Billionaire Elon Musk Buys Twitter, 1% Strengthens Stranglehold on Media
The world’s richest man, Elon Musk, bought Twitter this week for $44 billion. Before Musk, Twitter was owned primarily by investment firms like Vanguard, Morgan Stanley and BlackRock. As media ownership concentrates among fewer and fewer people who are wealthier and wealthier, what does this mean for the idea of a “free press”? Abby Martin, […]
Ukraine: From Proxy War to Nuclear War?
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin says the United States is ready for anything after Russian officials warn of the danger of nuclear war. Brian and Eugene Puryear discuss how the NATO powers are implementing their strategy of fighting a long-term proxy conflict against Russia as well as Russia’s move to end gas sales to Poland and […]
Biden Reverses on Oil Drilling: Climate Lawyer Explains the Catastrophic Stakes of Inaction
The Biden administration has raised the level of ethanol in the gas at the pumps, is promoting electric vehicles over public transit, and reversed course to open up federal lands for gas and oil companies to lease for drilling. Kassie Siegel, director of the The Center for Biological Diversity‘s Climate Law Institute, explains the impact […]
US Army Lures Recruits with False Promises of Debt Relief and Cash Bonuses
The devil is always in the details. Mike Prysner, producer for The Empire Files & Iraq war veteran, looked into the Army’s recently announced signing bonuses for new recruits, and they are not as advertised. Some of the main jobs that the Army is struggling to fill are for laundry, mortician’s assistants and truck drivers […]
Elon Musk’s Worst Nightmare: Mexico Nationalizes Lithium
Mexico’s Congress nationalized its lithium reserves this week. Prior to the controversial vote, a recall vote on President Andrés Manuel López Obrador drastically failed – he won with more than 91% of the 16.5 million votes. Now the U.S. corporate media is attacking him more than ever. Is Mexico turning to the left? Could Washington […]
Mining Contractors Violate Rules in Jammu and Kashmir
Giant machines plunder small rivers and destroy biodiversity. Illegal contracts and excessive mining threaten aquatic life, flora and fauna, and agriculture. The Kashmir valley is a fertile plain between the Pir Panjal and the Great Himalayas. Its small rivers and hill streams don’t just enhance its beauty. They mostly join the Jhelum river, the primary […]
Israeli Violence & Western Hypocrisy: Where Are the Palestinian Flag Emojis? With Ali Abunimah
One year after Zionist extremists in Jerusalem provoked a defiant response from Palestinians in occupied Gaza, the same scenario is now repeating. Israelis are attacking Palestinian worshippers at Al Aqsa mosque during Ramadan, executing Palestinians in the occupied West Bank and once again bombing Gaza, but without any of the Western sympathy expressed for Ukrainian […]
New Cold War Witch Hunt Targets Journalists Opposed to US Empire
The war in Ukraine has ushered in a new era of global politics, and it has also ushered in a new political witch hunt against dissenting voices. With more and more intensity, the corporate media – including social media giants – are closing ranks to squeeze out anyone who dares speak up in opposition to […]