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Biden Administration, Britain, Canada, China, Cold War, Column, Commentary, European Union, France, Intelligence, Iran, Israel, Middle East, NATO, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Taiwan, U.S., U.S. Congress, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, Until This Day--Historical Perspectives on the News

Ukraine Is the New Israel

September 15, 2022

As`ad AbuKhalil says current U.S.-NATO strategic calculations are demoting Israel from its once central position and will leave the apartheid state increasingly reliant on new alliances with the U.A.E. and Saudi Arabia.

Latin America

Colombia & Venezuela to Reopen Border

September 15, 2022

Diplomatic relations between the two nations were broken in February 2019 after Colombia’s former president recognized Juan Guaidó, the self-proclaimed “president,” as Venezuela’s legitimate leader.

Biden Administration, Chile, Commentary, Japan, Militarism, North Korea, Pentagon, South Korea, U.S.

US-South Korea Provocations in the Pacific

September 14, 2022

The resumption of the recent joint military exercises is viewed with alarm by China, which, like North Korea, has repeatedly pointed to U.S. attempts to set up a NATO-like organization in Asia, writes Aditya Sarin.

Climate Change, Commentary, Income Inequality

What’s Hiking Up the Heat

September 14, 2022

Sam Pizzigati says inequality is missing from the coverage of what’s driving the mercury higher.

Biden Administration, Civil Rights, Commentary, Israel, Politics, Racism, U.S., Until This Day--Historical Perspectives on the News

Biden’s Democracies

September 14, 2022

The U.S. had close to 200 years to inculcate its biases and shape its rule of law accordingly, writes Lawrence Davidson.

Civil Rights, Protest, United Kingdon

Anti-Royal Protester: Even Police Doubted Arrest Legal

September 13, 2022

The Edinburgh student charged with “breaching the peace” says officers feared they would be a “laughing stock,” Adam Bychawski reports.

Biden Administration, Commentary, Income Inequality, Labor, Politics, U.S.

Who Runs the Railroads? Looming Strike Pressures Biden

September 13, 2022

Many workers remain unsatisfied with the compromise proposed last month by the U.S. president’s appointed arbitrators.

Analysis, Commentary, Economy, Labor, U.S., U.S. Supreme Courrt, Until This Day--Historical Perspectives on the News

A ‘Quiet Fleecing’

September 13, 2022

The Economic Policy Institute responds to talk of “quiet quitting” by U.S. workers.

Analysis, Commentary, Intelligence, NATO, Russia, Ukraine

SCOTT RITTER: Why Russia Will Still Win, Despite Ukraine’s Gains

September 12, 2022

Russia is no longer fighting a Ukrainian army equipped by NATO, but a NATO army manned by Ukrainians. Yet, Russia still holds the upper hand despite its Kharkiv setback.

Climate Change, Commentary, Human Rights, Income Inequality, Pakistan, United Nations

Who’s Responsible for Pakistan’s Floodwaters?

September 12, 2022

It is criminal that the IMF would impose strict austerity when the agricultural infrastructure is utterly destroyed, writes Vijay Prashad. Pakistan is suffering from “climate apartheid.”

Afghanistan, Africa, Canada, Commentary, Income Inequality, India, Iraq, Ireland, Kenya, Media, NATO, Qatar, Rwanda, Satire, South Africa, U.S., Ukraine, United Kingdon, Until This Day--Historical Perspectives on the News, War Crimes, Yemen

Chris Hedges: Monarchs Belong in the Dustbin of History

September 12, 2022

No other institution helps obscure the crimes of empire and buttress class rule and white supremacy so effectively.

Cold War, Commentary, Europe, European Union, France, Georgia, Germany, History, International, NATO, Nazism, Russia, Soviet Union, Ukraine, Yugoslavia

DIANA JOHNSTONE: The Specter of Germany Is Rising

September 12, 2022

To meet the imaginary Russian threat to Western Europe, Germany will lead an expanded, militarized EU.

Commentary, Human Rights, Kenya, Racism, South Africa, Yemen

Cruelties of the Queen’s Reign

September 9, 2022

Victims of British imperialism explain why they are far from mourning the death of the U.K. monarch.

Afghanistan, Commentary, Election 2016, Iraq, Libya, Militarism, NATO, Obama Administration, Pentagon, Politics, Russiagate, U.S., Until This Day--Historical Perspectives on the News, Women

What if the 2024 ‘Whispers’ Are Right?

September 9, 2022

Queen of Chaos: Her record, and her own words, show us exactly what we can expect from a Hillary Clinton presidency, write Jeremy Kuzmarov and Steve Brown.

Commentary, Media, Propaganda, United Kingdon

Craig Murray: That’s Enough Monarchy for Now, Thank You

September 9, 2022

Coverage of the demise of Elizabeth II provides a glaring example of the unrelenting media propaganda by which the establishment maintains its grip.

American Empire, Biden Administration, Commentary, Militarism, Pentagon, Politics, Propaganda, Russia, U.S., Ukraine

Caitlin Johnstone: Ukraine & the Triumph of Militarism

September 8, 2022

A new piece of empire apologia in The Atlantic is also annoyingly accurate. It’s just a fact that in 2022, liberals are gaga for U.S. interventionism.

Commentary, Economy, Human Rights, Labor, Mexico, South Korea, Thailand, U.S.

Remembering Barbara Ehrenreich & Work Left Undone

September 8, 2022

Every walkout, every outstretched hand, every word written or spoken in defense of workers’ rights, is a victory — whether it results in immediate and obvious success or not, writes Richard Eskow.

Climate Change, Commentary, Environment, Human Rights, Income Inequality, United Nations

Carbon-Fueled Capitalism

September 8, 2022

In advance of the next U.N. climate change gathering, which takes place in Egypt in November, Vijay Prashad outlines how governments can live up to their “common but differentiated responsibilities” to stave off catastrophe.

Climate Change, Commentary, Pakistan, Until This Day--Historical Perspectives on the News