Jeremy R. Hammond is an independent political analyst and a recipient of the Project Censored Award for Outstanding Investigative Journalism. He is the founding editor of Foreign Policy Journal (www.foreignpolicyjournal.com) and can also be found on the web at JeremyRHammond.com. He is the author of "Ron Paul vs. Paul Krugman: Austrian vs. Keynesian economics in the financial crisis" and "The Rejection of Palestinian Self-Determination: The Struggle for Palestine and the Roots of the Israeli-Arab Conflict", both available in paperback or Kindle versions from Amazon.com.
Israel’s Illegal Use of White Phosphorus During ‘Operation Cast Lead’
How the U.S. Media Tries to Cover Up Israeli War Crimes…
The Demonization of Richard Falk
It is clear from the hysterical reactions to Mr. Falk’s commentary on the Boston bombings that his own sin is in speaking uncomfortable truths many Americans don’t want to hear…
The U.S. and Israel’s ‘Overreaction’ to Iran’s Nuclear Program: Another Mythical ‘Intelligence Failure’
Jacques E. C. Hymans urges that it is time for the U.S. and Israel to stop overreacting about Iran’s nuclear program, which might otherwise be a welcome departure from the…
The U.S.’s ‘Coercive Diplomacy’ with Iran and Lessons Unlearned from Iraq
The January/February issue of Foreign Affairs features an article titled "Getting to Yes With Iran: The Challenges of Coercive Diplomacy" by Robert Jervis.…
NYT Editors Whitewash Role of U.S. in Syrian Violence and Refugee Crisis
If more is required of Russia and China to assist the plight of refugees from the conflict in Syria, a great deal less, it would seem, is required of the…
A Culture of Violence: Rethinking the Gun Control Agenda
A video montage examining the gun control agenda and the culture of violence in the U.S.…
Mali: Disregarded Lessons in ‘Humanitarian’ Intervention
Western powers are engaged in yet another military intervention, this time in Mali, a country whose troubles are in no small part a consequence of the U.S./NATO war on Libya…
Obama’s Revisionist History on Ending the Iraq War: A Lesson from the 3rd Presidential Debate
There was an instructive moment in the third presidential debate between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney, which focused on U.S. foreign policy, when they got into a spat over the…
The Mass Insanity of American Voters
Whatever you do, do not join in the mass insanity. Whatever you do, do not waste your vote. Do not vote for Barack Obama or Mitt Romney. …
‘US created forces it spends money fighting against’ – Taliban ex-captive
Jere Van Dyk is a former TV correspondent and Taliban expert (and was once held captive by them). He believes the Taliban is poorly understood in the West, but that…
The Lies that Led to the Iraq War and the Persistent Myth of ‘Intelligence Failure’
The narrative of “intelligence failure” attempts to obfuscate the truth of the matter, which is that senior government officials repeatedly lied and willfully deceived the public by making claims unsupported…
The Media Narrative on Morsi and How the U.S. Promotes Democracy in Egypt
The emerging media narrative is that the power of the civilian government in Egypt must be “balanced” or “moderated” by the power of the military establishment long supported by Washington.…
The Ignorant American: Matt Johnson on Ron Paul and U.S. Foreign Policy
Matt Johnson continues to make clear that Ron Paul’s true sin is that he isn’t an obedient practitioner of the state religion across a broad range of foreign policy issues.…
Ron Paul’s Crimes Against the State Religion
America’s foreign policy is good and righteous and just, and that, in the view of obedient and self-disciplined commentators like Matt Johnson, is all Americans need to know.…
Yes, Virginia, Banks Really Do Create Money Out of Thin Air
Our entire monetary system is a debt-based system, in which every dollar in circulation, whether in the form of currency or credit, was borrowed into existence in the first place…
Wiping Palestine Off the Map: The New York Times’ Racist Editorial Policy
The New York Times editors ought to be ashamed for having allowed their newspaper to become a mouthpiece for such arrogant, hypocritical, lying, racist garbage.…
Five Obamacare ‘Myths’? Debunking Bill Keller’s NYT Debunking
Bill Keller in a New York Times op-ed this week sets out to debunk “Five Obamacare Myths”, but fails miserably in his effort to correct supposed falsehoods about the Patient…
The Immoral Case for Drones
Scott Shane, in a recent news analysis piece for the New York Times, sets out to present “The Moral Case for Drones”, but grievously fails to present anything of the…
The Logical Flaws of the Supreme Court’s Ruling on the Affordable Care Act
Notwithstanding the Supreme Court’s spurious claim to the contrary, reason dictates that we must recognize that the individual mandate imposed on Americans under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act…
Propaganda Is the Name of the Game in Media Reports of Atrocities in Syria
Dutiful and highly self-disciplined so-called “journalists” will continue to parrot the narrative preferred by Western government officials and to propagate pretexts in order to manufacture consent for yet another U.S.-managed…
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China and the Arctic: Breaking the Ice
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Hezbollah’s Syrian Equation
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On Political Precondition
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Israel, Hawking and the Pressing Question of Boycott
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Gangster State America
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A Scientific Theory of the WTC 7 Collapse
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The Myth of the U.N. Creation of Israel
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Bush Convicted of War Crimes in Absentia
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Ron Paul: Propagandist or Prophet?
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Joe Giambrone: Uncle Ruslan Tsarni’s Organization May Have Funded Terrorists
Rich Ray: Boston Baked BS: It Goes So Well With Turkeys When They’ve Come Home To Roost
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