Governmental bodies in the U.S. aren’t meant to be owned by those who lead them. They aren’t possessions to be disposed of according to the will and inclination of the governors, writes Michael Brenner.
Autocracy, American-Style
Tag: Barack Obama
HIROSHIMA AT 77: John Pilger — Another Hiroshima is Coming — Unless We Stop It Now
Hiroshima and Nagasaki were acts of premeditated mass murder unleashing a weapon of intrinsic criminality. It was justified by lies that form the bedrock of 21st century U.S. war propaganda, casting a new enemy, and target – China.
Caitlin Johnstone: Re-Visiting Russiagate in Light of Ukraine War
Russiagate was never about removing Trump, but making sure Trump played along with their regime change plans for Moscow and manufacturing consent for the escalations we’re seeing today.
Chris Hedges: The Lie of American Innocence
U.S. hypocrisy on war crimes makes a rules-based world, one that abides by international law, impossible.
THE ANGRY ARAB: The Middle East & the War in Ukraine
Gulf Arab regimes, and other developing countries, will adjust to a new world where power is shifting. It is no longer the world the U.S. shaped after the Cold War, writes As’ad AbuKhalil.
In Praise of ‘Whataboutism’
The word “whataboutism” is used to silence and insult opponents of U.S. imperialism. It should be embraced to reveal what is too often kept hidden, writes Margaret Kimberley.
ROBERT PARRY: Playing Nuclear Chicken Over Ukraine
With U.S.-Russia tension boiling over after Russia entered Ukraine’s 8-year civil war and on Sunday put its nuclear arsenal on alert, we reprint this dire warning from Robert Parry in March 2015.
WATCH: ‘The War in Ukraine’
In 2015 and 2017, the Watchdog Media Institute released a 22-part video series on Maidan and Kiev’s war on ethnic Russians. Watch the summary 25-minute film and the entire series here.
Ukraine Crisis Should Have Been Avoided
An avoidable crisis that was predictable, actually predicted, willfully precipitated, but easily resolved by the application of common sense, writes Jack Matlock, the last U.S. ambassador to the U.S.S.R.
Ukraine: Guides to Reflection
This crisis is rooted in Washington’s obsession with Russia, writes Michael Brenner. The country’s Phoenix-like rise from the ashes has been unsettling to politicos, policy-makers and think tankers alike.