Biden, Blinken and Austin are being named in court — as well as in the streets around the world — for their unwavering and illegal support of Israeli genocide, writes Marjorie Cohn.
Palestinians Sue US Leaders for Aiding Israel’s Genocide
Tag: Secretary of State Antony Blinken
AS’AD AbuKHALIL: Gulf Arab Regimes’ Fake Outrage Over Gaza
This may be a new Arab era. The distance between rulers and public has never been wider. The Arab people, under strict conditions of repression, took to social media and the streets to make their rage known to the world.
US & Israel Poised to Open Lebanon Front
M.K. Bhadrakumar analyzes developments in the past few days, including the U.S. announcement that it is deploying a huge nuclear submarine near the war zone.
The Many Lessons of Ukraine War
Combatting Russia to the last Ukrainian was always an odious strategy, writes Chas W. Freeman in this expansive overview.
US Can’t Deal with Defeat
In the U.S., the strongest collective memory of America’s wars of choice is the desirability – and ease – of forgetting them. So it will be when we look at a ruined Ukraine in the rear-view mirror, writes Michael Brenner.
Patrick Lawrence: Unsweet Dreams
The Ukraine question hung over the recent G20 summit even though members have repeatedly signaled their wish to avoid the new cold war that Biden and his foreign-policy people are building.
It’s Hard to Think About the End of the World
Tony Blinken, the top U.S. diplomat, just made comments about U.S.-supplied long-range missiles that further raise the risks of a direct confrontation between the world’s two nuclear superpowers, writes Caitlin Johnstone.
The US Problem With China: Beijing Is Better at Capitalism
As it provokes a new Cold War, the U.S. is warning that its corporate and financial interests, which came first after the 1980s Dengist reforms, no longer take precedence, writes Patrick Lawrence.
Caitlin Johnstone: US Department of Hypocrisy
After his department was caught pushing the ouster of the democratically elected Imran Khan, the U.S. secretary of state is now praising Pakistan’s preparations for “free and fair elections.”
Every Empire Falls
Every empire falls and the fantasy of American exceptionalism doesn’t exempt the U.S., writes Wilmer J. Leon, III. Yet the failing hegemon behaves as though it still controls events, but instead creates worldwide danger.