Trump, Netanyahu, Saudis leading us closer to catastrophe
This should be the most important political issue in the United States right now but it’s not because….idiocracy.
Keith Preston: US has been at war throughout most of its history
Press TV. Listen here. The United States has been perpetually at conflict with other nations throughout most of its history, following the expansionist tradition of past empires, says an American political analyst in Virginia. “We had the War of 1812, the Mexican war, the Civil War, the wars […]
Turkey has been moving away from American paradigm
Press TV. Listen here. Turkey has been moving away from the traditional American paradigm, a political analyst in Virginia. Keith Preston, chief editor of AttacktheSystem.com. said Turkey was gradually moving away from the traditional American paradigm and heading in a different direction leading towards Russia. PressTV-‘Turkey moving away from […]
Keith Preston: Turkey moving away from America’s sphere of influence
Press TV. Listen here. Turkey has been moving away from America’s sphere of influence and improving its relationship with Russia, which was underscored by Turkey’s purchase of the Russian S-400 missile defense system despite US threats not to do so, says a political analyst in Virginia. “There’s been […]
Guaido losing popularity at home, despite US support
Keith Preston: US airstrikes in Somalia under spotlight
Press TV. Listen here. A prominent rights group says it has credible evidence that US drone strikes in Somalia are killing civilians. Amnesty international says it carried out an extensive investigation. A team of researchers traveled to Somalia. There, they conducted forensics tests and interviews with more than 150 […]
Keith Preston: US foreign policy is about making money for military firms
Press TV. Listen here. The United States foreign policy has always served the interests of the military-industrial complex and that is why President Donald Trump is actively trying to increase the Pentagon’s budget while also pressing allies to spend more on defense, says an American analyst. Keith Preston, […]
Keith Preston: Trump trying to reverse ‘pink tide’ in Latin America
Press TV. Listen here. The administration of US President Donald Trump is backing pro-American politicians in Latin America as a strategy to regain US hegemony and reverse the so-called “pink tide” movement in the region, says a political analyst in Virginia. “I think that the American foreign policy […]
Venezuela arrests Guaido chief of staff for ‘terrorism’
Keith Preston: Algeria president says to stay in power after term ends
The Algerian president says he will stay in power beyond his term expiring next month, despite growing calls for him to step down. Abdelaziz Bouteflika issued a statement on Monday which confirmed his plan would see him stay in power beyond his tenure. He said he hopes the […]
Tulsi Smashes CNN’s Pro War Horribleness
Trump is Expanding the US Empire
The verdict is in. Trumpism is business as usual.
Iran’s Axis of Resistance Rises
An important article in Foreign Policy from 2017. The “solution” for the Middle East: The US should cease its “regime change” operations and support for jihadis. Israel should withdraw to its pre-1967 borders, and Saudi Arabia and the Gulf monarchies should be isolated and contained as pariah […]
The Next Ron Paul?
I almost never endorse politicians. I generally regard all elected officials, from the President to dogcatchers, as employees of the real ruling class (C. Wrights Mills’ “power elite”). Voting is merely participating in the king’s coronation rituals in a way that conveys legitimacy on the state. However, there […]
Iran main force against US-Israel-Saudi alliance in Mideast
Press TV. Listen here. US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s upcoming trip to the Middle East is yet another attempt by the United States to shore up support for anti-Iran projects it has long been running with help from its “Zionist and Saudi” allies in the region, an […]
Colbert Smears Tulsi Gabbard To Her Face While Telling Zero Jokes
It’s obviously true that most of the MSM, particularly television, is simply the propaganda arm of the Democratic National Committee, just as FOX, talk radio, Christian broadcasting, and the Wall Street Journal are simply the propaganda arm of the Republican National Committee. By Caitlin Johnstone Medium Hawaii Congresswoman […]
Keith Preston: US sponsoring regime change in Venezuela
Press TV. Listen here. The United States is obviously sponsoring regime change in Venezuela, according to American political analyst Keith Preston. Preston, who was speaking to Press TV on Tuesday, pointed out the regime change was Washington’s standard “mode of operation” in countries which resist serving US interests. PressTV-Hawkish neocon to […]
CNN’s Horrible, Terrible, No Good Tulsi Town Hall Questions
A good discussion of how the corporate imperialists circle the wagons around anyone with even moderately anti-interventionist views. US foreign policy is essentially a Roman-like imperialism that is committed to large-scale massacres as a matter of policy. The Democrats and Republicans are fine with this, and committed to […]
Keith Preston: ‘Saudi a liability to US in terms of its international reputation’
Press TV. Listen here. A political analyst says that Saudi Arabia has become “something of a liability to the United States in terms of international standing.” Keith Preston made the remarks in an interview with Press TV when was asked about a bipartisan group of US senators in […]
In Condemning Ilhan Omar, Democrats Have Proved Her Right
By Tom Williams Truthout.Org At a time of heightened anti-Muslim discrimination and hatred, the Democratic establishment has taken unprecedented steps to single out a Muslim representative for her criticisms of AIPAC and the U.S.’s relationship with Israel. After first publicly rebuking Rep. Ilhan Omar, the Democratic establishment, led […]
The First World Left vs. Anti-Imperialism, Third Worldism, Pro-Indigenous, and Lumpenproletarianism
The problem I have with figures like Bernie and Alexandria is that they’re not radicals. They’re simply representatives of the left-wing of the First World middle/upper middle class, pushing issues that are important that socioeconomic demographic. Unlike the traditional American middle class (now the right-wing of the middle […]
Burlington’s Foreign Policy
A writer at National Review (Neocon Central) inadvertently points out how Sanders has been a complete sell-out on foreign policy as his career has advanced. “Burlington has changed over the past three and a half decades; progressives have moved up in the world. And Sanders’ foreign policy vision […]
Tulsi Gabbard vs. “Human Rights” Imperialism: Educating the Ignorant Women Of “The View”
In an article I wrote for LewRockwell.Com 12 years ago, I introduced my theory of “totalitarian humanism” (i.e., the co-optation of cultural leftism by the state and capitalism) as the emerging ideology of the ruling class. Read the original article here. These were the core precepts of “totalitarian […]
The End of Our World Order Is Imminent
A writer at The Nation points out how more than 200 empires have risen and fallen in world history, and the US empire will eventually fall as well. I think this author likely overstates the prospects for future Chinese dominance, and his environmental alarmism may be overstated as […]
US aid ‘smokescreen’ for regime change in Venezuela
Press TV. Listen here. The United States is using humanitarian aid as a cover to bring down Venezuela’s legal government and break the country’s will to stay independent, says an American political analyst. Keith Preston, director of Attackthesystem.com, said Washington wanted a puppet regime that could allow it […]
Keith Preston: US war against Daesh was cover to undermine Syrian government
Press TV. Listen here. The US military intervention in Syria to fight the Daesh terrorist group was a cover for removing the government of President Bashar al-Assad, an American analyst in Virginia says. “The way that the United States got involved in Syria was simply by sending troops […]
The History Of American Imperialism, From Bloody Conquest To Bird Poop
What a succinct headline. National Public Radio Historian Daniel Immerwahr shares surprising stories of U.S. territorial expansion, including how the desire for bird guano compelled the seizure of remote islands. His book is How to Hide an Empire. DAVE DAVIES, HOST: This is FRESH AIR. I’m Dave Davies […]
Rep Ilhan Omar tells the truth about pro-Israel AIPAC and gets smeared.
Slavoj Žižek: Trump’s rise is a symptom of a dark and subtle force
For 25-30 years, I have said that the main political issues in the USA are imperialism, widening class divisions, and use of the wars on drugs, crime, and (later) terrorism to create a domestic police state. Regrettably, most of liberal and left opinion during this time has been […]
Keith Preston: Israel lobby losing power in US as BDS gains traction
Press TV. Listen here. The Israel-lobby’s strong influence on the US government has started to fade as a result of recent changes in the American public’s view of the Tel Aviv regime, an American political analyst says. Keith Preston, director of Attackthesystem.com, argued that the frustration amid American […]
The Councils Before Maduro!
By Nicky Reid aka Comrade Hermit Exile in Happy Valley Venezuela is fucked up. A nation hanging from the edge of a cliff by its broken and bloody fingernails. Thick noxious clouds of acrid black smoke gather around the capital of Caracas as the bodies continue to stack […]
Keith Preston: US trying to ‘farm out’ Afghan invasion to various proxy forces
Press TV. Listen here. US President Donald Trump is seeking to replace American troops in Afghanistan with private contractors and mercenaries to outsource the US conflict against the war-torn country, says a political analyst in Virginia.
Afghan politicians & Taliban hold talks in Moscow to end war
PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD MUST STOP INTERFERING IN THEIR “OWN” POLITICAL SYSTEMS
By Dun Scotus Affirmative Right Recently the Deep State, which runs America under a thin veneer of fake democracy that allows “the people” to put random ‘pop icons’ into the White House from where they are duly controlled, has been having a little trouble with the latest of […]
Memories from Nemesis: Tale of a Peruvian Maoist
An interesting discussion of Abimael Guzman’s autobiography. Some readers have suggested that I am too Eurasianist in my geopolitical outlook, but I’d argue I’m actually closer to the Senderos than the Duginists. Obviously, I don’t share their Maoist fundamentalism, but their geopolitical outlook was to reject both the […]
Elliott Abrams, prominent D.C. neocon, named special envoy for Venezuela
Well, if we didn’t know what was up in Venezuela before. Podhoretz son-in-law back in the game. As a general rule, I think Trump has been better on Russia, China, the DPRK, Afghanistan and Syria than a conventional Republican or neoconservative would have been (all things considered). But […]
Keith Preston: US using Taiwan to maintain hegemony in East Asia
Press TV. Listen here. The passage of two US warships through the Taiwan Strait on Thursday is part of Washington’s efforts to compete with China and preserve its domination in the Asia-Pacific region, says an American political analyst in Virginia.
Alexander Reid-Ross-Podhoretz-Kristol: State Department Anarchist
Mr. Antifa Intellectual serves up the “Anarcho-MSNBC” line. This kind of stuff is why I started attacking anarcho-social democrats and totalitarian humanists so vehemently 20 years ago. Regrettably, a substantial tendency has developed among “anarchists” that opposes regional or localized illiberalism more than it opposes imperialism, opposes marginal […]
Press TV’s Hashemi unlikely to be released immediately: Son
Listen here. A court in the United States has confirmed the arrest of US-born Iranian Press TV news presenter Marzieh Hashemi as a material witness in an unspecified investigation. Ms. Hashemi, 59, was arrested by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) on unspecified charges upon arrival at St. Louis […]
In Defense of Tulsi Gabbard
An interesting article from Daily Kos. I know the author of this piece, who is generally friendly to ATS. By Alex Shepard Daily Kos he election of 2020 is approaching us fast, and the primary season will be here before we know it. Already, the 2020 democratic field […]
Who Cares About Russia?
The Russian Bear is the Wizard of Oz, and Putin is the man behind the curtain. The Russophilia of the far left/far right and the Russophobia of the center left/center right is pathetic. My own geopolitical outlook is more like that of the classical anarchists of the late […]
Keith Preston and Mike Harris of Veterans Today on US Syria Policy
Another recent interview on Syria as well. Watch here. https://www.presstv.com/Detail/2019/01/05/584955/Trumps-Abrupt-Decision This edition of the program is about Trumps decisions about USs military presence in Syria and Afghanistan and the challenges hes going to face in 2019. The implications of Trumps Syria pullout decision are discussed. […]
Lessons From Rojava
A very important read. Absorb every word of this. By Nicky Reid aka Comrade Hermit Exile in Happy Valley This holiday season was unusually kind to the anti-imperialists among us. Trump shocked the world the week before Christmas by actually putting America first for a change and calling […]
General McChrystal and General Lee
It’s interesting how even the leadership of the military caste has bought into the System’s ideology of combining imperialism and neoliberal economics with cultural leftism. Careerists will be careerists, I guess. Mattis and McChrystal: “We gotta make sure the wine and cheese crowd will buy our books and […]
Keith Preston: US, Saudi, Israel all benefit from Iran sanctions
Press TV. Listen here. The United States, Israel and Saudi Arabia are looking for ways to challenge Iran’s influence and Washington’s campaign of sanctions against Tehran helps them fulfill that objective, an American analyst says. Keith Preston, director of Attackthesystem.com, said the sanctions were designed to put Iranian people […]
The War on Terrorism is a Complete Loss for the Empire
After 17 years and a series of failed wars, the number of Sunni fundamentalist terrorists is larger than it was in 2001. By William S. Lind Traditional Right An article in the November 21 New York Times revealed two aspects of our ongoing strategic failure in Fourth Generation […]
Keith Preston: UAE embassy reopening, US pullout prove failure of anti-Syria plots
Press TV. Listen here. The UAE’s reopening of its embassy in Syria and the US announcement that it will withdraw its forces from the country reflect the failure of plots targeting the government of Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad, says an American analyst. “What has happened is that over the past […]
The Case for Bottom Up Anti-Imperialism
By Keith Preston Recently, a reader of Attack the System offered the following questions and comments: “Keith Preston, Why do you and other radical, ostensibly libertarian anti-war types, leap to the defense of the authoritarian BRICS countries, anti-propertarian movements in Latin America, Duginist shills, and other slave-minded untermensch? […]
Keith Preston: US looking to add Ukraine to NATO, encircle Russia
Press TV. Listen here. he United States is planning to add Ukraine into the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) as part of its plan to encircle Russia, an American political analyst says. Keith Preston, director of the Attackthesystem.com, made the remarks while discussing Washington’s decision to provide an […]
Trump is right to withdraw US troops from Syria
The consensus of opinion among the Important People is that Trump’s withdrawal from Syria and Afghanistan is a blunder, which means that Trump’s move is obviously correct. The Guardian is refreshingly sensible. By Trevor Timm The Guardian Donald Trump unexpectedly announced that the US would be pulling its […]
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