Interviews with Volodymr Zelensky, Keir Starmer and Sam Harris strip away the illusion that we control our political system, writes Jonathan Cook.
The ‘Noble Lie’ of a Democratic West
Category: U.S.
Chris Hedges: Ukraine & the Politics of Permanent War
Critics, already shut out from the corporate media, are relentlessly attacked and silenced for threatening the public’s quiescence while the U.S. Treasury is pillaged and the nation is disemboweled.
Caitlin Johnstone: FBI’s Muting of Hunter Biden Story
Zuckerberg’s deployment of algorithms to please the F.B.I. is a glaring example of how billionaires and government work together to control information in an oligarchy.
JOHN KIRIAKOU: Don’t Charge Trump With Espionage
Nobody should face the charge unless they are working for a foreign power and mean harm to the United States.
The ‘Fact-Checking’ Liberal Media
Sam Husseini flags an unhinged exchange between NPR’s Terry Gross and New York Times Magazine writer Robert Draper.
US, Israel & Procrastinating on Iran Nuclear Deal
The talks, which have proceeded haltingly for months, are aimed at bringing the U.S. back into compliance with an accord that Trump violated in 2018.
The Western Narrative on Russia & China
It’s past time that the U.S. recognized the true sources of security: internal social cohesion and responsible cooperation with the rest of the world, rather than the illusion of hegemony, writes Jeffrey D. Sachs.
PATRICK LAWRENCE: Putin & the Emerging Order
The baton of “global leadership,” which Joe Biden mentions every chance he gets, is passing to non-Western leaders.
Police Lied to Search Breonna Taylor’s Home
Marjorie Cohn details why this case goes beyond the issue of a no-knock warrant and why those working to abolish the prison system did not celebrate the indictment.
Censorship Wave in US Education
PEN America notes that while fewer gag order measures have become law this year compared to 2021, this year’s spike in bills has included proposals that are far more punitive.