Though the Taliban may be unpopular with many Afghans at least they are Afghans and not a propped-up government under foreign occupation, writes Joe Lauria.
Rapid Taliban Takeover Shows How Little US Understood Afghanistan
Category: American Empire
How War Profiteers Manufacture Consent
Governments and war profiteers fund think tank reports that mass media then pass off as news, writes Caitlin Johnstone.
US Wins Right to Appeal Health Grounds on Assange Extradition
The United States on Wednesday won the right to appeal the health grounds upon which a decision was made by a district judge in London not to extradite the WikiLeaks publisher to the United States, reports Joe Lauria.
Trade Wars Are Class Wars
Narrowing the great divides — between the rich and everyone else — will be the key to reducing new Cold War tensions, writes Sam Pizzigati.
On Eve of Assange Hearing, A Look Back at the US Chief Medical Witness
On Wednesday the U.S. will challenge its grounds to appeal medical evidence that led to the denial of Julian Assange’s extradition. But there are conflicts of interests with U.S. witness Dr. Nigel Blackwood, who claimed Assange’s suicide risk is “manageable.”
Network of UK Intel-Linked Operatives Helped Sell Every Alleged Syrian Chemical Weapons Attack
These pseudo-experts and spooks have helped drive the dirty war on Damascus, writes Kit Klarenberg.
PATRICK LAWRENCE: A Different World Order
A new order among nations does not imply some kind of Orwellian Oceania — a globally homogenized superstate, the grotesque dream of liberal cosmopolitans.
US Dictates Foreign Policy to Australia But Won’t Give It Excess Vaccines
The U.S. expects Australia to follow its foreign policy commands but has rejected a desperate plea for excess vaccines as Sydney remains in lockdown and the U.S. wastes a million doses.
Cuba’s US-Backed Pop-Culture Dissidents
Over the past decade, Washington has spent millions to cultivate anti-government rappers, rock musicians, artists, and journalists in Cuba, Max Blumenthal reports.
Reinventing the US Military for Real National Defense
Collectively, Americans need to imagine a world in which they are no longer the foremost merchants of death, writes William J. Astore, as the arsenal of democracy became the arsenal of empire.