Washington Is Drunk on War Washington Is Drunk on War
Mark it on your calendar. It seems we’ve finally entered the Soviet era in America.
Jun 15, 2010 / Tom Engelhardt
Jeremy Scahill Talks Minerals, Wikileaks and Blackwater with Laura Flanders Jeremy Scahill Talks Minerals, Wikileaks and Blackwater with Laura Flanders
In the market for a private army? Jeremy Scahill says you can probably buy Blackwater from Erik Prince for cheap.
Jun 15, 2010 / Nation in the News / The Nation on Grit TV
Video From Aboard the Gaza Flotilla Video From Aboard the Gaza Flotilla
Activist and filmmaker Iara Lee was aboard the Mavi Marmara on May 31 when the vessel was raided by the Israel Defense Forces. Though her camera and equipment were confiscated, she...
Jun 15, 2010 / Video / The Nation
Jeremy Scahill Talks Minerals, Wikileaks and Blackwater with Laura Flanders Jeremy Scahill Talks Minerals, Wikileaks and Blackwater with Laura Flanders
In the market for a private army? Jeremy Scahill says you can probably buy Blackwater from Erik Prince for cheap.
Trillion-Dollar War Trillion-Dollar War
The war in Afghanistan might cost the United States a trillion dollars. Now we find out that it's worth it: Afghanistan has a trillion dollars worth of mineral wealth under it...
Jun 15, 2010 / Blog / Bob Dreyfuss
Is Blackwater’s Erik Prince Moving to the United Arab Emirates? Is Blackwater’s Erik Prince Moving to the United Arab Emirates?
With Blackwater's top deputies indicted on federal charges and the company up for sale, rumors are swirling that Prince is preparing to bolt to a country with no extradition treaty...
Jun 15, 2010 / Blog / Jeremy Scahill
Smart Pressure on Obama to Do More for Middle East Peace Smart Pressure on Obama to Do More for Middle East Peace
It is not often that a candidate in a tight US Senate race says something significant about the Middle East peace process—or the lack of a process. Pennsylvania Democrat Joe ...
Jun 14, 2010 / Blog / John Nichols
Pax Ottomanica? Pax Ottomanica?
How Turkey is chasing China to become the next big thing.
Jun 14, 2010 / John Feffer
Shill, Baby, Shill Shill, Baby, Shill
How BP’s disarmingly charming ten-year-long ad campaign helped get us into this mess.
Jun 14, 2010 / The Notion / Leslie Savan
In the Shadow of the Serengeti In the Shadow of the Serengeti
In order to make room for its thriving ecotourism industry, Tanzania is violently forcing villagers off their land.
Jun 11, 2010 / Marc Perelman