Pepe Escobar on reading Stephen Wertheim’s new book, Tomorrow the World.
Category: Commentary
Russiagate Ain’t Over
Even in victory the Democrats are rearing the ugly head of Russiagate to further vanquish the vanquished and protect their power, writes Joe Lauria.
The Future of War in Biden’s America
LEE CAMP: What Biden Can Do Without Congress (But Won’t)
The new president could take executive action on many of the largest problems within the United States, right away, on his own.
10 Worst Things Trump Did & 5 Things He Didn’t Do
Donald Trump has left the White House. We look back at his tumultuous four years in the Oval Office, judging the worst, and not so worst, things he did, and some things he didn’t do.
Pompeo Escapes Without a Scratch
The State Department was meant to be a counterpart to the U.S. War Department, writes Caitlin Johnstone. Instead it wound up as a cheering squad for starvation sanctions, proxy wars and war coalitions.
COVID-19: Vaccine Dispatches from Moscow, London & Warsaw
From Sputnik V incentives in Russia to Brexit braggadocio in Great Britain, Covid-19 vaccination brings out distinctive national politics.
The Two Faces of Empire
The U.S. empire is ugly and creepy. That’s why so much effort goes into keeping the public from looking at it directly, writes Caitlin Johnstone.
Americans Are All Prisoners of War
William J. Astore says that in America’s collective stockade of the mind, activism for peace is an aberration, while acceptance of the war state is second nature.
The Country Where Liberty is a Statue
The constituency that Trump has assembled will continue to flourish as long as the social and economic crisis spirals further out of control, writes Vijay Prashad.