BY MICHAEL HUDSON l Photograph Source: Office of the President of the United States – Public Domain The U.S. aim is to keep them from trading with China and Russia The Iron Curtain of the 1940s […]
Beijing claims the US has ‘poured oil on the flames’ FILE PHOTO. Hua Chunying. © AP Photo/Ng Han Guan China has blamed the US for creating the tensions which led to Thursday’s Russian attack on […]
US president insists the American soldiers won’t fight Russia in Ukraine, but will be backing up NATO allies File photo: US Army’s 82nd Airborne Division troops prepare for deployment to Europe, in Fort Bragg, North […]
By VT Russia’s military operation in Ukraine seems to be going very successfully. Of course, the initial reports should be taken with a grain of salt. But the question arises, what will the Russians find in […]
The Chinese Foreign Ministry says Moscow does not need Beijing’s backing China’s spokeswoman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Hua Chunying (FILE PHOTO) © Photo by Mahmut Atanur/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images The Chinese Foreign Ministry said […]
BY DIEGO VON VACANO – JULIA PEREDO MIRANDA Chato Peredo with Evo Morales, Hugo Chavez and Néstor Kirchner. Photo by Marco Recalde. The current form of the MAS in Bolivia owes much to Osvaldo “Chato” Peredo. […]
BY EVE OTTENBERG Photograph Source: Andrew Ratto – CC BY 2.0 Hate crimes against Asian Americans mushroomed over the past two years. According to the Guardian, they jumped 567 percent in San Francisco since 2021, and you […]
BY PAUL STREET Photograph by Nathaniel St. Clair The United States’ descent into pandemicist and neofascist Hell (something I have documenting for some time here at CounterPunch and recently in a new book titled This Happened Here) under the eco-cidal command […]
BYBrett Wilkins, Common Dreams As U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar on Friday led condemnation of a reported Biden administration plan to permanently seize $7 billion of currently frozen Afghan assets and distribute half to relatives of 9/11 victims, advocates pointed to […]
BYMark Trahant, Indian Country Today The headlines last week after the release of data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics told one story. “Stunning jobs report,” said Politico. CNBC said the report showed a “surprisingly powerful gain.” And CNN added […]