by Jim Kavanagh Writer, Dandelion Salad The Polemicist February 14, 2019 Here’s the bullet-point version: It’s imperialism. It’s American imperialism, a bipartisan national project. American imperialism is the global management of capitalist class power. It’s a binary situation in which one side or the other will win via the use and threat of armed force. […] […]
Leaked Doc Reveals US Military Use of IMF, World Bank as “Unconventional” Weapons — Uprootedpalestinians’s Blog
By Whitney Webb Source This “U.S. coup manual,” recently highlighted by WikiLeaks, serves as a reminder that the so-called “independence” of such financial institutions as The World Bank and IMF is an illusion and that they are among the many “financial weapons” regularly used by the U.S. government to bend countries to its will. WASHINGTON […] […]
How Washington Became the World’s Judge, Jury and Executioner — Uprootedpalestinians’s Blog
By Philip M.Giraldi Source The principle that Washington should respect the sovereignty of other states even when it disagrees with their internal policies has effectively been abandoned. One of the most disturbing aspects of the past two years of Donald Trump foreign policy has been the assumption that decisions made by the United States are […] […]
Austria president will not relocate Israel embassy to Jerusalem —
Austrian President Alexander Van der Bellen yesterday criticised the relocation of US embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, stressing his country would never follow suite, the Anadolu Agency reported.Der Bellen made the remarks during a press conference held with his Palestinian counterpart Mahmoud Abbas in the occupied West Bank city of Ramallah.“Austria is sad about […]
Arlo Guthrie – Alice’s Restaurant (Folk)
This is a classic anti-war song that doesn’t get near enough airplay. Rebel Voice is happy to rectify this.
Tamika Mallory talks anti-Semitism and why she doesn’t issue condemnations on the Breakfast Club — Mondoweiss
Women’s March organizer Tamika Mallory was on the Breakfast Club yesterday speaking about the upcoming protest on Saturday, her appearance on the View earlier in the week and anti-Semitism. She covered more ground than in most interviews. This one ran just over 30 minutes. Mallory spent a fair amount of her time underscoring the reality… via […]
Beto O’Rourke’s presidential flare reminds progressives of his fawning to AIPAC — Mondoweiss
A pro-Israel tweet from September by Beto O’Rourke got a new life yesterday when the charismatic Texas congressman said at a town hall that he wouldn’t rule out a run for president in 2020. The tweet was a fawning thank you to AIPAC for dropping by and educating him about the “current security situation in […]