With today’s former commanders regularly joining the boards of giant military contractors, Danny Sjursen looks in vain for the likes of Smedley Butler, an outspoken anti-imperialist from more than a century ago.
Without any proof, The New York Times and Washington Post run “Russia helping Sanders” stories, and Sanders responds by bashing Russia, writes Joe Lauria.
The WikiLeaks publisher was indicted for a political offense, writes Marjorie Cohn, which is forbidden by the two-nation treaty.
In the end, the conference did disintegrate into the catfight that will dominate the rest of the century, writes Pepe Escobar.
As long as a small elite group are able to manipulate the way people think and vote, then you don’t have democracy, writes Caitlin Johnstone.
The only complaint the U.S. allows is that the United States might not defend us enough, when the greater danger comes from being defended too much, writes Diana Johnstone on the Munich conference.
The U.S. has declared “revolutions” on its own terms, and in its own image, writes As`ad AbuKhalil.
Since oligarchs can’t replicate grass-roots energy, they attack it, says Caitlin Johnstone.
The U.S. secretary of state’s “West is Winning” speech in Munich last weekend was delusional.
When Julian Assange steps into Woolwich Crown Court on Feb. 24, true journalism will be the only crime on trial, writes John Pilger.
