The detained American attorney who won a judgment against Chevron in Ecuador was sentenced Friday to six months in jail for defying court orders.
Afghanistan, American Empire, Analysis, Commentary, Intelligence, International, Media, Militarism, Pakistan, Terrorism, U.S.
Media Pushing Hostility to the New Afghan Govt
Gareth Porter reports on the echoing by some corporate press of a counter-terrorism narrative that threatens a goal shared by Washington and Kabul: eradicating the IS-K organization.
Pompeo Effectively Admits To Assange Allegations
Pompeo’s point that U.S. law prohibits carrying out assassinations is not convincing considering how the Trump administration openly assassinated Iran’s top military commander Qassem Soleimani in a drone strike last year, writes Caity Johnstone.
American Empire, Analysis, Australia, Cold War, Europe, European Union, France, Germany, International, International News Analysis, Russia, U.S., Ukraine, United Kingdon
The ‘Atlantic Era’ & Europe After Angela Merkel
James W. Carden says greater EU autonomy would be a good for the United States and the world.
Afghanistan, American Empire, Analysis, Asia, Britain, China, Commentary, Europe, France, Germany, History, International News Analysis, Iraq, Pentagon, Ukraine
WATCH: US Hegemony Challenged
Editor Joe Lauria appeared on the TV show CrossTalk to discuss the decline of Anglo-Saxon power, the rise of China and Europe’s potentially non-aligned path.
COVID-19: A Just Recovery for North Africa’s Food
The region could be an area for cooperation and solidarity among its peoples, say the authors. But not under the current agro-food model.
Where Flowers Find No Peace to Grow
The denial of humanity to more than half the world’s population remains part of the broad framework of our world system, writes Vijay Prashad.
Afghanistan, Africa, American Empire, Analysis, Commentary, Indigenous People, International, International News Analysis, Iraq, Libya, Militarism, Syria, Vietnam, Yemen
The Names You’ll Never Know
A civilian deaths memorial could zig zag across the U.S., suggests Nick Turse. It could keep extending westwards, in a way that would spur Americans’ interest in their nation’s history and conflicts abroad.
Analysis, Climate Change, Commentary, COVID-19, Economy, Human Rights, Income Inequality, Labor, Race Relations, U.S., Women
Resisting Evictions Amid a Pandemic
Poverty and homelessness are not eternal, writes Liz Theoharis. Life truly does not have to be this way.
JOHN KIRIAKOU: Reporting a Federal Crime
Last week I tried to provide evidence of what I believe is major international fraud. The FBI wasn’t interested.
American Empire, Analysis, Biden Administration, Campaign 2020, China, Commentary, Human Rights, Immigration, International, Militarism, Propaganda, Russia, Russiagate, U.S.
Chris Hedges: America’s Fate — Oligarchy or Autocracy
The competing systems of power are divided between alternatives which widen the social and political divide — and increase potential for violent conflict.
Outrage Over ICC Decision to Drop US From Probe of War Crimes in Afghanistan
The decision by the ICC’s chief prosecutor to exclude alleged U.S. war crimes in Afghanistan has drawn the ire of some human rights groups.
Britain Is Ensuring the Death of a Palestinian State
As long as Britain and other states continue to superficially endorse a two-state solution, Israel will become entrenched as a full-blown apartheid state with international blessing, writes Ilan Pappé.
Why Palestine Is Already a State
The very act of the U.N. Secretary General accepting a Palestinian membership application was an acknowledgement from the U.N. that Palestine is already a state, since only states can apply, wrote Joe Lauria.
Bush Laughs at His Lies That Killed Multitudes
Bushed lied and more than a million died. And he found it amusing when confronted by two courageous Americans on consecutive nights last week.
Pay Wall?
Africa, Ban Ki-Moon, Britain, Cold War, Congo, Dag Hammarskjold, History, Intelligence, International, Northern Rhodesia, South Africa, Sweden, United Nations, Zambia
WATCH: The UN Inquiry into Hammarskjöld’s Death: Last Chance to Reach the Truth?
The United Nations is investigating the mysterious death of its second secretary-general 60 years ago last Saturday in circumstances that appear to implicate the intelligence agencies of the United States and Britain.
Africa, Analysis, Central America, Climate Change, Commentary, Environment, Indigenous People, International, United Nations
UN Food Summit Taken Over by Corporations & Gates
Nils McCune and Camila Escalante say the meeting represents a hostile takeover of world governance by corporate forces and the billionaire elite.
Biden’s Envoy to Haiti Resigns Over ‘Inhumane’ Deportations
Daniel Foote cited the federal government’s “deeply flawed” treatment of the impoverished Caribbean nation.
Biden Set to Admit Fewer Refugees Than Trump
As of the end of August, the U.S. has admitted a total of 7,637 refugees, according to the latest figures from the State Department.