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United Against Nuclear Iran: The shadowy, Intelligence-linked group diving the U.S. towards war with Iran
In the wake of Hamas’ October 7 assault, arch-neoconservative official John Bolton was invited on CNN, where he claimed that what we witnessed was really an “Iranian attack on Israel using Hamas as a surrogate” and that the U.S. must immediately respond.
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In one of last interviews, John Pilger calls for an “insurrection of banned knowledge”
Since his death on December 30, tributes have been pouring in for John Pilger, an Australian journalist who gave voice to the voiceless and had a talent for putting human tragedies into a political context.
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Ban the war criminals from King Day celebrations
Most Martin Luther King birthday celebrations are tawdry displays of political cynicism and cooptation. The people must recapture the day from war criminals and their Black misleadership puppets.
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Fake intellectuals working for Think Tanks funded by the Arms Industry are driving support for war after war after war
Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya, Syria, Ukraine, Russia, China, and Now Iran.
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What does ‘rules-based International Order’ mean when U.S. can bomb Yemen at will?
What U.S. foreign policy shamelessly amounts to is this: “We make the rules so we get to break the rules.”
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Thoughts on Abolition
Since 2020, there has been a gradual realization about the limitations of various strategies, ideologies, and political approaches, particularly in the context of using “abolition” as a catch-all umbrella.
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The “Ghost Budget”: How America pays for endless war
There were three primary drivers of the Ghost Budget: unusual economic conditions, congressional budget dysfunction, and military assertiveness.
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An ex-CIA agent looks back at 22 years of torture at Guantánamo Bay
“Guantánamo has been universally condemned by every human rights, civil liberties, and civil rights group in the world that has expressed an opinion, as well as by the United Nations, and most countries in the world,” writes John Kiriakou.
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Charter schools will desert and violate thousands in 2024
Currently, about 3.7 million students are enrolled in roughly 7,800 privately-operated charter schools across the country. The U.S. public education system, on the other hand, has been around for more than 150 years and educates about 45 million students in nearly 100,000 schools.
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Upsurge of neo-fascism and ‘dollarisation’
Neo-fascist rulers like Javier Milei propose to control inflation not by curbing capital flight, but by launching a massive attack on the working class.
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In 41 U.S. States, richest 1% pay lower tax rates than everyone else
“Almost nobody says we should have the richest pay the least. And yet when we look around the country, the vast majority of states have tax systems that do just that.”
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Changes in hospital adverse events and patient outcomes associated with private equity acquisition
Question – How do quality of care and patient outcomes change after private equity acquisition of hospitals?
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U.S. claims huge portion of the ocean floor, from the Gulf of Mexico to the Arctic
In an underreported but hugely important development, the United States is now claiming a vast portion of the ocean floor, twice the size of California.
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UN experts call on U.S. to halt first planned execution by nitrogen asphyxiation
Experts from the United Nations have called on the United States to halt what would be the nation’s first execution by nitrogen gas, warning that it could cause severe suffering and possibly be considered torture. The state of Alabama plans to put Kenneth Eugene Smith to death on January 25 using nitrogen hypoxia, or asphyxiation, […]
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Judge denies U.S. Department of Justice’s motions to dismiss and for early appeal in children’s constitutional climate lawsuit Juliana v. Unites States
On Friday, December 29, 2023, U.S. District Court Judge Ann Aiken issued an order and opinion denying the U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ) motions to dismiss the second amended complaint in the children’s constitutional climate lawsuit Juliana v. United States.
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On white supremacy and Zionism: a reflection on Claudine Gay’s tenure as president of Harvard University
Anti-Black racism and Zionism are two cornerstones of Harvard’s flawed foundation. We should mourn Claudine Gay’s tenure at Harvard because she was both a victim and an agent of white supremacy.
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New Zealand Leaning to controversial AUKUS Alliance
As the new government of nuclear-free New Zealand leans towards joining the anti-China bloc, critics warn of weakened sovereignty in a sea of expanding militarization, Mick Hall reports.
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In an age of forever wars, American popular culture has reimagined its veterans as victims rather than agents of empire
Long Forgotten Is the Role that Veteran Anti-War Activists Played in Ending the Vietnam War.
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Top democrat-linked PR firm tapped by pro-Israel groups to control Gaza war narrative
On December 6, it was announced with much fanfare that the 10/7 Project, a new “centralized communications operation to promote continued U.S. bipartisan support for Israel; push for accurate, complete coverage of the Israel-Hamas war,” and achieve a “stronger” media “focus” on the victims of October 7’s Al-Aqsa Flood would be launched, by a quintet […]
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The Russian Art of War: How the West led Ukraine to defeat
The problem with the vast majority of our so-called military experts is their inability to understand the Russian approach to war.