Two words — democracy and autocracy — have received a new birth in the West as the U.S. embraces the idea of a Cold War sequel, says Michael Brenner. The implications are profound.
US Values, Verities & Global Failure
Category: China
US Remains Largest Military Spender by Far
The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute’s data shows that Washington spends three times as much on its military than China, the second-largest spender, Ashik Siddique reports.
You Are Reading This Thanks to Semiconductors
Digital technology can be used to solve so many human dilemmas, writes Vijay Prashad. And yet, here we are, at the precipice of a conflict to benefit the few over the needs of the many.
PATRICK LAWRENCE: Europe’s Fate
As a new world order takes shape before our eyes, the author, in a recent lecture, considers how Europe can best make use of its position on the eastern edge of the Atlantic world and the western edge of Eurasia.
Chris Hedges: The Enemy from Within
The war industry, a state within a state, disembowels the nation, stumbles from one military fiasco to the next, strips us of civil liberties and pushes us towards suicidal wars with Russia and China.
Lithium in Bolivia — A Looming Clash of Views
Mario Orospe Hernández says a rapid escalation of lithium extraction in the Bolivian Andes conflicts with the beliefs of Indigenous communities who call the region home.
Caitlin Johnstone: Australia Pays Clapper for US Aims
Among the American swamp monsters hired by Canberra is the Obama administration’s spy chief, who has an established track record of lying and manipulating to advance the interests of the U.S. empire.
Defense Review Binds Australia to US War Agenda
For most of its 110 pages the review’s mental contortions explain why “defending” Australia is going to have to look a whole lot like preparing to pick a fight with an Asian nation thousands of kilometers away, writes Caitlin Johnstone.
WATCH: Can Europe Break Free of the US?
French President Emmanuel Macron raised questions about Europe being a vassal state of the U.S. Can it independent? Watch this DiEM25 discussion with Yanis Varoufakis.
The Hypersonic Pentagon Budget
Michale T. Klare outlines how the U.S. Defense Department will seek a growing share of the country’s scientific and technological resources for military-oriented work.