The list, writes Danny Sjursen, includes the latest atrocity in northern Ethiopia – and the broader Horn of Africa chess game.
Global Hot Spots You Probably Don’t Know About (But Should)
Tag: Imperialism
America’s Ongoing Imperial Scam
Biden ends speeches now with “God Bless the Troops,” writes Karen Kwiatkowski. He should respect their sacrifices with a more honorable foreign policy.
Reaching for Guns & Money
Oct. 9 — the date in 1967 when Che Guevara was murdered — should be celebrated as the International Day to Abolish the CIA, writes Vijay Prashad.
Why the New Silk Roads are ‘Threat’ to US Bloc
The Middle East is the key to wide-ranging, economic, interlinked integration and peace, writes Pepe Escobar.
‘Iran Must Begin Acting Like a Normal Nation,’ Says Totally Normal Nation
Caitlin Johnston mulls what Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s vision for Iran might really mean.
The Not-So-Great ‘Great Game’
Michael Brenner considers the latest round of disputes over the latest presidential elections in Afghanistan.
Remembering America’s First (& Longest) Forgotten War on Islamists
Danny Sjursen finds America’s Moro War – which included misleading accounts of progress by military commanders — grimly familiar in the context of today’s Afghan War.
How Journalists Demonize Venezuela’s Government, in Their Own Words
We like to think of journalists as plucky truth-tellers standing up to power, writes Alan MacLeod. In reality, most are parts of enormous corporate machines with their own agendas.
The Nature of the Hong Kong Protests
Democratic freedoms aside, many nations in the world but particularly the U.S., Britain and China have interests to protect in Hong Kong, writes Mary Beaudoin.
The Real Big Brother
It’s a billionaire’s world and the biggest of them all is in the thick of it, as Eric Zuesse explains.