Iran would not passively suffer the blows but would seek the opportunity to immediately transfer the conflict to the aggressor’s territory and this is something Iranian generals can surely achieve. Nasser Kan’ani, Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman, last month...
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The Calamity of America’s ‘Divine Mission’
Robert Kagan’s monumental error is his failure to acknowledge that Americans, like the rest of mankind, are made of crooked timber craving power for its own sake, writes Bruce Fein. By Bruce FEIN Prolific author Robert Kagan’s latest elevation of Americans to God’s...
Noble Appeal By Pink Floyd’s Roger Waters, But Western Warmongers Are Comfortably Numb
This war is an existential one: it is all about preserving American hegemony and propping up the floundering Western imperial global order. “Unipolar world domination,” as Roger Waters put it. Pink Floyd rock legend Roger Waters made an impressive and impassioned plea...
Aid to Earthquake Victims Requires the Immediate Lifting of U.S. Sanctions Against Syria
By Niles NIEMUTH One day after a devastating 7.8 magnitude earthquake and its aftershocks struck the western border region of Turkey and Syria, the death toll has surpassed 7,700 and is expected to continue to rise as rescue and recovery efforts continue. The quake is...
The War of Terror of a Rogue Superpower: Cui Bono?
When it comes to the Global South, what the Hersh report imprints is Rogue Superpower, in giant blood red letters, as state sponsor of terrorism. Everyone with a brain already knew the Empire did it. Now Seymour Hersh’s bombshell report not only details how Nord...
ChatGPT: Who Will Guard AI From the Woke Guardians?
It is only when humans get their hands on technology that it has the ability to become a threat to society. The latest chatbot technology, which generates responses to questions, has shown a clear bias in favor of specific ethnic groups and political ideologies. Is it...
The Press Reckoning on Russiagate
Jeff Gerth’s investigation for The Columbia Journalism Review exposes the dark heart of the news media’s coverage of alleged Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. elections. By Patrick LAWRENCE In the autumn of 1973, Jack Anderson, the wonderful iconoclast of the...
Setting the Record Straight; Stuff You Should Know About Ukraine
By Mike WHITNEY On February 16, 2022, a full week before Putin sent combat troops into Ukraine, the Ukrainian Army began the heavy bombardment of the area (in east Ukraine) occupied by mainly ethnic Russians. Officials from the Observer Mission of the Organization for...
Quake Delivers Earth-Shattering Blow to U.S.-Led NATO Hypocrisy
When a real-world emergency happens, all of NATO’s pious and self-regarding talk implodes in a pile of dust. A 7.8. magnitude earthquake hits Europe’s southern neighbors Türkiye and Syria – and the NATO alliance does next to nothing in response. What sort of security...
More Evidence That the West Sabotaged Peace In Ukraine
By Caitlin JOHNSTONE Days after the war in Ukraine began it was reported by The New York Times that “President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine has asked the Israeli prime minister, Naftali Bennett, to mediate negotiations in Jerusalem between Ukraine and Russia.” In...
Madonna Faces Old Age, Flinches
All the money and fame in the world could not stop her from destroying her face out of fear of aging By Jon FRAZIER The other night on Twitter, somebody posted a photo above, and asked if anybody knew who it was. I did not. Then somebody answered, “Madonna.” It’s...
Woke Imperialism
Woke culture, devoid of class consciousness and a commitment to stand with the oppressed, is another tool in the arsenal of the imperial state. By Chris HEDGES The brutal murder of Tyre Nichols by five Black Memphis police officers should be enough to implode the...