Power for Capital’s Sake
The 1984 Kissinger Commission shows that American intervention is a bipartisan project.
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War Without Reason
Henry Kissinger dismissed facts and data in favor of grandiose notions of moral power.
Elizabeth Holmes Swindled Henry Kissinger, and We’re Not Complaining
Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes is a living embodiment of what’s wrong with the Silicon Valley venture capital sinkhole. But we can’t get too mad at her for defrauding some of the worst rich people in the world.
The Verdict on Henry Kissinger
In the United States, one of the twentieth century’s most prolific butchers died as he lived — beloved by the rich and powerful, regardless of their partisan affiliation.
From the War Room to Wall Street
In bringing together sellers and buyers, markets and investors, autocrats and capitalists, Kissinger Associates played an outsize role in the rapid advancement of neoliberalism around the world.
Henry in South Asia
Kissinger and the violent suppression of Bangladesh.
Henry in the Gulf
On the “cynical operation” of Kissinger’s Kurdish affair.
Henry in Angola
Kissinger’s covert-ops misadventure with apartheid South Africa.
Could Henry Kissinger Possess the Pee Tape?
Many suspect Putin is blackmailing Trump. But could there be a different culprit? A plausible theory of mind-boggling confusion.
For 50 Years, Morocco Has Denied Western Sahara Freedom
Morocco has illegally occupied Western Sahara for half a century. From Henry Kissinger to Donald Trump, US government officials have worked tirelessly to help the Moroccan monarchy maintain its oppressive rule over the Sahrawi people.
The Apologia Olympics
Even before his corpse was cold, the rehabilitation of Henry Kissinger had begun.
All of Kissinger’s Friends
Last night's Democratic debate showed how thoroughly liberals have renounced the anti-interventionist tradition.
Ten “Somebodies” Who Like Hillary
According to Hillary Clinton, “nobody likes” Bernie Sanders. But it raises the question: Just who exactly likes her?
Cover-Up Follows Seymour Hersh’s Life Uncovering Secrets
Laura Poitras and Mark Obenhaus’s Netflix documentary Cover-Up follows the life and work of legendary investigative reporter Seymour Hersh. Cover-Up depicts the kind of maverick journalism we desperately need in our authoritarian times.
He Got the Story
Seymour Hersh has gotten a few things wrong over his career. But his memoir shows a reporter with broad and brave consistency, exposing one atrocity and cover-up by the forces of American imperial power after another.
Trump’s New National Security Memo Is 30 Pages of Insanity
Released just before Christmas, Donald Trump’s National Security Strategy memo is a bizarre and frightening manifesto for MAGA’s second term. To help make sense of the document, Jacobin turned to Latin American historian Greg Grandin.
Donald Rumsfeld, Rot in Hell
Bush administration Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld is dead at the age of 88. It's a tragedy that Rumsfeld died before he could be put on trial for crimes against humanity.
Gitmo’s Eternal Inmate Takes Center Stage in Alex Gibney’s New Documentary
Alex Gibney’s The Forever Prisoner reveals the brutal truth behind the nearly two-decade imprisonment of Guantanamo Bay inmate Abu Zubaydah — and the powerful men at the top of the American government responsible for his torture. We spoke with Gibney about it.
When Neocon Heroes Die
Fighting the Hitchens personality cult.