Ukraine has been at war for over ten years, and even the political establishment wipeout in the European elections has not managed to shock the Western ruling class back into coherence. Nothing could provide a clearer example of their clownish nature than the recent...
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Sham-ocracy, Scam-ocracy
by Laurie Calhoun | Jun 17, 2024 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
The word "democracy" is bandied about rhetorically by politicians on a regular basis to rationalize whatever it is that they want to do. This tendency has increased markedly in recent times as so-called wars of democracy and campaigns to save or preserve democracy are...
A Critique of Pure Hasbara
by John Weeks | Jun 13, 2024 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
Hasbara is a central feature of genocidal Zionism: “Since its establishment in 1948, Israel has successfully created a new illogic of its own; an illogic that has made the illegal seem legal, the immoral appear moral and the undemocratic sound democratic. It has...
Joe Biden’s Time Interview Should Set Off Alarms
by Ted Snider | Jun 12, 2024 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
On May 28, U.S. President Joe Biden gave an interview to Time. His delivery and content were concerning for a number of reasons. Biden, at times, seemed misinformed and detached from reality. Sometimes, he seemed off message; other times, he seemed convinced by his...
Rescind Netanyahu’s Invitation!
by Joseph Solis-Mullen | Jun 4, 2024 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy, Politics
The recent decision by U.S. congressional leaders to invite Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to address the Capitol has rightly sparked outrage and dismay among those who oppose Israel's genocidal actions in Gaza. Coming as it does in the wake of the...
Long Vietnam Syndrome
by John Weeks | Jun 3, 2024 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
Memorial Day is over. The state has successfully baptized itself with the blood of its fallen soldiers. It has been symbolically buried in a mass grave of its own making and resurrected to flood the world with very real blood. Yet, it cannot rid itself of what regime...
America’s Ugly History with the International Criminal Court
by Ted Snider | May 30, 2024 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
On May 20, the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court announced that he was seeking arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant as well as for Hamas leaders Yahya Sinwar, Ismail Haniyeh, and Mohammed...
The End of Zelensky’s Legitimacy
by Brad Pearce | May 29, 2024 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
Volodymyr Zelensky’s term as the president of Ukraine expired on Monday, May 20. He won’t be leaving office, on the pretense that Ukraine’s Constitution currently prohibits holding elections under a state of martial law. Based on this reasoning, the elections for the...