Candidates for Congress Show the Way Out
The 2006 mid-term election sent a clear signal: Americans want out of Iraq. As the occupation drags on, 10 candidates for the U.S. Congress announce a plan to bring all the troops home.
Mexico’s Battle over Oil
The Mexican government wants to put its national oil industry into private hands, reports columnist Laura Carlsen, but it’s going to be a tough sell.
Global Power Shift
In a shifting political landscape, columnist Michael Klare points out, mammoth energy reserves are increasingly more important than huge military arsenals.
Rising Powers, Shrinking Planet: The New Geopolitics of Energy with Author Michael Klare
The Military-Petroleum Complex
America’s oil addiction has gotten it into all sorts of trouble around the world.
Bush at the Pentagon
Why is the president still giving victory speeches about the Iraq War?
Memorializing Iraq
Joseph DeLappe isn’t waiting for the end of the Iraq War to start building a monument to the Iraqi civilians who have died.
Militarizing Africa (Again)
With the new Africa Command, the United States is increasing its military footprint on an energy-rich continent.
Chomsky on the Rise of the South
Noam Chomsky looks at the increasing power and coordination of the countries of the Global South.
The Costs of War for Oil
We have to decide, as a nation, whether our need for Middle Eastern oil is more important to our future than our conduct as a moral and ethical people.
Oil Grab in Iraq
A new Iraqi law proposes to open the country’s currently nationalized oil system to foreign corporate control.
Chomsky on Iran, Iraq, and the Rest of the World
In a new interview, Noam Chomsky talks about U.S. war plans, what you don’t read in the mainstream media, and why international affairs are run like the mafia.
Is Russia Really That Authoritarian?
The West often perceives Putins Russia as a one-man dictatorship, but analysts in Moscow point instead to a startling crisis of corporate management.
World Bank OK With Blood For Oil
It’s painfully clear, as the blood spills on both sides of the Chad border, that the consortium of international oil companies and their allies at the World Bank won’t let anything stop a drop of oil from flowing to global markets.
It’s Still About Oil in Iraq
A centerpiece of the Iraq Study Group’s report is its advocacy for securing foreign companies’ long-term access to Iraqi oil fields.