U.S. President Donald Trump remarks on the Afghan peace talks.
Continue readingDon’t Expect Justice From the Imperial Criminal Court
The ICC provides no legal counterbalance to the arrogance of an empire’s power.
Continue readingThe Hybrid War Against Iran
Threats, sanctions, and actual killings are part of Washington’s crusade against Tehran, all enabled by its unshakable grip on the global financial system.
Continue readingHave You Heard of the CIA’s Iran Mission Center?
These are men who are reckless with violence, willing to do anything if it means provoking a war against Iran.
Continue readingPeace Is a Word That the West Has Taken From the Afghans
With no end of war in sight, this past year has been the deadliest year for civilians since the United States first began to bomb Afghanistan in 2001.
Continue readingSanctions Are Genocidal, and They Are the U.S.’s Favorite Weapon
Far from precision-guided munitions, sanctions are weapons of starvation, which target the most vulnerable civilians for slow and painful death by deprivation of food and medicine.
Continue readingWill the U.S. Start a War Against Iran?
As the Trump administration is “troubled” by unspecified rhetoric coming out of Tehran, a carrier strike group is steaming toward the Iranian coast.
Continue readingNothing to See Here: The U.S. Government Prevents Investigations into War Crimes in Afghanistan
This U.S. war on Afghanistan has produced an unknown death count with unknown numbers of war crimes.
Continue readingLibya’s Incoming Strongman Haftar Will Send the Oil out to Europe—and Keep Its Migrants In
European values are fairly clear: they want oil to travel northward, not people. Haftar, at the cost of the Libyans themselves, will make that happen.
Continue readingWill the U.S. End Up Putting Sanctions on Every Country That Doesn’t Bend to Its Will?
The objectives are the same: the U.S. will suffocate a country as long as it does not do what the U.S. want it to do.
Continue readingTrump Is Making a Mockery of ‘Humanitarian Aid’ in Venezuela
A noble concept is turned upside down in the name of seizing oil supplies.
Continue readingYemen Remains on the Precipice of a Large-Scale Famine
Despite an ambiguous ceasefire and action at last in the Senate, 250,000 Yemenis are on the brink of starvation.
Continue readingThe American War Machine Is Ramping Up Under the Trump Administration
Everything this administration does is geared toward intimidation and war.
Continue readingFor All His Bluster, Trump Is Powerless Against NATO Allies—Here’s Why
Trump will gradually disappear from the stage. But other names will remain intact: Lockheed Martin, Boeing, Raytheon…
Continue readingTrump Opens the Door to War Against Iran
What do Trump and his allies hope will happen now that the United States is out of the “Iran deal?”
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