The House speaker’s visit also prompted protests from the streets of Taipei to her hometown of San Francisco.
‘Playing with Fire:’ China on Pelosi in Taiwan
Biden Administration, China, Commentary, Militarism, Nuclear Weapons, Politics, Taiwan, U.S., U.S. Congress
Nancy Pelosi Taiwan Visit Could Get Us All Killed
Biden’s unwillingness to clearly head off such a visit reflects the insidious style of his own confrontational approach to China, writes Norman Solomon.
Caitlin Johnstone: Trapped In the Slaughterhouse
This is no civilization. It’s a fake plastic performance staged to funnel human life into the gears of an insatiable machine.
Blaming the Victims of McGurk’s Bar Bombing
Survivors now believe the authorities chose to blame the IRA for Belfast’s deadliest bombing during the Northern Ireland conflict to give cover to their key security policy, Anne Cadwallader reports.
Advanced Technologies, Biden Administration, COVID-19, Labor, Military Industry, Pentagon, U.S., U.S. Congress
Workers to Strike Arms Manufacturer
On Monday, 2,500 workers who make fighter jets, missiles and drones are set to begin the largest U.S. manufacturing strike since last year’s showdown at John Deere, Jonah Furman reports.
Analysis, Biden Administration, Commentary, Secrecy, Trump Administration, U.S., U.S. Congress, Until This Day--Historical Perspectives on the News
The Worst US Secret Service Failure Since Nov. 1963?
James DiEugenio traces a parallel between the agency’s deletion of text messages from Jan. 6 and the disappearance of six boxes of materials concerning the assassination of JFK.
The World Does Not Want a Global NATO
Most of the world rejects NATO’s policies and global aspirations and does not wish to divide the international community into outdated Cold War blocs, writes Vijay Prashad.
WATCH: Australian Politicians on Fire For Assange
At a rally before the Parliament building in Canberra on Thursday, Australian politicians decried the British and U.S. governments’ persecution of Australian journalist Julian Assange, the imprisoned publisher of WikiLeaks, and demanded that he be released.
Analysis, Biden Administration, Climate Change, Commentary, Environment, Politics, U.S., U.S. Congress
Fine Print in US Congress Climate Deal
Climate Power’s analysis of fossil-fuel lobbying and the Schumer-Manchin deal arrives as fossil fuel companies begin reporting a surge in profits for the second quarter of 2022.
Forgiving Debt: Ancient Analogies for the US
The function of debt-cancelling decrees was to restore socioeconomic balance, writes Eva von Dassow. That included inequity, so the cycle of borrowing-to-survive would start over.
Caitlin Johnstone: The Most Dangerous PR War
Ukraine’s celebrity-in-chief just took time off from his heavy schedule of appearances at major Western gatherings for a photo shoot with his wife in Vogue magazine.
US Should Not Fund Ukrainian ‘Blacklist’
Scott Ritter, a military analyst and CN contributor, was among those blacklisted by a Ukrainian government agency that appears to be funded by the United States. Ritter has written the following letter to his representatives in Congress.
Chile’s New Constitution on a Knife-Edge
The outcome of the Sept. 4 vote will not just matter for the future of the Andean nation, the authors say. It will also send a signal to progressive forces throughout Latin America and the Caribbean.
Chris Hedges: The Dawn of the Apocalypse
We were warned for decades about the death march we are on because of global warming. And yet, the global ruling class continues to frog-march us towards extinction.
American Empire, Assange extradition, Australia, Biden Administration, China, Commentary, Julian Assange, Militarism, NATO, Pentagon, Russia, Secrecy, The Bush-43 Administration, Ukraine, United Kingdon, WikiLeaks
John Pilger on the Urgency to Free Assange
In an interview, the renowned Australian investigative journalist warns that the U.S. is close to getting its hands on the the courageous WikiLeaks publisher.
Pressure on Biden to Remove Cuba From Terror List
If anything, it is Cuba that has been the victim of international terrorism emanating mainly from the U.S., write Medea Benjamin and Natasha Lycia Ora Bannan.
Advanced Technologies, Analysis, Biden Administration, Column, Commentary, Intelligence, Iran, Propaganda, Russia, U.S., Ukraine, United Kingdon
SCOTT RITTER: Washington’s Russian Drone Fantasy
The information warfare campaign by the U.S. and its allies on behalf of Ukraine appeared to engulf Putin’s visit to Iran last week.
PATRICK LAWRENCE: 21st Century Order
As a piece of the new world order that is under construction, Putin’s trip to Tehran last week was of singular importance.
US Auto Workers Poised to Make History
The nominating process at the convention will test whether reformers can break the grip of the Administration Caucus, which has ruled the union for 70 years, writes Jonah Furman.
Assange extradition, Biden Administration, Censorship, Civil Rights, Column, Commentary, Intelligence, Julian Assange, Legal, Secrecy, The Bush-43 Administration, Torture, U.S., United Kingdon, War Crimes, WikiLeaks
JOHN KIRIAKOU: The Whistleblower Crackdown
National Whistleblower Week is a call to action on behalf of Julian Assange, who marks a new extreme in a series of legal reprisals that have gotten more draconian since Kiriakou’s own national-security case in 2012.