Corporate media like to present themselves as holding the current administration to account, in reality they offer little meaningful resistance to its foreign policy adventures. by Alan Macleod After Donald Trump’s election, both the New York Times and Washington […]
Impunity for the killing of a journalist commonly reveals underlying political repression, corruption, abuse of power, propaganda and even international complicity. All are present here. by: Agnes Callamard Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi […]
All four of these popular revolts caused a sitting prime minister or president to step down. by: Juan Cole As 2019 began, Saad Hariri was prime minister of Lebanon. On 17 October small street protests […]
By Press TV The following report by Press TV is yet to be confirmed. The AFP said it had received a copy of the letter late Monday and verified its authenticity with both US and Iraqi […]
By Andrew Korybko Iran’s symbolic missile strike against two US bases in Iraq was a soft power victory for the Islamic Republic despite not causing any casualties, though the US undoubtedly achieved a military victory by […]
By Federico Pieraccini Days after the assassination of General Qasem Soleimani, new and important information is coming to light from a speech given by the Iraqi prime minister. The story behind Soleimani’s assassination seems to go much […]
Biden and Buttigieg Are Showing How Corporatism and ‘the Madness of Militarism’ Go Together by NORMAN SOLOMON There’s nothing like an illegal and utterly reckless U.S. act of war to illuminate the political character of presidential […]
The Saker First, a quick recap of the situation We need to begin by quickly summarizing what just happened: General Soleimani was in Baghdad on an official visit to attend the funeral of the Iraqis […]
By Moon Of Alabama January 03, 2020 “Information Clearing House” – Today the U.S. declared war on Iran and Iraq.War is what it will get.Earlier today a U.S. drone or helicopter killed Major General Qassim Soleimani, the famous commander of the Iranian […]
But the time and place will be of their choosing, when the U.S. expects it least. Quds Day rally, Parade of military forces, along with photographs of Qasem Soleimani, Iran Tehran, May 31, 2019. By Saeediex/Shutterstock […]