An Ex-CIA Agent Looks Back at 22 Years of Torture at Guantánamo Bay
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An Ex-CIA Agent Looks Back at 22 Years of Torture at Guantánamo Bay

ByJohn Kiriakou

January 11 marks the 22nd anniversary of the founding of the prison component of the U.S. military base at Guantánamo Cuba. Guantánamo has been universally condemned by every human rights group in the world, as well as by the United Nations, and most countries in the world.

Growing Threat to US Hegemony in Middle East – 2 Articles
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Growing Threat to US Hegemony in Middle East – 2 Articles

ByM.K. Bhadrakumar; and William Van Wagenen

The outcome of US-led conflicts in Ukraine and West Asia will have a profound impact on the developing world order. Washington has already lost the former, and its major adversaries are vested in making sure it loses the latter too. Also: ‘How Yemen Is Blocking US Hegemony in West Asia’.

Dangers of Releasing Fukushima’s Radioactive Wastewater into the Pacific Ocean – 2 Articles
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Dangers of Releasing Fukushima’s Radioactive Wastewater into the Pacific Ocean – 2 Articles

ByGreg M. Schwartz; and John Laforge

The IAEA is hiding dangers of releasing Fukushima’s radioactive wastewater into the Pacific Ocean? Also: ‘Fukushima: Japan’s Triple Threat in Spades’: Japan too indulging in media manipulation and information control to hide the dangers of the radioactive water release.

Tens of Thousands of Argentinians Protest Milei’s Pro-IMF Austerity Plan and Authoritarian Policies
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Tens of Thousands of Argentinians Protest Milei’s Pro-IMF Austerity Plan and Authoritarian Policies

ByMaryam Alaniz

Despite threats of violence and heavy repression, thousands of working people in Argentina have taken to the streets to protest far-right President Javier Milei’s full-frontal austerity policies.

We Must Reckon With the Most Dangerous System of Extinction Humans Ever Created
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We Must Reckon With the Most Dangerous System of Extinction Humans Ever Created

ByPeter Handel interviews Charles Derber

Charles Derber, author of ‘Dying for Capitalism: How Big Money Fuels Extinction and What We Can Do About It’, discusses how the myth of American exceptionalism undermines the solutions to the existential threats we face today, why “green capitalism” is an oxymoron, and the need to confront a “triangle of extinction.”