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Staying the Course: the Long March of Middle East Destruction
Staying the Course: the Long March of Middle East Destruction When falsely convicted Andy Dufresne bored a hole through the Shawshank prison wall over the course of two decades, narrator “Red” says that Andy always liked geology, and that geology, like digging through a prison wall with a rock hammer, is just a matter of “pressure […]
‘Enlightenment Now’ rationalizes the violence of empire
‘Enlightenment Now’ rationalizes the violence of empire Through an impressive array of data and visual metrics, Steven Pinker’s most recent book, Enlightenment Now, presents a fiercely optimistic portrait of the achievements of the human race. Pinker uses stats and charts to show how, as one reviewer put it: “Wars are fewer and less severe, homicides are […]
The American Way of War: Evolution Stops Here
The American Way of War: Evolution Stops Here America does what it wants. This is obvious, except it’s also monstrously unnerving. Let’s at least add some quote marks: “America” does what it wants — this secretly defined, self-obsessed, unelected entity that purports to be the United States of America, all 325 million of us, but […]
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 U.S. and the Fate of the World
The U.S. and the Fate of the World Americans ought to be more honest about U.S. military interventionism. There ought to be a serious debate about it. Instead there seems to be three, entrenched foreign policy camps who never talk to each other. The first is made up of avowed imperialists. They are easy to […]
The Simulation of Democracy
The Simulation of Democracy One of the most complicated and frustrating aspects of operating a global capitalist empire is maintaining the fiction that it doesn’t exist. Virtually every action you take has to be carefully recontextualized or otherwise spun for public consumption. Every time you want to bomb or invade some country to further your […]
What’s Wrong With the United States?
What’s Wrong With the United States? Photo source jqpubliq | CC BY 2.0 Despite the myth perpetrated by United States spokespersons, the country is not, and never has been, a beacon of peace and freedom, the ‘land of the free and the home of the brave’, or a democracy that is the envy of the […]
Venezuela on the Eve of Presidential Elections: The US Empire Isn’t Sitting by Idly
Venezuela on the Eve of Presidential Elections: The US Empire Isn’t Sitting by Idly Photo by Joka Madruga | CC BY 2.0 “I don’t see why we need to stand by and watch a country go communist due to the irresponsibility of its people. The issues are much too important for the Chilean voters to […]
Introducing Empire Oil: A DeSmog UK Special Investigation
Introducing Empire Oil: A DeSmog UK Special Investigation The UK likes to brag about its credentials as a global climate leader. But a new DeSmog UK investigation reveals that beneath the green veneer lies some dirty business. At the centre of it all is the City of London and its junior stock exchange, the Alternative Investment […]
Europe: National Sovereignty vs. International Conquest, at Stake over Iran
Europe: National Sovereignty vs. International Conquest, at Stake over Iran Europe now faces its ultimate ideological fork-in-the-road, which it has thus far ignored but can no longer ignore: They need to decide whether they seek a world of nations that each is sovereign over its own territory but over no other (and this would not […]
Why The Empire Never Sleeps: The Indispensable Nation Folly
Why The Empire Never Sleeps: The Indispensable Nation Folly Like the case of Rome before it, the Empire is bankrupting America. The true fiscal cost is upwards of $1.o trillion per year (counting $200 billion for veterans and debt service for wars), but there is no way to pay for it. That’s because the 78-million strong Baby Boom is […]
How To Silence RT Forever
How To Silence RT Forever Loyalists of the western empire have been growing increasingly honest about their desire to use censorship and propaganda in order to win an “information war” against Russia. The other day we saw a Guardian article arguing for the necessity of a coordinated campaign by western governments to “combat Russian disinformation” due to […]
The End Of Our Empire Approaches
The End Of Our Empire Approaches History is clear on where we’re headed Do you have the nagging sense that our empire is in decline? If so, don’t be embarrassed by it. Historically speaking, we’re in very good company. Far larger and longer-lived empires than ours have come and gone over the millennia. This was hit […]
The Road to 2025 (Part 4) – A Very Bright Future If We Demand It
The Road to 2025 (Part 4) – A Very Bright Future If We Demand It Whenever all government, domestic and foreign, in little as in great things, shall be drawn to Washington as the center of all power, it will render powerless the checks provided of one government on another, and will become as venal and […]
Behind Theresa May’s ‘Humanitarian Hysterics’: The Ideology of Empire and Conquest
Behind Theresa May’s ‘Humanitarian Hysterics’: The Ideology of Empire and Conquest Photo by EU2017EE Estonian Presidency | CC BY 2.0 Until the 17th century, India was the richest country in the world and had controlled a third of global wealth. Political unity and military security helped evolve a uniform economic system, increased trade and enhanced agricultural […]
