We are witnessing a new wave of U.S.-sponsored coups in Latin America: military, soft, parliamentary, what have you. It is the same old U.S. obsession of regime change with a more “palatable” name, but the same old dog tricks.
The conflict in Syria has never been a ‘civil war’ between supporters and opponents of the Assad government in Damascus. Rather, from the outset it has been a proxy war, sponsored and financed by U.S./NATO imperialism and its regional allies.
Why do U.S. politics lack the seriousness that is required as it impacts millions of people? The fundamentally capitalist political ideologies of the Democratic and Republican parties offer little different or new to the public. The aims of the two [...]
A selection of stories and voices re-printed in our print edition from publications around the world: Idle No More, the British media & the Iraq invasion, Automation & Socialism, US Arms Profiteering, & Drone Deaths
There is no peacekeeping tradition to be found in the history of Canada, or in any other U.S.-NATO alliance member state. There has only been exploitation and violence.
The world can slash greenhouse gas emissions, or pour trillions of dollars into fossil fuels and weapons of war. But we can’t do both. The choice is stark: human survival or death by militarism.
Recent decades have seen a more and more pronounced permanent war economy become the norm throughout the west, with its accompanying distortions, excesses and misery.
The U.S. Empire is in an unprecedented aggressive campaign towards regime changes in many regions. This is particularly true in oil-rich and politically progressive Venezuela.
Growing numbers of Canadians recognize that Israel’s illegal occupation of Palestinian lands, its separation wall in the West Bank and the imprisonment of Gaza constitute a very real form of racist apartheid.
