Edward Lozansky, who sent this dispatch to Consortium News ahead of the 80th anniversary commemoration of the end of World War II in Moscow on Friday, unexpectedly passed away on April 30. It is reprinted with permission. Europeans have sunk so low that the European...
Conflicts of Interest: Israel’s Goal in Gaza Is Genocide, Not Freeing Hostages
On COI #796, Kyle Anzalone breaks down the latest news from Gaza and Ukraine. Subscribe on YouTube and audio-only.
VIPS MEMO: Arms Control – Toward Lasting Peace
May 8, 2025 MEMORANDUM FROM: Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPS) SUBJECT: Arms Control: Toward Lasting Peace The following Memorandum is presented as a brief review, based on experience, aiming to encourage well-informed discourse between the...
Too Much Bombing, Not Enough Brains: The Real Evil Empire May Surprise You
Originally published at TomDispatch. Washington’s latest war (now on pause) — the one in Yemen against the Houthis — was hardly noticeable here. Or rather it would have been barely noticeable if Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth hadn’t shared plans for the first air...
Daniel Larison: An End to the Bombing in Yemen?
Trump claims that the Houthis have “capitulated” and the U.S. will therefore stop bombing. The Houthis have a different interpretation of the truce: In a later interview with Bloomberg News, Mohammed al-Bukhaiti, a member of the Houthi Political Council, suggested the...
James Carden on Generalissimo Kagan
Reprinted with permission from The Realist Review. That Robert Kagan is among the most consistent – and consistently wrong – foreign policy analysts in Washington will not come as news. That he continues to command so much attention twenty-odd years since the Iraq...
Ron Paul: Trump Ends US War On Yemen – What Was Achieved?
On today’s Ron Paul Liberty Report: President Trump announced yesterday that a "deal" was struck with Ansar Allah (Houthis) in Yemen that the US would stop bombing the country if they would stop targeting US commercial shipping. Who wins? Also today: trade ties are...
Conflicts of Interest: Netanyahu Handed Hamas Thousands of Bombs
On COI #795, Kyle Anzalone breaks down the latest news from Gaza. Subscribe on YouTube and audio-only.
On Pro-Israel Use and Abuse of Holocaust Remembrance
Reprinted from Yves Engler’s website. Twenty-five years ago, Norman Finkelstein detailed how Hitler’s destruction of European Jewry was weaponized against Palestinians. In his 2000 book The Holocaust Industry: Reflections on the Exploitation of Jewish Suffering,...
Ron Paul: With US Backing, Israel Set To Ethnically Cleanse Gaza
On today’s Ron Paul Liberty Report: The Israeli government has announced that it plans to remove what is left of the Palestinian presence in Gaza and with it demolish what buildings remain. US backing for the project is essential to its success. Also today: Congress...