The suspense is over and we now know the names of all the members of the new Russian government. You can, for example, take this
Putin Calls for a New System Guided by the UN Charter… But Is It Possible?
Anyone looking with sober eyes upon today’s world and the feeble economic and geopolitical underpinnings holding the system together must accept the fact that a
Turkish Intervention in Libya: Another Erdogan Reckless Attempt to Revive Neo-Ottoman Empire
With Turkey failing to topple Syrian President Bashar al-Assad from power in their drive to forge a regional hegemonic order under their rulership, Turkish President
Three Years into Trump’s Presidency, What’s Left of the American Left?
On January 20, Donald J. Trump completed his third year in office. I predicted in 2016, in a blog post that received considerable traction on
How the US Wages War to Prop up the Dollar
At Counterpunch, Michael Hudson has penned an important article that outlines the important connections between US foreign policy, oil, and the US dollar. In short,
The Long History of Elite Rule: What Will It Take To End It?
Elites have ruled over people and commanded the surplus produced by their labor for many millennia. It is this long history we have to contend
The American Chaos Machine: U.S. Foreign Policy Goes Off the Rails
In March 1906, on the heels of the U.S. Army’s massacre of some 1,000 men, women, and children in the crater of a volcano in
1984 Was Not an Instruction Manual: ‘Climate Hysteria’ Will Only Create More Skeptics
Germany’s literary establishment has declared a moratorium on the phrase “climate hysteria.” No wonder “climate denial” is epidemic – there’s no better way to convince
