We are the propagandists: The real story about how The New York Times and the White House has turned truth in the Ukraine on its head
A sophisticated game of manipulation is afoot over Russia: power, influence and money. U.S. hands are not clean. A couple of weeks ago, this column guardedly suggested that John Kerry’s day-long talks in Sochi with Vladimir Putin and his foreign…
Big banks run everything: Austerity, the IMF and the real story about world economy that the media won’t tell you
If you want to understand what’s really happening in Greece and Ukraine, just follow the money. Fascinating to watch the International Monetary Fund as it fronts for the U.S. Treasury and international lenders in the Greek and Ukrainian debt crises….
America on Memorial Day: Heavily armed, dangerous, unstable
America is powerful. We are not strong. Now is the time to understand the difference — and to put away the myths. The world never stops turning, of course, but when it is your turn to walk upon it the…
John Kerry admits defeat: The Ukraine story the media won’t tell, and why U.S. retreat is a good thing
The U.S. seems to admit it overplayed its hand over Ukraine. Caving to reality is actually the best possible policy. It is just as well Secretary of State John Kerry’s momentous meetings with Russian leaders last week took place in…
Seymour Hersh vs. Judy Miller: The truth about Bin Laden’s death — and the anonymous government sources The New York Times is delighted to print as “truth”
Desperate rush to discredit Osama bin Laden bombshell perfectly sums up the media’s slavish relationship with power Well, well. Another grand American narrative, brimming with the triumphalist heroism of people we put into uniforms, melts like ice cream in the…
The New York Times does its government’s bidding: Here’s what you’re not being told about U.S. troops in Ukraine
U.S. troops are now operating openly in Ukraine. The “paper of record’s” “coverage” is an embarrassment, per usual. As of mid-April, when a Pentagon flack announced it in Kiev, and as barely reported in American media, U.S. troops are now…
The real story behind Shinzo Abe’s visit: China, TPP and what the media won’t tell you about this state visit
We witness reordination of a relationship between the U.S. and Japan that should have died a bad death decades ago. The grande fête Washington has laid on all week for Shinzo Abe, Japan’s prime minister, is very unusual on the…
“Architects of American policy towards Russia and Ukraine are destroying American national security”: Stephen F. Cohen on the truths U.S. media and politicians hide
Myths of American nationalism busted as our interview with noted scholar concludes If there is a lesson in Stephen F. Cohen’s professional fortunes over the past year, it is the peril of advancing a dispassionate reading of our great country’s…
The New York Times “basically rewrites whatever the Kiev authorities say”: Stephen F. Cohen on the U.S./Russia/Ukraine history the media won’t tell you
There’s an alternative story of Russian relations we’re not hearing. Historian Stephen Cohen tells it here It is one thing to comment in a column as the Ukrainian crisis grinds on and Washington—senselessly, with no idea of what will come…
Neocons get desperate: The real reason why Iran deal drives the right-wing nuts
The GOP’s screaming because they know American exceptionalism is at risk. That’s a good reason to root for the deal You know very well that we are in for a messy scrap over the accord Secretary of State John Kerry…
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