The Biden people are unlikely to speak of a new cold war with China, but they appear likely to wage one all dressed up as a sophisticated trans–Pacific strategy.
PATRICK LAWRENCE: Empire with a Human Face
Category: Commentary
JOHN KIRIAKOU: Corizon Health’s Sick Treatment of Prisoners
A friend recently served time and the worst part of his sentence was being subjected to the country’s largest for-profit provider of prison “medical care.”
John Pilger: The Most Lethal Virus is Not Covid-19. It is War.
Covid-19 has provided cover for a pandemic of propaganda, says John Pilger.
LEE CAMP: The Pandemic Dirty Dozen
The Coming Wave of Evictions Will Significantly Worsen America’s Covid-19 Crisis
The authors urge the CDC to immediately extend its emergency eviction moratorium until next spring.
‘Extremism’ as a Ticket to Tyrannize
The term has long been invoked by politicians to sanctify their own power, writes James Bovard.
The Mega Machine & the Mega Crisis
The decades ahead can lead to complete collapse or to a more just society that cooperates with nature instead of destroying it, says Fabian Scheidler.
Taliban Are Megarich – Here’s Where They Get the Money
There are many reasons to root for peace in war-scarred Afghanistan, writes Hanif Sufizada. Its financial health is one of them.
Biden Picks Raytheon Board Member To Lead US War Machine
Caitlin Johnstone thinks it would be more honest for Biden to appoint the CEOs and boards of corporations to cabinet posts, rather than their lobbyists.
The Odd Way a New US President Picks a Cabinet
American voters should have a say on the cabinet that a presidential candidate proposes to go into power with, writes Joe Lauria.