Caitlin Johnstone draws attention to the scramble by TV show hosts last week to get a Labour Party opponent of Jeremy Corbyn’s back on script.
Category: Commentary
If You Want Peace You Get War; If You Want War You Get Rich
Land in Colombia has been militarized to secure the profits of the elite, writes Vijay Prashad.
Corbyn’s Defeat Has Slain the Left’s Last Illusion
The reality is that the corporate class – the 0.001 percent – has been in control of our political life uninterrupted for 40 years, writes Jonathan Cook.
The Story of the UK General Election is not Brexit, it’s the Coming Breakup of Britain
John Wight analyzes the now-shaken British national identity.
The Most Unpopular Government in UK Political History
The disillusionment will be on the same scale as Boris Johnson’s bombastic promises, writes Craig Murray.
Someone Interfered in the UK Election & It Wasn’t Russia
Labour’s Jeremy Corbyn was targeted by billionaire-controlled media outlets, along with intelligence and military agencies, as well as state media’s BBC, writes Caitlin Johnstone.
Health Insurance Industry’s Attack on ‘Medicare for All’ Relies on Old Playbook
When corporations sense a threat, they often frame the free market as the optimal venue for Americans to enjoy individual autonomy, writes Burton St. John III.
‘The Cost of Sanity, in this Society, Is a Certain Level of Alienation’
We close ourselves off from a full sense of participation when we depart from the consensus worldview, writes Caitlin Johnstone. But in closing that door we open so many more.
JOHN KIRIAKOU: Those Torture Drawings in the NYT
In 2002, John Kiriakou captured the Guantanamo prisoner who drew those sickening pictures. Abu Zubaydah has a constitutional right to face his accusers in court, or be released, Kiriakou says.
The Most Significant Afghanistan Papers Revelation Is How Difficult They Were to Make Public
Caitlin Johnstone is disturbed by how much time and money was required to make the U.S. government comply with its own transparency laws.