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Trump’s Teatro Yanqui del Absurdo
Trump’s Teatro Yanqui del Absurdo
Donald Trump’s Mar-al-Lago press conference announcing that the U.S. would “run” Venezuela was pure Yankee theater of the absurd, writes Joe Lauria.
05.01.2026
Peace President? Yeah, Right.
Peace President? Yeah, Right.
On December 17, surrounded by festive holiday decorations, US president Donald Trump delivered an upbeat — one might even say manic — address to the nation, preempting — and enraging fans of — network TV shows such as Survivor, The Floor, and Christmas in Nashville.
29.12.2025
Trump’s Empire of Hubris and Thuggery
Trump’s Empire of Hubris and Thuggery
The president’s latest National Security Strategy memorandum treats the freedom to coerce others as the essence of US sovereignty. It is an ominous document that will – if allowed to stand – come back to haunt the United States.
16.12.2025
The Death of Ukraine’s Dream of NATO Membership
The Death of Ukraine’s Dream of NATO Membership
Ukraine’s dream of NATO membership is dead. It died, surprisingly, not on the battlefields of Ukraine nor at the negotiating table with Russia.
15.12.2025
Marco Rubio, Forever-War Maker
Marco Rubio, Forever-War Maker
The U.S. secretary of state has consistently undercut Trump’s professed goals of diplomacy, negotiated settlements and “America First” priorities, write Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. S. Davies.
11.12.2025
NATO Is a Menace, Not a Benefit, to America
NATO Is a Menace, Not a Benefit, to America
Since its creation in 1949, NATO has been the keystone of U.S. foreign policy in Europe. Indeed, the alliance has been the most important feature of Washington’s overall strategy of global primacy.
09.12.2025
Trump Ukraine Plan AOA (Alive on Arrival)
Trump Ukraine Plan AOA (Alive on Arrival)
Yury Ushakov, Putin’s man on Ukraine, said there’s no firm plan for Ukraine yet and some American ideas are acceptable to Russia, some not. But the plan is not dead.
05.12.2025
The Richest Men in the World Are Media Moguls
The Richest Men in the World Are Media Moguls
Alan MacLeod on the capture of media systems by the planet’s mega-rich and the existential threat that poses to an open society and the free flow of information.
05.12.2025
Pardon Me?
Pardon Me?
The festival of pardons that now features prominently in America’s political life offers a measure of how the republic, in its late-imperial phase, is crumbing.
03.12.2025
Trump Is the Destroyer of Peace
Trump Is the Destroyer of Peace
Initiating a war is a despicable thing to do regardless of the pretext.
02.12.2025
A New Gold(en) Mine for Arms Contractors
A New Gold(en) Mine for Arms Contractors
Donald Trump remains a mystery man of some eerie sort.
21.11.2025
Escalating the Escalation
Escalating the Escalation
Greg Grandin provides a short history of the Long War on Drugs in Latin America from Richard Nixon to Donald Trump.
19.11.2025
Trump’s Gaza Colonization Coming To Fruition
Trump’s Gaza Colonization Coming To Fruition
Colonizers will take over 58 percent of Gaza, the rest will be left in ruins, writes Lee Camp.
19.11.2025
The Perilous Norm of Weapons Testing
The Perilous Norm of Weapons Testing
On October 29, just before meeting with China’s President XI Jinping, President Trump posted on the right-wing social media network Truth Social that “because of other countries testing programs, I have instructed the Department of War to start testing our Nuclear Weapons on an equal basis.”
14.11.2025
The US Banana Republic
The US Banana Republic
Every dictatorship is a grotesque opera buffa. No encomium is too outrageous. No bribe too small. No violation of civil liberties too extreme. No stupidity too absurd. All dissent, no matter how tepid, is treason.
13.11.2025
Al-Qaeda Goes to Washington
Al-Qaeda Goes to Washington
Al–Sharaa’s White House visit is a reminder of Washington’s longstanding abhorrence of democratic processes and anyone — beyond the perimeter of the West and sometimes within it — who stands for them.
12.11.2025
Venezuelan Oil — American Gangster Politics
Venezuelan Oil — American Gangster Politics
The slogan has shifted from “restoring democracy” to “fighting narco-terrorists,” write Jeffrey D. Sachs and Sybil Fares. But the objective remains the same.
07.11.2025
Trump’s Greatest Ally is the Democratic Party
Trump’s Greatest Ally is the Democratic Party
The Democratic Party and its liberal allies refuse to call for mass mobilization and strikes — the only tools that can thwart Trump’s emergent authoritarianism — fearing they too will be swept aside.
05.11.2025
Trump’s Nuclear Testing Gambit
Trump’s Nuclear Testing Gambit
A Strategic Blunder Disguised as Strength
31.10.2025
Trump, Russian Oil & Tomahawk Missiles
Trump, Russian Oil & Tomahawk Missiles
M.K. Bhadrakumar considers the possible complications for the U.S. president now that he has assumed the war-monger avatar and is escalating the pressure on Russia.
29.10.2025
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China ‘Gravely Concerned’ Over Report on New US Nuclear Strategy
China ‘Gravely Concerned’ Over Report on New US Nuclear Strategy
US military-industrial complex hypes a three-front war, but who will foot the bill?
US military-industrial complex hypes a three-front war, but who will foot the bill?
United Nations reports Israeli forces are carrying out mass summary executions in Gaza
United Nations reports Israeli forces are carrying out mass summary executions in Gaza
Ukrainian Leadership Divided on Stalling Counteroffensive
Ukrainian Leadership Divided on Stalling Counteroffensive
Is China's Economic Miracle (un)Exhausted?
Is China's Economic Miracle (un)Exhausted?
US evacuation plan shows it will abandon Taiwan after turning it into an ammunition depot
US evacuation plan shows it will abandon Taiwan after turning it into an ammunition depot
Neo-Nazi Militia Used US Armored Vehicles in Attack on Russia’s Belgorod Region
Neo-Nazi Militia Used US Armored Vehicles in Attack on Russia’s Belgorod Region
NATO declares "Ukraine will become a member"
NATO declares "Ukraine will become a member"
Real Estate and the Bank: Canaries in the Coal Mine of the American Recession
Real Estate and the Bank: Canaries in the Coal Mine of the American Recession
US demands for “existential struggle” threaten war with China
US demands for “existential struggle” threaten war with China
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