This is just the latest in Canberra’s continually expanding policy of feeding vast fortunes into Washington’s standoff with Beijing at the expense of its own people, writes Caitlin Johnstone.
Australia Continues Plunge Into Military Brinkmanship
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What Next After 20 Years of War in Afghanistan?
James W. Carden interviews scholar and journalist Anatol Lieven on the U.S. legacy and the Taliban’s Rise.
Craig Murray: The Decline of Western Power
The really interesting thing about the G7 summit is that it wasn’t interesting. Nobody expected it to change the world, and it won’t.
RUSSIAGATE: Luke Harding’s Hard Sell
The only interests this leak serves — if it was a leak — are those of Harding and U.S. intelligence, who were hung out to dry by the collapse of the Russiagate narrative, writes Joe Lauria.
Trillion Dollar Pools of Unregulated Capital
Chuck Collins considers the systemic risks of “family offices,” those in-house wealth management systems that hit the headlines with the the collapse of Archegos Capital.
Was There a Wuhan Lab Leak?
A Jan 6 Congressional Commission Would Have Been Bogus
With an eye on the 9/11 Commission, James Bovard says a facade of truth can be more dangerous than no disclosure at all.
The ‘Morality’ of AI Weaponry
Government Secrecy Causes Conspiracy Theories
Due to the CIA’s refusal to be transparent about the exact nature of its involvement in Syria, people are left to fill in the knowledge gaps with their own speculation, writes Caitlin Johnstone.
Curiouser and Curiouser: The Proud Boys’ Leader as a ‘Prolific’ Law Enforcement Confidential Source
Questions should be raised about what role the Proud Boy’s leader may have played in the Capitol uprising, given his past as an FBI confidential source, writes Coleen Rowley.