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Caitlin Johnstone 2 hr ago Listen to a reading of this article: On a recent interview with the Useful Idiots podcast, Noam Chomsky repeated his argument that the only reason we hear the word “unprovoked” every time anyone mentions Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in the mainstream news […]
by Peter Zeihan on September 7, 2022 When I recorded the first part of today’s video, it was in reaction to news that the Russians were having to turn to Iran of all places to help replace the drones lost in ongoing invasion of Ukraine. That Moscow needs […]
Caitlin Johnstone Listen to a reading of this article: Neocon erotica publication The Atlantic has a new article out titled “The Rise of the Liberal Hawks” which is infuriating as much for its sycophantic empire apologia as it is for the fact that much it is entirely correct. […]
In an exclusive article, the world’s leading public intellectual says the handover of global imperial power from Britain to the US is at the root of the UK’s continued persecution of Julian Assange. NOAM CHOMSKY US President Franklin D. Roosevelt (L) and UK Prime Minister Winston Churchill talk […]
Press TV Published September 5, 2022 It was a case of morality and human concern. A Google employee quit the giant internet company Google over her views on censorship and Palestine. She believed that censoring news on Palestine through the cooperation of Google and Israel was an injustice […]
Press TV The photo shows amphetamine pills seized by Saudi Arabia’s authorities at a warehouse in the capital, Riyadh, on August 31, 2022. An American media report has said that Saudi Arabia is becoming the “drug capital” of the Middle East and the main destination of illegal drugs and […]
Liberals have gone full Wilsonian. Liberals are now the pro-ruling class party in every way. Have these fuckheads ever heard of places called Yemen, Palestine, Syria, Libya, Pakistan, Somalia, Sudan, Niger, etc. etc.? Ever heard of drone massacres? By Dominic Tierney The Atlantic About the author: Dominic Tierney […]
By Nicky Reid aka Comrade Hermit Exile in Happy Valley The right of self-determination of the peoples includes the right to a state of their own. However, the foundation of a state does not increase the freedom of a people. The system of the United Nations that is […]
Caitlin Johnstone The first issue of my printable zine was so well-received that I’m putting out a second one, this time spiced up with 58 pages of articles, comics, puzzles and all sorts of fun things, and even some stuff that hasn’t been published online yet. This looks like […]
Some soldiers referred to them as “McNamara’s Morons.” By Buchanan Waller Task and Purpose In 1967, a young man named Johnny Gupton was drafted into the Army to fight in Vietnam. Gupton didn’t know how to read or write; he didn’t even know what state he was from. […]
“Fascism is when the Post Office exists and poor people have a right to health care coverage and housing. Now let’s give Raytheon an trillion dollar contract to supply weapons to Saudi Arabia and Israel. Cuz like freedom and stuff!” Western English-speaking liberals, and conservatives
Caitlin Johnstone Listen to a reading of this article: The other day an Australian journalist was giving me a hard time for not criticizing Russia and China the way I go after the US empire, calling me “morally bankrupt” for not criticizing all governments equally. He said […]
Caitlin Johnstone Listen to a reading of this article: People on Twitter are currently raging because the account for the Libertarian Party of New Hampshire tweeted a post celebrating the anniversary of the death of John McCain, which is a good opportunity to explain why everyone who dances […]
Caitlin Johnstone Listen to a reading of this article: Numerous Syrian and foreign militants have reportedly been killed and several US troops injured in an escalating exchange of attacks between the American invaders and the people in the country whose territory they are illegally occupying. On Tuesday […]
There is an interesting discussion of the European theater about 30 minutes into this as well with Randi Nord of Geopolitics Alert. Watch here. Live on Radio Sputnik with Jamarl Thomas and Manila Chan.
By Nicky Reid aka Comrade Hermit Exile in Happy Valley Nancy Pelosi has broken a lot of glass ceilings, or at least that’s what her cheerleaders in the mainstream media are constantly shouting at me from my tv and I guess they’re technically correct. After all, she is […]
Caitlin Johnstone Listen to a reading of “They Lie To Us”: They lie to us all our lives about what soldiers do, about what cops do, about what journalists do, about what presidents do. They lie to us all our lives about how laws are made, […]
Video playback is not supported on your browser. Please upgrade. FLASHBACK: Meet Henry Kissinger (2009) The Corbett Report 3 hr ago SHOW NOTES AND MP3: https://www.corbettreport.com/episode-106-meet-henry-kissinger/ FROM 2009: A war criminal, a genocidal eugenicist, a power-hungry plotter, a modern-day Machiavelli, a Rockefeller toadie. Meet Henry Kissinger. 13 likes
Caitlin Johnstone Listen to a reading of this article: The empire’s information war against the left has been so successful that people don’t even know where “the left” is anymore. Most have it confused with things that are tangential like having pink hair and saying your pronouns, […]
The occupation of Palestine continues with no end in sight, and this remains the primary political struggle in the region as America’s client states normalize with Israel. But now there’s a new backdrop: the war in Ukraine exposing Western double standards alongside the US-China New Cold War.
Caitlin Johnstone Listen to a reading of this article: John: I’m worried about China. Jane: Oh yeah? What about it? John: Well more I’m worried about the example they’re setting, and that western governments will start implementing their technocratic oppression style to turn us all into a […]
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By Anthony J. Constantini The American Conservative Recent Republican primary elections have made one thing clear: The future of Republican foreign policy is based on the world as it is, not as one wishes it to be. This may seem like an obvious concept to many normal Americans, […]
Rania Khalek interviews Abby Martin and Mike Prysner of Empire Files about censorship amid war fervor, surviving in alternative media, and how to push back. LISTEN HERE
Because the USA has outsourced the Syrian War to the Turks. The Signal Why does Turkey seem to be getting ready to invade northern Syria? Henri Barkey on the tangled interests that will determine whether intensifying military operations turn into war. Osman Koycu Air strikes have been hitting […]
Conversation with Buck Johnson on the flaws of libertarianism and why localism is here to stay. Jose Alberto Nino Listen to José Niño sound off on contemporary political affairs. Is local political activism the only way out of America’s current political mess? José Niño and Buck Johnson, the […]
Caitlin Johnstone Listen to a reading of “Owl Eyes”. Crawling on our hands and knees vomiting up life hearts which go bouncing across the floor like pennies, disgusted by the latest headline, the latest heartbreak, the latest bill, the latest bullshit. There is an owl sitting upon […]
Ex-CIA Analyst Ray McGovern Shares His Take on US Foreign Policy Towards China and Russia Will the United States sleepwalk itself into a nuclear conflict with Russia and China? José Niño sat down with ex-CIA analyst Ray McGovern to talk about the dangerous “Great Power” foreign policy pivot […]
Correction. In fact, the Soviet tank T-34 was absolutely revolutionary for its time. The low central placement of the engine allowed to position the armoured front panel and side boards not vertically, like in all German tanks, but under sharp angles, which enhanced their resistance to a direct […]
Batya Ungar-Sargon and Robby Soave react to what former Democratic Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard had to say when she filled in for Tucker Carlson on Fox News.
Military expert, retired Lt. Col. Daniel Davis, and executive vice president at the Quincy Institute For Responsible Statecraft, Dr. Trita Parsi, debate what went wrong in the United States’ exit from Afghanistan, one year after the withdrawal.
Caitlin Johnstone 3 hr ago Listen to a reading of this article: So many empire apologist arguments depend on pretending the US empire doesn’t exist; pretending the US is just a normal country sitting there minding its own business. If you do that, it really does look […]
Host of The Katie Halper Show Podcast, Katie Halper, discusses Palestinians getting kicked off an Israeli bus to make room for Jewish riders, and the recent Gaza attack.
By Nicky Reid aka Comrade Hermit We recognize that if there is to be any peace on earth, it is going to come as a consequence of our people uniting to defeat US imperialism once and for all… We are going to have to unite with the oppressed […]
Caitlin Johnstone Listen to a reading of this article: In a new interview with The Wall Street Journal, immortal Hague fugitive Henry Kissinger says the US is acting in a crazy and irrational way that has brought it to the edge of war with Russia and […]
From Anarchist Communist Group UK ACG comments: Whilst the ACG approves of this Manifesto overall, internal discussions have highlighted some concerns over the use of the term “revolutionary defeatism”. We feel that the document would benefit from either clearer definition of what is meant by the term, or […]
Banned Hipster The Trump White House “mishandled” US intelligence on Iran and gave access to some unknown, unauthorized people, i.e. Israeli intelligence agents. Former senior intelligence officials said in interviews that during the Trump administration, highly classified intelligence about sensitive topics, including about intelligence-gathering on Iran, was routinely […]
The Signal What went wrong for the wave of leftist leaders elected in Latin America? Javier Corrales on the enduring appeal—and inherent danger—of authoritarian populism. Frederik Trovatten The left-wing populist and former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is a heavy favorite to return to power in his […]
Caitlin Johnstone Listen to a reading of this article: There’s a scene in The Usual Suspects where Kevin Spacey tells the fable of the mysterious Keyser Soze and how he became a crime lord. “One story the guys told me, the story I believe, was from his […]
By Caitlin Johnstone Listen to a reading of this article: Following objections from the Ukrainian government, CBS News has removed a short documentary which had reported concerns from numerous sources that a large amount of the supplies being sent to Ukraine aren’t making it to the front lines. […]
By Alan Bickley, Free Life In 2003, most opposition to the Iraq War was confined to the argument that intervention there would do no good to the people of Iraq or in the intervening countries. This soon turned out to be a true argument, and those of us […]
By Jose Alberto Nino During the “America First” summit this week in D.C., Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) passionately demanded “that we absolutely annihilate the Russian forces, and we get them to crawl back into Russia so bloody and bruised that they can’t come back.” At the same summit, […]
I have written about many topics here at Attack the System over the past 22 years, with a focus on outlining a predictive narrative of how world geopolitics and domestic US politics would likely evolve in the future. The core emphasis has been to develop a theoretical framework […]
Briahna Joy Gray and Robby Soave react to Pink Floyd co-founder Roger Waters’ criticism of President Joe Biden over the Russia-Ukraine conflict.
Professor at Georgetown University, Trita Parsi, weighs in on the United States giving additional aid to Ukraine, and whether this is a logical long-term strategy.
Highlights from CPI Chicago conference “UNITE AGAINST THE IMPERIALISTS”
Caitlin Johnstone Listen to a reading of this article: The US empire uses “freedom and democracy” as a pretext to conquer and kill in exactly the same way European colonialists used the pretext of spreading Christianity and civilization to save the godless savages. And it does so […]
Batya Ungar-Sargon and Robby Soave discusses the cease fire between Israel and Palestinian Islamic Jihad militants following a three-day conflict in Gaza.
LONDON (Reuters) – More than 450 foreign-made components have been found in Russian weapons recovered in Ukraine, evidence that Moscow acquired critical technology from companies in the United States, Europe and Asia in the years before the invasion, according to a new report by Royal United Services Institute […]
Nemesis: The Last Days of the American Republic by Chalmers Johnson
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