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POLITICS
The Center-Left Had Its Chance. It's Time For Something New.
By Richard (RJ) Eskow, Contributor
Host of 'The Zero Hour'; Writer; Senior Advisor, Social Securi...
The global political project known as “centrism” continues to collapse, despite its billionaire backers’ increasingly desperate
ENTERTAINMENT
Star Trek's Disappointing 50th Anniversary Coincides With the Deflating End of the Obama Era
By William Bradley, Contributor
Political Analyst, former presidential campaign advisor and sp...
I wish I could provide a pithy positive conclusion here, but I cannot. We are in a fallow period in history and politics
POLITICS
The Presidency of Al Gore, 2001-2009, Redux
By Norman MacAfee, Contributor
Author, 'The Gospel According to RFK: Why It Matters Now'
In 2000, the Green Party candidate had siphoned off enough progressive votes to assure Bush's victory and the disasters that followed. In 2016, a vote for the Libertarian or Green presidential ticket is a vote for Trump. It is existentially essential to vote for Hillary Clinton.
POLITICS
Redeeming Corbyn: the Positive Aspects of His Leadership
By Louis McEvoy, Contributor
Student, politico, writer
WORLDPOST
Reflecting On The Next Generation's Lessons Learned From Our Presidential Leadership Journey
By Joshua W. Walker, Contributor
Transatlantic Fellow and Vice President, German Marshall Fund ...
MEDIA
Tony Blair's Ruination, And Hillary Clinton's Real Problem
By William Bradley, Contributor
Political Analyst, former presidential campaign advisor and sp...
For the past seven years, the British government has done something the Obama administration opted against, mounting a painstaking official inquiry into the origins and conduct of the Iraq War.
(FILES) A 105mm gun is dropped by a Chinook helicopter to British 29 Commando Regiment Royal Artillery on the Fao Peninsula in southern Iraq, on March 21, 2003. A long-awaited public inquiry into Britain's role in the Iraq war opened on November 24, 2009, six and a half years after then premier Tony Blair led Britain in backing the US-led invasion to oust Saddam Hussein. AFP PHOTO/STEPHEN HIRD (Photo credit should read STEPHEN HIRD/AFP/Getty Images)
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THE WORLDPOST
Former UK PM John Prescott Says Britain's Iraq Invasion Was Illegal
A seven-year report found many faults with former British Prime Minister Tony Blair's handling of the Iraq war in 2003.
POLITICS
Tony Blair's Day Of Reckoning
By David Coates, Contributor
Worrell Professor of Anglo-American Studies, Wake Forest Unive...
The Bush/Blair mindset that left them so confident about their right to rearrange other people's political furniture in a country far removed from their own is a mindset that has not gone away: and it needs to.
POLITICS
An Unwanted Birthday Present -- Or Why W Was The Worst President In Recent History
By Dennis Jett, Contributor
Professor of International Affairs, Penn State University
Last Wednesday, July 6th, was George W. Bush's 70th birthday and should have been an occasion for celebration. He got a present that he probably would rather not have received, however -- the long-awaited report on the British role in the invasion of Iraq.
POLITICS
The Chilcot Report: Too Little, Too Late
By Scott Ritter, Contributor
Author, 'Deal of the Century: How Iran Blocked the West’s Road...
It does not go far enough in criminalizing the actions of the Blair government with regard to its conduct in the lead-up to the war in Iraq, and it comes far too late to have any relevance in shaping public opinion in a manner which could have produced meaningful political results.
Former Prime Minister Tony Blair speaks during a news conference in London on July 6, 2016, following the outcome of the Iraq Inquiry report. Former British prime minister Tony Blair voiced 'sorrow, regret and apology' after a damning report on the Iraq war Wednesday, but said he did not mislead parliament and did not regret toppling Saddam Hussein. Blair made his comments at a press conference in London after publication of the long-awaited Chilcot report into Britain's role in the 2003 US-led invasion of Iraq sharply criticised him. / AFP / POOL / STEFAN ROUSSEAU (Photo credit should read STEFAN ROUSSEAU/AFP/Getty Images)
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POLITICS
Tony Blair Got It Wrong: He And George W. Bush Did Fuel Terrorism
By Akbar Shahid Ahmed and Ryan Grim
Saddam Hussein's legacy and Barack Obama's blunders matter too. But Blair can't shirk responsibility.
A statue of Iraq's President Saddam Hussein falls as it is pulled down in central Baghdad April 9, 2003. U.S. troops pulled down a 20-foot (six metre) high statue of President Saddam Hussein in central Baghdad on Wednesday and Iraqis danced on it in contempt for the man who ruled them with an iron grip for 24 years. In scenes reminiscent of the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, Iraqis earlier took a sledgehammer to the marble plinth under the statue of Saddam. Youths had placed a noose around the statue's neck and attached the rope to a U.S. armoured recovery vehicle.
Goran Tomasevic / Reuters
THE WORLDPOST
Iraqi Who Toppled Saddam's Statue Says Blair, Bush Should Be Put On Trial
By Saif Hameed and Ahmed Rasheed, Reuters
The man in the iconic 2003 image now says Iraq was better off under Saddam Hussein's rule.
POLITICS
Dear Tony Blair: It's Not The Pitch, It's The Product
By Richard (RJ) Eskow, Contributor
Host of 'The Zero Hour'; Writer; Senior Advisor, Social Securi...
One thing is clear: Although Tony Blair laments the failure of the "political center," this didn't happen because he and his colleagues failed. It happened because they succeeded.
MEDIA
Brexiting: Clinton And Warren Look Like Strong Casting While Brit Pols Are Just Casting About
By William Bradley, Contributor
Political Analyst, former presidential campaign advisor and sp...
She doesn't bring a state of her own to the table, as Massachusetts is a lock for Clinton. Hillary is going to need all the
ENTERTAINMENT
Michael Moore Invades Britain with his Newest Film
By Sophia A. McClennen, Contributor
Contributor
Pointing to the push towards privatized healthcare, the increase in university costs, and the ongoing legacy of Tony Blair's
POLITICS
Netanyahu's House of Cards
By Guy Golan, Contributor
Associate Professor of public diplomacy and public relations a...
Weeks of behind closed door maneuvering by Tony Blair, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, and Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi attempted to bring together a centrists' coalition government comprised of Netnayahu's Likud and the opposition Labor Party.
Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair speaks at the Milken Institute Global Conference in Beverly Hills, California, U.S., May 3, 2016. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson
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THE WORLDPOST
Tony Blair: I Underestimated Iraq's Destabilising Forces
Tony Blair has admitted he profoundly underestimated the forces that were going to be unleashed in Iraq after the war, and
POLITICS
Democratic Primaries in the Shadow of Neoliberalism
By David Coates, Contributor
Worrell Professor of Anglo-American Studies, Wake Forest Unive...
Across the Democratic coalition as a whole, the last seven years have witnessed the increasing presence in the progressive policy debate of two linked but competing lists of policy preferences.
WORLDPOST
A Radical New Concept for Saving the World
By Wahab Raofi, Contributor
Civilian linguist for U.S. Army, Kabul Law School grad with Af...
The U.S. and other nations pour billions of dollars in aid into countries like Pakistan and Egypt. Why not leverage that financial support to nudge the creation of transparent, efficient, honest and fair governance? The world is changing, and so should its political systems.
BUSINESS
5 Ways to Increase Brand Recognition
By Brett Berhoff, Contributor
Entrepreneur・Business Strategist・Adviser
Branding is one of the most POWERFUL tools in business. It always has been. In many cases, branding holds more power than that of a patent or trade secret. Strong brands are tough to beat.
POLITICS
The Democrats and the Donald
By David Coates, Contributor
Worrell Professor of Anglo-American Studies, Wake Forest Unive...
When asking ourselves the key questions - who is best placed to defeat Donald Trump in November, and who is best placed to pull the Senate back into Democratic control - many of us still believe that the answer is not Hillary Clinton. It is Bernie Sanders.
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