While Simon Bolivar has been right for 200 years, the U.S. is not doomed: it can and must stop exploiting, impoverishing and killing its neighbors, writes Medea Benjamin.
Plaguing the Americas With Misery in the Name of Liberty
Tag: Donald Trump
VIPS MEMO: Dangerous Talk of Putin’s ‘Loss’ in Ukraine
VIPS tells President Trump that once apprised of the reality on the ground (and in the air) by his intelligence advisors, he might choose to do what is in his power to end the disaster in Ukraine.
WATCH: CN Live! — ‘A Life of Intelligence’
Ex-C.I.A. analyst Ray McGovern turned 87 Tuesday. From his Bronx days, to Fordham, the U.S. Army and C.I.A., McGovern grew close to power, then became one of its fiercest critics. Watch the replay!
WATCH: TWTW — Neo-Israelites vs. Neo-Ottomans
Tensions soar between Tel Aviv and Ankara over their designs on Syria; would Trump nuke Iran? And the killing goes on in Ukraine and Gaza. Ray McGovern, Scott Ritter, 8pm Tonite.
Elon Musk’s Fortune Comes From Not Paying Taxes
If it weren’t for laws that permit the wealthy to endlessly defer paying taxes by keeping their gains unrealized, there would be no trillionaires, write Stephen Land and Bob Lord.
WATCH: TWTW — ‘A Fraying Empire’
An empire is as good as its military and the U.S. military is in crisis: running out of ammunition; Middle East bases destroyed; volunteers exhausted. Ann Wright, Ray McGovern. 8 pm Tonite.
WATCH: TWTW — ‘Avoiding Nuclear Extinction’
On the 81st anniversary of the Nagasaki bombing today, we ask how we can avoid nuclear holocaust. Plus overreaction to U.S. socialism and Trump’s trap in Iran. Scott Ritter, Rick Wolff, 8 p.m. EDT Tonite.
HIROSHIMA 81: An Appeal to Pope Leo on Nuclear War
U.S. veterans, professors, clergy, writers and peace activists ask Catholic Archbishop John Wester to forward their appeal for emergency diplomacy to stop nuclear war to Pope Leo XIV at Hiroshima 81.
HIROSHIMA 81: The Looming Risk of Nuclear Disaster
Despite the heroic struggle of the people of Hiroshima, 81 years ago today, and of Nagasaki, the horrors of 1945 have too often been forgotten or ignored, says Peter Kuznick.
WATCH: TWTW — How Close Are We to Nuclear War?
Some NATO and Russian advisers think nuclear war is viable. Would a desperate Israel nuke Iran? Peter Kuznick, Rick Wolff, Ray McGovern. Watch the replay.