By enriching uranium at the 60 percent level of purity, Iran is applying its own strategy of diplomatic leverage, Gareth Porter reports.
Vienna Talks Reveal Biden Team’s Attachment to Trump’s Illegal Sanctions
Category: American Empire
PATRICK LAWRENCE: Biden’s Banner Headlines on Afghanistan Obscure US Motives
Exceptionalism and universalism are the third rails in the U.S.: Any public figure who questions either will suffer a kind of political electrocution.
Chris Hedges: The Unraveling of the American Empire
U.S. leadership has stumbled from one military debacle to another, a trajectory mirroring the sad finales of other historical imperial powers.
Hawks Who Want War with Iran Work Overtime
Opponents of the nuclear deal are trying to maintain draconian Trump-era sanctions, write Ariel Gold and Medea Benjamin.
What Biden Didn’t Say About US in Afghanistan
Troops on the ground aren’t the only measure of horrific warfare, writes Norman Solomon.
Media Once Again Trolling US Withdrawal from Afghanistan
As usual it comes in an outbreak of various “concerns,” which Caitlin Johnstone says are all designed to conceal the real agenda.
Pentagon Tried to Recruit Vietnam as Ally Against China
Bitcoin: Revolutionary Money in a Time of Universal Deceit
In the cryptocurrency’s decentralized network, Nozomi Hayase says those who seek to conspire in secret have no place to hide, as Bitcoin aids WikiLeaks’ mission to keep governments transparent and honest.
US-Funded Uyghur Activists Train as Soldiers of Empire
Profoundly illiberal forces lie behind the veneer of a peaceful campaign for human rights, Ajit Singh reports.
People-to-People Projects Build Israeli Impunity
Yara Hawari details how citizen-diplomacy legislation passed by U.S. Congress in December undermines Palestinian rights.