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US "Democratic" Allies Are Becoming Increasingly Authoritarian
US "Democratic" Allies Are Becoming Increasingly Authoritarian
U.S. officials have a long history of portraying Washington’s allies and clients as democratic, even when their behavior is blatantly authoritarian.
17.02.2025
The Catastrophic Resolution
The Catastrophic Resolution
The U.N.’s process on the partition of Palestine led to mass ethnic cleansing, stark inequality, perpetual fear and genocidal war.
14.02.2025
Plan To Ethnically Cleanse Gaza Didn’t Start With Trump
Plan To Ethnically Cleanse Gaza Didn’t Start With Trump
Kicking the Palestinians out of Gaza to neighboring Arab states has always been the plan; it didn’t just emerge out of nowhere when Trump became president.
11.02.2025
Panama Tries Compromise; US Says It’s Not Enough
Panama Tries Compromise; US Says It’s Not Enough
The U.S. secretary of state’s visit to Panama on Sunday in the context of American imperialist history in the Canal Zone and U.S. obsession with China.
04.02.2025
Auschwitz’s Brutal Lesson
Auschwitz’s Brutal Lesson
The stench of decaying flesh still lingered in the barracks of Auschwitz the day I visited in 1987.
03.02.2025
How the West Hides Its Gaza Genocide Guilt Behind Holocaust Day Remembrance
How the West Hides Its Gaza Genocide Guilt Behind Holocaust Day Remembrance
The ghosts of thousands of Palestinian children crushed by Israeli bombs loomed over this year's Auschwitz commemorations.
03.02.2025
30 Years of Middle East Lies
30 Years of Middle East Lies
The “War on Terror” was built on a series of deceptions to persuade the Western public that its leaders were crushing Islamist extremism. In truth, they were nourishing it.
03.02.2025
Complaining About China While Your Civilization Crumbles
Complaining About China While Your Civilization Crumbles
Our ancestors set sail to conquer the world; their ancestors built a wall.
30.01.2025
Trump’s Homework on Russia
Trump’s Homework on Russia
As Donald Trump says he wants to end the war in Ukraine, recommends some background reading on the roots of the conflict.
29.01.2025
Gaza’s Unbreakable Resistance: A Historical Perspective on the War and Its Aftermath
Gaza’s Unbreakable Resistance: A Historical Perspective on the War and Its Aftermath
The problem with political analysis is that it often lacks historical perspective and is mostly limited to recent events.
29.01.2025
80 years after the liberation of Auschwitz: Imperialist barbarism returns
80 years after the liberation of Auschwitz: Imperialist barbarism returns
Eighty years ago, on 27 January 1945, the Soviet Red Army liberated the Auschwitz-Birkenau extermination camp. The soldiers were presented with an indescribable scene of horror.
27.01.2025
You Can’t Make Peace if No One is Talking
You Can’t Make Peace if No One is Talking
During the Cold War, American and Russian officials and diplomats were in constant communication.
14.01.2025
A Man, A (Bad) Plan, A Canal, Panama
A Man, A (Bad) Plan, A Canal, Panama
In 1989, US forces invaded, conquered, and occupied Panama, replacing its pet dictator, Manuel Noriega with a new regime.
28.12.2024
The Syrian Fiasco
The Syrian Fiasco
About 17 years ago the insufferable former general, Wesley Clark, reported on a talk he once had in the Pentagon.
16.12.2024
The Worst Presidents in American History
The Worst Presidents in American History
There have been 45 men who have been president of the United States. Over the decades there has been voluminous speculation over who were the worst. That distinction now belongs to Barack Obama and Joe Biden.
13.12.2024
Net Zero Is Asinine
Net Zero Is Asinine
Ever since the United Nations decided that combating so-called climate change would become its signature issue in the late twentieth century, it has ratcheted up the rhetoric against carbon dioxide emissions.
10.12.2024
The Much Awaited End of KJP
The Much Awaited End of KJP
In a 1977 release, the Talking Heads included a lyric in one of their songs that somehow foresaw the approach to be employed by White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre (KJP): “You’re talking a lot, but you’re not saying anything.”
02.12.2024
The Politics of Cultural Despair
The Politics of Cultural Despair
It is despair that is killing us. It fosters what Roger Lancaster calls “poisoned solidarity,” the intoxication forged from the negative energies of fear, envy, hatred and a lust for violence.
07.11.2024
The Long History of Palestine – Why Palestinians are Winning the Legitimacy War
The Long History of Palestine – Why Palestinians are Winning the Legitimacy War
Oddly, it was Israeli historian Benny Morris who got it right, when he offered a candid prediction of the future of his country and its war with the Palestinians.
01.11.2024
War & the Constitution
War & the Constitution
Congress has not declared war on Iran; nor has it authorized the use of U.S. military forces against it. Yet the White House says it is sending around 100 troops to Israel.
24.10.2024
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Macron Says France Working To "Finalize" Plan To Send Troops to Ukraine
Macron Says France Working To "Finalize" Plan To Send Troops to Ukraine
The Exterminators
The Exterminators
BP Financed Colombian Military
BP Financed Colombian Military
US Almost Scaled Back NATO Commitment for Ukraine Over Zelensky Tweet
US Almost Scaled Back NATO Commitment for Ukraine Over Zelensky Tweet
Bangladesh Getting Drowned by Colonial History
Bangladesh Getting Drowned by Colonial History
Saudi Crown Prince Threatened US With "Major Economic Consequences"
Saudi Crown Prince Threatened US With "Major Economic Consequences"
Britain’s Perilous Escalation in Ukraine
Britain’s Perilous Escalation in Ukraine
US Banks Sitting on Billions of Losses
US Banks Sitting on Billions of Losses
China builds world’s first autonomous seaborne drone-carrier
China builds world’s first autonomous seaborne drone-carrier
Russia, China Seek Closer Trade Ties at Key Economic Forum in Russia's Far East Amid US Hegemony
Russia, China Seek Closer Trade Ties at Key Economic Forum in Russia's Far East Amid US Hegemony
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