William Blum is an author, historian, and renowned critic of U.S. foreign policy. He is the author of numerous books, including "Killing Hope: U.S. Military and CIA Interventions Since World War II" and "Rogue State: A Guide to the World’s Only Superpower".
Bush’s Legacy
This is not to put George W. Bush down. That’s too easy, and I’ve done it many times. No, this is to counter the current trend to rehabilitate the man…
President Kennedy’s Speech, Half a Century Ago
In Kennedy’s short time in office, the United States had unleashed many different types of war, from attempts to overthrow governments and suppress political movements to assassination attempts against leaders…
Boston Marathon, this thing called terrorism, and the United States
To put an end to anti-American terrorism, the U.S. is going to have to learn to live without unending war against the world. There’s no other defense against a couple…
The Marvelous World of Freedom of Speech
The use of sanctions to prevent foreign media from saying things that Washington has decided should not be said is actually a marked improvement over previous American methods. …
The Latest Threats to Life As We Know It
American sovereignty hasn’t faced a legitimate foreign threat to its existence since the British in 1812.…
Would you believe that the United States tried to do something that was not nice against Hugo Chávez?
In a secret US cable to the State Department, former US ambassador to Venezuela, William Brownfield, outlines a comprehensive plan to destabilize the government of the late President Hugo Chávez.…
Osama bin Laden, Bradley Manning, & William Blum
Our splendid officials are considering putting Bradley Manning in prison forever simply because they’re embarrassed. …
It’s the end of the world … again
The American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) recent convention in Washington produced the usual Doomsday talk concerning Iran’s imminent possession of nuclear weapons …
Hugo Chávez
I personally believe that Hugo Chávez was murdered by the United States. If his illness and death were NOT induced, the CIA was not doing its job.…
Afghanistan: Manufacturing the American Legacy
The US-led overthrow of this government paved the way for the coming to power of Islamic fundamentalist forces, which led directly to the awful Taliban.…
American Foreign Policy – Have our war lovers learned anything?
Over the past four decades, of all the reasons people over a certain age have given for their becoming radicalized against US foreign policy, the Vietnam War has easily been…
The death of Osama bin Laden. What does it profit a country?
Could it be any worse if bin Laden were still alive?…
Where have you gone, Joe DiMaggio?
Nor any explanation of what it says about the mission of the Holy Triumvirate (the United States, NATO and the European Union) that they have been supplying these jihadist rebels…
The United Nations Vote on the Cuba Embargo – 21 Years in a Row
Each fall the UN vote is a welcome reminder that the world has not completely lost its senses and that the American empire does not completely control the opinion of…
A Brief History of Superpowers
NATO, an organization that not only has a questionable raison d'être in the present, but never had any good reason-to-be in the past other than serving as Washington's hit man.…
Death by Stupidity
If there’s even a small chance that the greenhouse effect is driving the changes, is it not plain that, at a minimum, we have to err on the side of…
The Fate of Those Who Do Not Love the Empire
Both Hugo Chávez and Salvador Allende had sinned by creating "nationalistic" regimes that served the wrong "national interest".…
Wake up and smell the bullshit. Then go vote.
The existence of the U.S. 'kill list' has been publicly known for nearly two years and was the subject of a 6,000-word exposé in the New York Times in May.…
U.S. Drone Strikes: Of Backward Nations and Modern Nations
The United States is planning to continue its policy of assassinating individuals, via drone attacks, for the foreseeable future.…
Syria: The Universe Unraveling
Washington and its freedom fighters de jour would like to establish Libya II. And we all know how well Libya I has turned out.…
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Quid Pro Quo Diplomacy in US-Myanmar Relations
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No Bear Market In Gold
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Erdoğan’s Visit to Washington, D.C.
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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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