A recent false alarm in Hawaii had citizens in a state of panic over an impending nuclear attack, which, as Ann Wright speculates, may have been the point. By Ann Wright Are you ready for nuclear attack warning sirens in…Read more →
Neoliberal economic policies have created a system of forced migration for many people but the Trump team is planning to ramp-up its assault on immigrants and those who advocate for migrants rights, activist Nativo Lopez explained to Dennis J Bernstein.…Read more →
Military planners have learned the wrong lessons from the Vietnam War, focusing on war’s “winnability” rather than questioning whether to engage in it all, notes Alastair Crooke. By Alastair Crooke Setting aside for the moment President Donald Trump’s animus to Barack…Read more →
From the Archive: In his State of the Union address Tuesday, President Trump announced that he had signed an executive order to keep the U.S. detention facility at Guantanamo Bay open. On this occasion, we republish an article from 2012 by…Read more →
(ANTIMEDIA) — Western-imposed sanctions are making basic necessities almost impossible to come by in Syria, killing innocent children in the process, sources tell Anti-Media. According to Tom Duggan, a British journalist who has lived in Damascus for approximately five years, sanctions have made everyday objects incredibly difficult to obtain, including items and accessories the rest of us would […]
(ANTIMEDIA) — During his first State of the Union address on Tuesday, Donald Trump pledged the United States would continue its “campaign of maximum pressure” against North Korea. Meanwhile, the Washington Post ran an opinion piece written by the man who was, until recently, set to become the U.S. ambassador to South Korea. Victor Cha, a professor at Georgetown University and senior adviser at the Center for Strategic […]
In this op-ed, Caitlin Johnstone responds to Bernie Sanders’ promotion of unproven allegations of Russian meddling in the 2016 election. By Caitlin Johnstone In an otherwise fine video response to Tuesday night’s vapid, flag-waving State of the Union address, Bernie…Read more →
Through his efforts to implement a police state and restore the Ottoman Empire, President Erdogan of Turkey has squandered his once-strong position as a regional leader, argues Alon Ben-Meir. By Alon Ben-Meir It is difficult to fathom why Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip…Read more →
(MEE) — The Trump administration is prepared to again take military action against Syrian government forces if necessary to deter the use of chemical weapons and is concerned they may be developing new methods to deliver such weapons, senior US officials said on Thursday. Forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad have continued occasional use of chemical […]
(MPN) — It’s not clear if the United States knows what it is doing in Syria anymore. Having successfully toppled the Libyan government in 2011, former President Barack Obama subsequently spent a good three years attempting to bring about the fall of the Syrian government, under the guise of humanitarianism, that embroiled the region in chaos and civil strife. […]
