There was once a vast and prosperous empire that was the most powerful in the land. It was mightier than the ancient Mayans, more popular than the Rom...
Robert Koehler | Posted 02.20.2012
The war is over, sort of, but the Big Lie marches on: that democracy is flowering in Iraq, that America is stronger and more secure than ever, that doing what's right is the prime motivator of all our military action.
Robert Koehler | Posted 01.03.2012
Is there a democracy at either end of the missiles, warships or troop deployments? Suddenly I'm back on the sidewalk with the Occupy movement, which has arisen to confront the corporatocracy and its subservient media.
Robert Koehler | Posted 11.22.2011
We're reeling toward our ecological and political comeuppance in a state of narcissistic denial; there is too little public seriousness about the issues that face us.
David Isenberg | Posted 11.13.2011
Empire through an internationally sourced feminized labor force. Isn't globalization wonderful?
Kevin Zeese | Posted 09.12.2011
I can't remember a time when the U.S. military has been stuck in so many war quagmires at once. Some political leaders must recognize that an empire enforced by war is counterproductive to economic and national security.
Kevin Zeese | Posted 09.05.2011
A new anti-war movement that can really challenge U.S. militarism is being born. People from across the political spectrum joined together opposing U.S. war and empire.
Steve Clemons | Posted 05.25.2011
Chalmers Johnson led the way in understanding the dynamics of how states manipulated their policy conditions and environments to speed up economic growth. Johnson passed away Saturday; He was 79.
David Coates | Posted 05.25.2011
The Iraq War has left at least two huge and indelible imprints that no "page-turning" can easily eradicate, and the Afghan War seems poised to leave a third.
Craig K. Comstock | Posted 05.25.2011
This summer the rise of the American military empire and the reasons for winding it down was examined in a trio of books associated with the website TomDispatch.com.
Chalmers Johnson | Posted 05.25.2011
Thirty-five years from now, America's official century of being top dog (1945-2045) will have come to an end; its time may, in fact, be running out right now. We are likely to begin to look ever more like a giant version of England.
Conn Hallinan | Posted 05.25.2011
While Turkey's rise does indeed reflect internal developments in that country, its growing influence mirrors the ebb of American power, a consequence of the catastrophic policies Washington has followed in the Middle East and Central Asia.
Reverend Billy | Posted 05.25.2011
The god that organizes most American activity is the corporation. Consumerism and Militarism are two large cultures that have developed from the profit-driven fundamentalism of these businesses.
Politico | ANDREW J. BACEVICH | Posted 05.25.2011
The American approach to empire has its peculiarities. Prominent among them is a variant of the "Great Man" theory of history. In their efforts to ex...
Robert Koehler | Posted 05.25.2011
What if that phrase, which is the byword of many professions, became a sort of operating principle with which to proceed, individually and collectively, into the future?
Paul Buhle | Posted 05.25.2011
Without serious reductions in the military budget and in its disbursement in every corner of the world resource market, we will almost certainly have reached a premature end to the Obama promise.
Michael Vlahos | Posted 05.25.2011
American enterprise has forgotten what is most important to our life as a nation -- and what is most important to us is what we can give to humanity.
Joel John Roberts | Posted 04.23.2012