Chinese General Qiao Liang argues, “If we have to dance with the wolves, we should not dance to the rhythm of the United States,” reports Pepe Escobar.
Category: Commentary
COVID-19: Hunger Gnaws at the Edges of the World
Agricultural workers, farmers and social movements can teach us how the food system should be reorganized during this crisis, write Vijay Prashad and Richard Pithouse.
RAY McGOVERN: Turn Out the Lights, Russiagate is Over
The possibility that Trump will not chicken out this time, and rather will challenge the Security State looms large since he felt personally under attack.
Partisanship Aside, Trump Had Reason to Fire Michael Atkinson, Say Two Former CIA Whistleblowers
The inspector general violated the law by protecting the “Ukraine whistleblower” and proved to be the enemy of real whistleblowers, say John Kiriakou and Pedro Israel Orta.
COVID-19: Virus Blows Away Myth of ‘First’ & ‘Third’ Worlds
Star performers during the pandemic are not in the historical “First World,” writes Steven Friedman.
Ghost of J. Edgar Haunts Flynn Investigation
Former FBI special agent Coleen Rowley explains Bureau misdeeds in the Flynn case.
A Circle in the Darkness: Post-War Europe
Diana Johnstone’s newly-published memoir offers an incisive, gritty, politically alert, and expansive account of post-war Europe, reports Patrick Lawrence in this interview with the author.
Why ‘Obamagate’ Will Never Lead to Anything of Significance
You will never see Obama or his administration officials brought down by “Obamagate” for the same reason Trump wasn’t brought down by the Mueller investigation: the swamp protects its own, says Caity Johnstone.
As Another Perjury Trap is Exposed the FBI’s Case Against Trump Collapses
Scott Ritter analyzes the recently released responses of Shawn Henry, a private security consultant, to Adam Schiff’s questions about data exfiltrated from the DNC.
Xi Won’t Repeat Ming Dynasty Mistakes
China has learned from its own rich history and is applying those lessons to re-emerge as a major 21st century power, writes Pepe Escobar.