Pepe Escobar says revelations of major money laundering in Brazil give the former president an opening to go for broke.
American Empire, Campaign 2020, Column, Commentary, COVID-19, Foreign Policy, Middle East, Trump Administration, U.S.
THE ANGRY ARAB: War & Peace in the Middle East
The pandemic hasn’t spread a ceasefire, but prospects of a major regional war during Coronavirus appear slim, writes As`ad AbuKhalil.
Biden’s Vision for Venezuela Indistinguishable from Trump’s
Influential DC-Based Ukrainian Think Tank Hosts Neo-Nazi Activist Convicted for Racist Violence
Diana Vynohradova’s webinar appearance shows the mainstreaming of neo-Nazism in Ukrainian politics and the tolerance for pro-NATO fascists in Washington, Moss Robeson reports.
CIA ‘Obsessed’ With Former UK Envoy Who Will Testify in Spying-on-Assange Case
Craig Murray says he’s been asked to testify in the case of illegal spying against Julian Assange.
American Empire, Censorship, Foreign Policy, Intelligence, International, Media, Torture, Trump Administration, U.S., United Kingdon, WikiLeaks
State Dept-Funded Transparency International Silent on Jailed Transparency Activist Julian Assange
Patrick Maynard connects U.S. and U.K. influence to the indifference of the West’s top anti-corruption NGO toward the imprisoned WikiLeaks founder.
Afghanistan, Commentary, Foreign Policy, History, Human Rights, Media, Propaganda, Russia, Russiagate, Ukraine, United Kingdon, Until This Day--Historical Perspectives on the News
Cold Wars & Profit
Craig Murray lambasts a Russophobic media that celebrates a supposed cyber attack on UK vaccine research, ignores collapse of key evidence of a “hack” and dabbles in dubious memorabilia.
Advanced Technologies, American Empire, COVID-19, Militarism, Military, U.S., Until This Day--Historical Perspectives on the News
COVID-19: The Pentagon Confronts the Pandemic
Michael Klare says naval robotic warfare is beginning to move out of dystopian futuristic fantasies and into official battlefield visions.
American Empire, China, Column, Commentary, Foreign Policy, International, International News Analysis, Iran, Militarism, Trump Administration, Ukraine, Until This Day--Historical Perspectives on the News
PATRICK LAWRENCE: Cold War Escapades in the Pacific
There is a lot to read into this moment, but one thing’s clear. The U.S. doesn’t know what time it is.
The Long History of How Jesus Came to Resemble a White European
White, European representations of Christ are under renewed scrutiny during this period of introspection over the legacy of racism in society, writes Anna Swartwood House.
Protestantism’s Troubling History with White Supremacy in the US
The early leaders of the United States were steeped in a racial ideology of a divinely ordained Anglo-Saxon heritage, writes Tiffany Puett.
Why Our Analyses on Powell and Iraq Matter Today
CN on Saturday published three articles analyzing different aspects of a NYT story on Colin Powell & Iraq. It matters because we live in the world the invasion has left behind.
Column, Commentary, Intelligence, International, Iran, Iraq, Middle East, Militarism, Russia, Russiagate, United Nations, VIPS
RAY McGOVERN: Powell & Iraq—The Uses and Abuses of National Intelligence Estimates
A NYT Magazine piece on Colin Powell and the case to invade Iraq highlights an NIE that was prepared not to determine the truth, but rather to “justify” preemptive war on Iraq, where there was nothing to preempt.
Did Neocon ‘Cancel Queen’ Stage NYT Exit to Fuel Her Next Move?
A closer look at Bari Weiss’ resignation suggests she omitted critical details about her toxic presence at the paper, and may have staged her resignation to publicize her next move, write Max Blumenthal and Ben Norton.
Commentary, Constitution, History, Indigenous People, Legal, Media, News Analysis, U.S., Until This Day--Historical Perspectives on the News
Oklahoma Is – Always Has Been – Native Land
Dwanna L. McKay outlines the historic injustice that was corrected by the Supreme Court.
American Empire, Censorship, Commentary, Media, News Analysis, Propaganda, Russia, Russiagate, United Kingdon
COVID-19: ‘Putin Hacked Our Vaccine’ Is Dumbest Story Yet
Caitlin Johnstone tackles the latest “Russiavape” story.
Brazil, Commentary, COVID-19, Economy, Health Reform, Human Rights, Trump Administration, U.S., Venezuela, Vietnam
COVID-19: Why Laos, Vietnam & China Have Beaten the Virus and India, Brazil and the US Have Not
Vijay Prashad explores the differences between the pandemic responses of a few countries with socialist governments and others in the capitalist order.
American Empire, China, Commentary, Foreign Policy, Iran, Lebanon, Libya, Middle East, Militarism, Russia, Syria, Trump Administration, U.S., Until This Day--Historical Perspectives on the News, Yemen
Barbarism Begins at Home
The U.S. phase of the “universal civilization” project has utterly destroyed the state structures of Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya and Yemen, writes Pepe Escobar.
COVID-19: Rot Exposed By Pandemic Augurs a Future of Fear
Vijay Prashad raises deep questions about the exhaustion of the global capitalist system in a time of great human suffering.
LEE CAMP: The Life-Saving Covid-19 Drugs You’ve Never Heard Of (and Why)
Must cut-throat late-stage capitalism always be so predictable?