Many respected scholars and human rights organizations have characterised Israel’s war in Gaza as a genocide. At the same time, other scholars and organizations have disputed this charge. Proving a charge of genocide is notoriously difficult, since it requires...
Panama, Colombia, and Venezuela: The Perpetual Fraud of the War on Drugs
After months of speculation, threats, and periodic bombings of Trinidadian fishermen, the Trump administration finally took direct military action against Venezuela, culminating in the kidnapping of the country’s sitting president Nicolas Maduro. The justifications...
TMM (Trump’s Macho Madness)
Until the Donald came along, Nixon’s feckless War on Drugs was surely among the stupidest projects of state ever conceived on the banks of the Potomac. As we show in detail below, Washington’s writ criminalizing cocaine raises the street price from about $1,000 per...
U.S. Arms Sales to Taiwan Risk Accelerating China’s Timeline for Unification
President Donald Trump’s administration has announced a massive package of arms sales to Taiwan valued at more than $11 billion that cover eight items, including 420 Army Tactical Missile Systems (ATACMS) and 82 High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS). If...
Venezuela Regime Change: The Most Shocking Statements in Trump’s Most Shocking Press Conference
At 4:21 in the morning of January 3, U.S. President Donald Trump posted that “The United States of America has successfully carried out a large scale strike against Venezuela and its leader, President Nicolas Maduro, who has been, along with his wife, captured and...
George W. Bush Missed the Chance for Peace With Russia
Reprinted from The Realist Review. Vladimir Putin:... Of course certain differences exist between us. We know about them, but it’s important to cement the positive achievements. This is the way to go… It is clear that withdrawing from any kind of controls on nuclear...
Regime Change and Nation-Building Are Back!
As was the case the morning after “Shock and Awe” signaled the start of the Iraq war, many are cheering the US military raid on Venezuela and capture of its president, Nicolas Maduro. Overwhelming US military power – and likely some bribed Venezuelan officials –...
Regime Change in Venezuela: American Justice as ‘Supreme International Crime’
In a military operation, Venezuela’s President Maduro was captured and transported to New York to face charges in a federal court. Reportedly, the U.S. Army's elite Delta Force carried out a large-scale military strike and raid on Caracas, the capital of Venezuela, in...
Veni, Vidi, Venezuela: Pox Americana From War-A-Lago
Reprinted with permission from The Kucinich Report. This Administration, elected with a promise to end forever wars, has since taken America to war against Iran, Iraq, Yemen, Syria, Somalia and Nigeria, while funding genocide against Gazans. It has invaded Venezuela,...
‘We’re Going To Run the Country:’ Preparing an Illegal Occupation in Venezuela
I listened to the January 3 press conference with a knot in my stomach. As a Venezuelan American with family, memories, and a living connection to the country being spoken about as if it were a possession, what I heard was very clear. And that clarity was chilling....


