There are several factors for Venezuela’s economic crisis, but you wouldn’t know it by listening to U.S. leaders or following corporate media, writes Steve Ellner.
How Much of Venezuela’s Crisis is Really Maduro’s Fault?
Category: Trump Administration
The End of the Observer Mission in Hebron
It acted as a restraint on the settlers’ worst excesses, writes Jonathan Cook.
The Most Dangerous Weapon Ever Rolls Off the Nuclear Assembly Line
An era-shaping threshold is being crossed at a weapons plant in the high plains country of the Texas Panhandle, writes James Carroll.
Why a Bernie 2020 Campaign is Drawing Fire
Sanders is in step with most Americans, says Norman Solomon, and that bothers the defenders of oligarchy.
The Real Motive Behind the FBI Plan to Investigate Trump as a Russian Agent
Coverage of this episode by The New York Times and CNN further stigmatizes any dissent from new Cold War policy toward Russia, writes Gareth Porter.
Regime Change Made in the USA
Trump’s backing of Juan Guaidó’s shadow government could weaken the opposition’s longstanding support among the majority of Venezuelans, writes Steve Ellner.
ICE Detainees on Hunger Strike Being Force-Fed Like Those at Guantánamo
Organizations ranging from the ACLU to Human Rights Watch condemn the practice as “inherently cruel, inhuman, and degrading,” writes A. Naomi Paik.
The Problem of International Law
Modern institutions that hold back the rise of barbarism are being weakened, writes Lawrence Davidson.
The Conflicted Boeing Executive Running Trump’s Pentagon
To truly avoid a conflict of interest, the Boeing executive appointed acting secretary of defense would have to avoid many significant decisions, write Mandy Smithberger and William D. Hartung of Tom’s Dispatch.
Mike Pompeo’s Deranged Foreign Policy
The U.S. secretary of state is a Christian zealot who sees the U.S. as incapable of doing ill, writes Lawrence Davidson.