There is a lot to read into this moment, but one thing’s clear. The U.S. doesn’t know what time it is.
PATRICK LAWRENCE: Cold War Escapades in the Pacific
Category: Commentary
RAY McGOVERN: Powell & Iraq—The Uses and Abuses of National Intelligence Estimates
A NYT Magazine piece on Colin Powell and the case to invade Iraq highlights an NIE that was prepared not to determine the truth, but rather to “justify” preemptive war on Iraq, where there was nothing to preempt.
Did Neocon ‘Cancel Queen’ Stage NYT Exit to Fuel Her Next Move?
A closer look at Bari Weiss’ resignation suggests she omitted critical details about her toxic presence at the paper, and may have staged her resignation to publicize her next move, write Max Blumenthal and Ben Norton.
Oklahoma Is – Always Has Been – Native Land
Dwanna L. McKay outlines the historic injustice that was corrected by the Supreme Court.
COVID-19: ‘Putin Hacked Our Vaccine’ Is Dumbest Story Yet
Caitlin Johnstone tackles the latest “Russiavape” story.
COVID-19: Why Laos, Vietnam & China Have Beaten the Virus and India, Brazil and the US Have Not
Vijay Prashad explores the differences between the pandemic responses of a few countries with socialist governments and others in the capitalist order.
Barbarism Begins at Home
The U.S. phase of the “universal civilization” project has utterly destroyed the state structures of Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya and Yemen, writes Pepe Escobar.
COVID-19: Rot Exposed By Pandemic Augurs a Future of Fear
Vijay Prashad raises deep questions about the exhaustion of the global capitalist system in a time of great human suffering.
LEE CAMP: The Life-Saving Covid-19 Drugs You’ve Never Heard Of (and Why)
Must cut-throat late-stage capitalism always be so predictable?
‘2020’
The world is undergoing a transformation, writes Caitlin Johnstone, and it’s taking us in a direction that none of us can predict.