Iraq War 20 Years: Ray McGovern—The Uses and Abuses of National Intelligence Estimates
The case to invade Iraq on March 19, 2003 was based on an NIE that was prepared not to determine the truth, but rather to “justify” preemptive war, when there…
US Media’s Iraq War Pushers 20 Years On: Where Are They Now? Rich and Influential
It’s not just that media figures who sold the most devastating war crime of the 21st century never faced any professional consequences—they’re more powerful and influential now than ever.
On Missing Dr. Strangelove
Or How Americans Learned to Stop Worrying and Forgot the Bomb.
Dennis Kucinich: Iraq Plus 20 – Lies as Weapons of Mass Destruction
Part One: The Script for the Lead-Up to War
Patrick Lawrence: What Dan Ellsberg Means
The term “Fourth Estate” had taken on the dust of a neglected antique before the release of the Pentagon Papers. Afterwards it seemed possible to think again of the press…
‘Argentina, 1985’ Is a Political Tale for Our Time
Argentina’s nominee for Best Foreign Film offers an urgent warning to democracies in Latin America and across the West.
McCarthyism, Then and Now
And the (True) One-Party State in America.
Tanks for Nuttin’
Is Civilization at Stake in Ukraine?
Chris Hedges: There Are No Permanent Allies, Only Permanent Power
If we do not build left-right coalitions on issues such as militarism, health care, a living wage and union organizing, we will be impotent in the face of corporate power…
‘Freedom’
Can Oppressed People Ever Truly Be Free In America?
Patrick Lawrence: The Pathology of Ukrainian Nationalism
By Patrick Lawrence / Original to ScheerPost What kind of people are these? I asked as I considered, in my previous commentary, the bottomless corruption and cynical theft that have…
Scott Ritter: Germany Risks Forgetting Its History
In deciding to supply Leopard battle tanks to Ukraine, Olaf Scholtz breaks the self-imposed constraints on the military’s role in German foreign policy that had been in place since the…
California’s Lost History of Lynching Latinos in LA More Than 100 Years Ago
By Victoria Valenzuela / L.A. TACO This article was originally published in L.A. TACO, a James Beard Award-Winning local food publication. Not far from Union Station in downtown Los Angeles,…
The Economic Realities We Face at the End of 2022
By Richard Wolff / CounterPunch Economies around the world were shocked and damaged over the course of 2022. Global capitalism had been brewing conflicts among the major powers (the United…