Between Biden and Trump, U.S. voters have no alternative to our anxious empire’s lawless conduct abroad.
PATRICK LAWRENCE: Voting in a De-Facto Military State
Month: August 2020
THE ANGRY ARAB: UAE Normalization With Israel a Gift to Trump
As`ad AbuKhalil says Muhammad bin Zayid was happy to provide the U.S. president with the foreign-policy gimmick he needed.
US Wars Kill More Like a Python Than a Tiger
Caitlin Johnstone describes the slow, suffocating strategy used by the side with all the resources and all the time in the world, the side which knows it can just relax and wait for the other side to starve to death.
US Sanctions Russian Research Institute that Developed COVID-19 Vaccine
A Russian government spokesperson called the decision “the sanctions theater of the absurd,” Ben Norton reports.
House Committee Launches Contempt Proceedings Against Pompeo
Democrat Eliot Engel said the decision follows the U.S. secretary of state’s refusal to hand over records related to the impeachment proceedings.
WATCH: The War on Journalism: The Case of Julian Assange
A new documentary by Juan Passarelli can be seen here on Consortium News, followed by a panel discussion with Passarelli, director Ken Loach and filmmaker Suzie Gilbert.
ELECTION 2020: Bourgeois Democracy Meets Global Governance
Diana Johnstone considers the fun and games surrounding the possibility of a disputed U.S. election result and concludes that the future is being planned elsewhere, for instance at the next meeting in Davos.
JOHN KIRIAKOU: Know Your Rights. Don’t Talk to Cops at the Airport
When an ICE officer stopped me after I got off the plane I knew the harassment was about to begin. But I was ready for it.
The Public Option in Pharmaceuticals
We are now battling the public health challenge of our lifetimes without the tests, treatments and vaccines we need, writes Dana Brown.
After Coup in Mali Only Citizens Can Free the Land
Vijay Prashad puts the latest coup in the gold-rich country, where the people are once again eager for a break from the colonial past, into historical context.