War
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Did Trump Tacitly Threaten to Use Biological Weapons to Exterminate 10 Million? By Terje Maloy
“We could win that war so fast if I wanted to kill 10 million people … which I don’t. I’m not looking to kill a big portion of that country [Afghanistan],” — Donald Trump Continue reading
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United States Withdraws from INF Treaty, Torpedoing Global Arms-Control Structure
On Thursday, August 22, 2019, Russia and China called a UN Security Council meeting to address the perils resulting from the US withdrawal from the INF treaty. Continue reading
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Why is the US preparing for nuclear war with Russia and China? By Andre Damon
After withdrawing from the landmark Intermediate Range Nuclear Forces (INF) treaty, the United States has been barreling ahead with its preparations to fight a nuclear war with China, Russia, or both, by testing and stockpiling dangerous new weapons in a nuclear arms race. Continue reading
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Hiroshima, Nagasaki, and the Spies Who Kept a Criminal US with a Nuclear Monopoly from Making More of Them By Dave Lindorff
Cambridge, UK, Aug. 6 — Seventy-four years ago today, the US dropped the first ever atomic bomb on the city of Hiroshima, a non-military target of several hundred thousand, instantly vaporizing some 70,000 people, mostly civilians, and causing the painful, slower death of another 70,000 who died of burns and radioactive damage to their bodies… Continue reading
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The Stubborn Truth About Employment and the Defense Industry by Nia Harris
A Marilyn has once again seduced a president. This time, though, it’s not a movie star; it’s Marillyn Hewson, the head of Lockheed Martin, the nation’s top defense contractor and the largest weapons producer in the world. In the last month, Donald Trump and Hewson have seemed inseparable. They “saved” jobs at a helicopter plant. They… Continue reading
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War, empire and racism in the Anthropocene By Dr. Nafeez Ahmed
The Anthropocene. A proposed new geological epoch which designates a shift to a planetary age dominated by human impacts across the geological processes of the Earth. Continue reading
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PEPE ESCOBAR: US and Iran Stuck on Negotiation Ground Zero
All bets are off in the geopolitical insanity stakes when we have the President of the United States (POTUS) glibly announcing he could launch a nuclear first strike to end the war in Afghanistan and wipe it “off the face of the earth” in one week. But he’d rather not, so he doesn’t have to… Continue reading
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War Profiteers and the Demise of the US Military-Industrial Complex
ithin the vast bureaucratic sprawl of the Pentagon there is a group in charge of monitoring the general state of the military-industrial complex and its continued ability to fulfill the requirements of the national defense strategy. Office for acquisition and sustainment and office for industrial policy spends some $100,000 a year producing an Annual Report… Continue reading
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US “Boots” Turkey from F-35 Program By Ulson Gunnar
Turkey has been officially “booted” from the F-35 multirole combat aircraft program. The F-35 multirole combat aircraft, produced by US-based arms manufacturer Lockheed Martin, is part of a massive weapons program exceeding $1 trillion. A single aircraft can cost over $100 million, or over twice the cost of Russia’s new Su-57 and many times more… Continue reading
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War by Other Means: Understanding and Challenging U.S. Sanctions Policies
Sanctions are often presented as a diplomatic and peaceful alternative to direct military engagement, sanctions ironically can have just as devastating outcomes. Addressing the situations of Cuba, Iran, Russia, and Venezuela, this 2019 Left Forum panel addresses the origins, implementation, and impact of US-imposed sanctions. Continue reading
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Opposing War Is The Best Approach To Revolution by Caitlin Johnstone
One of the most common labels people use to describe what I do is some variation of “anti-war journalist” or “anti-imperialist blogger”, and I’m always a tiny bit surprised when I see it. Not because I disagree with it; opposition to US-centralized warmongering probably constitutes a majority of my content, so it’s a reasonable description.… Continue reading
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If You Provoke the Entire World, Something May Happen By Andre Vltchek
The United States believes that it is so invincible, exceptional and so frightening that no one would ever dare to protest, let alone defend its people against constant humiliation, economic embargos and military threats. Continue reading
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European Union rearms for World War III By Johannes Stern
The cost of FCAS, which is announced to be operational by 2040, is immense. Up to €8 billion will flow into joint development alone. Overall, costs are expected to be more than €100 billion. The Handelsblatt newspaper reports that “by the middle of the century” the FCAS project could devour “up to €500 billion.” The… Continue reading
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Israel’s Secretive Nuclear Facility Leaking as Watchdog Finds Israel Has Nearly 100 Nukes by Whitney Webb
Israel is one of only five nations in the world that refuse to sign the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, an international treaty aimed at ending the proliferation of nuclear weapons and achieving global nuclear disarmament. Continue reading
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United Technologies – Raytheon Merger Is the Definition of Crony Capitalism
Trump opposes the merger of these two arms manufacturers, which would create the world’s largest such corporation, but why? Bill Black gives us the interesting answer and explores why these mergers are dangerous and on the rise Continue reading
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War on Iran Stupidest Idea Yet Recorded in a Human Brain by David Swanson
Scientists not employed by ExxonMobil or named Neil DeGrasse Tyson have reached a universal consensus. Wanting the United States to attack Iran is the single stupidest idea yet recorded in a human brain. In the words of one, “It isn’t even close.” Continue reading
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US gears up for World War III with largest defense contract in history
The Pentagon announced Monday the single largest arms purchase in its history, agreeing to buy nearly 500 F-35 fighter aircraft at a total cost of $34 billion. This purchase is only a down payment on the Pentagon’s acquisition of the notoriously wasteful and failure-prone aircraft, whose design is based on two overarching priorities: fighting a… Continue reading
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What Comes After Trump – World War III? By Federico Pieraccini
Those who are familiar with my articles would be aware that I am not given to catastrophism or alarmism. But perhaps the time has come to reflect on who will be president after Trump (whether after this or the next term) and what this will mean for relations with Russia and China. Continue reading
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Israel’s Attack on The USS Liberty: Selected Stories
10 June 2019 — Global Research Israel’s Attack on The USS Liberty: An Act of War, A False Flag, A Gross Betrayal By Craig McKee It is one of the greatest lies that most Americans – in fact most people around the world – have never heard of. And it reveals much about the true relationship between… Continue reading
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D-Day: How the US Supported Hitler’s Rise to Power
Historian Peter Kuznick joins Paul Jay to discuss the role of Ford, GM, and other industrialists in rearming Germany and supporting Hitler’s rise to power (inc. transcript) Continue reading
The New Dark Age 