The expanding cultural authority of the armed forces is a problem for U.S. democracy, writes William J. Astore.
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Month: October 2019
Second Whistleblower Emerges from Investigation into Douma Chemical Attack
Caitlin Johnstone flags a report about another member of the OPCW investigation who says his findings, which contradicted the official conclusions, were suppressed.
Convicted Antinuclear Activists Speak Out: ‘Pentagon Has Brainwashed People’
The jury that convicted the Kings Bay Plowshares 7 was self-avowedly apathetic about the risks posed by nuclear weapons and the judge and prosecution prevented defendants from trying to raise their consciousness on the issue, reports Marjorie Cohn.
By Protecting Syria’s Idlib, US Created Safe Haven for Baghdadi & ISIS
By claiming to kill self-proclaimed ISIS “caliph” Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, U.S. officials have blown apart the regime-change propaganda about Idlib, writes Dan Cohen.
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PEPE ESCOBAR: The Age of Anger Exploding in Serial Geysers
The presidential election in Argentina pitted the people against neoliberalism and the people won. What happens next will have a tremendous impact all over Latin America and serve as a blueprint for assorted Global South struggles.
JOHN KIRIAKOU: About Trump Wanting Iraq’s Oil Fields
What the president advocated was one of the most telling statements of his presidency. It amounted to an admission that he is perfectly willing to commit a war crime.
London Times Runs Fake Browder Opinion Piece
The writers of this op ed managed to put eight lies into just five opening lines, writes Lucy Komisar.
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Grayzone Editor Max Blumenthal Arrested Months After Reporting on Venezuelan Opposition Violence
Blumenthal has been arrested on false charges after reporting on Venezuelan opposition violence outside the D.C. embassy. He describes the manufactured case as part of a wider campaign of political persecution, reports Ben Norton.