Saturday, June 20, 2026

Poverty, Isolation, Removal: Asylum in the UK

Asylum seekers are men, women and children fleeing persecution, and have the right to be treated with dignity and compassion, not intolerance, as is so often the case.

Three Exceptional Facts About America

A tide of paranoia is mounting with the litany of predictions of doom and disaster for the U.S. Tom Engelhardt discusses why it's safe to be a paranoid American living in today's world.

The hawks who want war with Iran are working overtime

As the saboteurs of diplomacy hope for a violent escalation, let’s keep in mind, and hope Iran agrees, that the best revenge would be a revived JCPOA.

Arsenal of autocracy?

The major weapons makers cash in worldwide—not just in Ukraine.

To hell and back

It is time to set in motion policies that would uplift veterans instead of pouring yet more staggering sums into a military that’s only sent so many of us to hell and back in this century?

Tech giants complicit in Israeli war crimes: How AI and Cloud services fuel genocide...

Big Tech companies like Amazon, Google, and Microsoft are under fire for their involvement in Israel’s military operations in Gaza, providing AI and cloud services that critics argue are fueling human rights violations and genocide.

Bush Administration Ignored Multiple Detailed Pre-9/11 Warnings

New information has emerged that further details how the Bush administration ignored warnings of an impending Al Qaeda attack on U.S. soil. Did they really believe they did everything in their power to prevent it, or did the administration cover up their pre-9/11 knowledge?

Understanding the North Korea threat

If the U.S. could deter a much stronger Soviet Union from taking an isolated West Berlin for three decades, it can deter North Korea.

A US foreign policy in three simple words: Do no harm

“Democracy faces a global crisis."

The threat of Bolton has receded — but not the threat of war

The national security adviser entered the Trump administration as a predictable warmonger with an unslakable thirst for power. He streamlined the national...