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Washington Takes on the BRICS

Washington Takes on the BRICS

Trump’s lashing out at the group of non-Western nations is so clumsy, so off the mark, so utterly unaware of where the hands are on history’s clock.
23.07.2025

From Carthage To Berlin, A Modest Proposal

From Carthage To Berlin, A Modest Proposal

The First Punic War began in 264 BC, lasted 25 years, and was fought between the Romans and the Carthaginians, a civilization in what is today modern Tunisia.
18.07.2025

Is BRICS the Way Forward?

Is BRICS the Way Forward?

After witnessing Cuba’s ailing economy in a recent visit, Asoka Bandarage looks beyond BRICS for an alternative to both authoritarian socialism and neoliberal capitalism.
11.07.2025

How ‘Paradise Lost’ Revolutionized the World

How ‘Paradise Lost’ Revolutionized the World

Orlando Reade discusses the influence of John Milton’s 17th century epic poem on revolutionary thinkers and grapples with the moral gray area that exists in revolutions.
09.07.2025

Renewing a Desecrated Declaration of Independence

Renewing a Desecrated Declaration of Independence

If America is to be what the Revolution envisioned on July 4, 1776, a nation governed by laws, then the American people must speak out and defend that vision, writes Dennis Kucinich.
04.07.2025

Independence From Empire Day 2025

Independence From Empire Day 2025

The former American republic is now an empire, the type of government from which Thomas Jefferson and his colleagues violently seceded, writes Andrew P. Napolitano.
04.07.2025

A Police State Coming to a Town Near You

A Police State Coming to a Town Near You

Andrew P. Napolitano examines the moral and historical errors in the argument that less freedom produces more safety.
27.06.2025

The US-Israeli Compulsion for War

The US-Israeli Compulsion for War

Democracy has nothing to do with the chokehold that the warfare state has on the American body politic, writes Norman Solomon.
26.06.2025

Out of Their Minds on Georgia

Out of Their Minds on Georgia

This week the United States House of Representatives passed the ridiculously titled “Mobilizing and Enhancing Georgia’s Options for Building Accountability, Resilience, and Independence Act (MEGOBARI Act) by a vote of 349 to 42.
21.05.2025

The New Dark Age

The New Dark Age

The Nazis are scapegoats for a Western heritage of mass slaughter, as if genocides in the Americas, Africa and India are mere historical footnotes. In fact, genocide is the currency of Western domination.
19.05.2025

Who Defeated the Nazis? A Colloquy

Who Defeated the Nazis? A Colloquy

Russia destroyed more than 40,000 German tanks from June 1941 to November 1944. By the time the Allies came ashore at Normandy, the Germans had already lost the war, writes Scott Ritter. Larry Wilkerson responds.
10.05.2025

Trump Missing His Chance to Make History in Moscow

Trump Missing His Chance to Make History in Moscow

Edward Lozansky on the snubbing by European leaders, along with the U.S. president, of Moscow’s May 9 celebrations of the 80th anniversary of the Allied victory over Nazi Germany.
09.05.2025

Mass Migration & the Echoes of Late Rome

Mass Migration & the Echoes of Late Rome

In its greed for power, domination, resources and wealth, the West, says John Wight, is headed for the same fate as Rome all those centuries ago.
10.04.2025

How Israel Misled UK During Falklands War

How Israel Misled UK During Falklands War

Declassified files reveal how Tel Aviv deceived Britain about supplying Argentina’s anti-Semitic dictatorship with weapons during the 1980s.
08.04.2025

Distorted view on Japan’s aggression during WWII needs to be corrected

Distorted view on Japan’s aggression during WWII needs to be corrected

In 2025, the world marks the 80th anniversary of the victory of the World Anti-Fascist War - a moment that should compel us to reflect on the brutal nature of war and to remember the hard-earned lessons of history. Yet at this solemn juncture, recent remarks made by the US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth at a memorial service commemorating the 80th anniversary of the Battle of Iwo Jima in World War II (WWII) have sparked intense controversy.
31.03.2025

From JFK to Donald Trump: How the USA Became Wedded to Zionist Israel

From JFK to Donald Trump: How the USA Became Wedded to Zionist Israel

There are many contrasts between the 35th president, John F. Kennedy, and the 45th and 47th president, Donald J. Trump. One extreme example is regarding U.S. policy toward Israel.
28.03.2025

Manifest Destiny in the Histories of the US and Israel

Manifest Destiny in the Histories of the US and Israel

For Palestine and Palestinians, 14 May 1948 was a fateful day in its 4,000-year history.
28.02.2025

Ukraine Timeline Tells the Tale

Ukraine Timeline Tells the Tale

Without historical context, which is buried by corporate media, it’s impossible to understand Ukraine. Historians will tell the story, but journalists are cut short for trying to tell it now.
26.02.2025

The US Needed Russia to Invade Ukraine

The US Needed Russia to Invade Ukraine

In a moment of candor in March 2022, Joe Biden revealed why the U.S. needed the Russian invasion to launch its three-pronged, pre-meditated war on Russia.
25.02.2025

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

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