The Danger Is Not China But the Fake China Threat
At times a book is convincing not only because its arguments are sound but also because of the author’s identity. It would be no surprise to encounter a book penned by a socialist or Sinophile that takes on the false portrait of China that graces the US media. But...
US Must Accept Spheres of Influence To Preserve Peace
U.S. leaders once understood and accepted that strong powers would insist on a security zone and broad sphere of influence in their immediate geographic region. An especially persistent feature of international affairs has been the existence of spheres of influence....
Constant Killing: The Pentagon’s .00035% Problem
Originally appeared at TomDispatch. Yes, the number of deaths in Gaza in the last seven months is staggering. At least, 35,000 Gazans have reportedly perished, including significant numbers of children (and that’s without even counting the possibly 10,000 unidentified...
Nakba Resurrected – How the Gaza Resistance Ended Segmentation of Palestine
Inadvertently, Israel has pressed the reset button on its war with the Palestinian people, taking back the so-called conflict to square one. Save a few self-serving Palestinian officials affiliated with the Palestinian Authority (PA), most Palestinians do not seem...
Jewish Students Opposing Gaza Genocide, a Powerful Counter to Antisemitism
The many Jewish students in the campus encampments, along with other Jews protesting the Gaza phase of the Palestinian Genocide, deserve the highest praise for many reasons. One reason is that by their deeds they are countering what might otherwise turn into a wave...
Dr. King’s Words on Vietnam Still Ring True for Gaza
As Israeli troops continue their assault in Rafah, increasing the death toll and displacing – yet again – hundreds of thousands of Gazans, there’s much to be learned from recalling Dr. Martin Luther King’s visionary words on Vietnam 57 years ago. Breaking his silence...
The American Empire Is Crumbling Under Its Debt
This is part 3 of Washington DC: The Unaffordable and Unnecessary War Capital of the World. Read part 1 and part 2. The pivot from Republic to Empire circa 1949 remains evident even today – fully one-third of a century after the Cold War ended and the Soviet Empire...
Logic of a Forgotten American Atrocity Is Alive Today
Reprinted with permission from Responsible Statecraft. In March 1906, U.S. forces attacked a group of Moros and killed more than 900 men, women, and children at the top of Mt. Dajo on the island of Jolo in the southern Philippines. Even though the death toll was...
Did the U.S. Give the Go-Ahead to Strike Russia with Long Range Missiles?
There are a number of questions that could be asked about U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken singing “Rockin’ in the Free World” in a bar in Kiev. The first is regarding the appropriateness of singing a song while hundreds of Ukrainian soldiers are being wounded...
