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The American Empire and its Media
The American Empire and its Media Largely unbeknownst to the general public, executives and top journalists of almost all major US news outlets have long been members of the influential Council on Foreign Relations (CFR). Established in 1921 as a private, bipartisan organization to “awaken America to its worldwide responsibilities”, the CFR and its close to […]
A Middle East with No Master
A Middle East with No Master Time was, the countries of the Middle East relied on the United States for patronage, protection, and guidance. Suez taught Israel, Britain, and France that without Washington’s acquiescence, their policies could not succeed. Egypt’s defection showed Russia the limits of its ability to compete for clients in the region. […]
Trump Started a Global Trade War Today: Canada, Mexico Responded, So Will Europe
Trump Started a Global Trade War Today: Canada, Mexico Responded, So Will Europe Trump has been itching for a global trade war ever since he took office. He just confirmed one. The U.S. will impose tariffs on steel and aluminum imports from Canada, Mexico and the European Union starting on Friday. Trump’s ill-advised Tariffs Provoked […]
Venezuela Defies the US Empire Reelecting Maduro
Venezuela Defies the US Empire Reelecting Maduro Photo by Joka Madruga | CC BY 2.0 The Venezuelan people reelected Nicolás Maduro for a second presidential term on May 20. A US-backed political tide of reaction had been bucked, which had swept away previously left-leaning Latin American governments – often by extra-parliamentary means – in Brazil, […]
Spanish Prime Minister Rajoy Ousted From Power; Sanchez Is New Socialist Prime Minister
Spanish Prime Minister Rajoy Ousted From Power; Sanchez Is New Socialist Prime Minister As was widely expected, this morning Mariano Rajoy’s six year reign as Spain’s prime minister, ended when he become the first prime minister in Spain’s democratic history to be ousted by parliament after losing a vote of no-confidence amid a corruption scandal […]
America’s Incredible Shrinking Influence
America’s Incredible Shrinking Influence Just two weeks after President Trump pulled the US from the Iran nuclear agreement, his Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, issued 12 demands to Iran that could never be satisfied. Pompeo knew his demands would be impossible to meet. They were designed that way. Just like Austria-Hungary’s ultimatum to Serbia in […]
Mattis: US Will Confront China With “Steady Drumbeat” Of Amerian Ships Over Weaponized Islands
Mattis: US Will Confront China With “Steady Drumbeat” Of Amerian Ships Over Weaponized Islands U.S. Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis vowed on Tuesday that American ships will continue to confront China over its militarization of man-made islands in the South China Sea, where Beijing has established an extensive military presence despite its promise not to do […]
Drones, Murder and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights at 70: the Cases of Reyaad Khan and Abdul Raqib Amin
Drones, Murder and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights at 70: the Cases of Reyaad Khan and Abdul Raqib Amin Photo by Debra Sweet | CC BY 2.0 The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) is 70 this year. But you wouldn’t know it from the impact it’s had on human lives. For example, Donald […]
Hotel Europa
Hotel Europa Theodoor Rombouts( 1597-1637) Prometheus On Friday, in This is the End of the Euro, I said: The euro has become a cage, a prison for the poorer brethren. The finance minister proposed by 5-Star/Lega and refused by Italian president Mattarella, Paolo Savona, has called the euro a German cage. There are now […]
Tomgram: Making Sense of America’s Empire of Chaos
Tomgram: Making Sense of America’s Empire of Chaos [Note for TomDispatch Readers: Every week Truthout chooses a book, a “progressive pick,” to highlight (and sell). This coming week, it’s my new book, A Nation Unmade by War. As part of the process, I did an interview about the book’s themes with Truthout’s Mark Karlin who […]
The Tragic Record of American Regime Change
The Tragic Record of American Regime Change National security adviser John Bolton watches as President Trump meets with South Korean President Moon Jae-in at the White House on Tuesday. (Evan Vucci / AP) We used to call him “Mookie.” God, we hated him. Back in 2006-07, while patrolling the streets of east Baghdad, Muqtada al-Sadr’s […]
Sanctioning the World, the US Inadvertently ‘Locks & Launches’ Multipolarism
Sanctioning the World, the US Inadvertently ‘Locks & Launches’ Multipolarism The commemorative medal had already been cast and published. It depicts profiles of Trump and Jong Un, facing each other, at the 12th June historic meeting – at which Jong Un was supposed to disavow and discard his nuclear armament, irreversibly, and then to accept […]
The “Axis of Gold” Just Got Stronger
The “Axis of Gold” Just Got Stronger As you probably know by now, President Trump backed out of the nuclear deal with Iran and is re-imposing harsh sanctions. And just this morning, Trump announced that he’s canceling the much-anticipated nuclear summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un because of Kim’s recent belligerent comments. What […]
Italian Bonds, Stocks Crash In Furious Reversal As Political Drama Explodes
Italian Bonds, Stocks Crash In Furious Reversal As Political Drama Explodes Yesterday, in the aftermath of the latest Italian political drama, in which president Mattarella openly mocked democracy, and under pressure from Europe vetoed the choice of the euroskeptic economy minister, Paolo Savona, we warned that this outcome was even worse for markets than the […]
