The World Bank has sounded the alarm, but the forces of “centrism” — beholden to billionaires and the politics of austerity — refuse to pivot away from the neoliberal catastrophe, writes Vijay Prashad.
Bolsonarism Without Bolsonaro
Category: U.S.
US Supreme Court About to Eviscerate the Right to Strike
Marjorie Cohn goes over a case involving a 2017 Teamsters strike against a concrete company in Seattle that is now before the High Court’s pro-corporate super majority.
WATCH LIVE: Stand-Up For Assange — Maurizi Book Event; Tribute to Fritzi Cohen
Live from Washington, Stefania Maurizi on her new book about WikiLeaks followed by a tribute to Fritzi Cohen, the late founder of the Tabard Inn. Thursday, 6 pm EST.
Chris Hedges: Russell Banks & Troubled America
Few contemporary novelists have explored the undercurrents of American society with more insight and pathos than Russell Banks, who died earlier this month.
Winds of New Cold War Howling in the Arctic Circle
Increasingly, writes Vijay Prashad, NATO, with operations based in Norway, is replacing the Arctic Council as a decision-making authority in the region
GOP House Speaker Vote & Democratic Treachery
Republicans’ deal-making was democracy in action, writes Margaret Kimberly. By contrast so-called House progressives did nothing for Medicare for All during the 2021 speaker vote.
Caitlin Johnstone: Walking Back the Russian Troll Scare
None of the news outlets that helped spread suspicion about Russian Twitter trolls helping Trump win the 2016 U.S. election is owning up to their hype or catching any flak.
Tracking CIA-Backed ‘Zero Units’ in Afghanistan
Deadly night raids. Faulty U.S. intelligence. A “classified” war loophole. Lynzy Billing has spent years investigating the civilian casualties of Afghanistan’s C.I.A.-backed Zero Units.
SCOTT RITTER: 2023 Outlook for Ukraine
Given the duplicitous history of the Minsk Accords, it is unlikely Russia can be diplomatically dissuaded from its military offensive. As such, 2023 appears to be shaping up as a year of continued violent confrontation.
Caitlin Johnstone: CNN Snaps Up Congressional Hawk
The network wasted no time in recruiting former Rep. Adam Kinzinger — arguably the most egregious warmonger on Capitol Hill — to its punditry lineup.