BY: William Rivers Pitt, Truthout Saddam Hussein, former employee of the American federal government, was captured near a farmhouse in Tikrit in a raid performed by other employees of the American federal government. That sounds pretty […]
BYWilliam Rivers Pitt, Truthout When word came down yesterday that former Defense Secretary and brazen orchestrator of mass death Donald Rumsfeld had shuffled loose the mortal coil at age 88, CNN and the other networks began to do […]
BY: Medea Benjamin & Nicolas J.S. Davies, Salon At Bagram Air Base, Afghan scrap merchants are already picking through the graveyard of U.S. military equipment that was until recently the headquarters of America’s 20-year occupation of their country. Afghan […]
https://s7.addthis.com/dc/amp-addthis.html?_amp_=2107030008001 Reposted from People’s Dispatch. This article was produced by Globetrotter. Cuba, like every other country on the planet, is struggling with the impact of COVID-19. This small island of 11 million people has created five vaccine candidates and sent its […]
What can we expect from an intensifying new Cold War with China that could be on the verge of turning hot? (Photo: Code Pink) An all-American path to war? MICHAEL T. KLARE by TomDispatch It’s the […]
The protests should be understood in the context of a brutal economic war waged by the United States against the island nation for more than 60 years. MEDEA BENJAMIN, LEONARDO FLORES Protests erupted in various Cuban cities […]
“All of this will only grow more and more urgent and dangerous as the world grows hotter, countries in the Global South become more unstable, and more folks head north.” JULIA CONLEY The Tucson, Arizona-based […]
Right-wing Israel supporters booed Biden deputy assistant Erika Moritsugu as she addressed the “No Fear Rally,” an event billed as a stand against antisemitism but seemed largely focused on defending Israel. BY MICHAEL ARRIA A Biden […]
BY: Miguel Altieri, The Conversation President Obama’s trip to Cuba last week accelerated the warming of U.S.-Cuban relations. Many people in both countries believe that normalizing relations will spur investment that can help Cuba develop its […]
BYMarjorie Cohn, Truthout PART OF THE SERIES Human Rights and Global Wrongs HAVANA — Making good on his deal with Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Florida) and Rep. Mario Díaz-Balart (R-Florida), President Donald Trump announced Friday that he […]