A principal instrument of U.S. foreign policy is covert regime change, meaning a secret action by the U.S. government to bring down the government of another country. There are strong reasons to believe that U.S. actions led to the removal from power of Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan in April 2022, followed by his arrest … Continue reading "The US Toppling of Imran Khan"
New York Post, February 8, 2024 Biden is not fit for president if he’s not fit to prosecute James Bovard President Biden is not guilty because he is hopelessly clueless about his own life and career. So how the hell is he able to be president? Special counsel Robert Hur, who concluded Biden “willfully retained […]
==== Anti-war essays, poems, short stories and literary excerpts French writers on war and peace Hubert Monteilhet: Empire’s mercenaries will devour the metropolis ==== Hubert MonteilhetNeropolisTranslated by Christopher Robinson The Roman Senate, conqueror of the world, had been reduced to bootlicking by a handful of army officers sprung from its own ranks. *** In the … … Continue reading →
In Mid-December 2023, Charles Glass, the esteemed writer, journalist, broadcaster, and publisher visited with Julian Assange, an inmate at Belmarsh Prison in the U.K. Assange has been confined there since April, 2019. He is awaiting his final appeal to quash U.S. efforts to extradite him to face some of the same Espionage Act charges I … Continue reading "A Visit to Julian Assange in Prison"
It seemed strange, if not out of context, when Israeli politician Moshe Feiglin told Arutz Sheva-Israel National News that “Muslims are not afraid of us anymore”. Feiglin’s comments were made on October 25, less than three weeks following the Palestinian Al-Aqsa Flood operation and the genocidal Israeli war which followed.
==== Anti-war essays, poems, short stories and literary excerpts Greek and Roman writers on war and peace ==== Selections from The Greek AnthologyTranslation by W. R. Paton Anyte Stand here, thou murderous spear, no longer drip from thy brazen barb the dismal blood of foes…. *** Nicias So one day I was fated to leave … … Continue reading →
Even the US business magazine Forbes expressed surprise at the reimposition of US sanctions on Venezuela’s gold sales and its threat to do the same with oil. The oil sanctions especially, if reinstated, would precipitate higher gas prices and further debilitate the Venezuelan economy, forcing more people to leave the country out of economic necessity. … Continue reading "Why the US Is Reimposing Sanctions on Venezuela"
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New York Post, February 5, 2024 Cancun Ted Cruz wants to make politicians a privileged caste at airports by James Bovard Texans elected Ted Cruz to the US Senate a dozen years ago after he promised to abolish the Transportation Security Administration. Cruz has “grown” in office. Instead of seeking to ax the TSA, Cruz […]
COVID DEJA VU “Come Sip with the Gestapo!” I took this photo at a D.C. Dupont Circle coffee shop 2 year ago. Every table hosted a hefty warning sign: “Masks on & Vaccine Cards out!” Patrons were hectored: “All cafes and restaurants… are REQUIRED by the Mayor’s Office to check vaccine cards of dine-in customers. […]
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