By Nicky Reid aka Comrade Hermit Exile in Happy Valley Where is the sun? Have we been marching through this darkness forever? It’s barely December but it already feels like the longest winter in recent memory. In fact, it feels like last winter never really ended. That was […]
Mike Prysner exposes Ron DeSantis’ ugly past in Guantanamo Bay Watch the full discussion here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TOwtF… Mike Prysner joined the Army 3 months before the 9/11 attacks, and in March 2003 was part of the invasion of Iraq. After 12 months in the occupation he became an outspoken […]
Briahna Joy Gray discusses the history of U.S. intervention in other countries.
Robert Stark 16 hr ago There are cycles of the new “thing,” and for a while it was Ukraine, and it has also been covid, George Floyd, MeToo, and now the protests in Iran. However, there is now some degree of fatigue and weariness about the Ukraine war […]
Caitlin Johnstone 2 hr ago Listen to a reading of this article: The Associated Press journalist who reported a US intelligence official’s false claim that Russia had launched missiles at Poland last week has been fired. As we discussed previously, AP’s anonymously sourced report which said “A senior U.S. […]
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The question that she should’ve been ask is “why does the US back some dictators but not others?”. I would’ve loved to see her response to that. Gaddafi being a dictator wasn’t the reason for him being overthrown.
Caitlin Johnstone Listen to a reading of this article: It’s still funny that the entire US-controlled world has been raging at Russia all year for doing something the US does routinely. ❖ In our fucked up civilization “individualism” increasingly means having the freedom to express your uniqueness […]
In this Eyes Left/Empire Files exclusive, Mike Prysner sheds light on the shadowy military career of Ron DeSantis. Featuring never-before-heard testimony by former Guantanamo detainee Mansoor Adayfi about DeSantis’s participation in illegal torture at the prison camp, and why he was likely sent to Iraq to do war […]
Video playback is not supported on your browser. Please upgrade. Hanania Newsletter Video and Transcript: How Does the War in Ukraine End? Chris Nicholson on getting to a settlement Richard Hanania and Chris Nicholson Nov 16 This is the video and transcript of my recent conversation with Chris […]
Caitlin Johnstone Listen to a reading of this article: Two false news reports have gone viral in recent hours due to sloppy sourcing and journalistic malpractice. As usual they both featured bogus claims about US-targeted nations, in this case Russia and Iran. An article in Responsible Statecraft titled […]
by Peter Zeihan on November 10, 2022 Have you ever been stuck in bumper-to-bumper traffic on the highway? How about trying to find a parking spot at a sold out event? That’s the exact position Russian troops are in as they follow orders to withdraw from Kherson. Oh […]
Could the war in Ukraine signify the beginning of the end of Russia? Check out today’s epic new video to find out what is causing Russia to collapse and if it can regain its status as a world power!
by Peter Zeihan on November 8, 2022 Why is the German system so stable…because they didn’t create it. The British, French and Americans did. No foreign strategic policy = no military = no war. A fool-proof plan…right? Unfortunately, the war in Ukraine has started to poke holes in […]
Caitlin Johnstone Image via Adobe Stock Listen to a reading of this article: ❖ The commander of the US nuclear arsenal has stated unequivocally that the war in Ukraine is just a warmup exercise for a much larger conflict that’s already in the mail. Antiwar’s Dave DeCamp reports: […]
Caitlin Johnstone Listen to a reading of this article: A new Bloomberg article titled “‘Sloppy’ US Talk on China’s Threat Worries Some Skeptical Experts” discusses the dangerous cycle in which pressures in the US political establishment to continually escalate hostilities with Beijing provokes responses that are then […]
He reflects on his family’s history and world history, just in time for PM Sunak. Fareed is the host of the CNN show “Fareed Zakaria GPS,” which has been on the air since 2008. He’s also a columnist for the Washington Post and the author of several bestsellers, […]
(Jonathon Cook) — One of the biggest problems for the left, as it confronts what seems like humanity’s ever-more precarious relationship with the planet – from the climate emergency to a potential nuclear exchange – is that siren voices keep luring it towards the rocks of political confusion […]
By Michael R. Auslin, Spectator World With worries about inflation, the war in Ukraine, and tension over Taiwan, it’s easy for Americans to forget that we are now deep into the four-year period marking the eightieth anniversary of World War Two. Last December marked eighty years since the […]
Briahna Joy Gray discusses U.S. interventionism in Ukraine, a topic of debate on a recent episode of her podcast, “Bad Faith.” #Ukraine #Russia #war
Caitlin Johnstone Listen to a reading of this article: 2022 is an insane year to be a critic of the empire. People are being censored for disputing official narratives about a war. Those who aren’t censored are being mobbed by astroturf trolling operations. A frenetic propaganda push is […]
By Keith Preston Virtually all political factions will be offended by this post. Walter Russell Meade pointed out four major traditions in US foreign policy: 1. Hamiltonian realist imperialists (Rockefeller types) 2. Wilsonian global interventionists (most Democrats) 3. Jacksonian xenophobic nationalists (like Trump) 4. Jeffersonian non-interventionists (like Ron […]
This week, Briahna Joy Gray had a headed but productive conversation with former Ploughshares Fund — a public grant-making foundation focused on nuclear nonproliferation and conflict resolution — about the controversy surrounding the CPC letter pushing for peace in Ukraine. Every argument you’ve seen against the letter is […]
Briahna Joy Gray and Robby Soave discuss President Joe Biden apparently losing his temper with Ukrainian President Volodymir Zelensky in a phone call in June after Zelensky pressed for more aid.
Caitlin Johnstone Listen to a reading of this article: So it turns out the US intelligence cartel has been working intimately with online platforms to regulate the “cognitive infrastructure” of the population. This is according to a new investigative report by The Intercept, based on documents obtained […]
This author treats nuclear weapons as an inconvenience that contending states will have to work around. He is with the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, once headed by Paul Wolfowitz, with Madeleine Albright as an alumnus. Figures. By Thomas G. Mahnken Foreign Affairs When it comes […]
Caitlin Johnstone Listen to a reading of this article: Leaked documents reveal that the US intelligence cartel has been working intimately with online platforms to regulate the “cognitive infrastructure” of the population — the information systems people use to feed their minds and think their thoughts. If […]
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Caitlin Johnstone Listen to a reading of this article: The US is preparing to station multiple nuclear-capable B-52 bombers in northern Australia in what the mass media are calling a “signal to China,” yet another example of Australia’s forced subservience as a US military/intelligence asset. “Having bombers […]
Noah Carl Oct 26 Critics of America’s policy toward Ukraine have accused it of waging a “proxy war” against Russia. Such critics include various Western commentators, as well as Russia itself. In April, the Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov claimed, “NATO, in essence, is engaged in a war with […]
Joel Mathis Will Republicans in Congress abandon Ukraine? Brigid Kennedy Nancy Pelosi’s husband ‘violently assaulted’ at home in California Theara Coleman Will Republicans win the House of Representatives? Advertisement from University of Cincinnati UC Online MBA: Built for a Changing World Justin Klawans The alarming rise of antisemitism […]
Dear Reader,Contributing editor Sohrab Ahmari has a question: Whatever happened to the antiwar left? While TAC was a notorious outlier on the American right in dissenting from Republican enthusiasm for George W. Bush’s invasion of Iraq, the left put forth a constellation of protests against the war, and […]
Briahna Joy Gray and Robby Soave react to Pod Save America’s take on the recent letter the Congressional Progressive Caucus sent to the White House regarding the Ukraine War.
30 Democratic House members grew and un-grew spines in record time, in a slapstick fiasco predicted almost to the last word Matt Taibbi Clockwise from left: the Congressional Progressive Caucus, Vice-Chair for Policy Jamie Raskin, and Chair Pramila Jayapal It doesn’t happen often, but sometimes, one wishes […]
By Lindsay Wise Updated Oct. 25, 2022 11:59 pm ET WASHINGTON—A group of 30 House Democrats retracted a letter they had sent to President Biden urging him to seek direct talks with Russia to end the war in Ukraine, following backlash within the Democratic Party and disavowals from […]
Kyle, what they “actually” believe is that their new life as a politician is way better than their old life as not a politician. Maybe it wasn’t like this during their campaigning, but now that they are in office, this is their ethos.
But it happens that, at the same period and amongst the same nations in which men conceive a natural contempt for the rights of private persons, the rights of society at large are naturally extended and consolidated: in other words, men become less attached to private rights just […]
The Signal What will the United States’ new National Security Strategy mean for America and its place in the world? Brian Katulis on how the White House is shaping the future of U.S. foreign policy. Greg Rosenke In mid-October, the administration of U.S. President Joe Biden released a […]
The idea that the neocons are in decline is a myth that the neocons want you to believe. The neocons are more powerful now than ever. They have recolonized the Democratic Party with figures like Bolton, Cheney, and Kristol being liberal heroes. They continue to lead the Never […]
Caitlin Johnstone Listen to a reading of this article: Those who hate Russia the most are the ones who embody everything they claim to hate about it: they’re all pro-war, pro-censorship, pro-propaganda, pro-trolling operations, and support Ukraine in banning political parties and opposition media. They are what […]
Caitlin Johnstone Listen to a reading of this article: The Biden administration is reportedly considering opening a national security review of Elon Musk’s business ventures which could see the plutocrat’s purchase of Twitter blocked by the White House, in part because Musk is perceived as having an “increasingly […]
Shadowproof’s Kevin Gosztola turns this week’s “Reframe” show into an impromptu “Unauthorized Disclosure” episode. We look forward to taking some calls during the hour, but we will begin our conversation on the topic of Israel’s meddling in US politics and lessons that the left should learn, especially based […]
Caitlin Johnstone Listen to a reading of this article: We should probably talk more about the fact that the US empire is loudly promoting the goal of achieving peace in Ukraine by defeating Russia while quietly acknowledging that this goal is impossible. This is like accelerating […]
Reuters Representational photo: An Egyptian Aérospatiale Gazelle helicopter participates in an Egyptian military demonstration for observers during Bright Star 2017, Sept. 19, 2017, at Mohamed Naguib Military Base, Egypt. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Michael Battles via U.S. Defense Visual Information Distribution Service) WASHINGTON (Reuters) – […]
Setareh Sadeghi, an Esfahan, Iran-based scholar and teacher, provides Max Blumenthal with a view of Iran’s protests against the country’s morality police and the death of Mahsa Amini never heard in US mainstream. Sadeghi explains that while many Iranians oppose the morality police, the protests have failed to […]
By Michael Lind, National Interest The United States is in retreat, defeat, or stalemate everywhere, whether in the military arena or in the realm of trade and industrial production. MERICAN TRIUMPHALISM is back. The difficulties encountered by Vladimir Putin’s regime in its invasion of Ukraine are being used […]
Caitlin Johnstone Listen to a reading of this article: ❖ The west is advancing the claim that Putin is distributing Viagra to his soldiers so that they can more effectively rape Ukrainians, which was a ridiculous propaganda narrative the first time the west used it to manufacture consent […]
Here are my most recent articles for you POLL: Increasing Number of Americans Prefer Diplomacy with Rival Nations According to a recent survey published by the Eurasia Group Foundation, a growing number of Americans prefer that policymakers pursue negotiations with rival countries. Kyle Anzalone and Connor Freeman of […]
As long as Tulsi holds the line against the neocons, MIC, and Patriot Act, I’m with her. I didn’t like her Sanders liberalism then, and I don’t care for her Carlson conservatism now. But those are just vehicles. She’s a Hindu nationalist.
I always found the hypocrisy of hating Iran and not the Saudis ridiculous.
Nemesis: The Last Days of the American Republic by Chalmers Johnson
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