A U.K.-based watchdog group charts the escalation, mainly in 2017, of counter-terrorism operations and the toll on civilians.
Report Details Deadly US Drone Strikes & Raids in Yemen Under Trump
Category: Militarism
Key Pentagon Official Turned China Policy Over to Arms Industry & Taiwan Supporters
The triumph of corporate and foreign interests over one of the most consequential decisions regarding China is likely to bedevil U.S. foreign policy for years to come, writes Gareth Porter.
America’s Imperial Expenditures & Escapades Stranger Than Fiction
Danny Sjursen says that when a war-state is constantly shuffling and substituting enemies it is bound, eventually, to turn on its own citizens.
As Nuclear Weapon Ban Treaty Nears Force, US Urges Nations to Withdraw
Jessica Corbett reports on efforts by Washington and NATO allies to block the first legally binding global pact to fully prohibit nuclear weapons.
America Has No Allies, Only Hostages
With Australia’s vassaldom in mind, Caitlin Johnstone says the president-elect of Bolivia just voiced a brazen heresy against imperial U.S. doctrine.
WATCH: Marking 10 Years Since WikiLeaks’ Iraq War Logs
Consortium News will simulcast live the Resistance TV event at 2 pm EDT, 7 pm BST & 5 am AEDT.
Bullets Are Not the Seeds of Life
Vijay Prashad says most endemic hunger is caused by a system that would rather waste food than feed the hungry.
Reframing America’s Role in the World
Since 1945, the U.S. pursuit of “dominance in the name of internationalism” has mainly served as a device for affirming the authority of foreign-policy elites, writes Andrew J. Bacevich.
Danger in the South China Sea
In 2020, The Trump administration has dramatically increased the number of show-of-force missions, Ann Wright reports.
Minneapolis City Council’s Attempt to Defund Police Thwarted by Unelected Charter Commission
Contrary to reports, most City Council members — who won by pledging to advance racial equity — tried to do the right thing, says Scott Shaffer.