How al-Qaida won the West

With the 9/11 anniversary upon us, we can pat ourselves on the back. Osama bin Laden was killed seven years ago, and his beloved creation, al-Qaida, is a spent force — thoroughly defeated in the Pakistan/Afghanistan region and on the run in Yemen and Somalia. Legions of other al-Qaida leaders have been killed and imprisoned […]

Israel’s Secret War Against Iran Is Widening

It has recently become clear that Israel is engaged in a secret war against Iran in Syria. The war is conducted mainly by means of air power, presumably combined with the intelligence work necessary to provide the country’s airmen with the relevant targets; there is also evidence that targeted killings are among Israel’s tactics in […]

Saudi Arabia juggles geopolitics and oil prices

Saudi Arabia is putting its crude production capabilities – and its ability to balance the oil market – to the test. The kingdom finds its oil production policy at a crossroads, with the need to appease allies countered by its desire for higher prices to balance its books. Urged by US President Donald Trump to […]

The End Of Kings

This is one of the coolest things I’ve ever taken part in. Sustainable Human has made an incredibly beautiful short film out of one of my essays, narrated by me, and I’m so excited to share it. There’s so much love for humanity shining through it’s made me cry like three times, and I wrote […]

TFN #17: Technical Difficulties

In this episode of TFN, Stim loses his shit while discussing Trump’s ongoing legal shenanigans, leading to an important announcement.

STOP. HUMANIZING. WAR CRIMINALS.

As of this writing, a tweet by disgraced Broadway fraud convict Roland Scahill has 90 thousand shares and 362 thousand likes, which if you’re not used to Twitter is a ridiculously high amount that nobody generally hits. The tweet features nothing but four seconds of video footage from the John McCain funeral, and the caption “George W. […]

Saudi Arabia Plans to Dig Canal Turning Qatar Into an Island

A senior Saudi official has appeared to confirm Riyadh’s plans to dig a canal separating Qatar from the mainland, turning it into an island. Qatar has been diplomatically isolated from its neighbors for over a year. A senior adviser to Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman appeared to confirm that the kingdom is considering digging […]

Kunstler: Bad Faith Nation

There’s a simple reason that the old US Ship-of-State has turned into a garbage barge of toxic politics: both sides are operating in obviously bad faith — making arguments and taking positions that they know are false— and it’s been on full display this past week. For instance, the Trump rally in Evansville, Indiana, Thursday […]

Rapid population growth: to worry or not to worry?

From an early age, the issue of rapid growth in population has greatly intrigued me. Contrary to popular opinion, I do not think the planet is heading towards destruction because of over-population. The fear related to over-population is nothing new, it dates back to the eighteenth century. In Robert Malthus’ essay The Principle of Population, […]

CIA and Saudi Arabia Conspired To Keep 9/11 Details Secret

It’s easier to bury uncomfortable facts than to confront them. So this September 11, the ceremonies marking the 2001 attacks on New York and Washington, D.C., will simply honor the dead. In Manhattan, tourists and mourners will gather where the World Trade Center Towers once stood, lowering their heads in memory of the 2,606 who […]

The Coming Collapse of the American Economic System with Richard Wolff

Economist Richard Wolff discusses the coming economic collapse of the United States of America with journalist Chris Hedges.

End Of Petrodollar Hegemony May Happen Soon and Badly Impact Indebted America

The United States is currently waging economic warfare against one tenth of the world’s countries with cumulative population of nearly 2 billion people and combined gross domestic product (GDP) of more than $15 trillion. These include Russia, Iran, Venezuela, Cuba, Sudan, Zimbabwe, Myanmar, the Democratic Republic of Congo, North Korea and others on which Washington […]

China May Scrap Two-Child Policy, Ending 40 Years Of Limits

Chins is getting desperate about its demographic slide. One week after we reported that China floated a proposal to tax all working adults aged under 40 with the money going to a “maternity fund” to reward families who have more than one child, Beijing appears poised to scrap the limit on the number of children […]

Iran says it has full control of Gulf, U.S. Navy does not belong there

Iran has full control of the Gulf and the U.S. Navy does not belong there, the head of the navy of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards, General Alireza Tangsiri, was quoted by Tasnim news agency as saying on Monday. Tehran has suggested it could take military action in the Gulf to block other countries’ oil exports in […]

Saudi King Shelved Aramco IPO To Teach Son, Prince Bin Salman A Lesson

Less than a year after Saudi Arabia’s unprecedented monetary shakedown of wealthy princes and other Saudi oligarchs in November 2017, which among others ensnared Prince Alwaleed bin Talal who was an involuntary “guest” at the Riyadh Ritz-Carlton for months – until he emerged a free man after an undisclosed settlement – and also eliminated potential […]

Why World Worries About Russia’s Natural Gas Pipeline

A planned new natural-gas pipeline into Europe from Russia is shaking up geopolitics. Nord Stream 2, as it’s called, worries leaders in Eastern Europe, has stirred the ire of U.S. President Donald Trump and has put German Chancellor Angela Merkel on the hot seat. 1. What is Nord Stream 2? It’s a planned new 1,230-kilometer […]

US of waging ‘psychological war’ against Iran

Iranian FM says the US was targeting Iran and its business partners but Washington would not achieve its goals. Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has accused the United States of waging a “psychological war” against Tehran and its business partners. US sanctions were re-imposed on August 7, just months after US President Donald Trump […]

When and Why the World Went Wrong

What exactly has gone wrong, and when and why? The open, democratic world order based on egalitarian rights and the rule of law — liberalism, for lack of a better term — is under increasing pressure. The signs, serious and less so, are everywhere. The trend has now hit so many nations that the explanation has to […]

Oil-rich Venezuela takes desperate measures to bolster economy

Venezuela, once considered one of the richest countries in the world, is now suffering from skyrocketing inflation, emigration, starvation and political unrest. The national currency, the bolivar, has become almost useless. President Nicolas Maduro blames it on what he calls an “economic war” against his country. His critics say widespread corruption and the government’s mismanagement […]

“Thank God This Is Happening” Russia Says Time Has Come To Ditch The Dollar

With the US unveiling a new set of sanctions against Russia on Friday, Moscow said it would definitely respond to Washington’s latest sanctions and, in particular, it is accelerating efforts to abandon the American currency in trade transactions, said Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov. “The time has come when we need to go from […]

An ethical approach to global challenges

What has the power of faith to do with environmental action? A lot, these days more than ever. Think about it: if your community or political representative suggested planting a tree, versus your faith leader, which one would you more likely follow? Chances are, a representative of your faith would outdo the elected official. Increasingly, […]

Saudi-UAE-US Air Raids Kill Dozens, Including 22 Children

Rebels say air strikes targeted a camp for IDPs in Duraihami, an area which has seen intense clashes in recent weeks. Yemen: Air raids kill dozens of childrentoday HRW says Saudi-UAE alliance covering up war crimes in Yementoday Residents of Korea’s Jeju island talk about Yemeni refugeesyesterday Yemenis shut down construction of Saudi military baseyesterday […]

Why American Collapse Is Coming To A Country Near You

A friend said on Twitter, last night, “I understand Umair’s points about America. But I don’t get why Europe isn’t being stricken by American collapse, too.” You might think, reading recent essays, that I suppose Europe (Canada, Asia, whomever) is immune from what America’s going through. I’m sorry if I’ve given you that impression. No […]

A Seed Of Populism

As a surge of populism is altering the face of politics around the world, a puzzling irony hangs in the air: populism wins approval and votes from a generally hard-working socio-economic sector that often struggles to make ends meet – yet its leaders, once elected, commonly implement policies that slash at programs supporting the education, […]

This Vital Oil And Gas Choke Point Could Be At Risk

Beijing is taking to task a Pentagon report, ”Military and Security Developments Involving the People’s Republic of China 2018” released last Thursday on China’s military activities. The annual report issued by the Pentagon and presented to Congress, highlights growing Chinese naval capability, all the while underscoring the narrowing gap between China’s maritime forces and he U.S. […]

China Shipowners Shunning Iranian Oil as U.S. Sanctions Near

China’s shipowners are shunning Iran’s oil, while the OPEC producer is using its own tankers to supply top customers as impending U.S. sanctions threaten to disrupt global crude trade. All 17 ships used to carry oil from the Islamic Republic to China in July and August are owned by the state-run National Iranian Tanker Co., […]

The Telltale Signs Of Imperial Decline

Nothing is as permanent as we imagine – especially super-complex, super-costly, super-asymmetric and super-debt-dependent systems. Check which signs of Imperial decline you see around you: The hubris of an increasingly incestuous and out-of-touch leadership; dismaying extremes of wealth inequality; self-serving, avaricious Elites; rising dependency of the lower classes on free Bread and Circuses provided by a […]

Iranian-Backed ‘Sleeper Cell’ Militants Hibernating in U.S., Positioned for Attack

Iranian-backed militants are operating across the United States mostly unfettered, raising concerns in Congress and among regional experts that these “sleeper cell” agents are poised to launch a large-scale attack on the American homeland, according to testimony before lawmakers. Iranian agents tied to the terror group Hezbollah have already been discovered in the United States […]

Kunstler: The Three-headed Monster

The faction that used to be the Democratic party can be described with some precision these days as a three-headed monster driving the nation toward danger, darkness, and incoherence. Anyone interested in defending what remains of the sane center of American politics take heed: The first head is the one infected with the toxic shock […]

New world currency will topple dollar

MOSCOW The use of the U.S. dollar to put pressure on other countries will lead to the creation of an alternative world currency, costing the dollar its world currency status, a top Russian deputy told Anadolu Agency on Wednesday. Anatoly Aksakov, who heads the Russian State Duma Financial Committee, said the dollar gained its “world […]

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