What would it take for Biden to make some sort of deal with Tehran? By Peter Van BUREN The Nation asked of President Joe Biden, “Is America back?” If it is, what is its signature accomplishment, the marker that Pax Americana or something similar worthy of Latin, is...
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Canadian Government Partners With Israel Lobby to Delete Pro-Palestinian Accounts
By David MILLER The Israel lobby is working directly with the Canadian government and with Silicon Valley corporations to quash the voices of those critical of its expansionist policies and systematic oppression of its indigenous population. One clear example of this...
An American Lie Is an American Lie Is an American Lie
We are entering a critical stage of the government mechanism of power, and a steep rise in scepticism against the government in terms of security policy and foreign policy. If we now take a closer look at the current U.S. societal crisis, given the context of all...
Narrative Is Used to Override Healthy Human Self-Interest
By Caitlin JOHNSTONE It’s very odd how humans can be manipulated into acting against their own self-interest to the benefit of their rulers in ways that animals would never tolerate, just by exploiting the fact that we experience thoughts in our heads that animals do...
U.S. Pressure on Japan to Free Jailed Naval Officer Is Misplaced
Stephen Givens is a corporate lawyer and an adjunct professor at Keio University Law School in Tokyo. By Stephen GIVENS U.S. Senator Mike Lee is threatening Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida that he will put Tokyo’s security arrangements with Washington under...
Canada Has Blood on Its Hands: Ottawa’s Role in the Syria War Exposed
While most Canadians would prefer to think of themselves as free of constraint from U.S. foreign policy, still history will show that most often Canada’s foreign policy is a mirror image of the U.S. Canada has blood on its hands in Syria. Canadian intelligence would...
An Unexpected Insight (for the Élite): The U.S. May Be the Biggest Loser in the War on Russia
Where does Europe go in the wake of the Nord Stream allegations? It is hard to see a Germany-dominated Europe diverging far from Washington. “NATO has never been stronger; Russia is a global Pariah; and the world remains inspired by Ukrainian bravery and resilience;...
Trump Against Empire: Is That Why They Hate Him?
Trump was ideologically incoherent and crassly transactional. But the threat he posed to American empire and thus the gargantuan security state helps establish a motive for why US intelligence intervened in both the 2016 and 2020 elections. By Christian PARENTI As...
The Gray Lady Isn’t Man Enough
Transgender ideologues want absolute, unquestioning silence from anyone inclined to disagree. By Declan LEARY The New York Times, that notorious bastion of reactionary right-wing thought, has come under fire from its own contributors for insufficient enthusiasm for...
An American Lie by Any Other Name Would Smell as Dirty
The cost of all this is not only financial but the simple math can be worked out in terms of the distrust of the U.S. general public and loss of confidence in the U.S. institutions and the President’s credibility. Washington DC is viewed by many as sending us terribly...
What We Know About the U.S. Air Force’s Balloon Party So Far
By Caitlin JOHNSTONE You know, everyone’s always talking about how the US military is only ever used to kill foreigners for resource control and generate profits for the military-industrial complex, but that’s not entirely true. Turns out the US military is also used...
The Insecure Superpower
By Stephen F. EISENMAN Riddle What’s scarier? A) Hundreds of military bases, all bristling with advanced, offensive weapons, controlled by your avowed enemy, close to your heartland. OR B) Unfinished military bases on three tiny islands, stocked with defensive...