Section: AlterNet (USA)
Simmer Down on Islam Neo-Cons: Don’t Lead Us Into Another War
From Maher to Geller and Frum, pundits want to fight back hard against Islam. This kind of talk always ends badly. Jeffrey Tayler, a contributing editor to the Atlantic, has joined the Atlantic’s David Frum and Jeffrey Goldberg to warn Western liberals against quieting, solely at their own discretion, the kind of “free speech” that shocks...
Noam Chomsky: The Middle East Is on Fire, Thanks to U.S.
The scholar speaks about America’s past foreign policy blunders and the failures of the mainstream media. This article was first published at Jacobin, a publication offering socialist perspectives on politics, economics, and culture. Subscriptions start at $19.Earlier this month, Dan Falcone and Saul Isaacson, both high school educators,...
Noam Chomsky: We Caused the Chaos in the Middle East
The scholar speaks about America’s past foreign policy blunders and the failures of the mainstream media. This article was first published at Jacobin, a publication offering socialist perspectives on politics, economics, and culture. Subscriptions start at $19.Earlier this month, Dan Falcone and Saul Isaacson, both high school educators,...
A Letter of Apology to My Grandson: ‘It’s Not the World I Wanted to Leave You’
Our world is a far more screwed up, degraded place. To stay on top of important articles like these, sign up to receive the latest updates from TomDispatch.com here.Dear Grandson,Consider my address book — and yes, the simple fact that I have one already tells you a good deal about me. All the names, street addresses, email addresses, and...
How the Russia-China Strategic Partnership Marks a New Global Power Shift
Eurasia as we knew it is dead. Move over, Cold War 2.0. The real story, now and for the foreseeable future, in its myriad declinations, and of course, ruling out too many bumps in the road, is a new, integrated Eurasia forging ahead.China’s immensely ambitious New Silk Road project will keep intersecting with the Russia-led Eurasia Economic...
Phony Liberal Alec Baldwin Complains That Fast Food Workers Protesting for Higher Wages Created a Traffic Jam
This is coming from a man whose net worth is over $65 million. Yesterday, noted hothead and putative liberal Alec Baldwin indulged the most cliche of tropes when he whined about the #FightFor15 protesters clogging traffic in New York:Protestors have blocked off a huge quadrant of midtown traffic in support of a higher minimum wage. I support...
The Rare Courage and Respect That Drove Iran Deal
The men and women who conducted this diplomacy deserve great thanks from the entire world. BEIRUT — The agreed parameters of a Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) on Iran’s nuclear program that were reached Thursday between Iran and the P5+1 powers represent a monumental achievement that affirms the power of reason and diplomacy over...
On Hitler’s Birthday, U.S. Will Begin Training Ukraine’s Far-right National Guard
Perhaps the Defense Department’s PR staff could have picked a better day. On Tuesday, The Associated Press reported that the United States plans to send soldiers to Ukraine later this month to train the country’s national guard, which includes groups expressly espousing support for far-right and Nazi ideology.Ukraine’s Interior...
Exposing Anti-Islam Author Ayaan Hirsi Ali’s Latest Deception
One of America’s most prominent Islam bashers has a long history of making things up. While promoting her new book, Heretic, on a March 23 episode of “The Daily Show,” Somali-born author and anti-Muslim activist Ayaan Hirsi Ali made a staggering claim: “If you look at 70 percent of the violence in the world today, Muslims are...
How the American War Machine Is Sucking Up Vast Amounts of Cash to Screw Up the World
Who can even keep track of Pentagon operations and spending anymore? To stay on top of important articles like these, sign up to receive the latest updates from TomDispatch.com here.President Obama and Senator John McCain, who have clashed on almost every conceivable issue, do agree on one thing: the Pentagon needs more money. Obama wants to...
