The United States – the cynosure of Western society — has committed moral suicide in Gaza; and the death certificate was issued in Iran, writes Michael Brenner.
America’s Moral Suicide
Category: The Bush-43 Administration
Vijay Prashad: The Nuclear Deception
There are no nuclear weapons in Iran. To go to war on that pretext is for Trump to follow the example of George W. Bush and his “weapons of mass destruction” in Iraq. Where were those weapons? In his imagination.
Trump’s Teatro Yanqui del Absurdo
UPDATED: Donald Trump’s Mar-al-Lago press conference announcing that the U.S. would “run” Venezuela was pure Yankee theater of the absurd, writes Joe Lauria.
Trump’s Insane & Illegal War on Venezuela
The White House’s murderous strikes on small boats at sea constitute unlawful extrajudicial killings, writes Marjorie Cohn.
The New Normal of US Domestic Spying
Every American’s inalienable right to be left alone is violated by the federal government so thoroughly, quietly and continuously that we don’t even notice it, writes Andrew P. Napolitano
American Authoritarianism
Torture, rotating judges and prosecutors and incarceration for a generation without charges or trial are all hallmarks of an authoritarian government, writes Andrew P. Napolitano.
Caitlin Johnstone: Rebooting Iraq-War Lies for Iran
We’ve seen this before: The lies circulating about Iran are just a much dumber, much more obvious version of those that U.S. officials used to push for the invasion of Iraq.
Israel Hovers Over Iran-US Nuclear Talks
Israel may not be visible at the nuclear negotiating table, as U.S.-Iran talks resume on Saturday, but its influence over the outcome is palpable, writes M. Reza Behnam.
US Adds to Long Hospital-Bombing History
This brief rundown of the past five decades shows that last month’s attacks on the Al Rasool Al-Azam Oncology Hospital in Yemen are far from an aberration, writes Alan MacLeod.
International Law’s Fight for Relevance
Ramzy Baroud on the possibility that West-centered legal institutions are capable of change.