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After Syria strikes, drumbeat grows for wider US war
By Will Morrow
19 April 2018
In the wake of last weekend’s US-British-French missile strikes on Syria, a campaign is growing in the American...
The poisoning of Skripal and the campaign against Russia
28 March 2018
Washington’s expulsion of 60 Russian diplomatic personnel Monday, and the coordinated actions of Britain, France, Germany, and over 20 other countries, each...
US media airs pretexts for preemptive attack on North Korea
By James Cogan
3 March 2018
Over the past week, the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal have sought to manufacture justifications...
Robert Perry: The meaning of my Life
By Ray McGovern
January 28, 2018
Another Robert — the poet Frost — recited that poem at John F. Kennedy’s inauguration: “Such as we were we...
Robert Parry’s Legacy and the Future of Consortiumnews
January 28, 2018
Robert Parry, editor and publisher of Consortiumnews.com, died peacefully Saturday evening. In this tribute, his son Nat Parry describes Robert’s unwavering commitment...
World Socialist Web Site calls for international coalition of socialist and...
By Niles Niemuth
18 January 2018
World Socialist Web Site International Editorial Board chairperson David North called January 16 for the formation of an international...
The public humiliation and destruction of Metropolitan Opera conductor James Levine
The decision by the Metropolitan Opera in New York City to suspend James Levine, its longtime musical director (1976-2016), from any further conducting engagements...
Moral Failure at the UN
by Lawrence Davidson
March 24, 2017
On 15 March 2017 the United Nations’ Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) published a report on Israeli...
Creating Enemies, Preparing Wars: The New York Times disseminates ridiculous accusations...
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Did the US Plan a First Nuclear Strike?
I quickly read the article and was stunned. The central document was a Top Secret/Eyes Only summary memo of a July 1961 National Security Council meeting written by Howard Burris, the military aide to then-Vice President Lyndon Johnson, which was afterward deposited in the Johnson Archives and eventually declassified. The discussion focused on the effectiveness of a planned nuclear first strike, suggesting that 1963 would be the optimal date since America’s relative advantage in intercontinental nuclear missiles would be greatest at that point.