By John Pilger / Globetrotter
As a tsunami of crocodile tears engulfs Western politicians, history is suppressed. More than a generation ago, Afghanistan won its freedom, which the United States, Britain and their “allies” destroyed.In 1978, a liberation movement led...
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No one in the mainstream media takes better dictation than David Ignatius, the leading columnist at the Washington Post on international security. Ignatius gets briefings from the Central Intelligence Agency and immediately prepares a column echoing...
Recently the world witnessed an embrace between the Amir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, 40, and the Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS), 35, on 5 January 2021 when the former arrived to attend the...
This month’s indictment of a billionaire, one-time advisor and close associate of former US President Donald J. Trump, on charges of operating as an unregistered foreign agent in the United States for the United Arab Emirates highlights the successes...
Republican rats deserting the good ship “Trump” make an enjoyable spectacle as they hypocritically pretend that it was only the invasion of the Capitol by a fanatical mob that finally revealed to them the failings of Donald Trump.
Longer-term opponents...
As long as he’s around in public or private life, Trump is unlikely to go quietly into that good night.
While the jury is out on whether significant evidence of election fraud in key swing states will turn defeat into...
by Kathy Kelly
People in the United States continue to pretend that the despair and futility we’ve caused isn’t our fault.
Late last week, I learned from young Afghan Peace Volunteer friends in Kabul that an insurgent group firing rockets into...
During the Israeli bombardment of Beirut in August 1982, President Ronald Reagan phoned Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin to express his “shock” and “outrage” at Israeli airstrikes and artillery fire on the Lebanese capital, demanding that they be stopped...
The United States government held the US-Africa Leaders Summit in mid-December, prompted in large part by its fears about Chinese and Russian influence on the African continent. Rather than routine diplomacy, Washington’s approach in the summit was guided by...
Recent Saudi efforts to appease the Biden administration in the wake of the kingdom’s backing of last month’s OPEC+ oil production cut take on added significance in the wake of this week’s US midterm elections that have strengthened Joe...
