America’s drift from republican to imperial law is not new, even if no one has so named it. Now — after the Supreme Court crashed out a spate of preposterously corrupt, end-of-term decisions — it is time.
PATRICK LAWRENCE: The Imperial Court
Category: Commentary
Craig Murray: The Ditching of Nigel Farage
The stranded Reform U.K. Party leader is the most consequential British politician of the 21st century, certainly more important historically than any of the last eight prime ministers. Tony Blair is the only realistic rival.
Perception of Iran: Veils, Beards & the Bomb
The American understanding of Iran is a triumph of geopolitical minimalism, writes M. Reza Behnam, reducing a country with millennia-old legacy as a sophisticated and culturally vibrant civilization to a holy trinity of stereotypes.
Alastair Crooke: Iran War 3.0
The timeline of this new bout of escalation is likely dictated by U.S. refinery inventories and the extent of the “hurt” being experienced by Trump back home in the context of his fading political prospects.
WATCH: TWTW — ‘NATO’s Russia Obsession’
NATO recommitted to direct war with Russia by 2030, with or without the U.S. it seems, as Trump’s fruity Iran policy plays in a loop with Israel ready to relaunch full-scale war. Ray McGovern, Scott Ritter. WATCH the Replay.
8 Contradictions Behind NATO’s Summit of ‘Love’
Anyone looking beyond the carefully choreographed photo-ops saw a military alliance beset by public feuds, competing visions of security, and widening political divisions, writes Medea Benjamin.
Hedges Report: ‘When the World Sleeps’
Francesca Albanese talks about her new book, international law, and how media complicity in cases such at that of Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya has become one of the greatest enablers of injustice.
UN Panel Reaffirms Israel Commits Genocide; Calls for Palestinian Doctor’s Release
A U.N. commission has called on Israeli authorities to free Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, provide him with medical care and free all other arbitrarily detained Palestinian medical personnel, Jessica Corbett reports.
PATRICK LAWRENCE: The Return of Co-Existence
In Ankara this week, NATO committed to building its very own military industrial complex, pursuing the same “total security” doctrine that some Israelis, in their case, now see backfiring.
Caitlin Johnstone: Gaza Ethnic Cleansing Rolls On
Israel has seized 70 percent of Gaza and an Israeli official says the plan is to control 100 percent. Meanwhile the “Board of Peace” is planning to herd refugees into an area outside the destroyed cite of Rafah.