Arresting an Iranian ship and then threatening war when Iran commits precisely the same illegal act is the height of hypocrisy by the U.K., writes Craig Murray.
Tanker Seizures & Resurgent Imperialism
Category: Commentary
THE ANGRY ARAB: The Moon Landing & the Cold War
Amid all the 50th anniversary commemorations of Apollo 11, As`ad AbuKhalil finds little mention of the pioneering contributions of the Soviet space program.
Russiagate as Organized Distraction
Oliver Boyd-Barrett looks at who benefits from having the corporate media suffocate their public with a puerile narrative for over two years.
New Westminster Cabinet Far to the Right of Thatcher’s
Boris Johnson ushers in the most right-wing British government since 1832, writes Craig Murray.
The Precipitous Barbarisation of Our Times
PEPE ESCOBAR: US and Iran Stuck on Negotiation Ground Zero
Donald Trump says he’s ‘okay either way’, whether there’s war with Iran and Tehran seems to be okay with that too, warns Pepe Escobar.
Democrats Blowing on Embers With a Politicized Mueller
Robert Mueller appeared to have difficulty understanding and answering questions during his day-long hearings on Wednesday but snapped to attention to make political points, says Joe Lauria.
The Great Reckoning
From a vantage point in the not-too-distant future Andrew J. Bacevich looks back on 2019 as a year when, in retrospect, it was clear the United States had passed a point of no return.
Only Enlightened Collectivism Can Save Us
We are witnessing a mass extinction and no amount of rugged individualism is going to solve it, writes Caitlin Johnstone.
When Warriors Become Saints
Edward Curtin contemplates the longstanding and savage complicity between church and state.
