Ralph Nader: Biden & Blinken – Rule of Illegal Power Over Rule of Law
By Ralph Nader / Nader.org Among the puzzling questions that the media chooses to ignore is asking high government officials why they are exercising the illegal use of power that…
Former US Navy Pilot: The Day Israel Attacked the USA
June 8, 1967, Another Date That Lives in Infamy
US Plans Weeks-Long Bombing Campaign Against Iranian Targets
The White House says the US response to the Jordan drone attack won't be a 'one-off'.
Imperial Costs: Two Stories Summarize the Cost of Empire to Democracy
By Matthew Hoh / CounterPunch Two press reports stood out to me this week: the release of the names of two US Navy SEALs who drowned two weeks ago in…
Biden Thinks It’s Just a Matter of Time Before US Troops Are Killed in Iraq or Syria
The US might attack Iran directly if an American is killed.
The Dangerous Myth of the “Indispensable Nation”
The ultimate irony is that a nation that is so secure because of friendly borders north and south as well as protective oceans east and west has become so insecure.
What Does ‘Rules-Based International Order’ Mean When US Can Bomb Yemen at Will?
What US foreign policy shamelessly amounts to is this: 'We make the rules so we get to break the rules."
US Flies F-16 Fighter Jets Over Bosnia in Threat to Serbs Who Want Secession
The US has threatened to 'act' if the terms of the 1995 Dayton Accords are not followed and said no one has the right to 'secession'.
The ‘Ghost Budget’: How America Pays for Endless War
Prior to 2001, U.S. wars were financed through a mixture of higher taxes and budget cuts, and funded mostly through the regular defense budget. The post-9/11 war funding pattern was…
US Military Sinks Three Houthi Boats in Red Sea, Killing 10
The US and UK are preparing to bomb Yemen.
Iraq ‘Heads Towards’ Ending US Military Presence
Mohammed al-Sudani and his government are unhappy with the US for launching airstrikes in Iraq.
Inside the Pentagon’s Painfully Slow Effort to Clean Up Decades of PFAS Contamination
By Hannah Norman and Patricia Kime / Kaiser Health News Oscoda, Michigan, has the distinction as the first community where “forever chemicals” were found seeping from a military installation into…
US Launches Airstrikes Against Kataib Hezbollah in Iraq, Injuring Civilians
The strikes came after a drone attack against a US base in Iraq wounded three American troops.
Inside the Youth-Led Fight for a Demilitarized Future
A UMass Dissenters organizer discusses the growing youth-led antiwar movement and how they are organizing against weapons manufacturers and the war in Gaza.
US Troops Are Occupying Syria’s Oil Fields. Congress Refuses to Withdraw Them
The US military has illegally occupied Syrian sovereign territory since 2014, preventing Damascus from accessing its own oil and wheat fields. The Senate voted 13-84, rejecting a resolution to withdraw…