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A recent Washington Post article titled “A North Korean defector captivated U.S. media. Some question her story” highlights the many appearances Yeonmi Park has made on right-wing news outlets over the past few years. Scholars and solidarity activists have been pointing out the serious holes in Park’s stories since she started getting attention...

Russia Today’s website ran a very interesting piece for the West to completely ignore. However, they ought not ignore it because it outlines the American hegemony’ plan to disrupt yet more of the world, and to try to hurt Russia at the same time. Let’s take the first excerpt, just to set the table: In […]

Peace groups in all three nations need to rally against provocative alliance that is a pivotal component of war planning. The AUKUS pact (military initiative among Australia, the UK and U.S.) came out of nowhere in 2021 when Australia broke a $A90 billion contract to buy French submarines. Instead, it signed up with the U.S […]

Biden Calls Xi a Dictator but Lavishes Praise on Modi Despite His Authoritarian Features and Atrocious Human Rights Record On a state visit to Washington in late June, Joe Biden rolled out the red carpet for India’s Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, providing him with a gala dinner cooked by a famous vegan chef. Biden stated […]

Like so many Americans, I was heartbroken to learn of the death of my friend, mentor, and personal hero Daniel Ellsberg. Dan was a giant of modern American history. He was the godfather of national security whistleblowers. And he was a patriot who wanted nothing more than to ensure transparency, truth, and the rule of […]

We begin today’s show with a remembrance of whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg, who passed on June 16 at the age of 92...Then, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken ended his recent trip to China with a 35-minute meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping on June 19th. Blinken had also met with Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang and top diplomat Wang Yi over the weekend. ...