From “Hope and Change” to “Make America Great Again, the system entices people to consume the illusion of choice, writes Nozomi Hayase.
ELECTION 2020: Democracy Calls Us to Fight ‘Lesser of Two Evils’ Argument
Category: Commentary
Key Pentagon Official Turned China Policy Over to Arms Industry & Taiwan Supporters
The triumph of corporate and foreign interests over one of the most consequential decisions regarding China is likely to bedevil U.S. foreign policy for years to come, writes Gareth Porter.
America’s Imperial Expenditures & Escapades Stranger Than Fiction
Danny Sjursen says that when a war-state is constantly shuffling and substituting enemies it is bound, eventually, to turn on its own citizens.
ELECTION 2020: What Trump & Biden Get Wrong About North Korea
Christine Ahn says the two leading presidential contenders present a false dichotomy about U.S. diplomatic options with North Korea.
Invisible 9/11s: Only the CIA Can See How US Is Attacked By Nations It Targets
Caitlin Johnstone would like to tell you a folktale about alleged attacks on American democracy that are only visible to the U.S. intelligence cartel.
The Argument for a Maximum Wage
Could British levels of support for an income cap ever take root in the U.S.? Sam Pizzigati says the idea isn’t as un-American as it may seem.
Taking Money With One Hand & Fooling Us With the Other
The hidden costs of capitalism to human lives and the natural world are beginning to be laid bare, writes Jonathan Cook, but the Establishment is fighting back.
THE ANGRY ARAB: The US Just Blackmailed Sudan
Washington has proven that it is willing to make people suffer, and even starve, if governments don’t acquiesce to normalization with Israel, writes As`ad AbuKhalil.
Ray McGovern Tells Aaron Maté Blaming Moscow for Hunter Biden’s Laptop is Russiagate Disinformation
Corporate media suppression of news about Hunter Biden emails bears all the hallmarks of the same Russiagate disinformation we were subjected to for four years, Ray McGovern tells Aaron Maté in this Pushback interview on the GrayZone.
ELECTION 2020: 19th Century Polling Laws to Stop Parties Kidnapping Voters May Be Inadequate This Time
Vestigial laws may be ill-equipped for hyper-partisan 2020, writes Kristin Kanthak.