The order came after the grand jury investigating WikiLeaks was dismissed, Kevin Gosztola reports.
Category: U.S.
Team Trump Failed to Bully ICC Into Dropping War Crimes Probe
Now that U.S. officials will be investigated for war crimes, the international court can expect escalating threats and retaliation by the White House, says Marjorie Cohn.
Nuclear War Could Devastate US, Even if No One Shoots Back
Washington could only safely use a fraction of its arsenal without killing Americans with an unintended adverse series of cascading environmental effects, writes Joshua M. Pearce.
US & France Significantly Increase Arms Exports
Ida Karlsson reports on the findings of the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, which analyzed trends in weapons sales over the past five years.
‘Bernie Bros’ Were Invented as Sexist, Racist and Anti-Semitic
The Establishment uses identity politics to divide those who might otherwise find a united voice and a common cause, writes Jonathan Cook.
PEPE ESCOBAR: How Black Swans Are Shaping Planet Panic
It was quite the game-changing plot twist last Friday in Vienna when relatively polite discussions turned into a de facto OPEC+ meltdown.
Inside the US-Backed World Uyghur Congress
Ajit Singh reports on the right-wing regime change entity that poses as a grassroots human rights network while seeking to destabilize China.
Why Congress Took 40 Years to Acknowledge Armenian Genocide
Eldad Ben Aharon examines the long background to a milestone congressional vote in late 2019 that defied 40 years of precedent.
Stop Calling It A ‘Stutter:’ Dozens of Examples Show Biden’s Dementia Symptoms
Caitlin Johnstone lines up video clips to show how narrative managers are applying the wrong word to the former vice president’s problem.
The Cultural Problem of Cheating & Lying
Widespread dishonesty in the U.S. — exemplified by Trump but coming long before him and going far beyond — threatens key pillars of society, writes Lawrence Davidson.