The Fake War on Terror in the Philippines (video)
January 7, 2021
Americans see corporate media stories about Muslim terrorism in the Philippines. This peaceful nation was declared a terrorist battleground by American President George Bush many years ago. A few hundred US troops are quietly based there to assist, but this war on terror is fake. Evidence suggests that the America CIA is responsible for some […]
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Watch Hunger Ward, A Film About the Man-Made Famine in Yemen
January 4, 2021
On Saturday, January 16th, at 2pm ET there will be a free virtual screening of “Hunger Ward,” a film that documents the man-made famine in Yemen that is a direct result of the US-Saudi siege on the country. The screening will be followed by a Zoom panel featuring US Rep. Ro Khanna and UK MP Andrew […]
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Statement of Congressman Jamie Raskin and Sarah Bloom Raskin on the Remarkable Life of Tommy Raskin
January 4, 2021
“On January 30, 1995, Thomas Bloom Raskin was born to ecstatic parents who saw him enter the world like a blue-eyed cherub, a little angel. Tommy grew up as a strikingly beautiful curly-haired madcap boy beaming with laughter and charm, making mischief, kicking the soccer ball in the goal, acting out scenes from To Kill […]
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Glenn Greenwald on Implications of the Julian Assange Ruling
January 4, 2021
While today’s ruling in London was far from ideal, any event that brings the WikiLeaks founder closer to his long overdue freedom is a positive one.
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Reprieve? UK Judge Rejects Assange Extradition
January 4, 2021
News that UK Judge Vanessa Baraitser ruled that Wikileaks founder Julian Assange cannot be extradited to the US to face espionage charges has shocked supporters and opponents alike. Keeping Assange out of the clutches of the notorious Eastern District of Virginia Federal Court may well have saved his life. However, the judge did not oppose […]
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OPCW Chief Dodges Questions on Syria Coverup After New Leaks, Attacks on Whistleblowers
January 3, 2021
From Pushback with Aaron Maté at The Grayzone: For the first time, OPCW chief Fernando Arias was asked a series of direct questions at the United Nations about the cover-up of a Syria chemical weapons probe. He answered none of them. Russia’s UN ambassador asked Arias about several damning leaks, some revealed by The Grayzone, […]
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An Aggressive China Policy Is a Recipe for More Endless Wars
January 2, 2021
From The American Conservative: Robert Farley explains why the U.S. can’t end endless wars if it pursues an aggressive China policy: The problem is straightforward: Any effort to characterize China as an existential threat to the United States necessarily implies a level of conflict that will (as it did during the Cold War) provide justification […]
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Thaddeus Russell interviews James Carden (video)
January 1, 2021
From Unregistered Podcast: How many people in other countries has Trump killed? What will Biden do to the rest of the world? Do Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping want to conquer America? The journalist James Carden, who served as policy adviser to the Special Representative for Intergovernmental Affairs and the Office of Russia Affairs at […]
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Tommy Raskin, Antiwar Activist, Dead at 25
December 31, 2020
Tommy Raskin, former intern for Antiwar.com and a former staffer at the National Friends Committee on Legislation. He was 25. No cause of death was given. Tommy had been attending Harvard Law School. Tommy was the son of Rep. Jamie Raskin, (D-MD), who announced Tommy’s death today. He was also the grandson of prominent activist […]
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Stephen F. Cohen & Mikhail Gorbachev in Conversation
December 31, 2020
A documentary film by Rosemarie Reed featuring conversations between former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev and Professor of Soviet Studies at NYU and Princeton Stephen F. Cohen. 1994. In three parts:
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