The Nature of Empire | John Michael Greer

John Michael Greer Feb. 15, 2012 (The Archdruid Report) -- Niall Ferguson is arguably the most uneven of our living historians. His The War of the World is perhaps the best one-volume survey of the e ...

The lost bases of the US empire (Tarak Barkawi)

The US maintains permanent bases in South Korea, established in 1954, that house some 28,500 personnel The United States maintains more than 700 military facilities on foreign soil that may not be as ...

America’s Secret Empire of Drone Bases: Its Full Extent Revealed for the First Time (Nick Turse)

Predator drone Oct. 17, 2011 (TomDispatch.com) -- They increasingly dot the planet. There’s a facility outside Las Vegas where “pilots” work inclimate-controlled trailers, another at a dusty camp in ...

America’s 'worst enemy' -- The Latest Orchestrated Threat and The End of History (Paul Craig Roberts)

Sept. 27, 2011 (Information Clearing House) -- Have you ever before heard of the Haqqanis? I didn’t think so. Like Al Qaeda, about which no one had ever heard prior to 9/11, the “Haqqani Network” has ...

Gaza, Somalia: Humanity Lives On (Ramzy Baroud)

Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust Aug. 10, 2011 -- I remember how exhilarated I felt when I was told I was old enough to fast for the month of Ramadan. My feelings had little to do with abstention fro ...

A Secret War in 120 Countries: The Pentagon’s New Power Elite (Nick Turse)

Aug. 4, 2011 (TomDispatch.com) -- Somewhere on this planet an American commando is carrying out a mission. Now, say that 70 times and you’re done... for the day. Without the knowledge of the American ...

Arab Awakening and Western Media: Time for a New Revolutionary Discourse (Ramzy Baroud)

Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust July 27, 2011 -- When President Ali Abdullah Saleh tried desperately to quell Yemen’s popular uprising, he appealed to tribalism, customs and traditions. All his effo ...

Ghana Cracks Down On Gays (Sydney Star Observer)

July 21, 2011 (Sydney Star Observer) -- Ghana’s Western Region Minister, Paul Evans Aidoo MP has ordered the immediate arrest of all homosexuals in the country’s west. Aidooo has tasked Ghana’s Burea ...

Ground Your Warplanes, Save the Horn of Africa (Ramzy Baroud)

Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust July 21, 2011 -- “When you are hungry, cold is a killer, and the people here are starving and helpless.” Not many of us can relate to such a statement, but millions o ...

Libya and War Powers (Ted Rall)

The war against Libya may violate the US constitution, but once again the empire moves ahead with the military option July 7, 2011 (Information Clearing House) -- "Much rumbling has emanated from the ...

Yemen Continues to Inspire Amid Great Odds (Ramzy Baroud)

Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust July 6, 2011 -- The Yemeni people are unrelenting in their demands for democracy. Millions continue to stage rallies across their country in a display of will that is ...