked Ball” leaves Uncle Sam wearing little but a mask, Der Spiegel reports. In a rebuke of US capitalism, the production parades naked retirees on a set of the World Trade Center's ruins, and offers a female singer with a Hitler mustache... More »

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theater • Germany • Marxism • opera • East Germany • anti-Americanism • Erfurt • Johann Kresnik • Giuseppe Verdi

World Attitudes Toward US Improving: Poll 

Fewer believe US exerts negative influence

Apr 2, 08 4:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - A worldwide wave of anti-Americanism appears to be abating a bit, though global views toward the US continue to be mainly negative, according to a BBC World Service poll. The average percentage of people saying the US is a negative global influence dropped to below 50% for the first time... More »

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Iran • Israel • Japan • State Department • US • Iraq war • attitudes • anti-Americanism • US influence • Program on International Policy Attitudes

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