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Paris Attacks and Climate Change Push Us to Fix a World of Broken Systems
Paris Attacks and Climate Change Push Us to Fix a World of Broken Systems The rise of ISIS, the “war on terror,” the attack on Paris—these are symptoms of a civilization in its twilight. But the displays of global solidarity show that the seeds of a new paradigm are being planted. In much the same […]
Hitting Saudi Arabia Where It Hurts
Hitting Saudi Arabia Where It Hurts Exclusive: Though faced with a global terrorism crisis, Official Washington can’t get beyond its neocon-led “tough-guy-gal” rhetoric. But another option – financial sanctions on Saudi Arabia – might help finally shut down the covert supply of money and arms to Al Qaeda and the Islamic State, writes Robert Parry. As the […]
Limits of Liberal War Opposition
Limits of Liberal War Opposition Robert Reich’s website is full of proposals for how to oppose plutocracy, raise the minimum wage, reverse the trend toward greater inequality of wealth, etc. His focus on domestic economic policy is done in the traditional bizarre manner of U.S. liberals in which virtually no mention is ever made of the 54% […]
Is David Brooks Pushing For Another Vietnam?
Is David Brooks Pushing For Another Vietnam? A few years ago, New York Times columnist David Brooks wanted the U.S. government to wave its magic wand and turn the Syrian civil war into a Vietnam for Iran: We should be trying to turn the Syrian civil war into Iran’s Vietnam. We should make them waste money and effort trying […]
Turkish F-16s Shoot Down Russian Su-24 Warplane Near Syria Border
Turkish F-16s Shoot Down Russian Su-24 Warplane Near Syria Border Moments ago a big black geopolitical swan landed when newswires lit up with headlines that a Turkish F-16 shot down what was initially said to be an unidentified warplane near the Syrian border after it violated Turkey’s airspace on Tuesday, a Turkish military official said, […]
So Who’s Really Sponsoring ISIS? Turkey, Saudi Arabia, and Other U.S. “Allies”
So Who’s Really Sponsoring ISIS? Turkey, Saudi Arabia, and Other U.S. “Allies” Mass surveillance at home and endless military projection abroad are the twin sides of the same coin of national security, which must simply be maximized as much as possible. Conspicuously missing from President Hollande’s decisive declaration of war however, was any mention of […]
To Stop ISIS, Outside Powers Must End Their Proxy Wars in Syria
TO STOP ISIS, OUTSIDE POWERS MUST END THEIR PROXY WARS IN SYRIA A FRENCH NEWS CAMERAMAN burst into the bar of Beirut’s Commodore Hotel, where his colleagues gathered most evenings, on November 17, 1983. “At last,” he shouted, cupping both hands upward, “someone with balls!” French warplanes had just bombed the town of Baalbek, site of […]
Ultimate Weapon in Existential Struggle: Using the TPP for Hostile Takeover of Mexican Agriculture
Ultimate Weapon in Existential Struggle: Using the TPP for Hostile Takeover of Mexican Agriculture Resisting Monsanto, the world’s largest, most influential GMO giant, is an almost impossible task. The corporation boasts more back channels and revolving doors with national governments and regulators than just about any other company on the planet, not to mention a […]
How you were tricked into supporting the war in Syria
How you were tricked into supporting the war in Syria Washington, DC (TFC) – Those who don’t understand history are doomed to repeat it, those that do understand are doomed to watch in horror while everyone else repeats it. The run up to overthrowing President Assad of Syria was occurring before The Fifth Column existed. I covered it […]
The Saudi Connection to Terror
The Saudi Connection to Terror Exclusive: While Official Washington devotes much sound and fury to demands for a wider war in Syria and the need to turn away Syrian refugees, Democrats and Republicans dodge the tougher question: how to confront Saudi Arabia about its covert funding for Islamic State and Al Qaeda terrorists, writes Daniel Lazare. How does ISIS […]
The Left and Right Must Stop the Establishment’s Perpetual War Machine
The Left and Right Must Stop the Establishment’s Perpetual War Machine In the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks, some of us tried to raise questions of U.S. foreign policy. I got my mic cut on O’Reilly’s show. Others got far worse — a friend basically felt he had to move out of his neighborhood he was […]
US, Canada, Ukraine reject UN resolution condemning glorification of Nazism; Moscow ‘bewildered’
US, Canada, Ukraine reject UN resolution condemning glorification of Nazism; Moscow ‘bewildered’ A woman covers her face as she and others perform a Fascist salute after attending a mass service outside the basilica in the Valle de los Caidos (Valley of the Fallen) near Madrid November 20, 2011. © Susana Vera / Reuters A UN […]
The Onion Predicted All Of This Back in 2003
The Onion Predicted All Of This Back in 2003 “George W. Bush may think that a war against Iraq is the solution to our problems, but the reality is, it will only serve to create far more,” read a 2003 article on The Onion a week after then-President George Bush launched the Iraq War. While a […]
