Top U.S. officials are speaking at cross purposes when it comes to Julian Assange. What is really going on? asks Joe Lauria.
What’s Behind Talk of a Possible Plea Deal for Assange?
Category: Biden Administration
The US Problem With China: Beijing Is Better at Capitalism
As it provokes a new Cold War, the U.S. is warning that its corporate and financial interests, which came first after the 1980s Dengist reforms, no longer take precedence, writes Patrick Lawrence.
Libyan Protests Over Rumors of Normalization with Israel
Responding to the strong reactions, the GNU’s prime minister suspended his foreign minister and opened an inquiry into the affair on Sunday, which will be concluded this week.
PATRICK LAWRENCE: Biden’s Pointless Asian Summit
Let us consider the grist of the talks the U.S. president hosted at the presidential retreat in Maryland last week. This will not take long.
The West Keeps Whining That Ukrainians Are Cowards
Western officials — under cover of anonymity and from the safety of their desks — are expressing disapproval of Ukraine’s aversion to being killed, writes Caitlin Johnstone.
Caitlin Johnstone: US Department of Hypocrisy
After his department was caught pushing the ouster of the democratically elected Imran Khan, the U.S. secretary of state is now praising Pakistan’s preparations for “free and fair elections.”
Every Empire Falls
Every empire falls and the fantasy of American exceptionalism doesn’t exempt the U.S., writes Wilmer J. Leon, III. Yet the failing hegemon behaves as though it still controls events, but instead creates worldwide danger.
Patrick Lawrence: Africa for Africans
The animosities toward the French abroad among Nigeriens have been widely reported. But history is only part of the story, and not the largest part. Those who led the coup in Niger are facing forward, not backwards.
Niger, ECOWAS & Western Imperialism in Africa
The Economic Community of West African States imposes strict, Western-approved economic measures that have spurred a flurry of military insurrections across the region, writes Alan MacLeod.
WATCH: The Australian Case Against AUKUS
Presented by Alison Broinowski for the 2023 IPAN ‘Peacewave’ conference. With former Foreign Minister Bob Carr, Senator David Shoebridge, Senator Jordan Steele-John, Mary Kostakidis, Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson, David Bradbury, Kellie Tranter, Brian Toohey, Michelle Fahy, Vince Scappatura, Michael West, Dr…