Category: Anti-Imperialism/Foreign Policy

Russia’s NATO is crumbling

May 10, 2023 Hello, Insiders! Spriha Srivastava, UK bureau chief, here. Today we take a deeper dive into Vladimir Putin’s version of the NATO military alliance, also known as the Collective Security Treaty Organization, or CSTO, and how it’s crumbling since Russia invaded Ukraine.   Seen the group […]

This Civilization Is Mentally Ill

Caitlin Johnstone May 10, 2023 Listen to a reading of this article (reading by Tim Foley): It’s time for another US presidential race where populist factions on both sides spend a few months angrily decrying the establishment before voting for candidates in the general election who will fully […]

The New Ugly Americans

May 9 2023 Good morning from  Washington. Over in New York, questions abound after the unintended death on a New York subway car of a disturbed man with a long criminal record, Jarrett Stepman writes. On the podcast, veteran commentator Cal Thomas surveys his 50 years covering Washington. […]

Look With Both Eyes

Caitlin Johnstone May 7, 2023 Listen to a reading of this article (reading by Tim Foley): Years ago I watched a video clip by a philosopher named Ken Wilber that I still find myself referencing from time to time. In it, Wilber is asked about the plight of […]

Republicans May Lead us to Our Doom

Ron DeSantis might not be the answer to the US’s foreign policy problems. Jose Alberto Nino Mar 27, 2023 Share Ron DeSantis for a shining moment took a stand for a realist, sensible foreign policy approach to the crisis in Ukraine, showing everyone that he could potentially take […]

Where Are All the Russian Hackers?

by Peter Zeihan on May 2, 2023 Today’s video was recorded in Wānaka, New Zealand, during my yearly backpacking trip. Since the onset of the Ukraine War, everyone’s been checking under their bed and looking in their closet for the boogeyman – a.k.a Russian Hackers – but they […]

Dismantle the Cuban Embargo

FRIDAY, APRIL 28, 2023 There never was a good war or a bad peace. – Benjamin Franklin, Letter to Josiah Quincy [1773] HORNBERGER’S BLOG April 28, 2023 Dismantle the Cuban Embargo Secretary of State Antony Blinken recently visited Vietnam with the aim of establishing closer relations with that […]

The Empire Of Hypocrisy

Caitlin Johnstone Apr 22, 2023 Listen to a reading of this article (reading by Tim Foley): ❖ The US is raging about Russia jailing a Wall Street Journal reporter on espionage charges, while the US is: Jailing Julian Assange for doing good journalism. Threatening to imprison Matt Taibbi. […]

America’s empire is bankrupt

The dollar is finally being dethroned BY John Michael Greer Let’s start with the basics. Roughly 5% of the human race currently live in the United States of America. That very small fraction of humanity, until quite recently, enjoyed about a third of the world’s energy resources and […]

Those Scary and Dangerous Russkies

THURSDAY, APRIL 20, 2023 Democracy must be something more than two wolves and a sheep voting on what to have for dinner. – James Bovard, Attention Deficit Democracy [2006] HORNBERGER’S BLOG April 20, 2023 Those Scary and Dangerous Russkies It was always inevitable that the Pentagon’s and the […]