The U.S. secretary of state ignored evidence of siege warfare against civilians in Gaza because he knew he would face no consequences, writes Caitlin Johnstone.
Israel keeps attacking Al Jazeera, assassinating journalists and bombing press offices for the same reason the mafia kills witnesses. They want to commit their crimes in the dark.
If some other governments — say Russia, China or Iran — were even suspected of being responsible for Israel’s terror attacks on Lebanon, U.S. officials would be churning out denunciations.
Caitlin Johnstone says it’s strange to spend her life criticizing the depravity of the empire. It’s a job that shouldn’t exist, like working as a vampire hunter.
Two warmongering oligarchic parties are shoving the Overton window of acceptable opinion as far in the direction of imperialism, militarism and tyranny as possible.
Israeli strikes killed 47 Palestinians in Gaza in one 24-hour period between Saturday and Sunday, receiving not a fraction of the attention Western officials have given six Israeli hostages, writes Caitlin Johnstone.
Donald Trump has been made the central character in U.S. politics around whom everything revolves. But whether he wins or loses, the imperial status quo will be unchanged, says Caitlin Johnstone.
The imperial spin machine operates by reversing victim and victimizer, aggressor and defender — claiming to act in self-defense while existing in a continuous state of attack, writes Caitlin Johnstone.