By Tom Engelhardt* – The Nation/TomDispatch.com Washington’s wars have unsettled the planet in much the same way a giant asteroid did 66 million years ago Sixty-six million years ago, so the scientists tell us, an asteroid slammed into this planet. Landing on what’s now…
Editorial Any hopes that the US political system would be able to work around a destructive president look foolish now. Expect more direct confrontations in the new year At first sight, Donald Trump’s presidency might seem to prove that, in the end, people can get used to…
PATRICK COCKBURN – The Unz Review* President Trump’s decision to withdraw US troops from Syria is being denounced by an impressive range of critics claiming that it is a surrender to Turkey, Russia, Syria and Iran – as well as a betrayal of the Kurds and a victory for Isis. The…
By Joan Walsh* – The Nation The departure of Jim Mattis has destroyed the childish illusion that the “adults” will save us. We have to save ourselves Thursday, December 20, will go down in history as the day Americans had to face a devastating truth about the dangerous charlatan…
Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers (*) – Truthdig The Pentagon’s own numbers show that it can’t account for $21 trillion. Yes, I mean trillion with a “T.” And this could change everything. But I’ll get back to that in a moment. There are certain things the human mind is not meant…
Of Cockroaches and Humans By Roberto Savio* Rita Levi-Montalcini, the Italian Nobel laureate honoured for her work in neurobiology, once gave a splendid conference with the title “The imperfect brain”. There she explained that man has a brain that is not used completely, while…
BY HAZEL HENDERSON* – Ethical Markets Media In 1986 Scientific American drew attention to this visual of space junk tracked by NORAD, 7,000 spent rocket debris and the 40,000 objects with a diameter of 10 centimeters or more. I used this visual in many of my presentations in…
Kohls, MD – Duty to Warn* (With attention to what has become known as “The Business Plot”, the “Plot Against FDR” or the “White House/Wall Street Putsch”) December 4, 2018 – I was involved in pro-peace, anti-war, anti-US Imperialism efforts during the most hideous years of the…
By José Ramos-Horta* Regional and Multilateral Systems Inadequate As I stared at the picture of seven-year-old Amal Hussain dying of hunger I couldn’t contain my anguish, tears flooding my eyes. Some hours earlier I was wining and dining with friends whom I told about my…
By Ben Aris – bne IntelliNews I’m going to get into trouble asking this question. The problem is that the whole situation in the conflict between Russia and Ukraine has become so emotional and polarised that even suggesting Russia is not entirely to blame for the flaring…
