The vaunted democratic values, morality and respect for human rights, claimed by Israel and the U.S. have always been a lie. The real credo is this – we have everything and if you try and take it away from us…
Chris Hedges: To Kill a People
Category: Argentina
LISTEN: Trump’s Disturbing Cabinet Picks
Roger Waters, Larry Johnson, Gerald Celente and Joe Lauria joined Randy Credico’s Live on the Fly radio show on WBAI in New York Friday to discuss Trump’s cabinet nominations.
Vijay Prashad: The No-Rules International Order
Israel’s massacre on the tent camp in Rafah is just the latest. For decades now, Tel Aviv – like Washington – has defied any attempt to apply international humanitarian law to its actions.
Argentine Student Movement Erupts Against Milei’s Adjustment
Thousands mobilize in Buenos Aires against budget cuts to higher education and to preserve the public university system, reports Peoples Dispatch.
Hyper-Imperialism
The West is unable to come to terms with its slow demise as the dominating bloc in the world, writes Vijay Prashad.
No Room at the Inn for Roger Waters
The rocker’s Buenos Aires and Montevideo hotel rooms were canceled because he opposes genocide in Gaza, so he must fly in from Brazil each night for his concerts, he told Pagina/12.
CHILE 50 YRS: Allende Grandson Tells CN: US Empire ‘Is Going Down’
The grandson of Salvador Allende, the democratically-elected president of Chile who was overthrown by a U.S.-backed, fascist junta 50 years ago on Sept. 11, 1973, spoke with CN at a conference in Australia remembering the coup. (w/Spanish transcript).
CHILE 50 YRS: US Scars From 9/11/73
Chile under Pinochet was the experimenting ground for an economic project, neoliberalism, that inspired both Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher. It was also a laboratory for torture and enforced disappearance of human beings, writes Brad Evans.
BRICS: Global Center of Gravity Shifts
As is often the case in history, the actions of a dying empire create common ground for its victims to look for alternatives, writes Vijay Prashad.
A ‘Desperate’ Nuland in Africa
A South African official met an unprepared and “desperate” Victoria Nuland, begging for local help rolling back the popular coup in Niger. The recent BRICS conference might give Nuland even more to fret about, reports Anya Parampil.