by Don Pelton This short video is well worth your time (about 25 minutes), particularly if — like me — you feel lost when talking about international finance. Australian Professor Steve Keen shows how the United States is following the regular recurring pattern of past empires, whose terminal declines were accompanied by declines in…
by Norman Solomon on August 17, 2026 Reprinted with permission of the author We’ve been hearing a lot of panicky warnings lately after Democratic primary voters chose socialists and other leftists instead of “moderates” in several major elections. The alarm bells got louder this month after Michigan’s progressive Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed defeated Rep. Haley Stevens –…
Chris Hedges recently interviewed author Seth Harp about his new book, “The Fort Bragg Cartel.” In the interview Harp makes some amazing claims about an American soldier named Ali Muhammad. Here’s an excerpt: HEDGES:”Before we go into the drug dealing, I want you to talk about Ali Muhammad. This is a fascinating story. I’ll…
Eisenhower’s warning that US policy would be captured by a scientific-technological elite supplies a specific reason the US sustains the Ukraine war: Ukraine has become a unique, live-fire laboratory for AI warfare at scale. Jeffrey D. Sachs Sybil Fares Reprinted from Common Dreams of Jul 21, 2026 under a Creative Commons License In his…
Usually I’m able to find a few words to introduce a subject, or a person. In this case, I’m at a loss. All I can do is paraphrase Aaron Bushnell‘s question, this way: “What would you do if your country was committing genocide?’ The answer is, you’re doing it. Right now.” Chris Hedges and…