In the same city that produced the first Starbucks union, Sam Pizzigati flags the single largest taxpayer subsidy in the plutocratic history of American professional sports.
Labor & Oligarchy: Two Tales from Buffalo, NY
US TAX DAY: Taxes & the 15 Richest Americans
An unprecedented trove of leaked IRS data reveals that the very richest pay lower rates than the merely rich, ProPublica reports.
US TAX DAY: Americans Send Average of $2K to Military
More than $900 of that amount goes to corporate military contractors such as Lockheed Martin, writes Lindsay Koshgarian.
American Empire, Biden Administration, Books, Censorship, Column, Commentary, Militarism, Propaganda, Russia, U.S., Ukraine
PATRICK LAWRENCE: The Great Acquiescence — Glory to Ukraine
Americans don’t merely acquiesce to the imperium’s wars, interventions, collective punishments and assorted other deprivations. They actively embrace them.
Biden Administration, Commentary, Economy, Eurasia, International, Russia, Soviet Union, U.S., United Kingdon
Pepe Escobar: On the Dawn of a New Global Financial System
Pepe Escobar interviews the Eurasia Economic Union’s Sergey Glazyev, a man in the eye of our current geopolitical and geo-economic hurricane.
NYT Smears Journalist, Calls 2014 Ukraine Coup ‘Conspiracy Theory’
It is an uncontroversial matter of public record that the U.S. government sponsored the 2014 coup in Ukraine, writes Ben Norton.
XR Scientists Glue Hands to UK Govt Building
“I don’t know what else to do,” said one protester. The Extinction Rebellion actions are scheduled through Sunday and come in response to the latest IPCC report.
Amazon Lashes Back in Staten Island Warehouses
Given the anti-organizing tactics ahead of a second, April 25, union vote in New York City, Luis Feliz Leon says the ALU needs all the labor-movement support it can get.
Afghanistan, Commentary, Cuba, International, Iraq, Libya, Militarism, Nuclear Weapons, Russia, Soviet Union, U.S., Ukraine, Until This Day--Historical Perspectives on the News
A World Without Walls
Once the Russian government decided that integration with Europe and the U.S. was not possible, the West began to portray Putin as diabolical, writes Vijay Prashad.
Analysis, Biden Administration, Media, Militarism, Military Industry, Pentagon, Propaganda, Russia, U.S., Ukraine
Corporate Media’s War-Industry Pundits
Analyzing a range of TV news outlets, journalists at The Lever found viewers are often not informed when hawkish “experts” on Ukraine are employed by the weapons industry.
American Empire, Censorship, Civil Rights, CN Live!, Commentary, Consortiumnews.com, Russia, Ukraine
WATCH: CN Live! — ‘Crushing Dissent’ With George Galloway, Chris Hedges, Scott Ritter and Jill Stein
Join us as we examine the information warfare being waged to enforce a single narrative about the war in Ukraine. Watch the replay.
CIA, UK Officials Discussed Fidel Castro Assassination
British diplomats advised the C.I.A. on the impact of killing the Cuban leader, just as the U.S. was preparing a massive covert action campaign against him, John McEvoy reports.
Africa, Commentary, Europe, European Union, Human Rights, Immigration, Nigeria, Poland, Racism, Russia, Ukraine
Ukraine’s Non-White Refugees
Emmanuel Achiri and Hrishabh Sandilya call for immediate rectification of the current degrading and inhumane detention practices at European borders.
Biden Administration, Censorship, Civil Rights, Commentary, Constitution, Legal, Pentagon, Rwanda, Social Media, U.S., U.S. Congress, Ukraine
SCOTT RITTER: Twitter Wars—My Personal Experience in Twitter’s Ongoing Assault on Free Speech
At some point, the U.S. people, and those they elect to higher office need to bring Twitter in line with the ideals and values Americans collectively espouse when it comes to free speech and online identity protection.
American Empire, Biden Administration, Commentary, Intelligence, Iraq, Militarism, Palestine, Pentagon, Russia, Syria, Torture, U.S., Ukraine, United Nations
Killing Civilians, from Mosul to Raqqa to Mariupol
Instead of investigating its war crimes, the U.S. has actively covered them up, write Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. S. Davies.
American Empire, Biden Administration, Commentary, Human Rights, India, Russia, Trump Administration, U.S., Ukraine
Caitlin Johnstone: Ukraine Drives America’s Cynical Concern for Human Rights in India
The real worry for the Biden administration is a potential Indian pivot away from Washington toward Moscow.
The Case for Nationalizing Big Oil
Economist Robert Pollin says nationalization isn’t a panacea but it would eliminate the obstacles that Big Oil places in the way of public financing for clean energy investments.
American Empire, Central America, China, Commentary, International, Iraq, Middle East, Militarism, Rwanda, U.S., Ukraine
Chris Hedges: The Pimps of War
The unaccountable coterie of neocons and liberal interventionists who orchestrated two decades of military fiascos in the Middle East are now stoking a suicidal war with Russia.
Facebook Warns About Consortium News Story
Facebook has put out contradictory warnings about a Consortium News article on the Bucha massacre: it both says the piece does and does not violate its standards. Joe Lauria reports.
Caitlin Johnstone: Twitter IS ‘State-Affiliated Media’
Twitter has been working in steadily increasing intimacy with the U.S. government since it began pressuring Silicon Valley platforms to regulate content in support of the establishment following the 2016 election.