NATO at 75. A Diamond Anniversary of Security by Fair Means or Foul

 

NATO at 75. A Diamond Anniversary of Security by Fair Means or Foul By Michael Welch, Yves Engler, Rick Rozoff, and Ajamu Baraka We are currently in a situation unmatched since the days of the Cuban Missile Crisis, with the threat of a nuclear exchange being plotted as the final desperate act before admitting defeat. A move that would be fatal for all living beings. Read here

Hawai’i—The Very First U.S. Regime Change By Jon Olsen In 1893, when much to her surprise and dismay, a delegation of 160 armed men from the USS Boston landed from Honolulu Harbor and took up positions facing Iolani Palace, then the seat of government of Queen Lili’uokalani, in support of a proclamation by Caucasian Hawaiian residents, less than twenty in number, who claimed to be “the Provisional Government of Hawai’i” which later declared itself to be The Republic of Hawai’i.  Read here

S 2003: Rebuilding Economic Prosperity and Opportunity for Ukraine – Or Not? By Renee Parsons While Congress has been sensitive to public criticism for spending precious US funds on Ukraine while ignoring the crisis at the southern border, a US National Security Council memo stated that the Biden administration backs “in principle” a bill that “would provide the authority needed for the executive branch to seize Russian sovereign assets for the benefit of Ukraine.”  Read here

By the Dawn’s Early Light: On the Fall of the Francis Scott Key Bridge. Was It an Accident? By Ellen Brown The FBI issued a statement the morning of the Dali crash saying there was no evidence of a terrorist attack, but insurers and reinsurers will no doubt be investigating, since insurance contracts now typically exclude damage from terrorist attacks. Insurance claims are expected to be high and to spill over into the global reinsurance market. Read here

Aukusing for War: The Real Target Is China By Dr. Binoy Kampmark The occasional burst of candour from US diplomats provides a striking, air clearing difference to their Australian and British counterparts. Official statements about the AUKUS security pact between Washington, London and Canberra, rarely mention the target in so many words, except on the gossiping fringes.  Read here

Philosophy Is Life and a Way of Life By Prof. Henry Francis B. Espiritu One crucial and relevant aspect of Philosophy as an academic inquiry is the fact that Philosophy engages our ordinary experience as an entry point venue, as a stepping-stone, and as a vehicle towards reaching insight into the nature of Reality. Read here

Night for Day or Day for Night in the Heart of Darkness By Edward Curtin If we are to celebrate the dawn of a new day on earth, paradoxical and contradictory as it might sound, we do need to look into the darkness – the heart of the darkest and demonic crimes committed by our heartless leaders – Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the genocide in Gaza, the escalating and expanding war in the Middle East, and the U.S proxy war against Russia in Ukraine, to name a few. Read here