Sinn Féin has surged to a huge lead in Ireland’s opinion polls. In an interview, party president Mary Lou McDonald explains why building a successful united Ireland is about more than just stitching together north and south. Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald at...
A new security law from Emmanuel Macron’s government will roll out an AI-based biometric categorization system. The law is billed as a measure for the 2024 Paris Olympics — but also allows a vast expansion of intrusive surveillance. Surveillance cameras in Le Rove,...
During the most recent French general election, a Senate commission’s conservative president and communist rapporteur jointly attacked the “influence of consultancies on public policy” in President Emmanuel Macron’s government. That morning, as Macron was meeting...
Paul Keating’s fiery attacks on the AUKUS nuclear-powered submarine deal last week drew attention to Australia’s uncritical support for the US in its China containment policy. This drive for war has been years in the making. Australian prime minister Anthony Albanese...
US imperialists’ post–Cold War directionlessness was solved by 9/11 and the invasion of Iraq — only for Iraq and the entire “war on terror” to lead to disaster. The imperialist liberal vision has been thoroughly discredited. So how is it still staggering on? US...
The US invasion of Iraq was a crime, a calculated act of aggression that left immense destruction in its wake with almost no redeeming benefits to anyone — including its villainous architects. US Marines take up position on the perimeter of a mosque while patrolling...
The anniversary of the Iraq War has led to widespread discussion of the US’s “mistaken” invasion. But the deeper problem is Washington’s continued claim to be judge, jury, and executioner for the rest of the world — bringing international law to its knees. Today the...
Liberals today are trying to rehabilitate the image of George W. Bush. Don’t let them — his monstrous invasion of Iraq, based on lies, led to mass death in Iraq and untold damage to democracy in the US. Former president George W. Bush speaks during the Struggle for...
Today is the 20th anniversary of the invasion of Iraq. We should never forget and never forgive the architects of that evil war. The Iraq War was a calculated, premeditated crime perpetrated on a massive scale. (Jaime Razuri / AFP via Getty Images) Twenty years ago...
Richard Haass has had his “we’ve met the enemy” moment. In October, the former diplomat and longtime Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) president announced that he would soon be giving up one of the Western world’s most coveted think tank sinecures (and a $1.7 million...
When schools offer universal free meals, hungry kids eat. They also have better academic performance, behavior, attendance, and psychosocial functioning. These benefits should be available to all — with no questions asked, and no such thing as lunch debt. A student...
The ripple effects of the disastrous Iraq invasion still course through the Middle East and domestic US politics decades later. Yet there’s little evidence those in power have learned anything from it. President George W. Bush with Secretary of Defense Donald...