It is testament to Wayne’s effectiveness that he made powerful enemies. He helped to dismantle some of the most important ivory trafficking syndicates in Africa, and although he knew his personal safety was constantly at risk, he never backed down from the fightIt is testamentREAD ON
It’s Party Time on the Titanic—and Screw the Slobs in Steerage
Needless to say, this policy decision to party on the Titanic was not made democratically. As is utterly typical, our Wall Street, War Street, and duopoly “betters” in first class didn’t consider us poor slobs in steerage at all—except to the extent it’s been necessaryREAD ON
Stonewalling Washington: Trump pushes leftist view of US racism further than Obama or Clinton
The victory of Hillary would have certainly just continued Obama’s whitewashing: She would have never, ever called George Washington out as a racist, and certainly not with the blunt, irrefutable logic of Trump. So Trump has, as predicted, not only undermined the presidency but he hasREAD ON
SPUTNIK CONFIRMS: The London-Washington Axis of Evil Most Likely Supplied Syrian Rebels with Chemical Weapons
Previously, the US and EU leadership put the blame for the April chemical incident in Khan Shaykhun, Idlib, on the Syrian government presenting no credible evidence to confirm the claim. According to Bogatyrev, the spread of chemical weapons or toxic agents in Syria should be stopped, while the policy of “regime change” conductedREAD ON
Right But Wrong: Trump’s Defense of Confederate Symbols and Its Threat to Color-Blind Liberalism
American color-blind liberalism depends on a less messy history, one with the moral clarity that is useful to deny the inherently racist nature of American government and society. President Trump, in his crazed blustering, in his ignorant attempt to find daylight between “white nationalism” andREAD ON
America’s Recruitment of Nazis–Then and Now (Repost)
THIS ARTICLE WAS ORIGINALLY CROSSPOSTED WITH COUNTERPUNCH, SITE OF FIRST ITERATION (August, 2014) The Vlasov Army has frequently been portrayed in the West since the war as the most noble and idealistic of the Nazis’ émigré legions. . . In reality, Vlasov’s organization [as recruitedREAD ON
The Agony of ‘Regime Change’ Refugees
An even broader issue is that of development, as economic conditions are once again overtaking political unrest as the main driver of migration. There has been talk recently of a European Plan for Africa, to spur economic development and remove the root causes that driveREAD ON
Pepe Escobar – Is North Korea showing the Emperor is naked?
Assuming these secret negotiations bear fruit, the consequences will be nothing short of cataclysmic; “The European and Asian security systems of the United States may be about to collapse due to the turmoil in Washington which is unhinging all of the United States alliances. AsREAD ON
Trump gives military green light to escalate Afghanistan war
Trump’s speechwriter combined the disavowal of racial hatred with a paean to the armed services as the model for American society as a whole, using language that would not be out of place in a military dictatorship. In the men and women of the military,READ ON
Behind the political warfare in the US: Rising fears of financial collapse, social unrest
In 2008, the American ruling class responded to the financial collapse through political and economic mechanisms. On the one hand, they installed Obama to the US presidency—proclaiming the “audacity of hope” and “change you can believe in”—with the support of the trade union bureaucracy andREAD ON
Trump’s Fascism versus Obama’s Fascism
The “neoconservatives” (the foreign-policy ideology that’s sponsored by America’s billionaires of both the Republican and the Democratic Parties) seem still to be basically in control. Trump nonetheless could turn out to be the idealist that Obama, Hitler, and Hirohito, were, but there’s at least theREAD ON
A Strong Opinion: Stop Counter-Protesting
I hear the counter-arguments. We must fight them at every turn. Donald Trump’s true nature has now been revealed. Corporations are fleeing the administration. Confederate statues are being torn down across America. Racists are losing their jobs. A secretive, online movement is exposed and aREAD ON
Narratives of Decline Among the US and UK Elites
For the crumb-feeders, “taking back control” must involve getting rid of an economic system which gives them tidbits while the stock-portfolio class corrals immense wealth. This regaining of “control” will have nothing to do with a confected but still vicious nationalist xenophobia, of the kindREAD ON
Human Connectedness and the Disconnected Power Elite of America
Chris Hedges, journalist, broadcaster, and prolific author, regards the “pathology of the rich white family [to be] the most dangerous pathology in America—cursed with too much money and privilege [and] devoid of empathy, the result of lifetimes of entitlement.” That statement was just his openingREAD ON
Empire Files: Human Rights Hypocrisy – Colombia vs. Venezuela (Video)
While Colombia is known for one of the worst human rights records in the world, it remains a top recipient of US military aid and enjoys uncritical press coverage in Western media–all while Trump threatens military intervention against Venezuela over unsubstantiated allegations.