BY MARK ASHWILL Hoan Kiem Lake in the heart of Hanoi during the lockdown. Photo: Mark Ashwill. The hectic, sun-drenched streets of the capital have fallen silentIn the middle of the dayThe empty parks surrounded by […]
BY DAVID SCHULTZ Photograph Source: Captain Brian Harris, U.S. Army – Public Domain Philosopher Georg Hegel declared the only lesson of history is that we do not learn from history. As the US prepares for the […]
By Jim W. Dean, Managing Editor by Phil Butler, …with New Eastern Outloook, Moscow, …and the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, a research institution for the study of the countries and cultures of Asia and North Africa. […]
GARETH PORTER After convincing itself Vietnam would grant it access for missile bases against China, the Pentagon got a hard dose of reality. When the Pentagon began gearing up for a future war with China […]
by Jim Bovard Fifty years ago, President Richard Nixon popped up on national television on a Thursday night to proudly announce that he invaded Cambodia. At that time, Nixon was selling himself as a peacemaker, promising to withdraw […]
by MARK ASHWILL Photograph Source: Abbie Rowe, National Park Service – John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum – Public Domain Dear Fellow Citizens, I am reaching out to you as current official friends and former […]
By Tina Ngo Vietnamese flag. Photo: Ecow / CC0 As the U.S. government’s incompetence is put on full display by the COVID-19 crisis, many are rightfully looking to other countries around the world for an […]
SEYMOUR HERSH RECALLS HOW THE STORY BROKE On this day in 1968, the My Lai Massacre Took place. The original official report which appeared on the front page of the New York Times said it […]
By Prof Michel Chossudovsky Fifty five years ago, March 8 1965 marks the commencement of the Vietnam war. April 1975 marks the official end of the Vietnam War. Yet today, almost 44 year later Vietnam is an impoverished country. […]
by VIJAY PRASHAD Photograph Source: Jayel Aheram – CC BY 2.0 Noam Chomsky recently celebrated his 91st birthday. As an homage to Noam, I spent the day with one of his lesser-known books—The Backroom Boys (1973). The book […]