Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth threatened to go to war with Venezuela and promised the Pentagon would continue to conduct military operations against alleged Latin American cartels. In an interview with Fox News on Wednesday, Hegseth said, “The only person that...
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Capitalism Civilizes
by Sheldon Richman | Sep 3, 2025 | Blog
"Participation in capitalist markets and bourgeois virtues has civilized the world. It has 'civilized' the world in more than one of the word's root senses, that is, making it 'citified,' from the mere increase in a rich population. It has too, I claim, as many...
Israel And The West Set The Stage For Next Round Of Warfare On Iran
by Stark Realities with Brian McGlinchey | Sep 3, 2025 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
Peace-loving people throughout the world breathed a sigh of relief when the Israeli-American war on Iran ended in June after 12 days, with President [Donald] Trump racing to triumphantly declare US strikes had “obliterated” Iran’s nuclear program. While his rhetoric...
Iran: Path for Negotiations with US Not Closed
by Kyle Anzalone | Sep 2, 2025 | News
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US Conducts ‘Lethal Strike’ Against Vessel Near Venezuela
by Kyle Anzalone | Sep 2, 2025 | News
President Donald Trump said US forces in the Caribbean Sea “shot out” a boat after it left Venezuela. Washington has deployed several warships to the region and is preparing to conduct strikes inside Venezuela.
Marines Conduct War Games in Puerto Rico as Tensions with Venezuela Escalate
by Kyle Anzalone | Sep 2, 2025 | News
Around 4,000 Marines are conducting war games in Puerto Rico amid a US military buildup in the Caribbean Sea aimed at Venezuela.
The Case Against Foreign Aid to Israel and Ukraine
by Keith Knight | Sep 2, 2025 | Don't Tread on Anyone
https://youtu.be/2iRZnsoZ0pA The Third World suffers from a lack of economic development due to its lack of rights of private property, its government-imposed production controls, and its acceptance of government foreign aid that squeezes out private investment. Th e...
Israel Kills 7 Children Seeking Water in Gaza Safe Zone
by Kyle Anzalone | Sep 2, 2025 | News
An Israeli strike killed 11 people, including seven children, who were in line to receive water. The strike occurred in an area labeled a safe zone by Israel.
Blitzkrieg Blowback: Nazi Warlord Primed To Lead Post-War Ukraine
by Scott Horton and John Weeks | Sep 2, 2025 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
On February 19, 2021, almost exactly one year before Russia would invade Ukraine, President Joe Biden addressed the Virtual Munich Security Conference. He said: “We’re at an inflection point between those who argue that, given all the challenges we face—from the...
Capitalism Isn’t Responisble for Society’s Flaws; You Are
by Joseph Klein | Sep 2, 2025 | Economics, Featured Articles, Libertarianism
“Capitalism is killing the planet—it’s time to stop buying into our own destruction.”- The Guardian The more disordered modern society becomes the more loudly we hear a common diagnosis: capitalism wanted this. Blaming capitalism has long been the status quo for the...