Westerners should forget about liberating Ukraine, writes Jonathan Cook. First we need to liberate our own minds so we can acknowledge our threatening presence in the world.
The Hierarchy of Tribalisms
Category: American Empire
PATRICK LAWRENCE: Biden’s Summit of No-Shows
This could prove an historic shift, reversing more than a century of usually coercive influence in Latin America.
Destroying the Town Does Not Save It
In an imaginary graduation speech to the U.S. Air Force Academy, graduate William J. Astore introduces cadets to the real history of U.S. air power.
And Then There Was No Empire
Biden is to host the Summit of the Americas in June, where he hopes to deepen Washington’s hegemony over the region, writes Vijay Prashad.
Chris Hedges: No Way Out But War
Permanent war has cannibalized the country. It has created a social, political, and economic morass. Each new military debacle is another nail in the coffin of Pax Americana.
Caitlin Johnstone: They Fear Information, Not Disinformation
All the safeguards being setting up now to manipulate information online are not there to eliminate lies, they’re there to eliminate truth.
New Australian PM Squandering Leverage on Assange
UPDATE: The new Australian PM met Joe Biden Tuesday with no sign he raised Julian Assange, while committing Australia to U.S. security policy in the Pacific, reports Joe Lauria.
Caitlin Johnstone: On Russians ‘Raping Babies’
You can be sure that these obscene, unverified charges against Russian forces won’t attract the social-media censors who are supposedly rooting out “disinformation.”
Caitlin Johnstone: Bush’s Freudian Confession on Iraq
In their less-guarded moments, even the worst empire managers know deep down what is true and let it slip out.
PATRICK LAWRENCE: The New Iron Curtain
The Ukraine crisis proves to be Europe’s crucible and Europe proves a profound disappointment.