With China constantly being accused of insufferable secrecy and a lack of openness about security and defence arrangements among partners in the Pacific, the shoe, when on the other foot, sits just as well. In the case of Australia, it is particularly snug. We are...
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“Booming” Economy Leaves Millions Behind: Part 12
Contradicting experience and research, various mainstream media sources continue to perpetuate the illusion that we have a “solid economy,” that “the fundamentals are sound,” that “things are not that bad,” and that “we can be optimistic” about the economy. In...
COVID Chorus Line
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Zaporizhzhia: On the Brink
The threat of a nuclear disaster in Ukraine intensifies with each day. At Zaporizhzhia, the largest nuclear power plant in Europe, six nuclear reactors sit side by side. The nukes are smack in the midst of heavy fighting in the southeast of Ukraine. Since early...
An Interview with Bruce Gagnon
Events continue to unfold at a quickening pace. Facing an alarming escalation in tensions around the world, we asked Bruce Gagnon for his most current thoughts. Bruce Gagnon is the Coordinator of the Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space, and was...
Biden, Pelosi: Postmortem on Taiwan Trip
(President Biden, Speaker Pelosi, Sec of State Blinken, National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan and White House aide Tara Write) Biden: Let me bring this small meeting to order. We are all here. And this is a new White House Aide, Tara Write, who will provide...
How The “First Island Chain” Members Became U.S. Client States
Many observers believe the future will be written in the Sino-Pacific region and, in particular, the means by which the United States responds to the rise of China as a global economic and political power. That’s clearly the the message in President Biden’s national...
The Many Lives of Ayman al-Zawahiri
Ayman al-Zawahiri is dead – or so we are told. Al-Qaida’s chief and successor to the slain Osama bin Laden, he was deemed the chief ideologue and mastermind behind the audacious September 11, 2001 attacks on the United States. On July 31, he was supposedly killed in...
US Interests and Israeli Crimes
Many people were surprised and outraged when US President Biden recently fist bumped Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. After all, as a candidate, Biden pledged to make the Saudi kingdom a pariah since the Crown Prince had been directly linked to the murder of...
An Interview with Bruce Gagnon
Events continue to unfold at a quickening pace. Facing an alarming escalation in tensions around the world, we asked Bruce Gagnon for his most current thoughts. Bruce Gagnon is the Coordinator of the Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space, and was...
Biden, Pelosi: Postmortem on Taiwan Trip
(President Biden, Speaker Pelosi, Sec of State Blinken, National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan and White House aide Tara Write) Biden: Let me bring this small meeting to order. We are all here. And this is a new White House Aide, Tara Write, who will provide...
How The “First Island Chain” Members Became U.S. Client States
Many observers believe the future will be written in the Sino-Pacific region and, in particular, the means by which the United States responds to the rise of China as a global economic and political power. That’s clearly the the message in President Biden’s national...