January 2006; Photo by Fred Askew By Emma Kaplan Watching all of the hype around Cheney, Rumsfeld and John Yoo has made me absolutely nauseated. And frankly, every single person who…
Category: Obama
The Nation Institute Reflects On September 11th, A Tutorial in Liberal National Chauvinism
The wars declared by both the Bush Regime and the Democrats who approved them, and which have been continued and escalated under Obama, had NOTHING to do with the safety of the…
Wil. E. Coyote, the American People, and What Is Up Now
By Dennis Loo [Note: This article is a slightly expanded version of a talk at the first book release party for Dennis Loo’s new book, Globalization and the Demolition of Society, Larkmead…
Is This the Best of All Possible Worlds?
If you adopt the framework of your adversaries to begin with, you have already conceded the battle to them. By Dennis Loo As I read this morning that stock markets around the…
Documenting the Peace Laureate’s Progressive Atrocities
If you support the president, this is what you support. By Chris Floyd Do you support the policies and political fortunes of President Barack Obama, the Nobel Peace Prize laureate? Then this…
Obama’s Afghanistan Speech: Problems for the Empire … In An Unjust War
By Larry Everest On June 22, President Barack Obama delivered a major address on the war in Afghanistan. He announced that by September 2012, the U.S. would withdraw all 33,000 troops that…
CIA Poised to Begin Drone Strikes Against Yemen
Already Helping Military Strikes, CIA Begins Plans for Its Own Assassination Program By Jason Ditz It is already well-documented that the Obama Administration has been escalating the number of air strikes against targets…
The Peace Laureate: Backing Brutality in Bahrain
By Chris Floyd Last week, the Nobel Peace Prize laureate met with the crown prince of Bahrain and "reaffirmed" the United States’ "strong commitment" to the regime of unelected autocrats. The Peace Laureate —…
Obama Administration: Continuing the Bush Abu Ghraib Torture Cover Up
By Kenneth J. Theisen The Obama Administration has once again taken a stand in favor of covering up the crimes of the Bush regime. On May 27, 2011 in an amicus brief,…
Assassinations ‘R US: Obama’s Imperial Offensive
By Glen Ford President Obama’s speech to “reset” the U.S. stance in the Middle East will take place at the State Department, but the Pentagon is the trueepicenter of American policy toward…
