Dissident Voice

5 days ago | dissidentvoice.org | Michael Brenner

Sooner or later, all of us will have to face this question from a young child over Thanksgiving dinner:“Dad, Mom, Grandpa, Grandma – why did we have all those fights with other countries back then?”VIETNAM? “We fought them there so that we didn’t have to fight them on Wiltshire Boulevard!”CAMBODIA: “So that we didn’t have to fight them in Saigon!”LAOS? “So we that we didn’t have to fight them in Danang!”GRANADA? “So that we didn’t have to fight them in Saint Thomas!”NICARAGUA?

1 week ago | dissidentvoice.org | Rick Sterling

The NY Times has been a major promoter of US “regime change” operations for decades. Today, while President Trump considers directly involving a US attack on Iran, the NYT is again performing this role despite many readers being skeptical or opposed. A June 19 NYT news/analysis is titled “An Islamic Republic With Its Back Against the Wall” by Roger Cohen. It seems written to pave the way for yet another US backed or directed “regime change”.

1 week ago | dissidentvoice.org | David Marks

Truth Is Not Readily Confessed Salvador Dali — Geopoliticus Child Watching The Birth Of The New ManAt a recent family gathering, I sat at the dinner table with a group of loved ones for the first time since the COVID-19 fiasco. Most of the cheerful discussion focused on the spectacular event of the week; my mother’s 100th birthday.

1 week ago | dissidentvoice.org | Binoy Kampmark

Netanyahu Dreams of Regime Change These are the sorts of things that tend to be discussed in bunkered facilities and grimy locker rooms. Now, very much in the open and before the presses, the head of state of one country is openly advocating murdering another head of state before news outlets with little reaction. Lawbreaking has become chic, and Israel has taken the lead.

1 week ago | dissidentvoice.org | Jan Oberg

Why the focus ought to be on Israel, not Iran. Israel has 90-400 nuclear weapons. Here is what a simple AI dialogue yields. Any journalist could do it. No one does. The UN General Assembly Resolution that declares the Middle East a zone free of nuclear weapons is UN General Assembly Resolution A/RES/76/30. Title: Establishment of a nuclear-weapon-free zone in the region of the Middle East.