Efforts by the U.S. and NATO to draw Africa into their geopolitical conflicts raise serious concerns, writes Vijay Prashad.
Africa Doesn’t Want to Be a New-Cold-War Breeding Ground
Tag: Muammar Gaddafi
‘Blowback:’ UK, Libya & the Manchester Attack
Phil Miller introduces a film probing the role of British foreign policy in contributing to the atrocity.
The West’s Hands in Ukraine as Bloody as Putin’s
Jonathan Cook confronts the demand throughout the Western press and social media to not only “condemn” the Russian president, but do so without qualification.
Chris Hedges: The Great Delusion
We must destroy the centers of power that lure us and our children—like the Pied Piper of Hamelin—to certain doom.
Telling Only Part of the Story of Jihad
A CNN star reporter should not be shocked to learn that U.S. allies are consorting with Yemeni terrorists, writes Daniel Lazare.
The Other Side of John McCain
If the paeans to McCain by diverse political climbers seems detached from reality, it’s because they reflect the elite view of U.S. military interventions as a chess game, with the millions killed by unprovoked aggression mere statistics, says Max Blumenthal.
For Italy, Trump Represents a ‘Populist’ Opportunity
The new Italian government is taking comfort in some of Trump’s positions, especially on migration, trade and Russia, says Andrew Spannaus.
A Tale of Two Tortures
How the Americans and the British “tortured some folks” and got away with it, as Annie Machon explains.
Nicolas Sarkozy: Crime and Punishment?
Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy is under investigation for allegedly receiving millions of euros in illegal election campaign funding from Libya’s Muammar Gaddafi. This must be placed in the broader context of war crimes by Western heads of state, Gilbert Doctorow explains.
Hillary Clinton Keeps Pointing Fingers
Hillary Clinton blames others for last year’s electoral defeat, never recognizing that many Americans — both Democrats and Republicans — found her public record appalling, as Dennis J Bernstein discusses with John Pilger.