The United States is interested in safeguarding the profits of monopoly capital, which carries politicians in Washington around in its pockets like loose change, writes Roger McKenzie.
The Answer to ‘Full Spectrum Dominance’
PATRICK LAWRENCE: The Happiness of Others
For Americans, admitting that people in other parts of the world have and want different things from what they have and want can, in its subtle way, be devastating to their view of the world.
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US Diplomacy — War, Never Peace
The neocons’ exceptionalist rhetoric — now standard fare — leads Washington into conflicts all over the world, in an unequivocal, Manichean way, write Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. S. Davies.
‘Significant Portion’ of UK Lethal Aid for Ukraine Stays Secret
The announcement raises suspicion that Britain is sending more controversial weaponry to Ukraine that it does not want made public, Matt Kennard reports.
French Governments Have a History of Bypassing Parliament
Far from constituting an exception, March 16 marks the 100th time under France’s Fifth Republic that the executive has drawn on special powers to force through an unpopular measure, writes Mathias Bernard.
Row Breaks Out Over Assange in Australian Senate
Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong was asked point blank whether the prime minister raised Julian Assange with Joe Biden in San Diego last month. Chaos ensued.
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Craig Murray: The So Far Non-Existent Vulkan Leaks
Thirty named journalists at three major papers are covering “bombshell” revelations about Russian cyberattacks in a manner worth examining.
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The Sound of the New War Drum Goes Tik-Tok
Privacy concerns are being used to wage war on China, say writers from CODEPINK. The U.S. should focus on passing federal data privacy laws instead of targeting one app.
China & the Developing World
As the U.S. pushes for a major power conflict in the Asia-Pacific, it is essential to develop lines of communication and build understanding among China, the West and the developing world, writes Vijay Prashad.
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The New York Times: The Empire’s Paper of Record
Among the latest pieces of unforgivable militarist smut is an article that frames Washington’s military encirclement of China as a defensive move by the U.S., writes Caitlin Johnstone.
The Macron Decree That Ignited France
When it bypassed Parliament and forced through pension system changes, Macron’s government exposed the anti-democratic deterioration in the Fifth Republic’s dual-executive system, writes Muhammed Shabeer.
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The ICC’s Selective Prosecution
The ICC’s double standard in the treatment of Ukraine and Palestine is largely due to political coercion by the U.S., which isn’t even a party to the court’s Rome Statute, writes Marjorie Cohn.
JOHN KIRIAKOU: US Solitary Confinement
Most states have at least considered initiatives to do away with, or to reduce the use of, isolation in their prison systems, according to the latest major report on the subject. But there’s bad news too.
WATCH: UN Council Rejects Nord Stream Sabotage Probe
Only Brazil and China joined Russia at the U.N. Security Council in voting for Moscow’s resolution calling for a U.N. probe into the sabotage of the Nord Stream pipelines. The measure failed to garner the necessary nine votes for adoption.
US Occupiers Lash Out as Syria War Draws to an End
Washington is worried about a peace between Damascus and its estranged Arab neighbors — as well as Turkey — that is marginalizing the U.S. and its allies, writes M.K. Bhadrakumar.
Hope for Yemen Peace After Saudi-Iranian Rapprochement
Abdul Rahman reports on prospects for war ending in Yemen in the wake of the Chinese-mediated deal to restore diplomatic relations between Saudi Arabia and Iran.
Changing the Rules of the Banking Game
A state-owned bank on the model of the Bank of North Dakota can provide low-interest loans, liquidity and financial sovereignty, writes Ellen Brown.
Caitlin Johnstone: US is the Leader Because It Says So
The facts are in and the case is closed: U.S. unipolar hegemony is unsustainable. The problem is that the U.S. empire itself does not know this.
Chris Hedges: The Donald Trump Problem
Donald Trump is not being targeted for the misdemeanors and serious felonies he appears to have committed but for discrediting and undermining the entrenched power of the ruling duopoly.
No Billion-Dollar Bailouts For Africa
Despite the millions more people in Africa — particularly women — now engulfed by extreme poverty after Covid, Vijay Prashad notes the absence of urgent phone calls between world capitals or emergency Zoom meetings between central banks.