Mantra for 9/11
Fourteen years later and we are still living in an improbable world. Tom Engelhardt discusses the wars, interventions, assassinations, tortures, kidnappings, the growth of the American national security state and the spread of Islamic extremism.
Syrian Army Advances Under Russian Air Support as al-Qaida’s No. 2 Is Killed (Video)
It's been reported that under cover of Russian air support, the Syrian Arab Army of Bashar al-Assad has made some advances against al-Qaeda in Syria. But Russia might not be the only country acting in Syria.
Washington’s Venezuela Model Is Regime Change with an Invoice
Washington is getting a fifth of the country's reserves locked in for a generation, while the companies that lobbied hardest get first access to pump it.
Power, protest and all that’s news
Media's reporting on the Israel-Gaza war.
‘It is like an Apocalypse:’ Amnesty International finds Israel is deliberately undertaking Genocide against...
The organization joins several other international bodies in coming to that conclusion, and it is one that I endorsed in my recent book, Gaza Yet Stands.
Homeland insecurity
Doesn't matter if it's a Bush, an Obama or now a Trump in the White House... Perpetual War continues at taxpayer and innocent civilians' expense!
Horror in Paris: Attacks Kill More than 120 People
A series of horrific attacks by ISIS in Paris has left more than 120 dead and more than 180 people injured. French President Hollande has declared a state of emergency and closed all borders.
Hormuzing It Up
Or "Bombing the Shit" Out of Them (Whoever They Might Be)
A Self-Perpetuating Machine for American Insecurity
Washington has invented a system so deeply entrenched in our world that changing it will surely prove a stunningly difficult task. Welcome to the new world of American insecurity.
Netanyahu soldiers on
The only winner in the perennial confrontation between Israel and Hamas: Benjamin Netanyahu.