Events will become increasingly difficult to predict as late-stage capitalism sees the oligarchy consume even the structures that had supported it.
The Chris Hedges Report: Economics of a Dying Empire
American Empire, Column, Commentary, Disinformation, Israel, Palestine, Syria, Trump Administration, U.S., Yemen
PATRICK LAWRENCE: Late–Imperial Maladies
The worst part of living this distance from reality — or maybe the best part — is the knowledge, even if it is only subliminal, that we cannot go on like this.
Before Trump Bombed Yemen, Biden Displaced Half a Million
A little-known U.S. military operation in Yemen undertaken by the Biden administration displaced 531,000 people, according to reports from Yemen’s National Team for Foreign Outreach, reports Robert Inlakesh.
Civil Rights, Commentary, Crimes Against Humanity, Human Rights, Legal, Palestine, Prisons, Trump Administration, U.S., U.S. Justice Dept., U.S. State Department, Until This Day--Historical Perspectives on the News
Chris Hedges: American Concentration Camps
El Salvador’s Terrorism Confinement Center, known as CECOT, to which U.S. deportees are being sent, is the harbinger of more to come.
John Kiriakou: US Prisons Under Trump’s Watch
Here’s a look at the blighted prison system that Donald Trump took over from Biden, along with some new scandals that have already occurred since Trump’s inauguration.
Civil Rights, Commentary, Constitution, Free Speech, Israel, Palestine, Propaganda, Trump Administration, U.S., Until This Day--Historical Perspectives on the News
Silencing the Shifting Opinion About Israel
Project Esther is more than just a desperate attempt to salvage a crumbling Zionist narrative — it is part of a broader authoritarian shift in U.S. politics, says Tariq Kenney-Shawa.
Commentary, Foreign Policy, Genocide, Human Rights, Israel, Militarism, Opinion, Palestine, Politics, U.S.
Caitlin Johnstone: ‘Israel Has a Right to Defend Itself’ Is Just a Slogan for Genocide
Bernie Sanders has been repeatedly uttering the phrase “Israel has a right to defend itself” on his “Fighting Oligarchy” tour with Alexandria Ocasio Cortez, which in the year 2025 can only be interpreted as genocide apologia.
A New International Order?
Progressives’ support for a multilateral world often ignores how much the emerging new world is similar to the old one, a point also missed by Jeffrey Sachs in speaking of a “new international order,” writes Asoka Bandarage.
Constitution, Crimes Against Humanity, Israel, Legal, Palestine, Trump Administration, U.S. Congress, United Nations, War Crimes
US Taxpayers Appalled at Funding Genocide Turn to UN
With no recourse in U.S. courts or Congress, the Taxpayers Against Genocide movement pivots to the U.N. Human Rights Council, Marjorie Cohn reports.
American Rendition: Journey to a Louisiana Cell
The arrest and detention of Rümeysa Öztürk, a child development researcher who has not been charged with a crime, reveals what President Donald Trump’s deportation campaign looks like on the ground. Hanna Allam reports.
Afghanistan, Africa, Commentary, Human Rights, Military, NATO, Somalia, Sudan, The Bush-43 Administration, Trump Administration, U.S., Vietnam, War Crimes
US Adds to Long Hospital-Bombing History
This brief rundown of the past five decades shows that last month’s attacks on the Al Rasool Al-Azam Oncology Hospital in Yemen are far from an aberration, writes Alan MacLeod.
Commentary, Genocide, International Court of Justice (ICJ), International Criminal Court (ICC), Iran, Israel, Legal, Palestine, South Africa, Trump Administration, U.S., United Nations, War Crimes, Yemen
Palestinian Resistance in an Orwellian World
In Palestine, Israel has been the executioner and the United States has been the executor of ethnic cleansing and genocide, though it is those who uphold international law that are blamed, writes M. Reza Behnam.
Craig Murray: Trump, Tariffs & Trade
There is no danger of the U.S. being unable to finance trillion-dollar trade deficits in the next few years. But for how long?
Chris Hedges: Israel is About to Empty Gaza
As Israel prepares to ethnically cleanse the whole of Gaza, it is also setting the stage for a regional crisis.
Downplaying Ukraine Connection in Latest Trump Plot
The early evidence indicates that the latest plot to kill Donald Trump was directed by one or more persons in Ukraine. But you wouldn’t know that from the mainstream media, reports Joe Lauria.
Africa, American Empire, Analysis, Asia, BRICS, Britain, China, Commentary, Economy, France, History, India, International, Japan, Korea Peninsula, Latin America, Russia, U.N. Security Council, United Nations
Jeffrey Sachs: Birthing a New International Order
The multipolar world will be born when the geopolitical weight of Asia, Africa, and Latin America matches their rising economic weight.
Chris Hedges Report: The Military History of the Internet
The internet, from its inception, was created as a tool of mass surveillance. Yasha Levine traces the origins of the web in his book and how its roots in counter insurgency shape its function today.
How Homeland Security Shut Down its Civil-Rights Unit
J. David McSwane and Hannah Allam report on the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s closure of its Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties.
Belarus, Censorship, Commentary, Crimes Against Humanity, Germany, History, Israel, Nazism, Propaganda, Russia, Soviet Union
Vijay Prashad: The Historical Revision of Buchenwald
On April 11, 1945, the U.S. took over the Buchenwald concentration camp. But it was communist prisoners who organised and liberated the Nazi camp. Today, such heroic victories of anti-fascist resistance are under attack.
Foreign Policy, Gaza, Israel, Palestine, Trump Administration, U.S., U.S. Congress, U.S. State Department, War Crimes
Max Blumenthal: AIPAC CEO Brags of US Clout
In an audio leak, the leader of Israel’s main U.S. lobby detailed his organization’s grooming of Trump’s top national security officials.