Mike Whitney

MIKE WHITNEY lives in Washington state. He is a contributor to Hopeless: Barack Obama and the Politics of Illusion (AK Press). Hopeless is also available in a Kindle edition. He can be reached at fergiewhitney@msn.com.

America’s "Terrorist Academy" in Iraq Produced ISIS Leaders

Obama Declares War on Syria

Uncle Sam Does Ukraine

Did Putin Just Bring Peace to Ukraine?

Sinister Pretext for War with Russia

Obama’s “Catastrophic Defeat” in Ukraine

Understanding Ukraine in 15 Minutes

Did Iran Just Knife Putin in the Back?

Why Obama Wants Maliki Removed

My Money’s on Putin

Was Malaysia Flight 17 Shot Down?

The Unanswered Questions of MH17

What Putin Knows

Pushing Ukraine to the Brink

Why Abenomics Flopped

Central Bank Stock Buying Binge

Did Obama Know that ISIS Planned to Invade Iraq?

It’s all for Israel

The Isis Fiasco; It’s Really an Attack on Iran

On to Baghdad

Black Flags Over Mosul

Obama’s Attempt at Intimidating Russia

European Central Bank Goes Sub Zero

Saber Rattling at West Point

Japan Hits the Skids

Back in the Red

Iraq: the Biggest Petroleum Heist in History?

Showdown in Ukraine

U.S. Media Ignores Putin’s Peace Plan

U.S. Media Ignores Putin’s Peace Plan

False Flag in Odessa

Obama’s Bloodbath in Odessa

Obama’s Bloodbath in Odessa

Obama’s New Ukraine

Obama’s New Ukraine

Why is Putin in Washington’s Crosshairs?

Putin’s Dilemma

G-20 and US Tell Japan to End QE

Is Putin Being Lured Into a Trap?

Stock Buybacks and Margin Debt

The Economic Scam of the Century

Economic Suicide

Housing: One Chart Says it All

Obama Backs Down on Crimea

Obama: The Willing Executioner

Big Oil’s “Sore Losers” Lead the Drive to War

Directing War Strategies from the Shadows

Crimea River

Obama’s Dumbest Plan Yet

The Greatest Propaganda Coup of Our Time?