Collapsing Empire: US Bows To African Revolutionaries
Kit Klarenberg Substack On February 2nd, the BBC published an extraordinary report on how the Trump administration “has declared a stark policy shift” towards Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger, the…
How Human Rights Watch Shattered Yugoslavia
By Kit Klarenberg Substack On August 25th 2025, this journalist documented how the 1975 Helsinki Accords transformed “human rights” into a highly destructive weapon in the West’s imperial arsenal. At…
How Minnesotans became Palestinians: Top 5 Ways they are Occupied
By Juan Cole for Informed Comment The people of Palestine are occupied by the Israelis. In my experience most Americans do not even know this basic fact. Ignorance of it…
The Regime Change Machine Is Turning on Iran Again
By Mnar Adley an Investigation for Mint Press News Make no mistake: the U.S. and Israel are ready to seize this moment in Iran’s mass protests to drive a regime…
Top 5 Mistakes Bush made in Iraq that Trump is making in Venezuela
By Juan Cole for Informed Comment 1. Violation of the UN Charter and the International laws of war The Trump administration attacked Venezuela and abducted of dictator Nicolas Maduro without…
When sanctions fail, power turns to seizure: The unraveling of the western coercive order
By Peiman Salehi for the Cradle The recent escalation in US–Venezuela tensions is often framed narrowly in tactical terms: the seizure of a Venezuelan oil tanker, new sanctions targeting Venezuelan…
The Last Thing Iraq Needs: US Sanctions Threaten a Nation Trying to Heal
Tigris River, Baghdad, Iraq By Nancy Mancias shared by Codepink I arrived at the Taj Hotel in Baghdad’s Jadriyah neighborhood at 6 a.m., worn thin by the long flight from…
Military Budget Bill Would Ramp Up Israel Aid to Fill In ‘Gaps’ When Other Countries Impose Embargoes Over Genocide
By: Stephen Prager Original for Common Dreams A little-reported provision of the latest military spending bill would direct the US to create a plan to fill the “gaps” for Israel…
‘Truly Barbaric’: Number of People Killed or Maimed by Landmines Hits Five-Year High
By: Jessica Corbett Original to Common Dreams The 27th annual Landmine Monitor report revealed on Monday that antipersonnel landmines and other explosive remnants of war killed at least 1,945 people…
What Defeat Looks Like
By Stefan Moore Special to Consortium News European leaders are in panic mode. They are scrambling to ensure that Trump’s 28-point peace plan that they believe favours Russia can be…
A New Wrinkle Emerges in the Ukraine Talks: As Trump and U.S. Senators Speak
By Joshua Scheer After U.S. Senators and others spoke out about Trump’s Ukraine peace deal, he is now saying his plan isn’t final, telling NBC News, “Not my final offer,”…
The White House Ignored Legal Warnings—Now Latin America Faces Its Largest Military Buildup Since 1962
By Joshua Scheer A Washington Post story headlined the “White House Blew Past Legal Concerns in Deadly Strikes on Drug Boats,” reported that “There is no actual threat justifying self…
Who Is Ready to Die for Trump’s Gaza Plan? So Far, Nobody
by Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. S. Davies On November 17th, 2025, the UN Security Council passed a resolution to endorse President Trump’s plan for Gaza, including a transitional government…
An Evening With Henry
The former U.S. Ambassador to Finland shared his first time meeting with Kissinger in The Nation magazine in 1971.
Why Does the US Support Israel? A Geopolitical Analysis With Economist Michael Hudson
A geopolitical analysis of why the United States so strongly supports Israel: Economist Michael Hudson discusses with journalist Ben Norton.