The activist, blogger and former British ambassador to Uzbekistan, who was imprisoned for his journalism, walked free from Saughton Prison in Edinburgh, Scotland on Tuesday.
Craig Murray Is a Free Man
A Win for Indian Democracy
Narendra Modi’s surrender to the farmers is a win for Indian democracy and for peasants around the world, writes Vijay Prashad.
Analysis, Commentary, Constitution, Guns, Legal, Politics, Trump Administration, U.S., U.S. Supreme Courrt
Gun Rights Steer Clear of NRA’s Dire Straits
There’s no reason to believe that the NRA’s problems will influence how the courts treat gun-rights cases, writes Robert Spitzer.
WATCH: ‘Believing the Propaganda That the Government Follows the Law’
Whistleblower David McBride faces life in prison for revealing war crimes in Afghanistan to the media. Watch his story here.
American Empire, China, Commentary, Media, Militarism, Nuclear Weapons, Russia, Soviet Union, Taiwan, Ukraine
Sleepwalking into a Nuclear Nightmare
At no point is it permissible to question if these nations might be reacting defensively to western aggressions and discuss the possibility of working toward detente, writes Caity Johnstone.
COVID-19: Experts Warned 8 Months Ago Failing to ‘Vaccinate the World’ Would Lead to Dangerous Variants
Many leading epidemiologists believed the international community had a year or less before mutations proliferate widely.
JOHN KIRIAKOU: On Pardoning Turkeys
While Joe Biden is busy pardoning two turkeys, how many human beings has he pardoned since becoming president?
THE ANGRY ARAB: The Rise and Fall of Aljazeera
There was an inevitable conflict in the roles of the Arab television network that inexorably led to its decline, writes As’ad AbuKhalil.
Arbery’s Killers & the Logic of Slave Patrols
All three suspects were found guilty on Wednesday. It is clear that racism infected every aspect of the case, writes Marjorie Cohn.
American Empire, Analysis, Biden Administration, Cold War, Commentary, Foreign Policy, International, Military Industry, Obama Administration, Russia, Trump Administration, U.S., Ukraine
The US-Russia Confrontation Over Ukraine
Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. S. Davies say Americans should hope that the CIA director’s recent visit to Moscow helped Washington understand the stakes.
Art ‘Appreciation,’ Billionaire-Style
Fine art has never been more financially lucrative — or less central to U.S. culture, writes Sam Pizzigati.
Biden Slammed for Renominating Powell as Fed Chair
The decision, said one campaigner, “doubles down on reckless Wall Street deregulation and dangerous dawdling on climate-related threats to the financial system.”
US Moral Authority on Elections Is Like Saudi Arabia’s
The imperial media are lining up behind the official line on Venezuela’s elections, writes Caitlin Johnstone.
Climate Change, Commentary, Cuba, Economy, International, Until This Day--Historical Perspectives on the News
Cuba’s Blueprint for Building More with Less
A post-revolutionary architectural experiment offers lessons for designing with scarcity, writes M. Wesam Al Asali.
A Chorus of Misinformation About US Employment
Bruce T. Boccardy says the economic model is gradually shredding the lives of working people.
Teamsters United Takes the Wheel
The new leadership rode a wave of fury over concessions and weak contracts, especially at UPS, the union’s biggest bargaining unit, Alexandra Bradbury reports.
Time to Revive US Postal Banking
The first step, writes Monique Morrissey, is to jettison a regulatory framework that protects private-sector rivals at the expense of consumers.
Happier Holidays for US Postal Service
Congress should fix a policy requiring USPS to set aside money to pre-fund retiree health care more than 50 years in advance, writes Scott Klinger.
Palestinian Authority Entrenching State Repression
Alaa Tartira spotlights the militarization of the PA budget and intensifying authoritarian aggression following the killing of Nizar Banat last summer.
Méxican Seeds
Last month’s ruling by the country’s Supreme Court fuels sustainable farming worldwide, writes Ernesto Hernández-López.