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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with US President Donald Trump in the Oval Office to discuss Trump's plan for Gaza, September 29, 2025 (White House/Public Domain)

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Can the States Defy Washington and Arrest Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu?

US President Donald Trump declares an illegal war on Iran, February 28, 2026

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Julian Assange and the Criminalization of Journalism

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The Activists, or How the Anti-War Left Was Duped by Barack Obama

Jeremy R. Hammond — Empowering Independent Journalism

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Karzai: Afghanistan Government Corruption Traces to Foreign Influence

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Obama Trying to Prolong Afghanistan War Just As He Did Iraq

Jeremy R. Hammond — Empowering Independent Journalism

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American War Crimes: Infographic

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The Unsurprising Result of U.S. Withdrawal from Pech Valley, Afghanistan: Peace

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Most Americans Say Afghan War Isn’t Worth Fighting

Poppy fields in Afghanistan (Photo: United Nations, licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

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The CIA’s Suitcases of Cash to Afghan Drug Lords

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Obama’s Rejection of Diplomacy in the Afghanistan War

Opium fields ready for harvesting are the target of poppy eradication by Afghan National Security Forces in Bala Baluk district on April 15, 2009. (Photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Monica R. Nelson, ISAF, licensed under CC BY 2.0)

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The Afghan Opium Trade: Corrupt Gov’t Officials and the Counterproductive Effects of Eradication

Jeremy R. Hammond — Empowering Independent Journalism

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‘No Logical Explanation’ for Afghan Army Attacks on American Forces in Afghanistan?

Jeremy R. Hammond — Empowering Independent Journalism

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How the U.S. Media Tries to Keep You Stupid About Foreign Policy

Congressman Ron Paul of Texas speaking at the Tea Party Patriots American Policy Summit in Phoenix, Arizona, February 26, 2011 (Gage Skidmore/CC BY-SA 2.0)

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The Ignorant American: Matt Johnson on Ron Paul and U.S. Foreign Policy

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Congressman Ron Paul Urges Afghanistan Withdrawal July 18 2012

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US/NATO Bombings Violate Both International Law and Its Agreement with the Afghan Government

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Another NATO War Crime

Opium fields ready for harvesting are the target of poppy eradication by Afghan National Security Forces in Bala Baluk district on April 15, 2009. (Photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Monica R. Nelson, ISAF, licensed under CC BY 2.0)

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How the U.S. Helps the Drug Lords Control the Opium Market in Afghanistan

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A Decent NYT Piece on the Afghan Opium Trade

UNODC-security-incidents

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It Isn’t the Taliban Trafficking Drugs Through Northern Afghanistan…

VOA reporter interviewing Afghan poppy cultivators. (VOA/public domain)

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A Reexamination of the Role of the Taliban in the Afghan Opium Trade

Jeremy R. Hammond — Empowering Independent Journalism

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New York Times Wants Karzai to ‘Remind’ Afghans of American ‘Sacrifices’

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More on the NYT Propaganda Narrative of U.S. Withdrawal from Iraq

Opium fields ready for harvesting are the target of poppy eradication by Afghan National Security Forces in Bala Baluk district on April 15, 2009. (Photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Monica R. Nelson, ISAF, licensed under CC BY 2.0)

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The Afghan Drug Trade and the Elephant in the Room

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Newly Disclosed Documents Shed More Light on Early Taliban Offers, Pakistan Role

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$1,000,000,000,000 Spent on ‘War on Terrorism’

About Jeremy R. Hammond

About Jeremy R. Hammond

I’m an independent journalist exposing the state propaganda that manufactures public consent for criminal government policies.

My work examines US foreign policy, market interventionism, and so-called "public health" policy through one consistent lens: an uncompromising application of the non-aggression principle that transcends the narrow linear spectrum of "left" vs. "right".

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