The Supposedly Liberal NY Review of Books Published a Very Strange Review of Chomsky’s Latest
Wading into a dispute over Chomsky’s latest book, Who Rules the World?
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Tom Engelhardt: How Donald Trump Reveals the March of American Authoritarianism
Trump as a symbol of an America morphing into a visibly less democratic fading empire.
Read more...Andrew Bacevich: The US in the Middle East – “There Is No Strategy”
At best, the US is waging a war of attrition in the Middle East. And we ignore the fact that people in that part of the world hold grudges for centuries.
Read more...MH17 Coroner Michael Barnes, Australian Lawyers in Head-On Crash With the Rules of Evidence
A MH17 case in Australia violates ECHR rules and has a New South Wales coroner suppressing evidence and Sky News doctoring stories post publication.
Read more...Trump Slams US Wars in the Middle East
Despite his considerable flaws as a candidate, Trump is making a serious case against US policy in the Middle East.
Read more...Noam Chomsky: How Imperial Violence Backfires – Lessons from the Middle East
How American intervention in the Middle East has produced a counterproductive cycle of violence.
Read more...What OPEC Has To Fear From The New Saudi Oil Minister
Don’t expect any change in Saudi oil strategy any time soon.
Read more...Noam Chomsky: American Power Under Pressure
Seeing states as the vehicle for projecting power is dated, particularly as far as understanding America’s position is concerned.
Read more...Spontaneous Protests in Baghdad Green Zone Show Cracks in the Security Apparatus
The occupation of Parliament in Iraq’s Green Zone is a secular, cross-ethnic group effort.
Read more...Nuland Tells Cyprus To Cut Russian Ties – Pressures Anastasiades To Accept Nato Plan For Turkish Troops In Cyprus
Victoria Nuland is leading a US effort to pressure Cyprus to accept a secret NATO plan to keep Turkish forces on the island.
Read more...Open Thread: Debacle for US Iraq Policy as Protesters Seize Parliament in Green Zone
Discussion of the Sadrist occupation of the Iraqi parliament building, and the implications thereof.
Read more...Tom Engelhardt: Donald Trump – Campaigning on America’s Decline
Trump’s campaign is proof of America’s decline….but not in the way you think.
Read more...Mathew D. Rose: Merkel’s Refugee Strategy – A Brown Nose Becomes the Chancellor
Toadying up to dictators and intervening in failed states are major elements of Merkel’s new improved refugee strategy.
Read more...In America’s Drone Wars, Collateral Damage Comes Home
Why you should care about America’s drone wars: among other things, they radicalize populations against us and traumatize the operators.
Read more...The Dirty German Ditty That Got Erdogan So Angry That He Sued
It appears that Erdogan never got the memo: if you are going to be in politics, you need to have a thick skin.
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