From the Democratic primary to the war in Yemen
As the buildup to the Democratic primary continues chugging along, many Democratic candidates are trying to find ways to reach out to Trump voters and win them to the Democrats, and the candidates, side. This is part of the reason why Bernie Sanders went on Fox News to showcase what the party has to […]
Free Assange: the Slandering Of Julian Reveals the Establishment’s Breathtaking Hypocritical
The Ghion Journal Amid the attempted prosecution of Julian Assange, the world is in a surreal moment where the truth has been turned on its head. A groupthink has emerged which collectively rejects history and facts so it can stick with the narrative that Assange deserves his persecution. As always, it’s ambiguous whether all the […]
Leaked Report: Western Arms Are Essential to Saudi Arabia’s War in Yemen
The Real News Network A leak of classified documents from the French Directorate of Military Intelligence shows that Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates are extremely dependent on U.S. and European weapons for their war on Yemen. The documents, released by French investigative journalism organization Disclose and translated by the Intercept, reveal that the U.S., France, and […]
All My Vexes Are in Texas
CounterPunch Maya Linh’s war monument succeeds by its simplicity. The long tapering wall gradually rising to a delicate peak, falls equally away. Unencumbered, row upon row, by the tens of thousands the mute granite names speak to us, and we are filled with sorrow, rendered still. What more is there to say? The March/April 2019 […]
Navy SEALs Tried for Months to Report Superior for War Crimes and Were Told to “Let It Go”
Democracy Now! Navy SEALs who witnessed their platoon chief commit war crimes in Iraq were encouraged not to speak out, and told they could lose their jobs for reporting him at a private meeting with a superior officer last year, according to new reports from The New York Times. A confidential Navy criminal investigation obtained […]
Thank These Climate Activists for Resisting Our Extinction
truthdig At just 16 years old, Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg has made waves all over the world for her plain-spoken, no-holds-barred chastising of world leaders over their inaction on climate change. Thunberg’s signature calm and the profound magnitude of her quietly delivered warnings were on full display this week as she addressed members of […]
‘The FBI Appears to Be Engaged in a Modern-Day Version of COINTELPRO’
FAIR Janine Jackson: In the summer of 2017, as demonstrations roiled St. Louis, Missouri, in response to the acquittal of yet another police officer who killed yet another black person, the FBI issued an intelligence assessment that purported to designate a new domestic terror threat: “Black Identity Extremists.” And they predicted that perceptions of unjust treatment of African Americans and the perceived unchallenged illegitimate […]
Great Power Problems: Russia Wants Control over the Arctic Region
The National Interest Temperatures are rising inside the arctic circle. Earlier this month, the Russian government irked Washington by claiming sovereign rights over the Northern Sea Route (NSR). The waterway, which stretches from Russia’s border with Norway to the Bering Strait between Siberia and Alaska, is one of the world’s emerging trade arteries. A new […]
THE LARGEST GANG RAID IN NYC HISTORY SWEPT UP DOZENS OF YOUNG PEOPLE WHO WEREN’T IN GANGS
The Intercept KRAIG LEWIS WAS living in Connecticut and was nine credits away from his MBA when the neighborhood he had spent his life trying to get away from came back to haunt him. Growing up in a mostly poor and at times violent section of the Bronx, Lewis had seen his share of illegal activity. […]
MBS has no popular legitimacy, Saudi activist Abdullah Alaoudh says
The Middle East Eye Saudi Arabia is not Mohammed bin Salman. That is Abdullah Alaoudh’s message for Western nations, particularly the United States, which he said is “putting its eggs in one basket” by backing the powerful crown prince known commonly as MBS, despite repeated atrocities carried out under his rule. Alaoudh, a senior fellow […]