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U.S. announces plans to send F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine
On Friday, the White House announced the most reckless and dangerous escalation of its involvement in the war with Russia to date, that it has decided to train Ukrainian pilots to fly U.S.-made F-16 fighter jets and send the nuclear-capable planes to the battlefield.
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Judge reinstates ‘zero bail’ policy in Los Angeles
A preliminary injunction issued this week forbids officials from forcing people charged with low-level offenses to remain in jail because they cannot afford bail.
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Biden drops ‘One China’ policy, uses Philippines for war drive over Taiwan
Pentagon strategists have been beefing up their military presence in Asia and building alliances in preparation for an all-out war against China.
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U.S. post-9/11 wars caused 4.5 million deaths, displaced 38-60 million people, study shows
Wars the U.S. waged in Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria, Yemen, and Pakistan following September 11, 2001 caused at least 4.5 million deaths and displaced 38 to 60 million people, with 7.6 million children starving today, according to studies by Brown University.
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60 years after death, Elizabeth Gurley Flynn still scares the right
Although she’s been dead for almost six decades, it looks like Elizabeth Gurley Flynn is still getting under the skin of right-wingers. Just two weeks after it was installed, a historical marker commemorating her birth in Concord, N.H., has been demolished on the order of Republican state officials.
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Circumventing the Blockade: Pueblo a Pueblo Builds Grassroots Food Sovereignty (Part II)
An organization that brings together rural producers with urban consumers breaks with the dictates of the market.
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The splendor of a thousand suns: Hiroshima and imperial forgetfulness
Joe Biden’s visit to Hiroshima in the framework of the G7 once again brings to the surface the cynical memory of an empire that 78 years ago unleashed the power of “a thousand suns” on a defenseless population.
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Leaked recordings expose shocking state corruption in ‘U.S. governed’ Moldova
The Grayzone has obtained video recordings of well-connected figures within Moldova’s political and business community openly testifying to rank corruption within the country’s government and economy, while outlining schemes to enrich Western investors for an appropriate fee.
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Exceptionism in U.S. Empire
Aaron Good, who received his PhD in political science at Temple University, has written an exceptional book: American Exception: Empire and the Deep State (Skyhorse, 2022). The title of the first chapter broadly lays out the thesis of the book: “Empire, Hegemony, and the State.”
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Not bluffing: the U.S., China and the threat of war over Taiwan
Chris Bambery examines the grim logic of great-power competition.
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Understanding the highly complex world of Western China analysis
Former Pentagon official Elbridge Colby was interviewed on The National Review’s Charles CW Cooke Podcast, where he provided some very high-level analysis on the tensions around China, Taiwan, and the United States.
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Durham report reveals the real threat to “democracy” – The FBI weaponized by Democrat Party affiliated elites
Six years and millions of dollars later, the “Durham report” released on May 15th confirmed once again what a few of us had the nerve to argue before all of the reports and stories that subsequently emerged—that “Russiagate” was the most massive fraud ever perpetrated on the U.S. public by a section of the capitalist rulers and represented a maturing of a form of U.S. neofascism unique to this historical moment.
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Western silence needs to be confronted: Ilan Pappe on the Nakba, Gaza and inclusive solidarity
Once more the Gaza Strip is bombarded from the air, land, and sea, and, once more, Israeli inhumanity and cruelty are met with Western silence.
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Woody Guthrie prize given to punk rock group that supports escalation of Ukraine war and overthrow of Russian government
As a proponent of peaceful relations with the Soviet Union, Woody Guthrie would likely be rolling over in his grave if he knew how his heirs betrayed his name.
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Ian Angus – “The War Against the Commons: Dispossession and Resistance in the Making of Capitalism”
In his latest book, Ian Angus answers a question that apologists for the capitalist system would like to pretend does not exist.
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Why 90% of foreign military bases are American
You can’t talk about how many bases the United States has without talking about what those bases actually represent — U.S. imperialism. With about 750 bases overseas, in 80 countries and colonies, the U.S. has more foreign military bases than any empire, people or country in world history. #Military #War #UnitedStates
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Venezuela: Food is not a commodity, it’s a human right: Pueblo a Pueblo Builds Food Sovereignty (Part I)
An organization that brings together rural producers with urban consumers breaks with the dictates of the market.
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“We must build an alternative”
How Helen Gym’s fight to save a hospital turned her into a frontrunner to be Philadelphia’s next mayor.
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Biden breaks all-time record for most weapons sold during fiscal year
The U.S. President, who has constantly held up the banner of human rights in his policies with non-friendly states, has sold weapons to the majority of ‘autocratic’ states in 2022.
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Nicaragua: What we learned about agroecology
“Why did we choose to study in Nicaragua? Hunger, poverty, and illiteracy are major issues plaguing much of the world, and climate change is one of the greatest threats to humans on the planet. Nicaragua is setting an example for sustainable development that addresses all these issues.”