Paul Rogers says the military-industrial mindset of state-on-state conflict is utterly obsolete in the face of the global threat of climate breakdown.
COP26: Glasgow & the Military Industrial Mindset
Category: Commentary
Australian War Propaganda Goes Off the Rails
In a blatant advert for arms sales masquerading as news, 60 Minutes tries to tie Taiwan to the fantasy of China randomly invading a continent of white foreigners thousands of miles away, writes Caity Johnstone.
The Pentagon as Pentagod
America’s true god is a deity of wrath, whose most militant disciples employ murderous violence across the globe, writes William J. Astore
PATRICK LAWRENCE: Shadow Wars
Talk of Washington going to war in behalf of either Taiwan or Ukraine is hard to match for cynicism.
Julian Assange & the Crisis of British Public Service
The imprisoned WikiLeaks publisher’s life in Belmarsh illuminates the ugly neoliberal world the profiteers have created, writes Helen Mercer.
Syria Massacre Coverup Shows Danger of Assange Precedent
The precedent the U.S. government is trying to set with its persecution of Assange will, if successful, cast a chilling effect over journalism which scrutinizes the U.S. war machine, writes Caity Johnstone.
THE ANGRY ARAB: Saudis Provoke Another Lebanese Crisis
The Saudi-UAE alliance wants to protect the Israeli flank from a powerful resistance movement with regional extensions, writes As`ad AbuKhalil.
Israel’s ‘Terrorist’ Smear of Palestinian Rights Groups
A secret dossier prepared by Shin Bet failed to link the six organizations directly or indirectly to any violent activity, writes Marjorie Cohn.
COP26: Why Compromise Our Lives?
The UN climate treaty has forged an intimate partnership with the very corporations that have created the climate crisis, writes Vijay Prashad.
FW de Klerk: South Africa’s Last Apartheid President
The man who shared the Nobel Peace Prize with Mandela was driven by pragmatism, not idealism, writes Christi van der Westhuizen.