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Mike Gravel Was on the Right Side of History

By Branko Marcetic While Mike Gravel never earned the respect of the political establishment, he passed from this Earth with his conscience untormented by the ghosts of screaming civilians whose lives those in Washington regularly snuff out with their afternoon coffee. Former Alaska senator Mike Gravel, who died yesterday at age ninety-one, spent much of his political career and public

By |June 28th, 2021|Categories: The Latest From Mike|Tags: |Comments Off on Mike Gravel Was on the Right Side of History

Judgment Day for the National Security State

The Coronavirus and the Real Threats to American Safety and Freedom By Andrew Bacevich Americans are facing “A Spring Unlike Any Before.” So warned a front-page headline in the March 13th New York Times. That headline, however hyperbolic, was all too apt. The coming of spring has always promised relief from the discomforts of winter. Yet, far too often, it also

By |March 31st, 2020|Categories: The Latest From Mike|Tags: |Comments Off on Judgment Day for the National Security State

The Real Cover-Up

Putting Donald Trump’s Impeachment in Context By Andrew J. Bacevich There is blood in the water and frenzied sharks are closing in for the kill. Or so they think. From the time of Donald Trump’s election, American elites have hungered for this moment. At long last, they have the 45th president of the United States cornered. In typically ham-handed fashion,

By |October 8th, 2019|Categories: The Latest From Mike|Tags: |Comments Off on The Real Cover-Up

Michael Hudson: De-Dollarizing the American Financial Empire

Yves here. Another meaty Michael Hudson interview on Guns and Butter. However, I have to vehemently disagree with the claim made by Bonnie Faulkner at the top of the discussion. No one holds guns to other countries’ heads to make them hold dollars. The reason the dollar is the reserve currency is the US is willing to export jobs via

By |July 22nd, 2019|Categories: The Latest From Mike|Tags: |Comments Off on Michael Hudson: De-Dollarizing the American Financial Empire

30 years after Tiananmen Square, the U.S. is still trying to destabilize China

Last month marked three decades since the conclusion of the 1989 Tiananmen Square demonstrations in China. The anniversary is opportune for Washington and its Western partners to ramp-up their Sinophobic smear campaign while recycling the hoax they have propagated ever since the June Fourth incident occurred. Coverage of the commemoration has been wedded with the ongoing propaganda and wild accusation

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