Fifty Years of Resistance
BY HOWARD LISNOFF Photograph Source: University of San Diego – Public Domain If only for a short time, the forces of good and evil and all of the shades in between came together. The protester and Yippie […]
Category: USA
A Dangerous Fishing Expedition: The Select Committee on China
BY EVE OTTENBERG Photograph Source: Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy – Public Domain Riled up against China, GOP congressmembers have long felt that Washington’s new cold war needed a special venue. So as soon as […]
When Neoliberals Declared War on the Poor
BY JEFFREY ST. CLAIR – ALEXANDER COCKBURN Homeless encampment on abandoned overpass, Portland, Oregon. Photo: Jeffrey St. Clair. For Bill Clinton and Dick Morris polls were everything. Morris developed what he called a “neuro-psychological profile” of […]
War in Ukraine and ICBMs: The Untold Story of How They Could Blow Up the World
BY NORMAN SOLOMON Photograph Source: U.S. Air Force – Public Domain Ever since Russia invaded Ukraine a year ago, media coverage of the war hasn’t included even the slightest mention of intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs). Yet […]
The Day the World Should Have Changed
BY PATRICK MAZZA The Trinity explosion, 16 ms after detonation. The viewed hemisphere’s highest point in this image is about 200 metres (660 ft) high – Public Domain There was a day when humanity was invited […]
The Chinese Balloon: the Biden Team’s Hot Air
BY MELVIN GOODMAN Photograph Source: Department of Defense – Public Domain Over the past 60 years, U.S. presidents have benefitted from advice from moderate and pragmatic advisers as well as examples of presidents ignoring such advice […]
US to discourage Africa from doing business with Russia
The deputy treasury secretary will pressure developing nations to toe the line on Ukraine Wally Adeyemo speaks during a press conference in Washington, DC, January 18, 2023 © AFP / Anna Moneymaker US Deputy Treasury Secretary Wally […]
HOW NIKKI HALEY BECAME ‘ISRAEL’S’ CANDIDATE FOR THE WHITE HOUSE
Feature photo | Illustration by MintPress News Though it has been argued that the so-called American dream is long dead, Nikki Haley proves the dream is still alive. But, unfortunately, the ‘dream’ is hers alone. […]
CHRIS HEDGES: RAGE AGAINST THE WAR MACHINE SPEECH
Feature photo | Illustration by Mr. Fish On Feb. 19, 2023, Chris Hedges spoke at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, DC at a bipartisan anti-war rally called “Rage Against the War Machine.” Hedges was joined […]
KFC Apologizes for Linking Chicken Promotion to Kristallnacht
An automated push notification sent in error by KFC Germany conflated the notorious 1938 pogrom and “tender cheese with crispy chicken.” By Mike Ives and Melissa Eddy KFC’s German branch has apologized for seeming to encourage its customers […]