The Hounding of Julian Assange Leaves Honest Journalism With No Refuge
It is no accident that Julian Assange, the digital transparency activist and journalist who founded WikiLeaks to help whistleblowers tell us what western governments are really up to in the shadows, has spent 10 years being progressively disappeared into those very...
The British Want America To Go to War and Used The Beatles as Ammo
Almost every US ally claims to be a friend because of America’s military. It’s really not shared values or even interests. Other nations like being defended by a superpower, so they need not spend much on their militaries. The result is that America has a couple score...
US Militarism Should Have Died With the Soviet Union
The Soviet Union ceased to exist 30 years ago, and with its disappearance the United States embraced a triumphalist interpretation of the end of the Cold War that has served to fuel its militarism for another generation. The loss of its major rival could have freed...
‘Alarming’ Levels of ‘Forever Chemicals’ Found in Water Near US Bases in Okinawa
As the US military continues construction of a controversial new base at Henoko Bay, Okinawa, the recent discovery of extreme levels of highly toxic "forever chemicals" in local waterways and groundwater has renewed long-standing opposition to the American occupation...
Iraq Daily Roundup: Seven Killed
On Foreign Policy, Biden Should Have Taken Golf Lessons
When Joe Biden took office as the 46th President of the United States, those of us who desired a more peaceful foreign policy had reasons for both hope and doubt. The biggest issue for both was the 20-year US war in Afghanistan, for which Biden’s predecessor,...
Lost Opportunity: How the Clinton Administration Started a Cold War With a Democratic Russia
There is little dispute that relations between the United States and Russia are now so hostile that they amount to a second cold war. The current situation is such a depressing contrast to the high hopes for a cordial bilateral relationship and the emergence of a...
Iraq Daily Roundup: Nine Killed
What! No Russian Invasion of Ukraine?
I hope you know this by now, but on Christmas morning the Russian military announced a sizable troop withdrawal from Russian territory near Ukraine. The New York Post’s Eileen AJ Connelly jumped on the story. At noon Saturday her piece, "Over 10,000 Russian...


