You can’t drain and impoverish the nation to feed an insatiable military machine unless you make its people afraid, even of phantoms.
Chris Hedges: The Age of Self-Delusion
Category: Iran
Warnings for Washington About Cold War 2.0
The authors raise the brutal U.S. military misadventures committed during the first Cold War in the name of defending “the free world,” a term Biden ominously revived in his State of the Union address.
THE ANGRY ARAB: The Middle East & the War in Ukraine
Gulf Arab regimes, and other developing countries, will adjust to a new world where power is shifting. It is no longer the world the U.S. shaped after the Cold War, writes As’ad AbuKhalil.
The US Persecution of Alex Saab
The diplomat currently languishing in a Miami prison has been vital to Venezuela’s ability to survive the brutal economic war being waged against it, writes Leonardo Flores.
What a US Trap for Russia in Ukraine Might Look Like
The U.S. and NATO are pouring weapons into Ukraine. Kiev says it plans no offensive against Donbass, but if Washington forced one, Moscow would have a major decision to make, writes Joe Lauria.
Eurasia & the Epochal Decline in US Global Power
Both liberal and conservative political elites in the New York–Washington corridor of power have been on top of the world for so long that they can’t remember how they got there, writes Alfred McCoy.
Only Fools Replay Doomsday
William Astore says the rise of a new Cold War must revive the push for nuclear disarmament.
The Three Types of US ‘Regime Change’
When the U.S. overthrows a foreign government it either works from the top down, the bottom up, or through military invasion, writes Joe Lauria.
Is it the End of American Adventurism?
Americans have become increasingly skeptical of the use of military force for matters beyond defending the American homeland, writes Trita Parsi.
Caitlin Johnstone: The Obedient Censors at Meta
A monopolistic Silicon Valley mega-corporation deleting political speech about an important historical figure because Washington says he was a terrorist is a notably brazen act of censorship.