“Silence is not an option”: celebrities speak out against genocide
Hollywood actors and celebrities have been shunned and suppressed for expressing solidarity with Palestinians
Trump’s worst crimes are overlooked in latest arrest and arraignment
The former US president committed many crimes before and during his time in office. But he is being arraigned for crossing the US national security apparatus
Leaked Pentagon documents reveal US violations of Korean sovereignty
The US has been spying on its most loyal allies, including South Korea, which has claimed that the Pentagon documents are forged without providing evidence
The US is evading its responsibility on climate change
Eugene Puryear of BreakThrough News explains the failure of the United States to fulfill its responsibilities in combating climate change. He also talks about how its positions are hurting countries in the Global South
The ever-ballooning US military budget
Eugene Puryear of BreakThrough News explains the recent Pentagon funding provision approved by the US House of Representatives and decodes the military-industrial complex
‘We have to reexamine the legality of US drone wars’
Newly declassified Pentagon documents revealed the scale of devastation caused by flawed US intelligence as US forces bombed across various countries in West Asia.
Leftist Gabriel Boric wins Chile’s key presidential election and other stories
Today we look at the results of Chile’s presidential elections, mass protests in Sudan on the 3rd anniversary of the December Revolution, and more
No action against personnel responsible for killing Afghan civilians in August drone strike, says US defense department
Several human rights groups have questioned the internal investigation by the Pentagon which called the drone strike inside a residential building in Kabul an “honest mistake”. 10 Afghan civilians including seven children, were killed in the US drone strike in August
Almost 7 trillion dollars spent by US on defense since 2001 went to private companies
A study by the Costs of War project notes that the policy of involving private players in the defense sector has led to the undermining of attempts to seek diplomatic solutions. It has also led to the invention of new threats to keep the defense budget extraordinarily high
How can the US wake up from its post-9/11 nightmare?
The only hope for the future is to abandon the futile quest for hegemony and instead commit to peace, cooperative diplomacy, international law, and disarmament.
Is the Taliban likely to march towards Kabul?
Former Indian Ambassador M.K. Bhadrakumar talks about the situation in Afghanistan, the strategies the Taliban is likely to pursue and the possibilities of an interim government in the country
US troops to leave Afghanistan by end of August
US president Joe Biden said that the troops would leave a month before the deadline for withdrawal and also denied any responsibility for the loss of Afghan lives in the ongoing civil war which followed the announcement of troop withdrawal
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