Rising Danger of War in Asia Pacific: U.S. v. China and North Korea?
National Security Strategy: Now 60% of U.S. Naval ships are in the Pacific
Patrick Lawrence: The Strong, and the Merely Powerful
Let me also remind you that the United States, together with the British, turned Dresden, Hamburg, Cologne and many other German cities into ruins without any military necessity during World War II. And this was done defiantly, without any, I repeat, military necessity. There was only one goal: just like in the case of the nuclear bombings in Japan, to intimidate both our country and the whole world. …
The Ukraine War’s Collateral Damage: Planet Earth, by Michael Klare
"If asked, Biden, Putin, Xi, and high-ranking officials everywhere would undoubtedly insist that addressing climate change remains an important concern. But let’s face it, their number-one priority is now to mobilize their societies for a long-term struggle against their geopolitical rivals."
John Pilger: Have Western Democracies Mutated Into War Propagandists?
"The war hysteria that has rolled in like a tidal wave in recent weeks and months is the most striking example. Known by its jargon, “shaping the narrative,” much if not most of it is pure propaganda."
Tom Engelhardt | Mapping a World from Hell: 76 Countries Are Now Involved in Washington’s War on Terror
The Costs of War Project has produced not just a map of the war on terror, 2015-2017 (released at TomDispatch with this article), but the first map of its kind ever. It offers an astounding vision of Washington’s counterterror wars across the globe...
Tom Engelhardt | Mapping a World from Hell: 76 Countries Are Now Involved in Washington’s War on Terror
The Costs of War Project has produced not just a map of the war on terror, 2015-2017 (released at TomDispatch with this article), but the first map of its kind ever. It offers an astounding vision of Washington’s counterterror wars across the globe...
Ukraine on Fire | Full length video with Oliver Stone
UKRAINE ON FIRE: The Real Story. Full Documentary by Oliver Stone (Original English version)
Ukraine on Fire | Full length video with Oliver Stone
UKRAINE ON FIRE: The Real Story. Full Documentary by Oliver Stone (Original English version)
Chris Hedges | On Contact: Decline of the American empire with Alfred McCoy
How the Chinese empire will soon overtake the U.S. empire. History, background, and current status.
Chris Hedges | On Contact: Decline of the American empire with Alfred McCoy
How the Chinese empire will soon overtake the U.S. empire. History, background, and current status.
Five Years On, the WikiLeaks ‘Collateral Murder’ Video Matters More than Ever
So, as Collateral Murder turns five, rather than looking at the video as a curiosity from a bygone conflict, we should watch it again and consider how the film continues to speak to us about the state of contemporary geo-politics, journalism and whistleblowing. By Christian Christensen Common Dreams April 4, 2015 A still image from "Collateral Murder." More
John J. Mearsheimer: Why the Ukraine Crisis Is the West’s Fault
"The United States and its European allies now face a choice on Ukraine. They can continue their current policy, which will exacerbate hostilities with Russia and devastate Ukraine in the process -- a scenario in which everyone would come out a loser. Or they can switch gears and work to create a prosperous but neutral More