US officials met with Taliban diplomats in Qatar for two days of talks. The discussions come as Washington’s economic war in Kabul has caused severe suffering for the Afghan people two years after the end of the US military occupation. A State Department press...
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US to Introduce UN Resolution Authorizing Sending ‘Multinational Force’ to Haiti
by Kyle Anzalone | Jul 31, 2023 | News
Washington plans to introduce a resolution at the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) to authorize sending soldiers to Haiti. The Caribbean country has fallen into chaos after President Jovenal Moise was assassinated over two years ago. The White House has been...
FBI’s Unapproved Snooping on US Lawmakers Fuels Debate Over Surveillance Powers
by Connor Freeman | Jul 25, 2023 | News
A newly declassified court document has revealed the FBI improperly searched a surveillance database seeking information about a US senator, a state senator, and a state judge. The disclosure comes during a heated Congressional debate over intelligence agencies’...
GOP Pushes Back on White House Effort to Renew Intel Agencies’ Spying Tool
by Connor Freeman | Jul 5, 2023 | News
Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle, particularly in the GOP, are pushing back against the renewal of a law authorizing a tool used by US spy agencies, in the post 9/11 era, to conduct warrantless surveillance on foreign targets and Americans with whom they may be interacting.
Saudi Security Forces Kill, Rape Migrants on Yemen Border – Report
by Kyle Anzalone | Jul 5, 2023 | News
A new report found that Saudi security forces deployed along the country’s border with Yemen are committing horrific human rights abuses against Ethiopian migrants, including hundreds of murders and the rape of a 13-year-old girl.
Lethal Drones at the U.S.-Mexico Border?
by Laurie Calhoun | Jun 27, 2023 | Featured Articles
Fentanyl has caused many overdose deaths in recent years, and much of it has entered the United States through Mexico. A number of politicians have thrown their support behind a proposal to officially label narcotics traffickers based in Mexico as “terrorists." Not...
Israel Launches Drills Simulating ‘Multi-Front War’ as US CENTCOM Chief Observes
by Connor Freeman | Jun 1, 2023 | News
Israel launched major military drills preparing for war with Hezbollah, Syria and Iran on Monday. The exercises, Israel’s largest since “Chariots of Fire” in May 2022, aim to simulate a conflict which begins with fighting in the north and then spreads to other fronts, namely Iran.
Turn Off, Don’t Automate, the Killing Machine
by Laurie Calhoun | May 30, 2023 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
The quest to develop and refine technologically advanced means to commit mass homicide continues on, with Pentagon tacticians ever eager to make the military leaner and more lethal. Drone swarms already exist, and as insect-facsimile drones are marketed and produced,...
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Taking It for Granted
"Capitalism, says Marx, unthinkingly repeating the fables of the eulogists of the Middle Ages, has an inevitable tendency to impoverish the workers more and more. The truth is that capitalism has poured a horn of plenty upon the masses of wage earners who frequently...
Taliban is Still on the Western Dole
However, the Taliban is the group handing out NGO licenses in Afghanistan. If a Taliban sympathizer asks for an NGO license, they get it. So, many of these groups send money directly to the Taliban or to support the families of suicide bombers. Legend also said...
The Miracle of Mass Production
"The fact that my fellow man wants to acquire shoes as I do, does not make it harder for me to get shoes, but easier." —Ludwig von Mises, Human Action
Against Rubio
Marco Rubio’s foreign policy vision is the antithesis of America First as he advocates for wars and increased military spending in Ukraine, the Middle East, and the Asia-Pacific. During the 2015/2016 GOP presidential primaries, Rubio was a fervent supporter along with...
Shame on You, Socialists!
American socialists not only pit workers against entrepreneurs; they also pit rich American workers against the poor workers of the rest of the world. Shame on you, socialists!
WarNotes: A Conflict Podcast Makes Landfall on Earth on Monday
Premier WarNotes Podcast episode is live Monday 18 November 2024. Ep 001 "Fixing Fight Club: The Collapse of American Military Power" Here's the premier episode of my new podcast, WarNotes: A Conflict Podcast and I am introducing the first series of 'casts I will do...
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