All Commentaries
No Climate Deal Is Better Than a Bad One
Without concrete, enforceable emissions targets and transition financing, the Paris climate talks will only deepen our climate crisis.
Syria: Mission Possible
There’s no grand, exciting solution to the war in Syria. It’s going to take an endless parade of meetings where people sit and talk. And talk. And talk.
The Russian Bomber Shot Down by Turkey: Challenging the Accepted Narrative (Part 1)
The attack on a Russian bomber by Turkey may have been preplanned.
The World’s 20 Largest Economies Just Met, and the Media Reported on Cats
Thousands of government representatives from the 20 nations met recently to deepen neoliberalism and kick the can on climate change, and all we got was another viral cat video.
Paris Attacks Widen Gap Between Germany and the Rest of the West
Other Western powers could learn from Germany’s policy of toleration.
Portugal: The Left Takes Charge
The new left coalition government has pledged to loosen the grip of austerity on Portugal.
Top U.S. Officials Caved on Hiroshima as Well as H-bomb
Only token resistance was offered by top U.S. officials to dropping the atomic bomb on Hiroshima as well as to developing the hydrogen bomb.
America’s Empire of African Bases Spreads
The U.S. military has built an extensive archipelago of African outposts, transforming the continent into a laboratory for a new kind of war.
ISIS and Washington’s War Mongers Need Each Other
A post-Paris “Clash of Civilizations”? It’s the Islamic State’s Dream, and Marco Rubio agrees.
Five Signs the Drone War Is Undermining the ‘War on Terror’
As leaked documents obtained by the Intercept reveal, the drone war is likely creating more terrorists than it’s killing.