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On the Brink of Nuclear War
On the Brink of Nuclear War Special Report: As nuclear war looms in Korea, the life-or-death question is whether President Trump and his team can somehow marshal the skill and strength of President Kennedy in the Cuban Missile Crisis, writes historian William R. Polk. In the first part of this essay, I gave my interpretation […]
How ‘Regime Change’ Wars Led to Korea Crisis
How ‘Regime Change’ Wars Led to Korea Crisis Exclusive: The U.S.-led aggressions against Iraq and Libya are two war crimes that keep on costing, with their grim examples of what happens to leaders who get rid of WMDs driving the scary showdown with North Korea, writes Robert Parry. It is a popular meme in the […]
Worries about a Galveston Bio-Lab
Worries about a Galveston Bio-Lab Exclusive: The flooding caused by Hurricane Harvey has left thousands homeless in the greater Houston area but there also is rising concern about a biological lab in Galveston that houses deadly diseases, notes Joe Lauria. Concern is rising for the safety of a biological lab containing deadly diseases on Galveston […]
Inflating the Russian Threat
Inflating the Russian Threat Exclusive: The U.S. mainstream media, led by The New York Times, has behaved as classic propagandists, hyping a Russian military “threat” and promoting a new Cold War hysteria, as Jonathan Marshall describes. Readers of the New York Times have more to sweat about than hot summer weather in the Big Apple. […]
How the Deep State Ties Down Trump
How the Deep State Ties Down Trump America’s Deep State players have tied down President Trump on Russian sanctions and other foreign and economic policies but that doesn’t mean the struggle is over, writes ex-British diplomat Alastair Crooke. President Trump has had his foreign policy hands and feet tied by the Russia (and Iran) Sanctions […]
The New Trump: War President
The New Trump: War President Exclusive: President Trump’s reversal on the Afghan War – now promising to “win” not withdraw – further makes him a “war president” along with his “fire and fury” belligerence over North Korea, as Jonathan Marshall observes. Say what you will about Charlottesville, the national debate over neo-Nazis at least took […]
Taking Nuclear War Seriously
Taking Nuclear War Seriously With remarkably little public debate, the U.S. government has raised the risk of a nuclear conflagration with face-offs against Russia and now North Korea, an existential issue that Dennis J Bernstein discusses with journalist John Pilger. Emmy-Award winning filmmaker John Pilger’s latest film, The Coming War on China, deals directly with […]
MSM, Still Living in Propaganda-ville
MSM, Still Living in Propaganda-ville Exclusive: The stakes in U.S.-Russia relations could not be higher – possible nuclear conflagration and the end of civilization – but the U.S. mainstream media is still slouching around in “propaganda-ville,” says Robert Parry. As much as the U.S. mainstream media wants people to believe that it is the Guardian […]
Russia-China Tandem Shifts Global Power
Russia-China Tandem Shifts Global Power Exclusive: Official Washington’s arrogance in trying to push around Russia and China has pushed the two countries together, creating a dangerous new dynamic in international relations, explains ex-CIA analyst Ray McGovern. Top Russian and Chinese leaders are busy comparing notes, coordinating their approach to President Donald Trump at the G20 […]
The Price that Julian Assange Pays
The Price that Julian Assange Pays People who challenge power are often viewed by their supporters as more icons than human beings thus missing the personal costs of their actions, a reality that Julian Assange’s mother revealed to Randy Credico and Dennis J Bernstein. June 19 marked the fifth full year that Wikileaks founder Julian […]
US Journalism’s New ‘Golden Age’?
US Journalism’s New ‘Golden Age’? Exclusive: The Washington Post and other big media are hailing a new journalistic “golden age” as they punish President Trump for disparaging them, but is this media bias a sign of good journalism or itself a scandal, asks Robert Parry. The mainstream U.S. media is congratulating itself on its courageous […]
Trump Escalates Syrian Proxy War
Trump Escalates Syrian Proxy War At the start of the Trump presidency, it looked like the U.S. covert “regime change” war in Syria might be ending, but it has returned, zombie-like, in a slightly different form, reports Steven Chovanec. Back in February, it was quietly reported that the CIA had discontinued its support program to […]
Gorbachev Warns of Growing Danger
Gorbachev Warns of Growing Danger A group of Americans visiting Russia heard dire warnings from ex-Soviet President Gorbachev that the tensions between the U.S. and Russia are creating a dangerous situation for the world, reports Rick Sterling, who is on the trip. The former President of the Soviet Union, Mikhail Gorbachev, is 87 years old […]
America’s Ready Supply of Enemies
America’s Ready Supply of Enemies The U.S. political process seems to rely on a steady supply of foreign “enemies” to hate, but sometimes politicians overcome hostilities and talk out differences, which remains the hope for the North Korean standoff, says Ann Wright. Enemies of the United States come and go, but the longer they espouse […]
To Russia with More Russia-Bashing
To Russia with More Russia-Bashing Now that President Trump is bashing Russia, not resetting relations, the mainstream U.S. media has gone from pushing “Russia-gate” conspiracies to decrying doubts about U.S. government anti-Russia claims, notes Nat Parry. After several months of pushing the “Russia-gate” conspiracy theory – a wild-eyed, all-encompassing but somewhat nebulous narrative involving U.S. […]
