US foreign policy
Imperialism’s Direct Intervention in Venezuela
The US imperialist power, it seems, is determining issues like legitimacy and people’s representation in another country while it is passing through a government...
Trump warns Erdogan on Syria. Or he provokes him?
The decision by Trump to withdraw US troops from Syria has puzzled everybody. Nobody can be certain about the reasons behind it. One thing...
White House ordered plans prepared for Iran strike
‘Shocked’ Pentagon acceded to request after Baghdad mortar attack in September that US blamed on Tehran-backed militias, Wall Street Journal says
13 January 2019
Following a...
The Pompeo “Doctrine”: Gangsterism. How Israel, US and Neocons want to...
In Speech, Pompeo Makes Case for Continued US Intervention in Middle East
By Jason Ditz
Posted on January 10, 2019
Some ten years after President Obama’s...
The “revolt” of Brazilian Military
Brazil military uneasy with Bolsonaro's openness to U.S. base
By Rodrigo Viga Gaier
January 5, 2019
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Comments from Brazil’s new right-wing President...
Acting US defense secretary says it’s all ‘China, China, China’
2 Jan, 2019
While Washington is locked in tough trade talks with Beijing, China is also on the mind of the acting Defense Secretary Patrick...
The Game around Syria
Syrian Army ‘raises flag’ in country’s Kurdish province for 1st time since start of civil war
28 Dec, 2018
Damascus says it has deployed troops to...
Jair Bolsonaro, Brazil’s Political Nightmare: a Neo-Nazi ‘Phenomenon’ Made in the...
By Edu Montesanti
October 26, 2018
Not even the military dictatorship defended an ideology which is so openly fascist like Bolsonaro does today. He does not...
Trump stages visit to Iraq amid mounting crisis over Syria troop...
By Bill Van Auken
27 December 2018
US President Donald Trump staged a surprise visit to an American airbase in western Iraq Wednesday in what...
After Mattis’s Resignation, a President Unbound
By Mark Landler
December 21, 2018
For most of his tumultuous 23 months in office, President Trump has tried to shake off anyone who would restrain...