The U.S. phase of the “universal civilization” project has utterly destroyed the state structures of Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya and Yemen, writes Pepe Escobar.
Barbarism Begins at Home
Category: Trump Administration
Trump Is Trying to Hide US & Israeli War Crimes by Attacking the International Criminal Court
Marjorie Cohn reports on a war-crimes complaint filed with the ICC against the U.S. president, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Trump adviser Jared Kushner
UPRISING: Trump, Tulsa & the Rise of Military Dissent
Danny Sjursen goes undercover in Trumplandia and comes back with this reflection on the U.S. president’s loss of loyalty among soldiers and veterans.
UPRISING: Protesters Attacked by Police Sue to Vindicate Constitutional Rights
Police have deployed toxic chemical and sonic weapons, dangerous projectiles, intrusive surveillance, physical violence and “kettling” to trap demonstrators, writes Marjorie Cohn.
Annexation of West Bank Will Only Deepen Israel’s Apartheid Policies
Tribes Celebrate Court-Ordered Shutdown of Pipeline
A federal judge has shut down the Dakota Access Pipeline after years of bitter protests at the site.
PATRICK LAWRENCE: Embracing the Equality of Nations
The decline of the West should come as no surprise, yet the U.S. still wages a ferocious fight against the prospect of equality among nations.
JOHN KIRIAKOU: Not the Year for Fireworks
For so many reasons, this Fourth of July left me cold.
BOUNTYGATE: Scapegoating Systemic Military Failure in Afghanistan
The story of the alleged “bounty scheme” grew up in the context of top U.S. brass blaming Russia for America’s defeat in Afghanistan, says Scott Ritter.
A Summer of Protest, Unemployment & Presidential Politics – Welcome to 1932
In 1932, as in 2020, the nation experienced an explosion of civil unrest on the eve of a presidential election, writes James N. Gregory.