Hollywood loves to make heroes of The Washington Post for the rare moments when it has stood up for journalism – while forgetting the blood-soaked cases of the Post spreading lies to justify wars, writes Norman Solomon.
Category: Foreign Policy
Questioning the Russia-gate ‘Motive’
A key pillar of the Russia-gate affair is the assumption that Russia’s leaders wanted to stop Hillary Clinton and boost Donald Trump, but the Kremlin’s views on last year’s election were much more nuanced, writes Gilbert Doctorow.
Trump’s Misuse of Intelligence on Iran
Protecting the Shaky Russia-gate Narrative
The Scary Void Inside Russia-gate
Lavishing Money on the Pentagon
What’s at Stake in Honduran Election
Trump’s Illegal Syrian Mission Creep
Silencing of Courageous Documentaries
Historically, documentaries have told important truth in powerful ways and often challenging powerful groupthinks, but such brave films are becoming an endangered species, explains John Pilger.
North Korea’s Understandable Fears
By escalating threatening rhetoric — and staging provocative military maneuvers — President Trump may believe he can intimidate North Korea into capitulation but history would tell you something else, writes David William Pear.