Remaining Silent
Jean Bricmont Special to Consortium News If we can’t curb the violence of our own governments, what sense does it make to condemn the violent reactions of the states or…
When War with Iran Is No Longer a Washington Consensus
Foreign Policy in Focus Timothy Hopper ( Foreign Policy in Focus ) Amid renewed escalation between the United States and Iran, an unusually visible dispute has emerged within the U.S.…
Palestinian Americans Changed The Conversation
Sami Mshasha, Mondoweiss. Now, can they finally build political power? Palestinian Americans have transformed the U.S. debate over Palestine in ways unimaginable just a few years ago. Now, the question…
America’s AI War Has No Civilian Stop Rule
Brian Hudson Foreign Policy in Focus When the Pentagon made Palantir’s Maven Smart System a formal “program of record” in March, it did more than approve software. It gave long-term…
Trump Trapped by his Self-Inflicted War
John Feffer for Foreign Policy in Focus Donald Trump has always considered himself exceptional—that is, an exception to the rules. As a tycoon, he has demonstrated that multiple bankruptcies and…
I was DOGEd from USAID: 14 Million Will Die
Alex Poppe Informed Comment JD Vance recently sat down with “Interesting Times” podcast host Ross Douthat. When Ross Douthat pointed out that the Trump administration had been “more hostile than…
Lies Of Omission As Fresh American War Crimes Loom
Nate Bear Do Not Panic Substack The US has amassed the largest military force in the Middle East since the invasion of Iraq almost 23 years ago and is poised…
Rubio Declared a Return to Brutal Western Colonialism – and Europe applauded
In Munich, the US announced its intent to crush all opposition to its permanent status as imperial top dog, even if that means destroying everything, and all of us, in…
THE NEXT WARS WERE ALWAYS HERE: How Post 9/11 Law and the Monroe Doctrine Converged in the Caribbean
By Michelle Ellner The first U.S. missiles that struck the boats in the Caribbean in early September 2025 were described by Washington as a “counter-narcotics operation,” a sterile phrase meant…
Aaron Maté on Liberalism’s Contradictions: Russia, Israel, and U.S. Hegemony
In this incisive interview from December 2, 2025 with The Institute of Art and Ideas, independent journalist Aaron Maté examines the contradictions within modern liberalism, exploring how its principles often…
Kyrgyzstan’s Forgotten Colour Revolution
By Kit Klarenberg / Substack October 5th marked the 25th anniversary of the world’s first “colour revolution”, in Yugoslavia. A lavishly-funded, multi-pronged CIA, NED and USAID campaign exploited civil society…
Garry Kasparov, From Chess Icon to State Dept Cheerleader
MintPress traces Garry Kasparov’s path from chess legend to hawkish “democracy” pitchman for U.S. power, Israel’s war in Gaza, and NED-backed campaigns.
US Troops in Southern Somalia Come Under ‘Indirect Fire’
By Dave DeCamp / Antiwar.com US troops and allied forces in Kismayo, southern Somalia, came under “indirect fire” on September 4, US Africa Command said in a press release. The…
Entering a Golden Age for War Profiteers
By William D. Hartung / TomDispatch When, in his 1961 farewell address, President Dwight D. Eisenhower warned of the dangers of the unwarranted influence wielded by a partnership between the…
USAID Leaks: Censorship As Regime Change
Leaked files expose how now-defunct intelligence cutout USAID secretly employed the services of shady “counter-disinformation” firm Valent Projects, to censor and suppress online criticism of an illegitimate puppet government Washington…