The Assange case is a centerpiece of an emerging, global challenge to U.S. dominance that did not exist in 2010 when the U.S. began its legal pursuit of the publisher, says Joe Lauria.
A Radically Different World Since Assange’s Indictment
Category: American Empire
Hyper-Imperialism
The West is unable to come to terms with its slow demise as the dominating bloc in the world, writes Vijay Prashad.
PATRICK LAWRENCE: Russia’s Turn From the West
Sergei Lavrov’s recent comments are a case of the subtext being vastly larger than the text.
Caitlin Johnstone: Welcome to the Empire
Ever the victim of unprovoked attacks from the people it has been strangling. Ever the shining city on a hill of human corpses. Ever the defender of the poor, helpless plutocrats of Wall Street.
Patrick Lawrence: The End of Global Leadership
This president’s signature project — America will lead democratic nations in a crusade against the world’s authoritarians — is virtually nowhere taken seriously.
Biden Exceeds Worst Fears About Trump
None of Trump’s misdeeds rise to the level of single-handedly facilitating a genocide in Gaza or taking the world closer to nuclear war than at any time since the Cuban Missile Crisis, writes Caitlin Johnstone.
Judging Genocide
U.S. allies’ fear of backing the genocide charge against Israel reaches all the way to Australia, reports Kellie Tranter.
John Pilger: The Coming War — It’s Time to Speak Up
Silences filled with a consensus of propaganda contaminate almost everything we read, see and hear, warned the late John Pilger last May. War by media is now a key task of so-called mainstream journalism.
Empire Bombs Yemen to Protect Israel’s Genocide
After years of backing Saudi Arabia’s atrocities in Yemen, the U.S and U.K. bombed the poorest country in the Middle East for trying to stop a genocide. This is the U.S. empire.
John Pilger: The Great Game of Smashing Nations
More than a generation ago, Afghanistan won its freedom, which the U.S., Britain and their “allies” destroyed.