Praise of Folly Podcast Episode #4: US Imperialism
Todd Lewis and I discuss 300 years of US imperialism in just over an hour.
The Israel Lobby: What It Does and How It Works
Tom Woods takes on the Israel Lobby. Listen here. We are supposed to believe that the network of organizations promoting a particular view of Israel and the U.S. relationship with that country doesn’t exist, and that anyone who says it does is a crank and a hater. Yet […]
Keith Preston: US seeking to escalate war in Syria to pressure Assad
Iran Daily Listen here: http://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2016/04/13/460636/Syria-Assad-Daesh-US-PlanB-Preston/ The US is seeking to further escalate the years-long conflict in Syria through its so-called “Plan B,” in a bid to remove Syrian President Bashar al-Assad from power as his government does not bend to America and Israel’s will, says a Virginia-based author […]
Trump and the Liberal Intelligentsia
The best response to the Trump campaign from the Left that I’ve seen to date. This is a must read, and a reminder of why Counterpunch is one of the few leftist forums to take their anti-imperialist seriously. This article is an almost perfect critique of the Left […]
Once Again, Fuck the U.N.!
Over at the Inferno: my latest love letter to the kind of “peacekeepers” nobody needs. Excerpts: Ostensibly formed as a global peacekeeping organisation in the wake of World War II, the United Nations, or U.N., has, over time, made it clear that the peace it means to impose […]
Noam Chomsky interviewed by Abby Martin
This is some months old now, but this is a really good overview of Chomsky’s thinking, and this criticisms of U.S. imperialism, neoliberalism, and his case of libertarian socialism.
Reality Check: Trump Says He’d Kill Terrorists’ Families, But Obama Already Has
By Ben Swann Truth in Media Donald Trump has been making headlines saying that, if elected, he wouldn’t just go after terrorists—he would kill their families. And while the media has been shocked by this, why weren’t they outraged when President Barack Obama actually did? This is a […]
Keith Preston: Trump’s criticism of Iran nuclear deal ‘outrageous’
Press TV. Listen here: http://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2016/04/04/458965/Keith-Preston-Trump-Iran/ “Donald Trump is in the process of running for president and part of his strategy from a rhetorical level is to simply say as many outrageous things as he can,” Keith Preston told Press TV on Sunday. The recent criticism of the Iran […]
Among the Rubble of the Freedom Agenda
By Jon Basil Utley The American Conservative Orlok / Shutterstock.com “We might survive a communist occupation, but not another American liberation,” I heard a Frenchman say in 1948 when I first visited Paris. I thought he must just be a leftist; I was a child and so innocent. […]
Keith Preston: Feeling threatened by Daesh, US backpedalling on past policies
Press TV. Listen here: http://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2016/03/26/457712/US-Daesh-Syria-Russia-Obama-Preston “The US would rather have a victory in Syria than for the Assad government to retain power,” Preston says. US President Barack Obama’s pledge to step up intelligence cooperation against the Daesh Takfiri terrorists signals America’s serious concerns about the terror group which […]
After Brussels Attack, Will Response Be More War or a Look at the Root Causes of Terrorism?
To ask the question is to answer it. See this discussion at Democracy Now. Western countries have looked the other way while their “allies” among the Gulf states have fueled Islamic extremists. At times, the West has directly or indirectly sought to fuel Islamic extremists as a weapon […]
Donald Trump Could Be the Military-Industrial Complex’s Worst Nightmare
Has Donald Trump opened the door for non-interventionist foreign policy views to enter the mainstream? By William Greider The Nation Let’s admit it. As political provocateur, Donald Trump has a dizzy kind of genius. He feints to the right, then he spins to the left. Either way, the […]
Keith Preston on Totalitarian Humanism at C-Realm Podcast
The full transcript of my recent interview with the C-Realm podcast. KMO: You are listening to the CRealm podcast. I’m your host, KMO. And I’m speaking with Keith Preston of Attack the System. Keith, welcome to the CRealm podcast. Keith Preston: Thank you for having me. KMO: I […]
Dick Cheney heaps praise on Hillary Clinton
This is all we need to know about the Dragon Lady. The Telegraph Former Vice President Dick Cheney said Barack Obama had not been very effective Photo: AP Mr Cheney was asked in an interview with Fox News whether the Democrats would have been better off with Mrs Clinton […]
Did dodging foreign policy doom Bernie Sanders?
Predictably, foreign policy is not a major area of concern to the Left. The article by Ta-Neshi Coates linked to in this piece by Peter Feld posted below also provides evidence of a cleavage between minorities and Sanders supporters who are mostly white (the “liberal gentry” as John […]
Bernie Sanders: The Ron Paul of the Left? Not quite
This article is nearly a year old but it gives a pretty good overview of Bernie Sanders’ actual record on antiwar issues. His views appear to those closer to those of a liberal internationalist, humanitarian interventionist or even a “left-neocon” than a genuine anti-imperialist. Not surprising for a […]
Ted Cruz’s New Foreign Policy Team Makes Him as Extreme as Donald Trump
A vote for this guy is a vote for the return of the neocons. The Intercept GOP presidential contender Ted Cruz has unveiled a foreign policy team full of conspiracy theorists and arch-neoconservatives who support policies just as belligerent as those of Donald Trump. While Cruz has been supported by some Republican figures […]
Keith Preston: ‘US Afghanistan blitz meant to instate puppet regime’
Press TV. http://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2016/03/19/456645/US-wants-Afghanistan-puppet- Obama reneged on his election campaign promise to end Afghan war, says Preston. America’s stepped-up aerial attacks in Afghanistan are part of Washington’s policy to seek the instatement of a puppet regime there, says an analyst. “What seems to be happening is that the goal […]
Walter Block Announces Formation of “Libertarians for Trump”
Block makes a valid point about Trump’s criticisms of neocon/liberal internationalist foreign policy and his apparent lack of Russophobia. Independent Political Report Walter Block Image: Gage Skidmore Yesterday, libertarian theorist Walter Block announced the formation of Libertarians for Trump (LFT), a group supporting the election of businessman Donald Trump, […]
Obama shifting blame for Libya’s crisis
Press TV. Listen here: http://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2016/03/13/455428/US-Obama-Libya-UK-France “The president of the United States is simply trying to shift responsibility for what is largely the fault of the United States” in Libya, Preston said. President Barack Obama is trying to lay the blame on other countries for the chaos the US […]
Children of the PKK: The Growing Intensity of Turkey’s Civil War
By By Katrin Kuntz, Onur Burçak Belli and Emin Oezmen Der Spiegel International It was midday on a Thursday at the end of December when Rozerin Çukur left her home, supposedly to pick up class notes from a friend. She never returned. Rozerin wandered through the narrow streets […]
Did Africans Sell Africans Into Slavery? Let’s Ask Some Africans
Europeans and Africans, Jews and Arabs, Christians and Muslims, all united in the pursuit of profit via the slave trade. Apparently, the Left is correct when they say that multiculturalism works when people are united by common social ideals and economic values. Incidentally, I’ve been criticized recently for […]
Keith Preston: US, Russia agreed to Syria ceasefire to avoid war
Press TV. Listen here: http://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2016/02/27/452613/US-Russia-ceasefire-Syria-war “The two nations both understand that a serious confrontation between Russia and the United States would not be in the interest of either country,” Preston said. The United States and Russia are attempting to de-escalate the growing tensions over Syria, knowing that any […]
A 2016 Foreign Policy Report Card
An interesting graphic from The American Conservative. Presidents have more latitude in foreign affairs than in domestic policy, and the trend over the past two administrations has been for presidents to be more hawkish than their campaign pledges led voters to expect. George W. Bush promised a “humble […]
Failure as a Way of Life
By William S. Lind The American Conservative The fault line in American politics is no longer Republican vs. Democrat nor conservative vs. liberal but establishment vs. anti-establishment. This is an inevitable result of serial failure in establishment policies. Nowhere do we see this more clearly than in the […]
Keith Preston: U.S., Turkey Have “a Conflict of Interest”
Press TV. Listen here: http://www.presstv.com/Detail/2016/02/14/450245/US-Turkey-kurds-ISIL-DAESH The United States has long viewed the Kurds as allies, while Turkey has viewed them as a threat, says Preston. There is ‘a conflict of interest’ between the United States and Turkey over the Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) and the affiliated forces, […]
Keith Preston: GOP’s Call on Iran to Delay Prisoner Swap Aimed to Sabotage US Election
Tasnim News Agency TEHRAN (Tasnim) – An American political analyst said the US Republican party’s recent call on Tehran to stall a prisoner swap with Washington was probably an attempt to sabotage the forthcoming US presidential election. “It would not be at all surprising if the Republican Party […]
Keith Preston: US lauds Saudi offer of troops in Syria
Press TV. Listen here: http://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2016/02/05/448776/US-hails-Saudi-troops-Syria US Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter speaks during a news conference at the Pentagon January 28, 2016 in Arlington, Virginia. (AFP) US Defense Secretary Ashton Carter hails Saudi Arabia’s offer of troop deployment to war-weary Syria, commending Riyadh’s willingness to ‘combat’ Daesh (ISIL) […]
Keith Preston: US can’t stand an independent N Korea
Press TV. Listen here: http://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2016/02/07/449041/US-north-korea-rocket-China-South-korea An analyst says the US problem with North Korea is that it still defies “being incorporated into the global system in which the United States has hegemony.” The United States’ problem with North Korea is that the East Asian country does not want […]
Army and Marine Corps chiefs: It’s time for women to register for the draft
Because gender equality means that everyone must be obligated to serve the empire. The latest in totalitarian humanism. By Dan Lamonthe Washington Post The top officers in the Army and Marine Corps testified on Tuesday that they believe it is time for women to register for future military […]
Keith Preston: US using Daesh as cover to stay in Iraq, Afghanistan
Press TV. Listen here: http://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2016/02/01/448301/Keith-Preston The expanding US military campaign against the Daesh (ISIL) terrorist group in Afghanistan is a cover for Washington to restart the wars in the region and maintain its military presence, a political analyst in Virginia says. The fact that the US is broadening […]
Augustus Invictus’ Letter to the People of Europe
Here’s the transcript. To the People of Europe, Fate lays upon me the task of writing you from distant shores. My name is Augustus Invictus, and I am a candidate for the United States Senate. Though I am an American, I am by blood a son of Europe. […]
Nonwestern Anarchisms: Rethinking the Global Context
By Jason Adams Radical Archives The future of anarchism must be appraised within a global context; any attempt to localize it is bound to yield a distorted outcome. The obstacles to anarchism are, in the main, global; only their specifics are determined by local circumstances.” – Sam Mbah […]
Augustus Sol Invictus – Libertarian Realism: Folk, Culture & Borders
Great interview with Augustus by Lana Lokteff. Listen here. Augustus Invictus is an attorney and community leader in Orlando, Florida who is a candidate in the 2016 US Senate election. Best known as a radical philosopher and infamous social critic, he is Managing Partner of Imperium, P.A., the […]
Sorry, Folks, But Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders Are Not Revolutionaries
It is understandable that Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders have been able to garner a tremendous amount of support among many who are inclined to think ill of the system (which is rapidly becoming a majority of the U.S. population). Both men are a refreshing alternative to the […]
55 years ago, the CIA murdered Patrice Lumumba, Congolese revolutionary leader
“We will show the world what black people can do when they work in freedom, and we shall make of Congo the pride of Africa” – Patrice Lumumba Source: Telesutv.net / The Dawn / January 18, 2015.- Fifty five years ago, agents of the Belgian secret services and […]
Death to America?
Libertarian Alliance Death to America? by Sean Gabb 22nd January 2016 Talking about the future is often a sure recipe for looking like a fool. However obvious it may seem to us, nearly everything that happened in the past was unexpected at the time. I am not aware […]
Keith Preston: The American regime couldn’t care less about the protection of human rights
Press TV. Listen here: http://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2016/01/18/446272/US-rally-Nimr-execution/ A demonstration in the US city of New York has condemned Saudi Arabia’s recent execution of top cleric Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr, as well as Nigeria’s detention of senior cleric Sheikh Ibrahim Zakzaky. Hundreds of activists gathered at New York’s Times Square on […]
Alex Jones interviews Louis Farrakhan
This is fantastic!
Keith Preston: US sailors release positive sign in a wider sense
Press TV. Listen here: http://www.presstv.us/Detail/2016/01/14/445714/iran-us-navy-persian-gulf-irgc-pentagon-nuclear-agreement- After being assured that the troops were not spying on the country and had been drifted away due to technical issues as claimed, Iran set them free. The commander of the American crew told Iranian media that trespassing the Iranian waters, which led to their detention by […]
The Proof Is In: The US Government Is the Most Complete Criminal Organization In Human History
Paul Craig Roberts Unz.Org Unique among the countries on earth, the US government insists that its laws and dictates take precedence over the sovereignty of nations. Washington asserts the power of US courts over foreign nationals and claims extra-territorial jurisdiction of US courts over foreign activities of which […]
William Blum on Donald Trump and the Media
William Blum is the author of one the best books out there on U.S. imperialism, “Killing Hope.” Blum writes in The Anti-Empire Report: I think one of the main reasons for Donald Trump’s popularity is that he says what’s on his mind and he means what he says, […]
The War Against the Cowboys: The Oregon stand off and US imperialism
Justin Raimondo puts the Oregon stand off in context. By Justin Raimondo Antiwar.Com As our old republic fades into history, replaced by a voracious global Empire, the division between foreign policy and domestic policy is erased. A conquistador treats his helots on the home front with the same […]
US Military Leadership Resisted Obama’s Bid for Regime Change in Syria, Libya
The Obama administration is merely the third and fourth terms of the Bush administration. By Gareth Porter Antiwar.Com Seymour Hersh’s recent revelations about an effort by the US military leadership in 2013 to bolster the Syrian army against jihadist forces in Syria shed important new light on the […]
Keith Preston: US ‘testing waters’ with new Iran sanctions
Press TV. Listen here: http://217.218.67.231/Detail/2016/01/06/444726/US-Iran-sanctions-nuclear-deal Iran’s ballistic-missile testing is not a violation of the July 14 nuclear agreement with P5+1, and the United Sates is using the issue as a pretext to “soften” the terms of the accord, says a political activist in Virginia.
Thomas Sowell on the Trump/Neocon Divide
Thomas Sowell is a writer whose work ranges from the brilliant to the asinine. I would highly recommend much of Sowell’s academic work, but his syndicated columns are often nothing more than neocon talking points (he obviously knows who butters his toast). Here, Sowell wrings his hands over […]
Trump: Clinton has ruined the world
Given that Donald Trump has provoked so much “fascism hysteria,” for lack of a better, this comment from a Facebook friend, Warren Balogh, helps puts things in a little more perspective. Says Warren: “People, are you paying attention to this?! When was the last time a frontrunner presidential […]
Keith Preston: US aid to Israel ‘continues unabated’ under Obama
Press TV. Listen here: http://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2015/12/31/443931/US-military-aid-Israel-Obama/ “Israel continues to be by far the largest recipient of American foreign aid, American military aid and American weapons,” says Preston. US military and foreign assistance to Israel has “continued unabated” under President Barack Obama, despite disagreements on a number of issues, says […]
Keith Preston: Leader’s Letter Addresses Westerners’ Misconceptions about Islam
My recent interview with the Tasnim News Agency. TEHRAN (Tasnim) – An American political analyst said the second letter penned by Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei to Western youth aims to inform the younger generation of Westerners’ misconceptions about Islam and Muslims. “The […]
Keith Preston: US eyes oil, gas reserves in South China Sea
Press TV. Listen here: http://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2015/12/20/442472/US-China-South-China-Sea The United States wants access to oil and gas reserves in the South China Sea, Keith Preston said. The United States’ dispute with China in the contested South China Sea is over access to the vast oil and gas reserves in the strategic […]
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