A Planet Boiling With Unintended Consequences

Tom Engelhardt / TomDispatch Mar 4, 2018 To get a picture of “blowback” in action, just do an internet search for such phrases as “warmest years,” “rising sea levels” and “future climate refugees." Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

With President Trump, Is the American Experiment Over?

By Tom Engelhardt / TomDispatch Nov 14, 2016 The empire of chaos has made the trip homeward. It’s now with us big time, all the time. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

VIDEO: Muslims Around the World Condemn Paris Terror Attacks

By Adam Johnson / AlterNet Nov 15, 2015 "These so-called jihadists only represent themselves. And I just wanted to extend my deepest condolences to the French people," said one man from Morocco. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Why the U.S. Owns the Rise of Islamic State and the Syria Disaster

By Gareth Porter Oct 8, 2015 Over the past three decades, U.S. covert operations and wars have entered repeatedly and powerfully into the chain of causality leading to Islamic State’s present power. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

How Henry Kissinger Helped Create Our ‘Proliferated’ World

By Greg Grandin, TomDispatch Sep 28, 2015 Kissinger’s policies toward Iran and Saudi Arabia accelerated radicalization in the region, laying the groundwork, step by catastrophic step, for the region’s spiraling crises of the present moment. Dig deeper ( 16 Min. Read )

From the Archives of TomDispatch: America’s Empire of Bases

By Chalmers Johnson, TomDispatch Aug 12, 2015 A vast network of American military bases on every continent except Antarctica actually constitutes a new form of empire not likely to be taught in any high school geography class. Without grasping the dimensions of this globe-girdling Baseworld, one can't begin to understand the size and nature of our imperial aspirations or the degree to which a new kind of militarism is undermining our constitutional order. Dig deeper ( 13 Min. Read )

Can You Say ‘Blowback’ in Spanish?

By Rebecca Gordon, TomDispatch Mar 23, 2015 The U.S. wars in the Middle East and the so-called war on drugs in North America have resulted in violent consequences felt in our own cities, whether at the finish line of the Boston Marathon or in communities of color across the country. Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )

Truthdiggers of the Week: Charlie Hebdo

BLANK Jan 12, 2015 Critical journalists view the slaughter of their colleagues in Paris from a deeply personal perspective. "Does my work threaten my life?" we ask ourselves. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

The Outpost That Doesn’t Exist in the Country You Can’t Locate

By Nick Turse, TomDispatch Nov 21, 2014 Recent contracting documents indicate that the U.S. military is building something in Chad. Not a huge facility, not a mini-American town, but a small camp. The revelation suggests yet another potential source of blowback from America’s efforts in Africa which have backfired, gone bust, and sown strife. Dig deeper ( 13 Min. Read )

Washington Fights Fire With Fire in Libya

By Nick Turse, TomDispatch Apr 15, 2014 Is the US secretly training Libyan militiamen in the Canary Islands? That’s what I asked a spokesman for U Africa Command “I am surprised by your mentioning the Canary Islands,” he responded by email “I have not heard this before, and wonder where you heard this”. Dig deeper ( 13 Min. Read )

The Special Ops Surge In 134 Countries

By Nick Turse, TomDispatch Jan 16, 2014 All over the planet, the Obama administration is waging a secret war whose full extent has never been fully revealed -- until now. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

Three Good Reasons To Liquidate Our Empire

By Chalmers Johnson, TomDispatch Aug 23, 2013 The failure to begin to deal with our bloated military establishment and the profligate use of it in missions for which it is hopelessly inappropriate will, sooner rather than later, condemn the United States to a devastating trio of consequences: imperial overstretch, perpetual war, and insolvency, leading to a likely collapse similar to that of the former Soviet Union. Dig deeper ( 15 Min. Read )