You cannot destroy modern, relatively developed and educated societies, ripping apart the social, political, economic and legal fabric, torturing thousands, killing millions, and expect civilization and human decency to survive
It is my hope that many of you who are not now activists against the empire and its wars will join the anti-war movement as I did in 1965 against the war in Vietnam
This is an extract from America’s Deadliest Export: Democracy — The Truth About US Foreign Policy and Everything Else by William Blum (Zed Books, 2014)
I’m waiting for a UN resolution affirming the right to oxygen
Contrary to what his fierce critics at home may believe, Edward Snowden is not seriously at war with America, its government or its society
So, what do we have here? In Libya, in Syria, and elsewhere the United States has been on the same side as…
Is there anyone out there who still believes that Barack Obama, when he’s speaking about American foreign policy, is capable of being anything like an honest man?
The United States, NATO and the European Union form The Holy Triumvirate
The gross pettiness of “The World’s Only Superpower”
The trial of the century could also quickly devolve into the embarrassment of the century
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