Alfred McCoy rounds up 50 years of racist U.S. policymaking on drug abuse, first by Republicans Nixon and Reagan and then by Democrat Bill Clinton.
The Drugging of American Politics
Category: Commentary
Sweeping It Under the Carpet
Because western media are designed to protect the powerful, most people are more aware of smears about Assange being a Russian agent or a rapist than of his victimization by a tyrannical assault on world press freedoms, writes Caity Johnstone.
The Silence of ‘Global Music’ About Vaccine Apartheid
It’s shameful that the music industry has not uttered a collective word of protest about rich, primarily Western countries hoarding doses, writes Vik Sohonie.
UN Report Calls for Reparations for Victims of Systemic Racist Police Violence
The UN high commissioner for human rights grounded her analysis in the long-overdue need to confront the legacies of enslavement, Marjorie Cohn reports.
LETTER FROM LONDON: The Twisted Case of Craig Murray
Alexander Mercouris says the U.K. Supreme Court should grant the whistleblower and blogger permission to appeal since there are serious questions about journalism to consider.
Cuba’s Vaccine & the Five Monopolies that Rule the World
Trends suggest that many countries will not see significant enough numbers of their population vaccinated before 2023, writes Vijay Prashad.
How to Destroy a Nation in 10 Years
Danny Sjursen offers a U.S. case study in Burkina Faso on how to destroy a country in a decade.
THE ANGRY ARAB: How the US Controls Lebanon
The “war on terror” is even more convenient for Washington’s dreams of hegemony and domination than the previous war on communism, writes As`ad AbuKhalil.
Defying Fragmentation: A New Palestinian Uprising
Media and international attention may be declining, but the momentum for the “Unity Intifada” is not, writes Yara Hawari.
Netanyahu Is Out But Nothing Has Changed for Palestinians
James Zogby says that once again the U.S. media is ignoring Israel’s creeping annexation of Palestinian lands and the government’s brutal aggression.