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US Congress Revives Cold War Tactics With New Anti-Communism School Curriculum

corinna barnard — Wed, 18 Dec 2024 19:00:19 +0000

Alan MacLeod on the “Crucial Communism Teaching Act,” which is now being read in the U.S. Senate, where it is all but certain to pass. By Alan MacLeod MintPress News Congress has just passed a bill that will see the…

Opening the Devil’s Door in Asia-Pacific

corinna barnard — Wed, 17 Apr 2024 15:15:08 +0000

Mick Hall on indications that New Zealand, Japan and the Philippines are moving towards greater integration with the U.S.-led military bloc in the region. By Mick Hall in Whangarei, New Zealand Special to Consortium News Political tensions are increasing in…

China’s Xi Hosts Former Taiwanese President in Beijing

corinna barnard — Thu, 11 Apr 2024 18:00:36 +0000

“No forces that can separate us” — Diego Ramos reports on the friendly reception by the Chinese leader on Wednesday of Ma Ying-jeou’s “journey of peace.” By Diego Ramos ScheerPost In a historic meeting marking mainland China’s first reception of…

PATRICK LAWRENCE: The Mess They Made of 2023

Consortiumnews.com — Wed, 27 Dec 2023 18:35:35 +0000

Abroad and at home, ideology ruled the U.S. By Patrick Lawrence Special to Consortium News Let us consider together the year gone past and arrive at some conclusions as to where it leaves us as we enter upon another. We…

US Declares ‘War’

corinna barnard — Fri, 20 Oct 2023 08:51:19 +0000

Michael Brenner subjects the audaciously aggressive U.S. strategic posture to the kind of examination that he finds remarkably absent, even at the highest levels of government. By Michael Brenner U.S. foreign policy has set the country on a course destined…

US Can’t Deal with Defeat

corinna barnard — Thu, 21 Sep 2023 12:21:29 +0000

In the U.S., the strongest collective memory of America’s wars of choice is the desirability – and ease – of forgetting them. So it will be when we look at a ruined Ukraine in the rear-view mirror, writes Michael Brenner.…

Unease Over New Zealand Overtures to US in Pacific

corinna barnard — Mon, 28 Aug 2023 06:30:41 +0000

New security-state documents show Wellington aligning its military with the “rules-based international order” while preparing Kiwis for war with key trading partner China, writes Mick Hall. By Mick Hall in Whangarei, New Zealand Special to Consortium News Recent reports from…

The US’s Reckless Arming of Taiwan

corinna barnard — Wed, 19 Jul 2023 18:00:59 +0000

As Washington follows the neocon Wolfowitz Doctrine in East Asia, John V. Walsh says U.S. provocation must stop. Biden should instead take up China’s offer of peaceful coexistence. By John V. Walsh Antiwar.com The Island of Taiwan has been turned…

Chris Hedges: They Lied About Afghanistan & Iraq; Now They’re Lying About Ukraine

corinna barnard — Wed, 05 Jul 2023 16:00:32 +0000

The U.S. public has been conned, once again, into pouring billions into another endless war. By Chris Hedges Original to ScheerPost The playbook the pimps of war use to lure us into one military fiasco after another, including Vietnam, Afghanistan,…

PATRICK LAWRENCE: Macron’s Europe

corinna barnard — Mon, 17 Apr 2023 17:37:08 +0000

France’s president has proven himself to be a well-oiled weathervane. What he says on Monday may not match what he says or does on Wednesday. But his remarks while visiting China are interesting in several ways. By Patrick Lawrence Special…