Author: corinna barnard

The Taliban’s Opium Eradication

Afghanistan’s transformation into a preeminent narco-state owes a significant debt to Washington, writes Alan McLeod. Now, with a heroin shortage threatening to increase fentanyl abuse, the U.S. faces possible blowback. 

US Urged Ouster of Khan, Cable Shows

The Intercept has published a document from a source in the Pakistani military that shows a U.S. diplomat targeting Pakistan’s ousted prime minister for “taking such an aggressively neutral position” on the Ukraine war. 

Craig Murray: The Silence on Imran Khan

Pakistan has imposed a media blackout over the deposed prime minister and thousands of new political prisoners incarcerated in appalling conditions. Condemnation in the U.K. and U.S. has been non-existent.

The UN’s Vague ‘New Agenda for Peace’

Vijay Prashad says that the report — apart from identifying the conflict between the unipolar and multipolar worlds, and showing concern over the metastasizing weapons industry — throws moral scaffolding over hard realities it can’t directly confront. 

Amazon Workers Encouraged by UPS Wage Gains

UPS Teamsters are voting this month on the tentative agreement, Luis Feliz Leon reports. But the big wage gains are already reverberating at Amazon, which is slated to adjust its wage progression in the fall.