Francis Fukuyama’s triumphalist post-Cold War vision of liberal democracy — published in 1989 — had a major blindspot. It omitted history.
SCOTT RITTER: No ‘End of History’ in Ukraine
Category: Commentary
Beneath the ‘Polycrisis’
Within the current spiral of crises, Vijay Prashad focuses on the deepening problems of gender inequality in a system that refuses to build social wealth.
IMPEACHMENT: ‘Cognitive Warfare’ on Capitol Hill
We must keep our wits about us while the Oversight Committee considers evidence on whether to impeach President Joe Biden, as the cognitive warfare warriors attempt to subvert reality, says Patrick Lawrence.
Caitlin Johnstone: Dying for Inches in Ukraine
That weapons systems are being tested on human bodies to the immense benefit of war profiteers over a completely avoidable and provoked war is nightmarishly depraved.
IMPEACHMENT: Innuendo and Evidence
Consortium News‘ Patrick Lawrence will be daily covering the U.S. House inquiry into the impeachment of President Joe Biden. This is his first report.
UN Reform? Think ‘Alice in Wonderland’
Thomas G. Weiss says the U.N.’s highest priority should be reinforcing the system’s crumbling foundations.
UK & France Should Relinquish Permanent UN Seats
Vijay Prashad challenges the right of two old colonial powers to lord over present-day geopolitics.
Cashing in Again on Russell Brand
The media corporations now publicly reviling the influential social critic are cashing in on him again, writes Jonathan Cook. This time by bringing down the very celeb they built up.
Caitlin Johnstone: Neocons Love the Ukraine War
Bill Kristol, the neoconservative who played a pivotal role in the U.S. invasion of Iraq, makes it obvious why neocons provoked the Ukraine war and why they are loving every minute of it.
Honored Nazi Exposes Canada’s Longstanding Ukraine Policy
By celebrating a Waffen-SS volunteer as a “hero,” Canada has highlighted a longstanding policy that has seen Ottawa train fascist militants in Ukraine while welcoming in thousands of post-war Nazi SS veterans, writes Max Blumenthal.