The Cracks in the Alliance: Trump, Netanyahu and the Fight Over the Future of the Middle East
In the latest edition of The World This Week, host Joe Lauria is joined by former CIA analyst Ray McGovern and journalist Patrick Lawrence for a wide-ranging discussion on what they describe as a dramatic shift in the balance of power…
PATRICK LAWRENCE: Trans–Pacific Paskudniks
Is Beijing preparing for war? Of course: It has no choice. But the war it is bracing to wage is one the United States seems intent on provoking. The Chinese have no other such plans. I have never quite got over…
WATCH: The World This Week — ‘The War: Putin’s View’
In St. Petersburg this week, the Russian president spoke frankly about Ukraine, NATO and the course of the war: there’s no end in sight. With Ray McGovern and Patrick Lawrence. Watch the replay. Guests: Scott Ritter, Ray McGovern, Patrick Lawrence. Host: Joe Lauria. Producer: Cathy…
PATRICK LAWRENCE: The Systematic Murder of International Law
The Zionist regime is accelerating its long war against international law and justice and the institutions upholding them. What remains of a common human culture will only be kept alive by those willing to fight for it. Do we witness…
PATRICK LAWRENCE: The Cokehead of Kiev, Exposed
Let all the delusions and illusions of the past five years — or 12, if you begin your count with the U.S.–sponsored coup in Kiev back in 2014 — finally fade like the flags. You see very few blue-above-yellow banners…
“Naked Sadism.”
A settler, a dog, a beating, a video, and learned sociopathy. “Most Israelis view Palestinians like they’re dogs.”-Anonymous 25 May—A text arrived on Friday, 15 May, from the village of Kisan. It was Adnan. He had sent a video then…
PATRICK LAWRENCE: History Turned in Beijing
To say not much happened during Trump’s two days in the Chinese capital, as a lot of people seem to think, is to miss the forest for the trees. How polished are the Chinese, how delicate in their gestures, after…
“For Trump, it’s Israel über alles now.”
He’s about to sacrifice the global economy to the Zionists’ pathological determination to destroy Iran. Renewed warfare may be imminent. 18 MAY—As I have argued elsewhere, President Trump faced himself with an unforgiving choice when he let Bibi Netanyahu drag him into…
PATRICK LAWRENCE: Epic Desperation
Before the world’s eyes, Iranians have turned Operation Epic Fury into Operation Epic Desperation. Iranians are Hô Chi Minh’s grasshoppers taking on a colonial elephant. No one can say with certainty, at this writing, how Iran’s defense against U.S.–Israeli aggression will…
PATRICK LAWRENCE: In Praise of Defeat
After a day’s talks with Iran, J.D. Vance’s claims to progress seem flimsy even by the slack standards the U.S. sets for itself these days in its diplomatic endeavors. Well, J.D. Vance had his first talks with the Iranians —…