Jonathan Cook says Trump happened – and put the left’s priorities to the test.
Category: U.S.
‘Rules-Based International Order’ Means Washington-Based International Order
U.S. officials babble endlessly about “rules” and the “rules” are literally always tools for the benefit of the U.S., which literally always flouts those “rules” worse than any other government on earth, writes Caity Johnstone.
JOHN KIRIAKOU: Sport and Propaganda
John Kiriakou has a problem with the Pentagon using taxpayer money to turn sporting events into nationalistic propaganda.
JOHN KIRIAKOU: Perverted Prison Justice
Here’s an example of how the prison rape-elimination law gets violated; and not by other prisoners.
COVID-19: Venezuela Says COVAX Payments Blocked
The country’s vice president says access to the program is being disrupted and calls it a crime.
Washington’s Rebranding of Syrian Al-Qaeda’s Founder
Max Blumenthal and Ben Norton present a PBS Frontline special as the latest vehicle in a PR campaign by Beltway think tanks and foreign policy veterans to reposition Mohammad Jolani as an “asset.”
Bipartisan US Attacks on Journalism
Amid revelations of Trump-era spying, Trevor Timm calls out the attempt by Biden’s DOJ to criminalize news gathering in the case against Julian Assange.
Undermining Detente Between Biden & Putin
Norman Solomon says Democrats and Progressives have been heightening bilateral tensions that increase the chances of thermonuclear holocaust.
PATRICK LAWRENCE: The US-Russia Summit
Two recent moves on Moscow’s side suggest that the encounter in Geneva will mark the start of a long and welcome process.
Peace-Washing: Is a Network of Major Donors Neutralizing Activism in the Peace Movement?
We’re now in a situation where many ostensible “peace” groups seem tied to the Democratic Party while the Biden administration pursues militaristic policies, writes Dave Lindorff.