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PATRICK LAWRENCE: Voting in a De-Facto Military State

PATRICK LAWRENCE: Voting in a De-Facto Military State

August 31, 2020 · by Patrick Lawrence · in Articles, Consortium News

Between Biden and Trump, U.S. voters have no alternative to our anxious empire’s lawless conduct abroad. What are we in for on the foreign policy side come Nov. 3? Whoever wins this election, Joe Biden or Donald Trump, the answers…

PATRICK LAWRENCE: Huawei, Tik Tok, WeChat & Other Handy Targets

PATRICK LAWRENCE: Huawei, Tik Tok, WeChat & Other Handy Targets

August 17, 2020 · by Patrick Lawrence · in Articles, Consortium News

Washington is now committed to preventing any non–Western nations that do not conform to the neoliberal order from rising in any field wherein they threaten to best U.S. companies. The Trump regime is taking Huawei, Tik Tok and WeChat, three…

PATRICK LAWRENCE: A United State of Delusion

PATRICK LAWRENCE: A United State of Delusion

August 4, 2020 · by Patrick Lawrence · in Articles, Consortium News

Americans are caught in a kind of national psychosis, wherein little of what is said about foreign conduct — from Germany to the South China Sea — can be taken at face value.  Let’s face it: The Trump regime has from the…

Bravate di Guerra Fredda nel Pacifico

Bravate di Guerra Fredda nel Pacifico

July 20, 2020 · by Patrick Lawrence · in Articles, Consortium News

This Italian translation appeared on Sakeritalia. Prima è arrivata al Congresso la richiesta formale [in inglese] da parte del Dipartimento della Difesa per un  assegno di 20 miliardi di dollari per aumentare la propria presenza in tutto il Pacifico. Un mese dopo la…

PATRICK LAWRENCE: Cold War Escapades in the Pacific

PATRICK LAWRENCE: Cold War Escapades in the Pacific

July 20, 2020 · by Patrick Lawrence · in Articles, Consortium News

There is a lot to read into this moment, but one thing’s clear. The U.S. doesn’t know what time it is.   First came the Defense Department’s formal request to Congress for a $20 billion check to upgrade its presence across the Pacific. That…

THE REVELATIONS OF WIKILEAKS: No. 8—Busting the Myth WikiLeaks Published Nothing on Israel & Syria

THE REVELATIONS OF WIKILEAKS: No. 8—Busting the Myth WikiLeaks Published Nothing on Israel & Syria

July 9, 2020 · by Patrick Lawrence · in Articles, Consortium News

One myth about WikiLeaks is that it favors U.S. enemies and declines to publish documents against them, while another legend is that WikiLeaks, for obscure reasons, is soft on Israel, reports Patrick Lawrence. As WikiLeaks continued its document releases, and as major news organizations continued…

PATRICK LAWRENCE: Embracing the Equality of Nations

PATRICK LAWRENCE: Embracing the Equality of Nations

July 6, 2020 · by Patrick Lawrence · in Articles, Consortium News

The decline of the West should come as no surprise, yet the U.S. still wages a ferocious fight against the prospect of equality among nations. The signs of America’s decline are ubiquitous now such that the phenomenon is no longer worthy…

THE REVELATIONS OF WIKILEAKS: No. 7— Crimes Revealed at Guantánamo Bay

THE REVELATIONS OF WIKILEAKS: No. 7— Crimes Revealed at Guantánamo Bay

June 24, 2020 · by Patrick L. Smith · in Articles, Consortium News

“Gitmo Files” lifted the Pentagon’s lid on the prison, describing a corrupt system of military detention resting on torture, coerced testimony and “intelligence” manipulated to justify abuses at the base, writes Patrick Lawrence. Today we continue our series The Revelations of…

PATRICK LAWRENCE: Iranian Tankers & the Age of Interdiction

PATRICK LAWRENCE: Iranian Tankers & the Age of Interdiction

June 22, 2020 · by Patrick Lawrence · in Articles, Consortium News

Two forms of interdiction — the steady expansion of U.S. sanctions and our stunning drift toward  unmasked censorship — have begun to intersect.  Over the weekend, a sixth Iranian cargo ship entered Venezuelan waters and is due to dock shortly. It follows…

PATRICK LAWRENCE: The Failed American Experiment

PATRICK LAWRENCE: The Failed American Experiment

June 8, 2020 · by Patrick Lawrence · in Articles, Consortium News

Here comes the front edge of a new era, one in which America finally falls off its horse, its global standing properly diminished. “The American experiment” is a familiar phrase among us. When we reference it, we do so fully…

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