Ann Wright reports on the buildup of war practices in the region, including Russia’s training at the edge of U.S. territorial waters off Hawaii and massive U.S.-Australian maneuvers underway through August.
Crowding the Pacific & Pressuring China
Category: China
Senator Mike Gravel Dies at 91
Former U.S. Senator Mike Gravel, who twice ran for president as an anti-war candidate and released the Pentagon Papers in Congress in June 1971, has died at age 91.
The New Atlantic Charter & Julian Assange
With the great transparency advocate locked up in London, Tareq Haddad says the recent U.K.-U.S. affirmation of independent media stands hollow.
UK Hypes China ‘Threat’ While Selling Country Billions in Military-Related Equipment
Last year saw a tripling in exports to Beijing of “dual use” items defined as “civilian goods with a military purpose,” Mark Curtis reports.
Eisenhower Rejected Military Demands for Nuclear War on China
Gareth Porter reports on a previously censored account that Pentagon Papers leaker Daniel Ellsberg has published in full out of concern for the growing threat of U.S. war with China over Taiwan.
Media Using UFO Report to Stir Arms Race
Caitlin Johnstone advises readers to question the latest episode of Cold War propaganda.
Was There a Wuhan Lab Leak?
Chris Hedges: ‘Dying for an iPhone’
The suffering of the working class, within and outside the United States, is ignored by our corporatized media, and yet, it is one of the most important human rights issues of our era.
PATRICK LAWRENCE: The Aimless Empire
Under Biden, the world’s most powerful, most heavily armed, most determinedly righteous nation shows little sign of having any foreign policy at all.
The New Cold War US-Japanese Summit
Joseph Gerson comments on the meeting that just took place in Washington between the leaders of the U.S. and Japan.