A decade ago, Nick Turse embarked on a quest to cover what the U.S. military was doing in Africa.
My 10 Years of Reporting on AFRICOM
Category: Militarism
Chris Hedges: Stop Worrying & Love the Bomb
The longer the proxy war in Ukraine continues, the closer the U.S. comes to a direct confrontation with Russia. Once that happens, the Dr. Strangeloves running the show will reach for the nukes.
SCOTT RITTER: Nuclear High Noon in Europe
PATRICK LAWRENCE: Grave New World
Biden’s long-delayed National Security Strategy is the kind of pablum that disguises danger and comes with a price.
Blood in the Archives
Newly declassified files from the National Archives of Australia show how the Department of Foreign Affairs provided PR cover for Indonesia’s genocidal scorched-earth campaign in East Timor, Peter Job reports.
Caitlin Johnstone: Pushing Nuclear War on a Fiction
An entire globe-spanning empire rests on our closed eyelids. It depends on keeping us in a propaganda-induced coma.
Israel Authorizes Military to Kill Palestinians with Drones in West Bank
Israel’s anti-terrorism justification abridges international law, writes Marjorie Cohn. The government has no right of self-defense against the people whose land it occupies.
Caitlin Johnstone: US Rejects Moscow’s Offer to Talk
It’s inexcusable that these direct peace negotiations are not already underway. The recent escalation of this war makes peace talks more necessary, not less.
Chris Hedges: The Puppets & the Puppet Masters
The judicial proceedings against Julian Assange give a faux legality to the state persecution of the most important and courageous journalist of our generation.
WATERS CONCERT: The World As It Is
Roger Waters’ music and video spectacular is like WikiLeaks set to music: exploding myths, and exposing the ugly reality, writes Joe Lauria.