By Joseph Massad Middle East Eye Support for the racist march through occupied East Jerusalem extended to Jewish organisations in the US, where decades earlier, plans for a neo-Nazi rally spurred a landmark legal battle The Israeli government, which in the eyes of international law is illegally occupying […]
Abby Martin speaks at the 2022 People’s Summit for Democracy on the United States’ history of imperialism in Latin America, exploring how the Empire continues to impose its economic interests through unilateral sanctions, coercive debts, privatization, and economic warfare, all of which have resulted in mass suffering and […]
Bashar is proving to be the man his father didn’t know he could be. I honestly thought he was going to be done a long time ago but he’s not an easy meal. He was neither groomed to rule or expected to until his brother died, but he […]
Briahna Joy Gray and Robby Soave react to Lizzo’s decision to edit her new song after being criticized for using ‘ableist’ language.
Briahna Joy Gray criticizes President Biden’s normalization of relations with Saudi Arabia, and makes the case that foreign policy decisions are almost never morally motivated.
Briahna Joy Gray and Robby Soave discuss the impact of US sanctions against Russia on inflation, and react to the latest developments in the war in Ukraine.
The domestic US culture war is being exported to the rest of the world. I’ve been thinking for a while that the Red/Blue tribal civil war is eventually going to be a global conflict. It’s already taking root in a lot of places. By N.S. Lyons The New […]
Krystal and Saagar provide viewers an update about the Ukraine war against Russia in the Donbas region and how US intel has no idea what Ukraine is doing with American weapons and funding
By Caitlin Johnstone The White House has officially confirmed reports that President Biden will indeed be visiting Saudi Arabia in contradiction of his campaign vows to make the nation a “pariah” for its human rights violations, and everyone’s acting like visiting a murderous tyrant is somehow beneath the […]
This is a pretty balanced discussion. The core questions Lyons asks are good. This is similar to my own view of the international system. There is an overarching global ruling class that Hardt and Negri referred to as the “Empire.” The US is the senior partner in the […]
By Caitlin Johnstone White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre came very close to committing the cardinal sin of referring to a US-aligned nation as a “regime” on Monday. In the official White House transcript of Jean-Pierre’s interaction with a reporter inquiring about Biden’s upcoming meeting with Saudi Crown […]
By Caitlin Johnstone My enemies are not in Moscow or Beijing. My enemies are in Washington, Arlington, Langley, Wall Street, Silicon Valley, and Hollywood. And so are yours. The only question is whether or not you realize it yet. There’s a massive narrative management campaign geared toward convincing […]
It’s literally torturing and locking up someone for life slowly killing them for reporting a crime, its blocking up the guy who reported the murder not the murderer!
Can we send $40 billion to Syria to help them defend against the aggressors?
The United States pays for 20% of Israel’s military budget while Israel has a space program, universal health care, and still runs a budget surplus for six of the last ten years….
After suffering losses on their own soil, Iran is showing great restraint and patience by not striking back and escalating with Israel. When U$A inevitably comes to Iran begging for oil in the future, I hope Iran responds appropriately. And this coming from an American!
It’s amazing how Israel can get away with these international crimes and nobody in the media has the courage to bring it up
Calling Ukraine a western democracy is like calling Joe Biden a competent president.
Host of The Katie Halper Show Podcast, Katie Halper, discusses reporters’ grilling of Antony Blinken over the United States’ response to hypocrisy over Israel, Saudi Arabia, and Haiti.
Kyle Kulinski comments on the introduction of the Saudi Arabian LIV Golf tour and the high profile American golfers who sold out to play for them
Ryan Grim and Ken Klippenstein break down Jared Kushner’s deep political and financial ties to Saudi Arabia being investigated by Congress
By Caitlin Johnstone One of the great sources of distress in people’s lives is that we don’t get to be the narrator of other people’s stories about us. That we don’t get to control what other people are thinking and saying about how we are, what we do, […]
A time of the history of the anti-Vietnam War movement. View here. I would consider the anti-Vietnam War movement to be among the most important movements in US history, arguably more important than the American Revolution itself. The effect of that movement was that it delegitimized the draft […]
By Caitlin Johnstone President Biden used the phrase “Putin’s price hike” again in a reaction to Friday’s Consumer Price Index report revealing continued high inflation, showing once again that the US government believes Americans are idiots. “Make no mistake about it: I understand inflation is a real challenge to […]
By Caitlin Johnstone Listen to a reading of this article: None of the world’s worst people are in prison. Most of them are fabulously wealthy and widely esteemed. Our systems are not set up to reward beneficial action and punish wrongdoing; at the scale that really matters, they […]
Krystal and Saagar scrutinize the former top general under investigation for illegal lobbying for the Qatar government during his time as President of influential DC think tank Brookings Institution
Publisher of Nonzero Newsletter, Robert Wright, breaks down the cultural and policy impacts of hawkish lobbying by the profit-driven defense industry.
Anarchist News From Militant Wire by The WannabeWonk Exclusive Interview with an Anarchist Fighter of the Territorial Defense Forces of Ukraine Militant Wire’s Tom Lord Speaks with a Member of The Resistance Committee One of the defining aspects of the current war in Ukraine is the presence of […]
More or less my perspective as well. NATO was originally created after WW2 to prevent further Soviet expansion into Western Europe. The Soviets and their satellites already controlled most of the Eurasian landmass at the time, and the remaining Western European countries had been laid to waste by […]
By Jose Alberto Nino Crisis moments in politics tend to be moments of clarity. They demonstrate who are our friends and who are our enemies. Those who hate the color red today will scoff at the same color once their opponents start to wear it. Whether the topic […]
Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, also known as AMLO, has announced that if Venezuela and Nicargua are excluded from the upcoming Americas Summit taking place in Miami he will not attend either. Previous summits outside of the United States have not restricted nations’ participation based on politics, […]
Legislative director of Middle East policy at the Friends Committee on National Legislation, Hassan El-Tayyab, discusses Congress’ new bipartisan effort to end U.S. involvement in the war in Yemen.
Kim Iverson breaks down the clandestine Bilderberg meetings that took place in Washington, D.C. this weekend.
They’re trying to make a comeback in 2024. It is the most immediate danger we face. Politics editor at the Washington Examiner, Jim Antle, makes the case that GOP opposition to U.S. intervention in the war in Ukraine demonstrates the anti-war future of the ‘New Right.’
Saagar describes what he believes is a vibe shift represented by the success of the new Top Gun film away from kowtowing to China and wokeness in movies that dominated the last decade of hollywood
Krystal and Saagar examine the reversal by Joe Biden on engagement with the Saudis due to a desperate need for more oil supply from OPEC in the global markets
Krystal and Saagar have commentator James Li break down the tyrannical intentions of Klaus Schwab and the World Economic Forum masked by thinly veiled rhetoric
The Times of Israel Israel and Saudi Arabia have been holding US-brokered talks on a number of agreements that could help clear the path to eventual diplomatic ties between the countries, the Wall Street Journal reports. According to the report, one such agreement would allow greater rights for […]
By Larry Elliott, The Guardian The perverse effects of sanctions means rising fuel and food costs for the rest of the world – and fears are growing of a humanitarian catastrophe. Sooner or later, a deal must be made. It is now three months since the west launched […]
Von Tilo Gräser Mit dem Wirtschaftswissenschaftler und Finanzexperten Michael Hudson hat der Journalist Alexander Boos für die “ViER.” ein Interview über die aktuelle Lage in Folge des Krieges in der Ukraine und die damit verbundenen Zusammenhänge geführt. Es erscheint in deutscher Übersetzung Anfang August in der Ausgabe 4/2022. […]
When most people think of Sweden, or more broadly, the Scandinavian countries, they imagine a more egalitarian and advanced model to which we should aspire. Some assume without investigating that Sweden and the other Scandinavian countries, Denmark and Norway, have figured out how to be prosperous “socialist” countries. […]
By Caitlin Johnstone A recent article in Politico’s Lockheed Martin-sponsored National Security Daily newsletter featured a quote from an empire think tanker who argued that the tyranny of Saudi Arabia’s murderous crown prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) can be tempered by sending him to seminars. In “Saudi Arabia […]
By Gordon G. Chang Telos “The Russian invasion of Ukraine has put an end to the globalization we have experienced over the last three decades,” wrote Larry Fink in his March 24 letter to BlackRock shareholders. “We had already seen connectivity between nations, companies, and even people strained by […]
By Caitlin Johnstone Open in browser The US Empire Will Be Defeated By The US Empire: Notes From The Edge Of The Narrative Matrix Caitlin Johnstone Jun 4 Listen to a reading of this article: The US Empire Will Be Defeated By The US Empire by Going Rogue […]
Below is an old article from the Los Angeles Times in 1986 discussing how the majority of both parties in Congress opposed Reagan’s Central America policy, arming of the Saudi regime, and efforts to undermine detente with the USSR. Nowadays, no one in Congress would oppose any of […]
By Fiona Harrigan, Reason It signals that many in Congress still condemn America’s role in the war and actions from the president that lack proper authorization. Members of the House introduced a resolution yesterday that would help end U.S. military involvement in the Yemeni Civil War if passed. […]
Reminds me of the same strategy they used with the jihadists in Syria rebranding them as “moderate rebels”
The “only democracy in the middle East” ladies and gentlemen. Oh. That kind of democracy.
Krystal and Saagar analyze President Biden’s op-ed on Ukraine strategy going forward as the Russians gain in the Donbas and the $40 billion spending package gets implemented
Krystal and Saagar break down the military’s cyber operations in the Ukraine war and the lethal armed drones being sent to Ukraine capable of striking Russia and gathering crucial intelligence
Nemesis: The Last Days of the American Republic by Chalmers Johnson
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