It’s an epidemic with life-and-death significance for a pivotal portion of Trump’s base, but the president has paid no attention to the way it is afflicting U.S. civilians, writes Rajan Menon. By Rajan Melon TomDispatch.com We hear a lot about suicide when…Read more →
There’s nothing alien or un-American about Trump’s July 4th military hardware parade, writes Caitlin Johnstone. By Caitlin Johnstone CaitlinJohnstone.com “Putin’s America,” tweeted Anand Giridharadas, a pundit who was genetically engineered in a Monsanto laboratory to appeal to NPR listeners on every possible…Read more →
The ex-special counsel has agreed to take questions from a congressional committee and James Howard Kunstler can think of a few he’d like to have answered. By James Howard Kunstler Clusterfuck Nation The playwrights of yore had a neat way…Read more →
There were Egyptian elections before Mohammed Morsi, who underestimated the anti-democratic impulses of Arab tyrannies, and assumed Western governments wouldn’t stand for an overthrow of a democratically-elected president. By As`ad AbuKhalil Special to Consortium News The death of Mohamed Morsi,…Read more →
Peace activism is rising, but that isn’t translating into huge street demonstrations, writes Allegra Harpootlian. By Allegra Harpootlian TomDispatch.com When Donald Trump entered the Oval Office in January 2017, Americans took to the streets all across the country to protest…Read more →
Daniel Lazare looks into the Times’ overreaction to charges of anti-Semitism. By Daniel Lazare Special to Consortium News The New York Times was so sorry last month for publishing an allegedly anti-Semitic cartoon showing Benjamin Netanyahu as a guide dog leading…Read more →
Where male-dominated soccer, politics and the economy thrive in the cult of individualism, the women work in solidarity with each other, like workers of days gone by, says Attilio Moro. By Attilio Moro in Brussels Special to Consortium News Having lost…Read more →
Donald Trump will ultimately have to remind his national security adviser and secretary of state who is president if there’s to be progress on North Korea, says Ray McGovern. By Ray McGovern Special to Consortium News There is hope for…Read more →
Toward the Brink of War: Provoking Iran for What? For Whom?
[Prefatory Note: The following interview with the Iranian journalist Javad Hieran-Nia was published in Iran together with Middle Scholar’s Statement on Trump’s Iran Policy. The links below on the Iranian publication in Mehr News and Tehran Times.
