The Angry Arab: Iran Losing Info War
The repercussions of the open sectarian war sparked by the U.S. invasion of Iraq can still be felt throughout the region, says As`ad AbuKhalil, partly because of Iran’s inaction.
Anti-NATO in Madrid
By Álvaro Orús Andreu / Pressenza Four days before the NATO summit in Madrid and by way of a “welcome”, the “Summit for Peace. NATO NO” prelude to the demonstration…
War as Terrorism: Conflicts We Can’t Win, Suffering We Don’t See
This is suffering that numbers can’t capture, but it should remind us that war is a form of terrorism.
Taibbi: Bush is Biden is Bush
George W. Bush returns to the news with a tad too much honesty, lifting a veil on Washington’s dirtiest open secret: the Biden Democrats have become the Bush Republicans.
Hedges: Jesus, Endless War, and the Rise of American Fascism
The Democratic Party is hoping to thwart an election rout by running against the expected Supreme Court decision on abortion. This is depressingly all that is left of its political…
Ray McGovern: Corporate Media Deploys the Big Guns on Ukraine
Judith Miller and AF General Philip Breedlove are back!
Progressive Voices Demand Assange’s Release on Third Year of His Imprisonment
As the extradition to the United States looms large for the Wikileaks founder, progressive figures, movements and supporters have renewed calls for his release.
Lee Camp: This War is Actually About Central Banking
In order to maintain their grip on the world, the U.S. ruling elite are willing to set fire to the economies of just about anyone.
Ukraine: War and the Challenge of Human Rights in the U.S. and Beyond
The U.S. justifies wars of aggression in the name of human rights. The term has no meaning domestically either, as the people's needs are subordinated to those of the ruling…
Matt Taibbi: Meet the Censored — Chris Hedges
Interview with the award-winning investigative reporter, now at Substack, who had six years of shows removed by YouTube over the weekend.
From Moscow to Washington, the Barbarism and Hypocrisy Don’t Justify Each Other
U.S. hypocrisy in no way excuses the murderous rampage of Russia’s war on Ukraine, but hopping on a bandwagon of the U.S. government as a force for peace is a…
Hedges: The Lie of American Innocence
Our hypocrisy on war crimes makes a rules-based world, one that abides by international law, impossible.
Matt Taibbi: John Podhoretz, You Suck
Neoconservatives think they've been vindicated by Ukraine, and their new Democratic allies agree. On America's most improbable and undeserved political comeback
Hedges: Waltzing Toward Armageddon with the Merchants of Death
The doctrine of permanent war dominated our lives during the Cold War and dominates our lives now.