For Americans, the courage required today is not to defeat an empire abroad, but to confront one at home — the Military-Industrial-Congressional Complex, writes Dennis Laich.
Common Sense & the Pentagon Budget
Month: July 2026
Oil Majors Profits Doubling With Iran War
Shell posted nearly $10 billion in second-quarter results as consumers struggled with higher living costs and the U.K. suffered a deadly heatwave, Jake Johnson reports.
Jonathan Cook: Israel’s ICC Scalp
Any successor to the downfallen ICC chief prosecutor who tries to punish war crimes will be only too aware of the backlash against Khan, his predecessor Fatou Bensoud and the template case of Julian Assange.
The Conflict Over the US Dept. of Justice
Two notorious cases came across Todd Blanche’s desk recently and in both he rejected the rule of law and bowed to presidential whim, writes Andrew P. Napolitano.
Welcoming War Criminals
The International Criminal Court’s issuance of arrest warrants for high-ranking Israeli officials marked a litmus test for global stewardship, writes M. Reza Behram.
War Crimes Case Re-Opened in Britain
The Metropolitan Police has reversed its decision to close a war crimes probe into U.K. nationals who fought in Gaza for Israel, John McEvoy reports.
US Merges Wars in Eurasia, West Asia
M.K. Bhadrakumar says that by linking the wars in Iran and Ukraine, the U.S. opened a theater of conflict around the Caspian Sea.
US-Israel Rot Goes Deeper Than AIPAC
While Israel’s impunity for conducting unbridled violence is cracking in the U.S., politicians’ habit of tying career survival to Tel Aviv persists in traditional power structures, writes Ramzy Baroud.
Doctors Group Calls It Still Genocide
Médecins Sans Frontières says Israeli violence in Gaza inflicts suffering on Palestinians every day but is calibrated to avoid stirring international outrage, Jessice Corbett reports.
Teaming Up for Genocide
While a record number of Democrats voted to block weaponry to genocidal Israel earlier this month, Hakeem Jeffries and J Street came together to keep it flowing, writes Norman Solomon.