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Dear Progressives:
Sorry, pal, you’re evil. Self-righteous indignation counts for nothing in the strict accounting of real progressivism.
Dear Self-Proclaimed “Progressive”: I love you, man, but it...
English patriotism is overtaking British identity, poll shows
British identity is declining rapidly and English patriotism is on the rise with many more now describing themselves as just English, a new study...
‘Insane, ridiculous, embarrassing’: Abby Martin blasts RT ‘bashing’ by ODNI report and NYT
Former RT journalist Abby Martin has blasted the US intelligence agencies’ ODNI report along with the New York Times for publishing “egregious lies” about...
Deep State in Deep Trouble
US ruling power is in deep trouble because there are growing signs that the mass of citizens are no longer beholden to the supposed...
The Fidel I Knew: My 100 Hours With Castro
Fidel is dead, but he is immortal. Few people have known the glory of entering into the realm of legend and history during their...
GOP Tries to 'Jam' Through Nominees Not Yet Vetted, Ethics Office Warns
Days before the confirmation process is set to begin, with schedule purposely packed with conflicts, it appears that many of President-elect Donald Trump's cabinet...
No Conflict Here: 150 Wall Street Firms Own Over $1.5 Billion of Trump's Debt
As many suspected, President-elect Donald Trump's web of business conflicts is much more complicated than he has let on.
An analysis by the Wall Street...
Press freedom shouldn’t be left to a ‘vindictive tycoon’… says Murdoch-owned newspaper
Rupert Murdoch’s flagship tabloid has warned against letting a mean millionaire control press regulation, after ex-motorsport boss Max Mosley donated £4 million ($4.9 million)...
Beyond Anti-Trump
Photo by Jamelle Bouie | CC BY 2.0
Let’s be careful about the phrase “anti-Trump coalition.” The phrase leaves the door open for everything being about...
Laurence Fink: The Trillion-Dollar Deadhead
The secret of great fortunes without apparent cause is a crime forgotten, for it was properly done.
— Honoré de Balzac, Le Père Goriot, 1835
Among...
God Hates Mexicans
Photo by Fibonacci Blue | CC BY 2.0
People will believe anything if it flatters their vanity. Think of the idea that Americans are God’s...
Situation with Russia proves America is an oligarchy
Eric Zuesse
(RINF) - The U.S. government’s plan to conquer Russia is based upon a belief in, and the fundamental plan to establish, “Nuclear Primacy”...
Israel First or America First
Donald Trump has a new best friend.
“President-elect Trump, thank you for your warm friendship and your clear-cut support of Israel,” gushed Bibi Netanyahu, after...
Christmas and Endless War
There is a profound contradiction for Christians who celebrate the “prince of peace” at Christmas and then return to the...
Ban Trump, Twitter, and Free Speech
In the through-the-mirror world we now live in, people who once unambiguously supported free speech now are finding plenty of things they want censored.
Chief...
I’m Not Cheering the End of 2016
If you thought 2016 was bad, I have bad news: Buckle up.
Hopefully 2017 won’t bring the deaths of more beloved celebrities, and I doubt...
Bibi Told Nope
Did the community organizer from Harvard Law just deliver some personal payback to the IDF commando? So it would seem.
By abstaining on that Security...
Sanctioning Evil
President Obama did something recently that no president had done since Bill Clinton in 1995: he allowed a bill to become law without his...
To Go the Way of the Great Auk: the Clintons and the Media
Plantagenet, I will; and like thee, Nero,
Play on the lute, beholding the towns burn.
Shakespeare, Henry VI
A number of writers and critics have noted the astounding...
Bolivia: The Right to Communications and Information
Over the past decade, Bolivia has managed some extraordinary achievements, for instance becoming the first country in the world to reach the UN Sustainable...
A Christmas Message of Peace
From the Archive: In today’s “endless war,” there are few moments that inspire hope like the one 102 years ago...
Rock legend, Status Quo guitarist Rick Parfitt dies aged 68
Rick Parfitt, veteran rocker and lead guitarist for the rock group Status Quo, has died...
The CIA’s Cult of Death
Review of Douglas Valentine’s The CIA as Organized Crime: How Illegal Operations Corrupt America and the World
Do you desire intellectually stimulating, need-to-be-aware-of information as...
Dystopian Donald: The Future According to Trump
Can you doubt that we're in a dystopian age, even if we're still four weeks from Donald Trump entering the Oval Office? Never in...
‘Calexit’: Yes California movement opens ‘embassy’ in Moscow
A campaign calling for the independence of California from the United States has opened an “embassy”...
Obama Destabilizes Truth
Obama and his press secretary, Josh Earnest, are now leading the post-election campaign against Trump. That’s evident by their latest accusations and charges against...
Lessons for Trump
In this world, it is often dangerous to be an enemy of the United States, said Henry Kissinger in 1968, but to be a...
U.S. Government Is Secretly Allied with America’s Enemies
Eric Zuesse, originally posted at strategic-culture.org
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Everyone knows that jihadists, and people who fund their terrorism against the United States and against other (non-fundamentalist-Islamic) nations,...
Report Exposes How Trump's Vast Holdings Are Already "Jeopardizing US Interests" Around the World
Donald Trump has already postponed his promised December 15 announcement about how he is going to divest himself of his immense conflicts of interest...
Nothing in the Constitution Stands in the Way of Dumping Trump in the Electoral...
Spectators view a projection of the Electoral College tallies, provided by Digital Obscura, on the Empire State Building in New York, on November 8,...
How Did the World Get Addicted to Sugar?
By Dr. Mercola
Few would argue that excess refined sugar is pernicious to our health. However, hardly anyone is aware of the manipulation and deceit...
Why Did Japan Choose a Suicidal War in 1941?
Seven decades after Japan’s surprise attack on Pearl Harbor some truth is finally beginning to emerge from the miasma of propaganda that still clouds...
Has the Revolution Begun?
The wailing and keening over the choice of Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt to head the EPA appear to be a lead indicator of...
10 Top Enemies of Ancient Rome
By Cristian Violatti Listverse December 10, 2016
Roman civilization grew by destroying hundreds of others. In this process, many brave men and women challenged the almighty...
Britain scraps last aircraft carrier with replacements still years away
Britain’s last aircraft carrier ‘HMS Illustrious’ – known as Lusty – has set sail to...
Marijuana and a Free Society
Not all Americans are celebrating the recently passed ballot measures relating to marijuana—especially some conservatives.
People in the states of California, Maine, Massachusetts, and Nevada...
Donald Trump and the Republicans: The Art of the Steal
President-elect Donald Trump listens to Vice President-elect Mike Pence at the Carrier plant in Indianapolis, on December 1, 2016. (Photo: AJ Mast / The...
Rule by Distant Strangers
The purpose of the European project, at least the purpose sold to the public, was to provide long-term stability to the continent, particularly economic...
FDR Lied Us into WWII
“I have in my possession a secret map, made in Germany by Hitler’s government — by the planners of the New World Order,” FDR...
Brutal US Colonialism in Puerto Rico
Recently, I’ve been reading Overthrow: America’s Century of Regime Change from Hawaii to Iraq, a book by veteran New York Times correspondent Stephen Kinzer,...
The Fierce Debate Over Castro’s Legacy
Photo by Institute for Policy Studies | CC BY 2.0
Fidel Castro’s death, at 90, has sparked a fierce debate in the West over his...
Trump agrees to give up business ‘in total’ to focus on presidency
Seeking to quell controversy over potential conflicts of interest between his impending presidency and his business...
Royal Navy flagship threatened by ISIS drones, explosive speedboats – head of fleet
Britain’s Royal Navy fears its flagship, HMS Ocean, currently deployed in the Gulf, could face...
Porn and Cholesterol-Lowering Drugs
‘Truth is stranger than fiction, but it is because fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities; truth isn’t.”—Mark Twain
With recent criticism of fake news...
Fake News
“During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act.”
– George Orwell, Visionary Author
Now that the rigged election circus is finally behind...
Trembling with Indignation in the Belly of the Beast
by John R. Hall / November 26th, 2016
If you tremble with indignation at every injustice, then you are a comrade of mine.
— Doctor Ernesto...
Dystopia’s Minister of Truth
“We live in interesting times when protesters act out the tantrum of a super-rich man who did not get his way despite all his...
‘People Can Protect the Rights of Everyone in Their Community’ – CounterSpin interview with...
Janine Jackson interviewed Sue Udry about civil liberties under Trump for the November 18, 2016, episode of CounterSpin. This is a lightly edited transcript.
Sue...
Possible conflict of interest: Trump owns shares in Dakota Access pipeline parent company
President-elect Donald Trump’s investments in two companies behind the Dakota Access pipeline, although small, are raising...
‘Trump or Clinton? Makes no difference to Palestine,’ Middle East scholars tell RT (VIDEO)
Donald Trump promises to be Israel’s “best friend” when he enters the White House next...
25 Things Trump Shouldn’t Do
Liberals and progressives, if they were honest, would say that Donald Trump should resign or jump off Trump Tower. Conservatives and libertarians, even if...
Lesson for the Transition Team?
This originally appeared in the March 1994 issue of The Rothbard-Rockwell Report.
On December 16, President Clinton named retired Admiral Bobby Ray Inman to fill...
The Battle of 2016 Is Over
After a week managing the transition, vice president-elect Mike Pence took his family out to the Broadway musical “Hamilton.”
As Pence entered the theater, a...
Royal Navy has ‘woefully low’ total of ships, MoD made ‘extraordinary mistakes’ – MPs
The Royal Navy has a “woefully low” number of ships available for overseas deployments, while cutting-edge vessels intended to replace the aging fleet are...
#NotMyPrince: ‘Anti-colonial’ Twitter campaign rejects Prince Harry’s Caribbean tour
Prince Harry is facing anti-monarchy protesters during his trip to the Caribbean, where the hashtag...
Conflicts of interest pile up as Donald Trump prepares for presidency
As President-elect Donald Trump prepares for the White House, his promises to keep his business and...
Bizarro Obama World
Speaking in Greece on his valedictory trip to Europe as president, Barack Obama struck a familiar theme: “(W)e are going to have to guard...
The Real and Wannabee Elite
Recently I made a few comments about the world’s self-identified “elite”, and also about the migrants that are plaguing Europe.
Happily, I was able to...
Ruthless Women
Ancient Rome wasn’t known for its enlightened attitude toward women. They were expected to be homemakers and to stay out of public life. Yet...
George Soros: Dystopia’s Minister of Truth
Eighty-six-year old Hungarian-American, George Soros, is a very rich man. He currently ranks number 46 in the very exclusive club of richest persons in the...
Commies Order Vegan Pizza
5 Years ago my business partner Hunter Lewis asked me if I wanted to develop AgainstCronyCapitalism.org. I ‘d write about the phenomenon of crony...
Stay Alert
“Those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it.”—Philosopher George Santayana
Stay alert, America.
This is not the time to drop our guards,...
‘Yesterday We Were Stunned, Today We Organize’ – CounterSpin special report on what comes...
Janine Jackson interviewed a variety of voices about what comes next after Donald Trump’s victory for the November 11, 2016, episode of CounterSpin. This...
Readings in the Jewish Zionist Control of the United States
by B.J. Sabri / November 13th, 2016
Part 1: Introduction
For the last 30 years, I have witnessed and experienced the severe restraints on any...
Cometh the Hangover
All right, we have him. My reaction to Trump’s victory is barely of interest to me, and so it may be that the world...
Breakdown of the Clinton Money Machine
As troubling as Donald Trump’s election may be, it carries greater hope for some positive good than the alternative of...
Trump Has Been Scrooge McDuck
Remnant Review
“President Obama is a very good man. I will seek his counsel in the future.” — Donald Trump (November 10, 2016)
The honeymoon with...
Is Soros Funding the Trump Protests?
Paid instigators are making an already bad situation much much worse.
As riots and protests rage through the streets of America, the question has to...
Trump Quake
What has just happened in the “indispensable nation” is nothing less than a geopolitical 9/11.
With, of course, a major twist. The suicide bomber sneaked out of...
Flagship of Fearmongering: The Guardian, MI5 and State Propaganda
Readers of the Guardian woke up last Tuesday (November 1, 2016) to find that the newspaper and website had been given over to promoting...
One of the Oldest Myths of Mankind
Deadly tsunamis in the late Bronze Age may have been driven by lava flow
By Shivali Best Daily Mail November 9, 2016
The legend of Atlantis is...
Top Secret: These are actually Socialist Countries!
People all over the world are fed up with capitalism. They don’t always know how to formulate their aversions anymore (the result of a...
Civil War II
“History offers even more sobering warnings: Armed confrontation usually occurs around the climax of Crisis. If there is confrontation, it is likely to lead...
The Elections Expose a Once-Great Nation
Enemies of the United States are joyously watching its upcoming elections that are exposing this once great nation as deeply corrupt. It’s as if...
Front-Page Election News: More Horserace, More Trump, More Presidency
A FAIR analysis of front-page election coverage in three major dailies revealed a strong emphasis on horserace politics at the expense of issue coverage....
Foreign Office recalls files revealing ‘SAS role in the Sikh genocide’
The British Foreign Office has withdrawn secret files from the National Archives about the 1984...
The Looters vs. the Looted
From the conclusion of my earlier post on the topic:
It is the state against the people; it is the stakeholders against the subjects. Significant power...
Theresa May should ‘beg forgiveness’ for Britain’s colonial ‘sins’ – Indian MP
Prime Minister Theresa May should “bend her knees and beg forgiveness” from India over “wrongs”...
Globalism vs. Human Nature
The U.N. does many things that are wrong. Its setup and philosophy are fundamentally flawed, but its charter does contain some items that aim...
Why Palestinians Want to Sue Britain
Last July, the Palestinian Authority took the unexpected, although belated, step of seeking Arab backing in suing Britain over the Balfour Declaration. That ‘declaration’...
The Trump Phenom
What’s the matter with me
I don’t have much to say
Daylight sneakin’ through the window
And I’m still in this all-night café
Walkin’ to and fro beneath...
The Intercept Outs Neocon Democrat’s Smear Against Trump as ‘Putin’s Puppet’
Eric Zuesse
On November 1st, The Intercept headlined "HERE’S THE PROBLEM WITH THE STORY CONNECTING RUSSIA TO DONALD TRUMP’S EMAIL SERVER”, and the reporting team of Sam Biddle, Lee...
Palestinians demand UK apologize for 1917 Balfour Declaration that helped create Israel
A campaign by Palestinian activists demanding the UK issue a formal apology for supporting the idea of a Jewish state in the Middle East...
Forget the Trump-Clinton Charade: It’s Time to Wake Up America!
Colin Todhunter
(RINF) - Who will be the winners and the losers in the coming U.S. presidential election? Trump or Clinton, Clinton or Trump? The...
The Mystical, Occult Underbelly of South Korea’s Fascism
by K.J. Noh / October 31st, 2016
Mysticism does not necessarily lead to despotism, but many despots frequent mystics: to obtain a psychic safety net...
The Political Era of Climate Refugees
Global warming/climate change is one of the most potent agents of political and economic change in history. Its impact is like Atilla the Hun...
Putin and Xi in Western Propaganda
by Jeff J. Brown / October 29th, 2016
Better watch out, Vlad. When Western propaganda throws an “-ism” at you, the gloves have come off....
Rhymes With Hypocrisy
The greatest objective of mankind in this century should be to eradicate imperialism and capitalism as models for society.
— Evo Morales
As we approach the...
Is Gandhi Still Relevant?
Colin Todhunter
Mention Gandhi in certain circles and the response might be one of cynicism: his ideas are outdated and irrelevant in today's world. Such...
The Political Era of Climate Refugees
Global warming/climate change is one of the most potent agents of political and economic change in history. Its impact is like Atilla the Hun...
Secede to Succeed
Marcus Ruiz Evans is author of California’s Next Century 2.0: Economic Renaissance, a leader of the YesCalifornia campaign for independence, and has lived throughout...
ISIS Is a Paper Tiger
As a former soldier and war correspondent who has covered 14 conflicts, I look at all the media hoopla over tightening siege of Mosul,...
New Zealand- racism provokes call for university name change
A racially-charged debate is igniting over research that has revealed "white supremacist" comments made by the prime minister Massey University is named...
Washington’s “Pivot to Asia”: A Debacle Unfolding
In 2012 President Obama, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Defense Secretary Ashton Carter launched a new chapter in their quest for global dominance:...
The Redeemer Nation
Ephesians 1:7, 8(a)
In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of God’s grace that he...
Dump Duterte for Starters
Alliances are transmission belts of war.
So our Founding Fathers taught and the 20th century proved.
When Britain, allied to France, declared war on Germany in...
Israel attempts to whitewash its atrocious history
(RINF) - It was presumably intended as an Israeli history lesson to the world. A video posted to social media by Israel’s foreign ministry...
The Aleppo / Mosul Riddle
Photo by US Army | CC BY 2.0
There’s no question Baghdad needs to take back Mosul from ISIS/ISIL/Daesh. It could not do it before....
AT&T deal to purchase Time Warner ‘imminent’
AT&T is in advanced talks to buy Time Warner, a mega-deal to combine the media and tech companies into one behemoth communications empire. Since...
The Power Elite’s War
“A populace deprived of the ability to separate lies from truth, is no longer capable of sustaining a free society.”
Journalist Chris Hedges
As the ruling...
Video: Elites Outraged At Trump’s Refusal to Accept Election Result
Military veteran and Empire Files producer Mike Prysner says the final presidential debate affirmed movements have critical work ahead regardless of who wins ...
Via...
Airbnb threatens legal challenge to NY short-term rental ad ban
Airbnb has been left tending its wounds after New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed a law...
Israel’s Bogus History Lesson
Photo by SarahTz | CC BY 2.0
It was presumably intended as an Israeli history lesson to the world. A video posted to social media...
Donald Trump’s Anti-War Pedigree
Recently, I saw a lovely work by one of my favourite artists, Alexander Calder, called ‘McGovern for President’.
The art was created in support of...
Will “they” really try to kill President Duterte?
Rodrigo Duterte, the outspoken President of the Philippines, has by now most likely joined the concealed, prestigious and permanent hit list of the Empire.
The...
Aboriginal Rights, the Rule of Law, and Justice
The first principle of the rule of law in a constitutional democracy is constitutional supremacy: when in conflict with federal or provincial legislation constitutional...
The Missing Gospel of CLR James
Looking back on childhood in Trinidad, CLR James called himself the “little Puritan.” His family, jet-black descendants of slaves, carried themselves with the utmost...
An Urgently Necessary Briefing on Syria
Photo by Patrick Feller | CC BY 2.0
1. Syria is country about the size of Washington state, with an extraordinarily long, well-documented and glorious...
Trump the Arsonist
The world according to Donald Trump is very dark indeed. The American economy has tanked. Mexico has sent a horde of criminals over the...
Trump, Clinton and the Crisis in US Society
Photo by Mike Maguire | CC BY 2.0
Like many, I can’t stop overdosing on the runaway train, in slow motion, that is this presidential...
Smacking Down Statism
This keynote address was delivered at the 2016 meeting of the Property and Freedom Society.
I
At repeated requests from many sides – and given my...
How the NY Times Commits Its Crimes
…pretends to do investigative reporting.
Before the United States permitted a terrifying way of interrogating prisoners, government lawyers and intelligence officials assured themselves of one...
Trump and Hillary: The Tragedy of the Great American TV Soap Opera
Colin Todhunter
(RINF) - For many onlookers who reside outside the US, the run-up to that country’s presidential election appears to be some kind of...
The Euro Is Doomed
For a long time, I’ve advocated that the world’s governments should default on their debt. I recognize that this is an outrageous-sounding proposal.
However, the...
Compaction, Pack Instinct, and Territoriality
We’re all crazy. This explains everything. I will elaborate in hopes of joining Plato, Burke, and Hunter Thompson as lighthouses of the intellects
The human...
Lessons From That Multi-Million Dollar Heist
Make no mistake, anyone held at gunpoint is living through one of their worst nightmares. That nightmare came true for Kim Kardashian West when...
Ode to Joy (denied)
Banks with trillions
Bring death in millions
Soldiers of Elysium1
Flying, marching
Driving, bombing
Innocents to kingdom come
Seizing children
Maiming mothers
Razing villages to the ground
Everywhere where wealth’s extracted
Leveling homes, entire...
America’s Pro-Drug War
Fifteen years ago this week, the US launched the longest war in its history: the invasion and occupation of remote Afghanistan. Neighboring Pakistan was...
Seeds of Occupation: India’s Stockholm Syndrome
Colin Todhunter
Stockholm syndrome, or capture-bonding, is a psychological phenomenon described in 1973 in which hostages express empathy and sympathy and have positive feelings toward their...
U.S. Ponders Whether to Go to War with Russia to Salvage Al Qaeda in...
Eric Zuesse, originally posted at strategic-culture.org
Sources that will be provided here, document the historical narrative now occurring toward all-out war between the U.S. and...
5 Insanities of Hillary
Given the strong link between leadership and psychopathy, questioning the sanity of our future leaders might not be so preposterous. One study, for example,...
Needed Now: a Peace Movement Against the Clinton Wars to Come
Photo by Nathania Johnson | CC BY 2.0
Barack Obama won the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize –for not being George W. Bush. This seemed unseemly...
More Confessions of an Economic Hit Man
Twelve years ago, John Perkins published his book, Confessions of an Economic Hit Man, and it rapidly rose up The New York Times’ best-seller...
Aborting the Trump Revolution
In taking that $915 million loss in 1995, and carrying it forward to shelter future income, Donald Trump did nothing wrong. By both his...
Aborting the Trump Revolution
In taking that $915 million loss in 1995, and carrying it forward to shelter future income, Donald Trump did nothing wrong. By both his...
Aborting the Trump Revolution
In taking that $915 million loss in 1995, and carrying it forward to shelter future income, Donald Trump did nothing wrong. By both his...
Aborting the Trump Revolution
In taking that $915 million loss in 1995, and carrying it forward to shelter future income, Donald Trump did nothing wrong. By both his...
What a Day to Be Alive
by Scott Thomas Outlar / October 2nd, 2016
What a beautiful dayto burn the entrenched political establishment to the groundand dance atop the ashes
What a...
U.S. Diplomacy: A Dangerous Proposal
Samantha Power (courtesy of US Embassy Kyiv via Flickr)
While the mainstream media focuses on losers and winners in the race between Hillary Clinton and...
Ancient Rome Still Defines US Politics of War and Poverty
The Death of Caesar, by Jean-Léon Gérôme. Our culture of exploitation and military conquest for the benefit of the wealthy few is...
How Capitalism Perpetuates Immigration
Maria Mendoza, 52, who was born in Mexico, arrives for work as a housekeeper at the Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas,...
Unreliability, Spinelessness of the Western “Left”
It is tough to fight any real war. And it takes true guts, discipline and determination to win it.
For years and decades, the so-called...
Trump Was Born on Third Base
Donald Trump was born on third base, but claims he hit a triple.
Throughout history, we've had many "born on third base" presidential...
Madoff in the White House? How Trump's Conflicts of Interest Could Become Ours
Bernie Madoff -- known as the mastermind of the biggest financial fraud in US history -- departs court following a hearing in...
UK PM Theresa May met ‘kingmaker’ Rupert Murdoch on UN visit
UK Prime Minister Theresa May met privately with media mogul Rupert Murdoch in New York...
Trump Was Born on Third Base
Donald Trump was born on third base, but claims he hit a triple.
Throughout history, we’ve had many “born on third base” presidential candidates, including...
US Propaganda Goes into Overdrive
Over the weekend the Western press is blasting Russia and Syria for alleged war crimes in their assault on the terrorist controlled part of...
Hillary’s ‘Basket of Deplorables’
By now Hillary Clinton’s comment that half of Donald Trump’s supporters are “sexist, racist, homophobic, xenophobic, Islamophobic” and hence “irredeemable” is known throughout the...
Assange, Manning, and Snowden, Standing With the Conscience of Truthtellers
Last week, Oliver Stone’s biopic “Snowden”
hit the theaters. The film illuminates the life of Edward Snowden between 2004
and...
The Real Enemy of Both Koreas
Warring hotspots all over the world are flaring up in 2016 in what amounts to preparation for World War III between the military forces...
U.S. Public Don’t Care if Politicians Lie
Eric Zuesse, originally posted at strategic-culture.org
Everybody knows that both Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump are inveterate liars; but, do Americans really care? The vast...
15 Years of Crime
The United States and their allies will be commemorating the 15-year anniversary of 9/11. For Thierry Meyssan, it’s the occasion to take an honest...
Corbyn asked what his favorite biscuit is… internet loses it
Just days before the Labour Party leadership race comes to a close, incumbent Jeremy Corbyn...
Homophonophobes v. Trump
Donald J. Trump is both a racist and not a racist, depending upon the source that one consults. His comments regarding the rapaciousness of...
Vietnam and the Things We Must Never Forget
It’s all around us and is destined to remain all around us: the perpetual star-spangled, noisy tribute to lives lost defending the Empire aka...
Something Wicked This Way Comes
Watching the unveiling of the next political era in the United States has been satisfying on many levels. It is especially nice to see...
Visiting the Imperial Capital
Yesterday, my duties required me to go into the Imperial Capital for meetings. Not being a Cloud Person, and living among the Dirt People,...
Roaming Charges: America’s Political CAT Scan
This was one of those Astral Weeks when the entire body politic of America seemed to undergo a CAT scan, revealing a glimpse of just...
“Romanticism and War”: Contextualising a Theory of Interpretation
by T.P. Wilkinson / September 15th, 2016
In 2014 I reviewed what was promoted as a significant revision in the interpretation of what in Britain...
'Muslims want to eradicate Christianity' and conquer Europe claims potential next Pope
Austrian Cardinal Christoph Schoenborn gave the unexpected warning on Sunday during a special celebration for the Church festival "Holy Name of Mary"....
The Deep Folly of Confrontation
In May of 2015, an extraordinary event happened, as described by Orthodox Christian and Russian military analyst and blogger The Saker:
Today will go down...
Both Ms. Clinton and I got burned out: for very different reasons
Yesterday I watched Ms. Clinton on the television screen, stumbling towards her van, after attending a ceremony at the WTC in New York City....
The Climate Religion
Primordial religions have always been about avoiding the calamities of climate: drought, fire, disease, war… But religion has also always been more that an...
'Muslims want to eradicate Christianity' and conquer Europe claims potential next Pope
Austrian Cardinal Christoph Schoenborn gave the unexpected warning on Sunday during a special celebration for the Church festival "Holy Name of Mary"....
Quid pro woah: Documents link Wisconsin governor to dark money
Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker faced threats of losing his title in 2012 during a recall election. He won, but documents newly leaked show that...
'Muslims want to eradicate Christianity' and conquer Europe claims potential next Pope
Austrian Cardinal Christoph Schoenborn gave the unexpected warning on Sunday during a special celebration for the Church festival "Holy Name of Mary"....
What’s Behind the Latest Government Scam
“The fact is that the government, like a highwayman, says to a man: Your money, or your life. And many, if not most, taxes...
'Muslims want to eradicate Christianity' and conquer Europe claims potential next Pope
Austrian Cardinal Christoph Schoenborn gave the unexpected warning on Sunday during a special celebration for the Church festival "Holy Name of Mary"....
'Muslims want to eradicate Christianity' and conquer Europe claims potential next Pope
Austrian Cardinal Christoph Schoenborn gave the unexpected warning on Sunday during a special celebration for the Church festival "Holy Name of Mary"....
'Muslims want to eradicate Christianity' and conquer Europe claims potential next Pope
Austrian Cardinal Christoph Schoenborn gave the unexpected warning on Sunday during a special celebration for the Church festival "Holy Name of Mary"....
'Muslims want to eradicate Christianity' and conquer Europe claims potential next Pope
Austrian Cardinal Christoph Schoenborn gave the unexpected warning on Sunday during a special celebration for the Church festival "Holy Name of Mary"....
#MoralMondays’ Day of Action protests call on politicians nationwide to help poor, minorities
Protesters in 30 states and Washington, DC have taken part in a “Higher Ground Moral Day...
9/11 at 15: The Falling Dominoes of September
The twin towers of the World Trade Center are seen through fog from the observation deck of the Empire State Building in...
US Proxies and Regional Rivalries
US empire building depends on regional regimes’ support, especially in the Middle East, Asia and Latin America. These proxy regimes fulfill valuable military roles...
Filipino Brute: President Rodrigo Duterte and US Imperialism
Empires are often in the habit of producing brutes. Colonies, once left to their own devices, can either improve in the face of history,...
Rebellion in the Suites: Tax Collectors and Businesspeople
Large-scale political and economic challenges are confronting the US multi-national corporate elite. Apple, Google, Facebook, Microsoft, Pfizer and scores of other multinational tax...
Broken Promises That Still Shape the World
The recipe for the Cold War read, "Simmer. Bring to a boil occasionally:
do not boil over." Decades later, the surprising line...
Colin Kaepernick and the Death of American Democracy
Mike Morbeck – CC BY-SA 4.0
The frog of American democracy is no longer boiling, it’s dead. How do I know? By observing the public...
Mission Impossible: Keeping Track of US Special Ops in Africa
Originally posted at TomDispatch.
It hardly matters where you look. There are the nearly million-and-a-half weapons
that the Pentagon shipped to war-torn Iraq...
Foiling Apple’s Tax Dodge: The European Commission Ruling
For years, Apple has perfected the art of tax minimisation, hoovering up possibilities in creating an empire built on profit and return. It has...
Troubling Origins of ‘The Star-Spangled Banner’
San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick refuses to stand for the national anthem in protest against U.S. oppression of “black people...
Royal rip-off: Cleaning job for Queen Elizabeth pays less than London Living Wage
The British Empire’s Queen is not likely to apologize for failing to pay those who...
Globe and Mail Continues its Elitist Nationalist Bias
An elitist, nationalist, bias dominates all areas of Canada’s paper of record.
On the front of last weekend’s Style section the Globe and Mail profiled...
Sporting News
by T.P. Wilkinson / September 1st, 2016
In the period from 1945 until approximately 1989, the white empire in North America learned to rely upon...
Send in the B-52s
Sixty Years of B-52s (U.S. Air Force photo)
Perhaps there should be a “new rule” on the American military scene: When the B-52s are called...
The Excesses of the Extreme Centre
Donald Trump, in a speech given in Charlotte on Thursday, August 18, cast himself as the truth teller for forgotten Americans and a champion...
White Nations into Multiracial Places: A Spiral Radicalization Model
Why are Western nations, and only Western nations, committed to immigration and diversity? Why do they welcome ethnic rights for non-Whites within...
Hillary and the Clinton Foundation: Exemplars of America’s Political Rot
Hillary Clinton may be enjoying a comfortable lead in national polls, but she is far from enjoying a comfortable night’s sleep given the ever-widening...
No Wonder Morning Joe Dropped Him
The main architect of Washington’s plan to rule the world has abandoned the scheme and called for the forging of ties with Russia and...
The Decline and Rise of the Alternative Right
This talk was delivered on November 23, 2008, at the H.L. Mencken Club.
If the H.L. Mencken Club can achieve that for which it has been...
The High Cost of American Hubris
Americans have paid a very high price for the Establishment’s imperial ambitions, a price passing a breaking point in blood...
Who Should Have the Nuclear Codes?
The latest attack on Donald Trump from Pravda (the mainstream media) is that we can’t trust him with the nuclear codes. Those who live...
The Lonely Whistleblower
by Douglas Smith / August 21st, 2016
Only one person would knock at this late hour.Hello whispers the one-eyed whistleblowerhere are the plans for the...
The Birth of Agro-Resistance in Palestine
Across the West Bank, olive trees can be found that have survived from the time of Herod, a legacy of the Romans’ cultivation of...
The Foreign Invasion of American Politics
As one of my Twitter followers put it
so succinctly: “Globalization: Where leaders from any country get to pick US
...
The Priest-Warrior Conflict
Every day, media consumers can look at news reports and remark how anti-military the media is after the initial salesmanship involved in...
US Warns Syrian Military… Against Operating Inside Syria!
Just when you thought US foreign policy could not get more absurd. Lt. Gen. Stephen Townsend, who is listed as...
The Bloody Evil of George Soros
Excerpt from Contagion:The Betrayal of Liberty; Russia and the United States in the Post-Cold War Era adapted for lewrockwell.com
……..Spooked out of Russia after the...
Growing Up Insane
The current state of American politics must make us question whether any of our leaders in the Beltway can be described as “grown-ups”; i.e.,...
Beware the Academic Zika Virus
By now just about everyone has heard of the zika virus, transmitted by mosquitos, which is said to cause brain damage in children. As...
Suspect dons ‘old man’ disguise in brazen attempt to fool police (PHOTOS)
A suspected drug dealer who had managed to evade US police for more than five months...
The 50-State Solution
Disgusted by the prospect of Hillary Clinton and/or Donald Trump having the power of the presidency? I certainly am. And for full disclosure here,...
Bread and Circuses: The F-35 Buzzes Over Chicago
Jared Labell is executive director of Taxpayers United of America (TUA), a
nonpartisan, 501(c)(4) taxpayer advocacy group. Founded in Chicago, Illinois
...
Devices of the Oligarchs
The person moping down the street
talking to himself the whole way
is really on his device
chattering on matters of no consequence.
The phrases I hear are...
The Labyrinthine Mini-Mall of Lesser Evils Versus Minimum Superego
Evan El-Amin | Shutterstock.com
Seen from the outside, whoever wins the 2016 US presidential elections, victory will have been the result of a selfish decision, and not...
Black Success Matters
We keep hearing that “black lives matter,” but they seem to matter only when that helps politicians to get votes, or when that slogan...
See You in September! Ron Paul Institute ‘Peace and Prosperity 2016’ Conference Program
The elephant in the living room? Foreign policy. No one wants to really talk about it. Washington is hoping the rest of us won’t...
Will it be Petras’s Apocalypse or Hammond’s Hopeful Enlightenment?
It is time to assess the legacy that President Obama bequeaths us. Two timely books contribute to this; namely, The End of the Republic...
Trouble Follows When the US Labels You a ‘Thug’
There is a nasty pattern in American political speech, going back into the 1980s at least: when a senior U.S. official labels you a...
Rethinking the Cold War
The Cold War began during the Truman administration and lasted through the Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, Ford, and Carter administrations and was ended in...
Lightning strikes 5 people sitting on New York park bench, killing 1
A lighting strike has hit a group of five people quietly enjoying their weekend at a...
Wearing a Trump Shirt in New York City
Wearing a Trump shirt in Florida is like wearing a Rolling Stones shirt at a Rolling Stones concert. In cities such as Berkeley, Madison,...
Liverpool FC’s first black player refuses honor in anti-colonial protest
Liverpool’s first black player Howard Gayle has refused a nomination for an MBE on the...
Keep Elites Accountable, But Don’t Dumb the Issues Down
Bruegel’s Tower of Babel. (Photo: rpi virtuell / Flickr)
You know you’re a wonk when your nighttime reading is as thick as the latest Stephen...
Who Got Us Into These Endless Wars?
"Isolationists must not prevail in this new debate over foreign policy,"
warns Richard Haass, president of the Council on Foreign Relations. "The...
25 Nazi Waffen-SS veterans found living freely in Britain
Veterans of Nazi Germany’s infamous Waffen-SS have been discovered living in Britain 70 years after...
Sorry Hillary, Voting for the Lesser of Two Evils is Textbook Blame-Shifting
Of all the redundant and generally loathesome reasons for continuing to support the two-party duopoly that constitutes the electoral oligarchy upon which the global...
Disinfo and Turkey
Lew Rockwell talks to Sibel Edmonds about coups, the CIA, and the Empire.
August 5, 2016
https://www.lewrockwell.com/podcast/disinfo-turkey/
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Waiting on Putin, The Dream Candidate
It’s interesting that accusations that Putin is trying to swing the election to Trump peaked, for now, in the midst of the Democratic Convention,...
The Myth of Trump’s Alternative Worldview
Donald Trump may be a bigot and a bully, but it’s hard not to applaud when he pisses off the stuff shirts at the...
Pundits Lament Loss of a Reasonable, Competent GOP That Never Was
The New York Times (8/1/16) illustrating a story about how the Republican Party was formerly only pretending to be the “stupid party.” (image: Damon...
The Mystery of Turkey’s Failed Coup
The failed Turkish coup and President Erdogan’s harsh reprisals have left more questions than answers, including who was really behind...
NATO and Trump’s Misconceptions
Again Trump has it backwards. According
to NATO’s internal logic, the US should pay the members – not the other
...
It’s Getting Scarier
I’ve finally figured out why so many pundits and journalists are signing on to the new cold war with Russia: they weren’t alive during...
For Corporate Media, Bloomberg Is the Better Billionaire
New York Times photo of Michael Bloomberg with Donald Trump in happier times. (photo: Robert Sabo/Daily News)
On the third night of the Democratic convention...
The 10 Richest Men in History
If someone were to ask you “who is the richest man of all time,” the name Bill Gates or Warren Buffett might pop into...
Trump Needs To Flesh Out a Strategic Vision for U.S. Foreign Policy
Now that Donald Trump has won the Republican nomination, capitalizing on his
image as a nationalist tough guy, he needs to fill...
Before the US Starts Another War
Anti-Russian hysteria in America reached its apogee this week as Democrats tried to divert attention from embarrassing revelations about how the Democratic Party apparatus...
The Deep State
I’d like to address some aspects of the Greater Depression in this essay.
I’m here to tell you that the inevitable became a reality in...
It’s Getting Scarier
I’ve finally figured out why so many pundits and journalists are signing on
to the new cold war with Russia: they weren’t...
Tom Woods on War
The Mises Institute‘s Tom Woods explains the economics of empire:
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Evolution of Capitalism, Escalation of Imperialism
The purpose of this essay is to show that as capitalism has evolved from the early stages of small-scale manufacturing to the current stage...
With Strong Security Council U.S. No Longer Interventionist of First Resort
Nature abhors a vacuum and when the UN National Security Council fails to act, the U.S. jumps into the breach – often to disastrous...
Ban of Russian Olympic Team: Cold War at its “Best”!
New Cold War is now in full swing and the West is using both old and new tactics, in order to demonize and discredit...
There’s No Such Thing as a ‘Free Market’
The debates leading up to the election this year will no doubt invoke the “American value” of capitalism. But what, exactly, does that mean?...
The Coup Attempt
By Patrick Armstrong Russia Observer July 27, 2016
There is still a lot that is murky about it, the most murky being US involvement and foreknowledge,...
Palestinian Authority aims to sue Britain for 1917 Balfour Declaration to remove Arabs
Britain is responsible for all Israeli war crimes since 1948 because it created the 1917...
Pillory Hillary Now
Krista Kennell | Shutterstock.com
Hillary Clinton is not a lesser, but good enough, Bernie Sanders, even allowing for his many faults.
She is a Wall Street flunky and...
Welcome to Vietnam, Mr. President
From the Archive: With still no end in sight for the Afghan War, President Obama can’t say he wasn’t warned....
‘Rolling wake’: Widow takes husband’s corpse on Alaskan road trip
People grieve in different ways after losing a loved one, but one woman took her sorrow to another level, taking her dead husband on...
Emigre Super Bloc Part 5 The Failed Turkish Coup – An Exploded View
Is Fethullah Gulen the feeble, kindly imam that mainstream media is making him out to be? Hardly. What this article will show is that...
The Real Story Behind the Coup
September 1961. Geneva, Switzerland. A Turkish classmate of mine named Turgut burst into my room, crying, ‘those bastards just hanged my father!’
The ‘bastards’ in...
Trump Enrages the War Party
This election season is so much fun because Donald Trump keeps enraging all the right people – and his timing is perfect. Just as...
Political Correctness: Handle with Care
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The Power and Class You Serve
Racial, gender, and ethnic diversity matters, of course, but political correctness (PC) tied to bourgeois identity politics can...
Video: Elites Openly Calling To Rise Up Against ‘Ignorant Masses”
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In this video Luke Rudkowski covers the brazen admission from James Traub a CFR member and heir to the Bloomingdale empire. Traub recently...
What’s Going on?
The latest mystery puzzle on the geopolitical chessboard is who was really behind that failed military coup to overthrow Turkey’s President Recep Erdogan over...
Elgin Marbles won’t be returned to Greece as Euro court throws out first-ever legal...
The first legal bid to have the priceless Elgin Marbles returned from the UK to...
Letting Tarzan Swing Through History
Originally posted at TomDispatch.
At almost 72, I recently went to The Legend of Tarzan, the IMAX version,
with a screen so big...
A Preview of The Coming War Between America and China
John Pilger
John Pilger is a world-renowned journalist, documentary filmmaker and author. He has twice won Britain’s highest award for journalism. His films have won...
Whitehall at war: Brexit minister accused of poaching Foreign Office talent
Britain’s Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) has rebuffed attempts by newly appointed Cabinet member David...
Wall Street Angry that Trump Says Restore Glass-Steagall
Eric Zuesse
On July 18th, Rob Nichols, the President of the American Bankers’ Association, which is controlled by the mega-banks, struck back against Republican Presidential...
‘It is only getting worse’: US politicians react to Nice attack
Thursday’s attack on Nice, France left dozens of people dead and many injured. While information about...
Independent nuclear deterrent? Britain must keep Trident, say US generals
Britain must maintain Trident nuclear submarines to deal with modern-day threats, a group of US...
Black Cop, Drunk Jew, White City
In my previous column, I mentioned, somewhat in passing, the importance of being aware of one’s own biases. While the average human can never...
After Dallas: Preparing for Repression
(Image: Lauren Walker / Truthout)
The United States will never be at peace with itself until it resolves the fact that it was...
New York Times Journalist James Risen on Fighting Censorship, Endless War
Few journalists know the cruelty of government censorship as well as James Risen, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist at the New York Times,...
Elgin Marbles must be returned to Greece, say MPs
A group of British legislators have unveiled a bill seeking the return of the Elgin...
The blame and shame shoots mainly at the planes…
(a eulogy for presidential piracy) by T.P. Wilkinson / July 10th, 2016
Remains the painquite near the planeby villainyviciously triggereddisingenuously disclaimedtheir sons and daughtersseizingfor perfidious empires’seethingwhile...
Where Did the American Century Go?
Vladimir Putin recently manned up and admitted it. The United States remains
the planet’s sole superpower, as it has been since the...
Chilcot and the End of the Anglosphere
Do we really need a 2.6 million word report
on how Bush’s poodle, a.k.a. former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, allowed
...
Whose Century Is It? Life on an Increasingly Improbable Planet
The United States remains the planet's sole superpower, as it has been since the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991. "America," the Russian...
The military-industrial complex of Pakistan
Nauman Sadiq
(RINF) - Before the signing of the Iran nuclear deal last year, BBC’s defense correspondent, Mark Urban, published a report that Pakistan’s...
The Iraq War, Brexit and Imperial Blowback
US President George W. Bush, right, and former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair during a news conference at the White House on...
General Breedlove and the Russophobes
The Roman republic began its descent into empire as victorious generals – starting
with one Julius Caesar – returned to claim the...
At Their Own Peril, Americans Are Fuzzy on History
The nation’s observed birthday – July 4th – always brings forth what
passes for modern day "patriotism": prominent displays of the flag...
Ahistorical and Deluded, With Fireworks
The Dinh Dynasty lasted only 12 years and ended in 980, but in the 20th century, there were around a dozen plays about one...
The Nonviolent History of American Independence
Independence Day is commemorated with fireworks and flag-waving, gun salutes
and military parades . . . however, one of our nation’s founding...
How Does Corporate Media Manufactures False Narratives?
Nauman Sadiq
(RINF) - What bothers me is not that we are unable to find the solution to our problems, what bothers me more is...
How the Occupied Mentality Syndrome Works
by B.J. Sabri / June 28th, 2016
Previously I argued whether Saudi Arabia’s repeated involvements in U.S. interventions and wars stem from free national will...
What’s Happening in Britain?
A perfectly-tailored suit, a luxurious wristwatch and… a gun Walter PPK. He gets off from a special edition of Aston Martin and orders vodka-martini;...
Brexit: What’s Next?
Anti-austerity protest in Dublin in 2012 (William Murphy via Flickr)
The recent UK referendum was a vote of no confidence to the entire system. The...
Lament for Humanity: A 50 Year Reflection
Robert J. Burrowes
Deeply affected by the death of my two uncles in World War II, on 1 July 1966, the 24th anniversary of the...
The Hangover (British Version)
(Photo: justified sinner / Flickr)
It’s the morning after. The British have woken up, dazed and woozy.
They’re not exactly sure what happened a few days...
The United States: Land of Terrorists and Massacres
The updated 2016 Roots historical chronicle finally got it right. Africans have resisted European/American terrorism from the moment it reared its ugly...
The Ongoing Mexican War of Independence
by John R. Hall / June 28th, 2016
As if by osmosis, Mexican-Spanish is creeping into my daily language. My city of temporary residence is San Miguel...
NATO and ‘News’ Media Pump for WW III — Nuclear War
Eric Zuesse (updated and expanded from my article at strategic-culture.org)
INTRODUCTION
America’s announcement that Russia has committed ‘aggression’ against America, is an announcement that America is...
America’s One-Party Government
Eric Zuesse, originally posted at strategic-culture.org
INTRODUCTION
Today’s United States is a more realistic version of the type of society that George Orwell fictionally described in...
Omar’s Motive
America doesn’t understand Orlando shooter Omar Mateen’s motive. The New York Times speculated that Omar was probably radicalized over the Internet, that he was...
Omar Mateen’s Motive
America doesn’t understand Orlando shooter Omar Mateen’s motive. The New
York Times speculated that Omar was probably radicalized over the Internet,
...
Monsanto, the USA’s Monster
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wcLtZJVmoNw
Few corporations in the world are as loathed -- and as sinister -- as Monsanto. But the threat it poses to people and planet...
Pope Francis calls Armenia’s mass killings a genocide
Pope Francis denounced what he called the ideologically twisted and planned “genocide” of Armenians by Ottoman-era Turks a century ago on a visit...
Brexit Wins: Why That’s Great News for Europe, Too
British voters have elected to leave the European
Union in a national referendum. The UK Independence Party (UKIP) leader Nigel
...
Revolts of the Debtors: From Socrates to Ibn Khaldun
Last week I attended a wonderful conference in the university town of Tübingen, Germany, on “Debt: The First 3500 Years,” to bring ancient historians...
The Slow Crash: When Global Economies are Run by Banks
I’m Bonnie Faulkner. Today on Guns and Butter, Dr. Michael Hudson. Today’s show: The Slow Crash. Dr. Hudson is a financial economist and historian....
Modi, Monsanto, Bayer and Cargill: Doing Business or Corporate Imperialism?
Colin Todhunter
Describing itself as a major ‘global communications, stakeholder engagement and business strategy’ company, APCO Worldwide is a lobby/PR agency with firm links to the Wall...
Case closed in ‘Mississippi Burning’ murders after 52 years
On the day before the 52nd anniversary of the ‘Mississippi Burning’ murders, the state and federal...
Our daily Brexit: Gambling MEP challenges Farage to €1mn Brexit bet, plus some cute...
Lithuanian MEP and former poker player Antanas Guoga has challenged UKIP leader Nigel Farage to...
America’s War on Terror is a Matrix of Lies and Deceit
Christopher Black
So how is your war on “terrorism” going? I’m not doing too well at it since I have no idea who the enemy...
Constructing Visions of "Perpetual Peace": An Interview With Noam Chomsky
A US Air Force B-52 Stratofortress leads a formation of aircraft from Poland, Germany, Sweden and the US over the Blatic Sea,...
No more ‘US & UN trickery’: Bankrupt Puerto Ricans flood San Juan demanding decolonization
Ahead of next week’s visit by the UN decolonization committee and buried in economic debt, some...
Covering Net Neutrality Ruling, Truthout Cites FAIR to Sound Cautionary Note
Pro-net neutrality activists (photo: Free Press)
Covering the pro–net neutrality ruling by the DC Court of Appeals, Mark Karlin of Truthout (6/15/16) cited FAIR’s criticism...
Deleting the Real Story Behind the Great Canada Fire
Deletion and de-contextualization are standard instruments in the corporate U.S. media’s propagandistic, power-serving toolbox. The nightly news streams endless terrifying images of violent inner...
Planetary Doom?
On the eve of World War II, the United States was still mired in the Great Depression and found itself facing war on two...
U.S. Elites: the Original Gangsters
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Re-Thinking Organized Crime
Donald Trump is at home in the underworld. Tom Robbins writes that the de facto GOP nominee “has encountered a steady...
Inside The Super Majority that Decide Election 2016 & War with Russia
How well the candidate from either party satisfies 7 questions from a particular group of people will determine who the President of the United...
Never Apologize, Donald
“Never retreat. Never explain. Get it done and let them howl.”
Donald Trump has internalized the maxim Benjamin Jowett gave to his students at Balliol...
Erdogan says Turkey may abandon Europe amid crisis after German ‘blackmail’ on Armenian genocide
Turkish president Erdogan has threatened to “leave” Europe to deal with its migrant crisis alone, saying that Germany “blackmailed” Ankara by recognizing the Armenian...
Treasonous Swedish Prime Minister Spits on Ancestors
Yesterday was the National Day of Sweden, celebrating 493 years since Gustav Vasa became the King in the North and humbled the...
The Gathering Storm
“The next Fourth Turning is due to begin shortly after the new millennium, midway through the Oh-Oh decade. Around the year 2005, a sudden...
Economic Climate Change: Now
Failing institutions, nations or empires are often run by people whose capacities reflect the deteriorating material conditions. The greater the crisis, the more likely...
The Politics of Disobedience
Resolve to serve no more, and you are at once freed. I do not ask that you place hands upon the tyrant to topple...
Endgame: Setting the Table for Tuesday's Primary Showdown
Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont, a Democratic presidential candidate, is greeted by his grandchildren Ella and Dylan Driscoll before speaking at a...
Hillary Clinton: Electing a Foreign Spy for President?
During her 4 years as Secretary of State of the United States (2009-2014), Hillary Clinton controlled US foreign policy. She had access...
All It Takes is One “Sting like a Bee” Ali a Generation to Conquer...
Warlords, military industrialists, neoliberals, neocons, political killers beware
They are young, high school, seniors, boys and girls, running hard, 8 am, along Salmon Creek, a...
In Uruguay: The March of Silence For South America’s Martyrs and Revolutions
They were marching shoulder-to-shoulder, young and old, in absolute silence. Some were carrying small placards with names and photos of their loved ones, who...
Democrats in Dis-Array
Drop of Light | Shutterstock.com
With rumors flying that establishment Democrats might hand Hillary Clinton her hat before the Democratic Convention to replace her with Joe Biden,...
What the Swiss Can Teach NYC
NEW YORK CITY – America is falling apart. Anyone who travels in this great land knows it.
This great city is crumbling. I’m scared to...
Drone wars undermine 'checks and balances' – Army chaplain resigning over strikes
The Obama administration's drone strike policies around the world have "blown accountability and oversight and checks...
David French and the Cult of the Soldier
Earlier this week, Weekly Standard editor William Kristol
continued his frantic efforts to prevent the nomination of Donald Trump by suggesting
...
Can We Expect the End of the World
The Saker reports that Russia is preparing for World War III, not because Russia intends to initiate aggression but because Russia is alarmed by...
Revisionist History Day, 2016
Monday was Revisionist History Day, what others call Memorial Day. Americans are supposed to remember the country’s war dead while being thankful that they...
Imperial Blues: On Whitewashing Dictatorship in the 21st Century
Gino Santa Maria | Shutterstock.com
“For goodness sakes, this is the 21st century. We’ve got to get over what happened 50, 100, 200 years ago and let’s...
‘Fight for 15’ protest occupies McDonald’s HQ, sets up camp
Thousands of protesters have occupied the McDonald’s headquarters in suburban Chicago, vowing to keep fighting for a $15 per hour minimum wage and union...
Always Unjustified
To declare war means to state one’s intentions to attack another until the death or surrender of one or both participants. Some wars, like...
Used and Betrayed: 100 Years of US Troops as Lab Rats
On Memorial Day, politicians will speak at ceremonies all over the country and repeat their favorite mantra: "Support the troops."
This pledge is...
The State of the Left: Many Movements, Too Many Goals?
The Sanders campaign has proven a couple of important things about today’s political reality in the United States.
1) A substantial number of Americans...
By the Numbers: Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump are Fringe Candidates
Within the theories of self-determination that lie at the heart of democracy and capitalism the idea of a political ‘center’ is paradoxical. Individually determined...
Pan-Africanism, Feminism and Finding Missing Pan-Africanist Women
We commemorated the 58th anniversary of African Liberation Day on May 25. When most of us think of Pan-Africanism and its major icons, women will...
The Pentagon’s War on Accountability
Originally posted at TomDispatch.
Colonel Mark Cheadle, a spokesman for U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM), recently
made a startling disclosure to Voice of America...
Saudi Crisis Deepens (Part 2)
The Saudi state, which has traditionally used terrorists to do its bidding, is now engaging in direct military intervention, such as in Yemen. (Photo:...
Obama in Hanoi: Vietnam Arms Embargo To Be Fully Lifted
Obama in Hanoi: Vietnam Arms Embargo To Be Fully Lifted
Peter Van Buren,
May 24, 2016
What other nation on earth...
Labor’s Sell-Out and the Sanders Campaign
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Early last Fall, I received a surprising circular email from a high union officer and erstwhile leader of SDS, way back in the...
European Union: a House Divided
“Larger now than the Roman Empire of two thousand years ago, more opaque than the Byzantine, the European Union continues to baffle observers and...
‘Racists not welcome here!’ Britain First Brexit campaigners run out of Leicester
Far-right group Britain First attempted to promote the Brexit movement in Leicester on Saturday, but...
Propaganda Countdown to WWIII
While the two leaders from Armenia and Azerbaijan met this week and agreed to comply with the treaty set forth that ended their bloody six-year war...
Refugees Unwelcome in Australia: Reading the Signs of a Humanitarian Crisis
Migrants arrive by boat from Turkey on the northeastern coast of Lesbos, Greece, November 28, 2015. Australian immigration officials claim refugees are...
The West’s Needless Aggression
Last week at the United Nations, Russian President Vladimir Putin made another futile appeal for sanity in international relations. He commented that the recent...
Hillary Clinton’s Neocon Resumé
Liberal Democratic Hillary Clinton supporters get defensive when they hear that Mrs. Clinton is favored over Donald Trump by right-wing billionaires like Charles Koch...
As Brexit Approaches, Europe’s Left Is Divided — and for Good Reason
European Parliament (Photo: Wikipedia)
The European Union is one of the premier trade organizations on the planet, with a collective GDP that surpasses the world’s...
America’s & NATO’s Outrageous Behavior, Greatest Threat that Exists
Eric Zuesse
On May 18th, two top people at NATO, one being its current Secretary General — the very top person — laid out in preliminary...
NATO & the Humanitarian Dismemberment of Yugoslavia
On March 24th, 1999, NATO launched its 78-day round the clock aerial assault on the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia without the approval of the...
Hillary and the Corporate Elite
“Mainstream” U.S. media is struck by the “strange bedfellows” phenomenon whereby a number of right wing foreign policy neoconservatives and top business elites –...
Women and War
This month we’ve seen a strange confluence of developments, anniversaries, and events bringing the subject of “women and war” to the editorial pages of...
EU’s Tusk brands Boris Johnson’s Hitler comparison ‘dangerous & absurd’
Ex-London Mayor Boris Johnson’s “dangerous” comparison between the European Union’s aims and Adolf Hitler’s imperial ambitions has been criticized as “crossing the boundaries” by...
The Mainstream Media and Its Discontents
Those of you who have been through college know that the educational system is very highly geared to rewarding conformity and obedience … it...
Our Military Needs to Defend the Country, Not Undermine American Security
As President Obama visits still-communist Vietnam, a former American rival,
in his "pivot to Asia" to recruit more countries to shelter against...
The Sun Never Sets but the Mote Remains in the Emperor’s Eye
Post-colonial empires are complex organizations. They are organized on a multi-tiered basis, ranging from relative autonomous national and regional allies to subservient vassal...
Obama Disastrously Backed the Saudis in Yemen, Now He’s Deploying US Troops to Deal...
The Obama administration has said little about its fresh deployment of American troops to Yemen, where the U.S. has spent the past year backing...
Cultural Marxism Might Be Funny
I learned of the Charlemagne prize when Pope Francis recently received this honor. Having recently commented on this occasion and the prize, I only offer...
Apologize for Nagasaki?
A recent New York Daily News headline runs as follows: “Obama to Pay Historic Visit to Hiroshima but Will Not Apologize for U.S. Dropping...
Slavers of Old Language Banished by New Tribal Youth
Those fire eyespinon needles lifting, scurryingshadows in updraftsembers talking talismansher bright words penetratecraggy cynicism, cullmeandering skepticsall lawyered up and fullof cash, old guardlives born...
Another Needless US/China Clash In South China Sea
Daniel McAdams
For the third time in seven months, the US has sent a warship to challenge China in territorial waters it claims in the...
Washington Post Squeezes Four Anti-Sanders Stories Out of One Tax Study Over Seven Hours
Surely one study can’t be this important?
It’s not news that the Washington Post’s editorial board has been lobbying against Sen. Bernie Sanders since the...
Brazil’s post-Rousseff cabinet to include advocate of police repression
Via WSWS. This piece was reprinted by RINF Alternative News with permission or license.
Miguel Andrade
Brazilian vice-President Michel Temer has invited São Paulo State’s Public...
A further eruption of US militarism in the Middle East
Via WSWS. This piece was reprinted by RINF Alternative News with permission or license.
This week’s admission by the Pentagon that dozens of American troops...
A Gift of Culture to Battered Palmyra
In an extraordinary act of culture and courage, a Russian orchestra performed in the ancient Syrian city of Palmyra recently...
Saudi Crisis Deepens (Part 1)
Saudi oil resources are not inexhaustible. Pictured: King Salman. (Photo: AWD News)
Perceptions can be very deceiving when it comes to Saudi Arabia, especially since...
Why Don’t Entitlement ‘Reformers’ Ever Talk About Military Spending and Tax Shelters?
The Washington Post‘s Charles Lane (4/27/16) objects to politicians following voters’ desires on entitlements because of ” the preemption of actual political choice it...
Why Obama Prioritizes Ousting Assad Over Defeating Syria’s Jihadists
Eric Zuesse, originally posted at strategic-culture.org
Dr. Christina Lin, a leading young scholar on jihadist groups, opened her April 8th commentary at Asia Times:
In a blunder...
Lawrence of Arabia’s robes & dagger must remain in the UK, says Middle East...
Conservative minister Tobias Ellwood is fighting for the legendary Arabist and guerrilla fighter Lawrence of...
NATO’s Dangerous Game: Bear-Baiting Russia
Since March 2105 there have been over 60 incidents that could have triggered a major crisis between Russia and the United States. Pictured: artist’s...
New Direction for Resolving the Middle East Crisis
One problem in resolving the Middle East Crisis is that the pro-Israel contingent follows the Trump philosophy — bludgeon the opponent with made up...
What if the Catholic Church Declares No Wars Are Justified?
Is an end to Just War Theory in sight? (Photo: Martin Schulz / Flickr Commons)
Where did the justification for war come from? Early versions...
EU referendum: Farage warns on mass immigration, Major suggests Brexiteers go to N. Korea
Brexiteers obsessing over sovereignty should consider moving to North Korea, according to Tory ex-PM John...
The Islamic State Is to Islam as Moonshine Is to Whisky
Islamic extremism is a form of reconstituted Islam for a globalized world, writes Robert Kaplan. Pictured: Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. (Photo: Thierry...
Trump May Be a Blowhard. But Is He an American Exceptionalist?
Donald Trump may be a bigot and a bully, but it’s hard not to applaud when he pisses off the stuff shirts at the...
How the World Runs on Looting the Congo
Every drone flown by the US military has inside it a piece of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) -- a...
Hillary Clinton’s Business of Corporate Shilling and War-Making
Digging deep into Hillary's connections to Wall Street, Abby Martin reveals how the Clintons' multi-million-dollar political machine operates.
This episode chronicles the Clintons' rise to...
Brazil cannot be allowed to fall
Send tanks to the streets; park them in front of the Congress, Dilma! Restore order and restore democracy.
Enough weeping! Latin America has wept incessantly,...
Pro-Turkey group skywrites slogans denying Armenian genocide above NYC (PHOTOS)
Pro-Turkey activists “seized” the sky above New York City, while hired supporters danced below, to scribble...
‘Back of free trade queue’: Brits slam Obama for ‘threats’ over Brexit
The British public has been vocal in venting its anger over visiting US President Barack...
‘Part-Kenyan’ Obama dislikes Britain for its colonial past, say ‘dog whistle racist’ Boris &...
London Mayor Boris Johnson and UKIP leader Nigel Farage have been branded “racist” after alleging...
The Occupied Mentality Syndrome
Since the Korean War, but particularly since the Iranian Revolution of 1979 until today, the United States has been steadily escalating its military presence...
Crimea’s Tatars Persecuted by Stalin Then, Putin Now
Even though Tatars fought for Russia in World War II, Stalin deported many of them. (Photo: Turkish Press)
Last year, Russia annexed Crimea from Ukraine,...
Koh-i-Noor diamond was not stolen by Britain, it was a gift – New Delhi
Britain’s most famous crown jewel was a gift to Queen Victoria and was not stolen,...
Presidential Candidate Dr. Jill Stein: The United States’ Multi-Organ Failure
Part of the way the US Empire's elections are rigged is the corporate media's censorship of third-party candidates, despite their nationwide campaign efforts.
The Green...
Double standards? Britain scolds South China Sea rivals while deploying to own island colonies
British policy on the Falklands, Gibraltar and Diego Garcia left a whiff of hypocrisy when...
Clinton leads Sanders with double digits among New York Democrats – poll
With only a week to go until the New York primary, Hillary Clinton is maintaining her...
Democracy: The Continuing Fight Against Factions
Demonstrators display a lit sign in front of the Milwaukee Courthouse in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on July 10, 2014. (Photo: Joe Brusky)
On Sunday,...
Fatal Assumptions
In the midst
of prayers divine
laicists
lie
in layers fine
clothed in secular
superficiality.
Fear
of faiths extreme
extended
equivocating
humanism
merely pretended.
Tolerance,
crying
it would seem
extended
merely for those
worthy deemed.
Long forgotten
wars for Easter1
Long forgotten
clerical legions
absorbing
pagan empire
Roman,
turning worship
into...
B-B-B-Bernie and the Pope: Sanders to speak at the Vatican
Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders, who says he is a "big, big fan" of Pope Francis,...
How Not to "Bern Out": Ten Steps Toward a Future We Can Believe In
Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont speaks during a rally at the Liacouras Center, Temple University, in Philadelphia, April 6, 2016. (Photo: Mark...
Sanders homecoming: New York native returns to old neighborhood days before primary
Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders is disproving the old saying “you can’t go home again” by...
Bush-41’s October Surprise Denials
Exclusive: “Deny everything,” British traitor Kim Philby said, explaining how the powerful can bluff past their crimes, a truism known to...
Mexican builder raises his flag above Trump Tower Vancouver (PHOTO)
A builder who raised the Mexican tricolor above a Donald Trump hotel in Canada has blasted...
Fresh corruption allegations undermine Malaysian prime minister
Via WSWS. This piece was reprinted by RINF Alternative News with permission or license.
John Roberts
Embattled Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak has come under increasing...
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Millionaires in New York Want to Pay Higher...
In today's On the News segment: Millionaires in New York want to pay higher taxes; our election process should be a national...
Hillary Clinton’s Neo-Conservative Foreign Policy
Eric Zuesse
Newly released Hillary Clinton emails clarify the depth of her foreign-policy neo-conservatism, and the closeness of her views to the views of the...
A Terrible Beauty: Remembering Ireland’s 1916 Easter Rebellion
99th anniversary of the 1916 Easter Rising, April 2015. (Photo: Irish Defense Forces / Flickr)
This commentary is a joint publication of Foreign Policy In...
Gorbachev Was Just Too Far Out Front of the United States
Many still believe that the United States won the Cold War and that nuclear weapons were the reason why. Pictured: Mikhail Gorbachev. (Photo: Dgies...
Ex-Blackwater ‘no sh*t’ mercenary Erik Prince feels wrath of US justice dept, reports The...
Erik Prince, the notorious former chief of the mercenary company Blackwater, is facing possible charges in...
Understanding Obama’s Foreign Policy
Eric Zuesse
On 28 May 2014, U.S. President Barack Obama addressed the West Point Military Academy class of graduating cadets, future leaders of America’s armed...
Fascist Spain’s Biggest Supporters Were Hitler, Mussolini, and This American Oilman
(Photo: Gerard Stolk / Flickr)
This piece has been adapted from Adam Hochschild’s new book, Spain in Our Hearts: Americans in the Spanish Civil War, 1936-1939.
“Merchants...
California city 1st to mark Armenian Genocide with school holiday
The California city of Glendale will become the first US school district to officially observe Armenian...
Denouncing Free College in the Name of the Poor
Protest against the imposition of tuition at New York City’s Cooper Union, historically a tuition-free private college. (cc photo: Michael Fleshman)
Although corporate media outlets...
Feeding the Bank Balance or Feeding the World: GMOs, Development and the Politics of...
Modern state-corporate capitalism is stripping the environment bare through unsustainable levels of consumption. It is legitimised by a deceitful ideology that attempts to justify and...
There Will Always Be Hyenas in the White House
The panic aroundtoupee and TVcharmer, neck to neckwith all others, PhDsJDs, MDs, CIA, FBINSA, DOD, somehowthis white trashbillionaire is a plagueoh our nano-secondhistory, bombing...
The False Flag of Regime Change
(…Or The Plot Calling The Kettle Black)
Denis A. Conroy
(RINF) - The political sphere in the West is experiencing thrombosis; elites are clogging up the...
Jean-Claude Juncker Damns Obama’s Plan for Ukraine
Eric Zuesse, originally posted at strategic-culture.org
Jean-Claude Juncker, the most powerful person in Europe, the chief of the European Commission and therefore Europe’s closest equivalent...
Berta Cáceres, Presente!
Berta Caceres and COPINH community members staging a blockade against dam construction in Rio Blanco (Photo: Goldmanprize.org)
I began writing a eulogy for Berta Isabel...
Responding to Clinton Barb, Sanders Blasts US Imperialism in Latin America
Hillary Clinton's interventionist record in Latin America is being called into question after Wednesday night's Democratic presidential debate saw her and rival Bernie Sanders...
New Zealand: Anti-TPP protests promote Maori nationalism
Via WSWS. This piece was reprinted by RINF Alternative News with permission or license.
Tom Peters
The signing of the Trans-Pacific Partnership in New Zealand last...
Bernie, Hillary or Revolution in the Streets? Cornel West, Dolores Huerta and Black Lives...
Also see: Bernie or Hillary? Cornel West and Dolores Huerta Debate After Sanders' Upset Win in Michigan
We continue our conversation on the...
This 4,000-year old financial indicator says that a major crisis is looming
Over 4,000 years ago during Sargon the Great’s reign of the Akkadian Empire, it took 8 units of silver to buy one unit of...
Trump Will Make His Peace with the War Party
Many promoters of peace, while not necessarily supporting him, do hope that a Donald Trump presidency would curb or maybe even end the hyper-active...
Campaign for UK exit from the EU dominated by nationalism and big business interests
Via WSWS. This piece was reprinted by RINF Alternative News with permission or license.
Robert Stevens
The Leave campaign in Britain’s June 23 referendum on continued...
The MOVE Bombing – When Police Plotted to Exterminate a Family
On May 13, 1985, one of the most shameful, horrific attacks by US police ever took place in West Philadelphia. Eleven people - including...
Michael Bloomberg Indicates He Wants Clinton as President
Eric Zuesse
On March 7th, Michael Bloomberg, NYC’s richest person and former Mayor, announced that he would not run for President and that he hopes...
Do We Need To ‘Rebuild the Military’?
The Republican presidential debates have become so heated and filled with
insults, it almost seems we are watching a pro wrestling match. There is no
civility,...
The Dulles Brothers and Their Legacy of Perpetual War
I was intrigued by the 2015 release of David Talbot’s The Devil’s Chessboard: Allen Dulles, the CIA, and the Rise of America’s Secret Government....
For an active boycott of the Brexit referendum!
Via WSWS. This piece was reprinted by RINF Alternative News with permission or license.
For an active boycott of the Brexit referendum!
Statement of the Socialist...
An Open Letter to the People of West Papua
James Burrowes & Robert J. Burrowes
Wa wa wa wa.
We have recently been discussing your ongoing courageous struggle to liberate yourselves from more than 100...
Hillary Clinton’s Six Foreign-Policy Catastrophes
Eric Zuesse
Many commentators have mentioned (such as here and here and here and here) that Hillary Clinton left behind no major achievement as the U.S. Secretary of State;...
Saudi Arabia’s Dictator Demands Regime-Change in Syria — Otherwise WW III
Eric Zuesse
As has been recently reported, many experts on international relations are saying that the danger of a nuclear war between NATO and Russia is greater...
To the Dustbin of History
We read on Wikipedia:
The phrase “ash heap of history” (or “dustbin of history”) figuratively refers to the place to where persons, events, artifacts, ideologies,...
Can the New Left Govern Europe?
Irish water protesters rally carry banners against the country’s austerity regime. (Photo: Brian Fitzpatrick)
Over the past year, left and center-left parties have taken control...
The Blind Spots of Dead White Men
As the rest of the nation celebrates Black History Month this February, I’m taking a graduate level course I call “Dead White Men.”
It’s actually...
A Brutal Assessment of US Elections from Abroad
It’s come to my attention that André Vltchek, writing in Pravda, has demystified the entire US presidential election scam in a piece titled “Please...
6 Reasons Not to Reboot the Cold War
(Image: IoSonoUnaFotoCamera / Flickr)
The Pentagon budget the Obama administration unveiled this week calls for quadrupling spending on efforts to counter Russia.
The money would move...
Sorry, but the Super Bowl Promotes War
David Swanson
Super Bowl 50 was the first National Football League championship to happen since it was reported that much of the pro-military hoopla at football games — the...
6 Reasons Not to Reboot the Cold War
The Pentagon budget unveiled this week calls for quadrupling spending on efforts to counter Russia. The money would move more troops, tanks, and artillery...
Bernie Hysteria & Liberal Hypocrisy
Chris Ernesto
(RINF) - The primary purpose of this article isn't to make any of Bernie Sanders' Democratic or Republican competition look comparatively good -...
Dispossessed in the Name of ‘Security’
Robert J. Burrowes
A new book, edited by Nick Buxton and Ben Hayes, both involved with The Transnational Institute, brings together a thoughtful collection of...
Politics on the Plate: Mob Wives, GMOs and Salt
How can we broaden our movement to appeal to and involve the majority of people out there who do not seem to be aware,...
Life in the Gray Zone
Khalil Bendib / OtherWords.org
In the 13th century, the Italian town of Lucera was a Muslim island in a sea of Christendom. Here Frederick II,...
Burkina Faso Terrorist Attack May Not Have Been Organized by Islamic Extremists
Pictured: The Grand Marché in Koudougou, Burkina Faso. (Photo: Wikipedia)
Cross-posted from View from the Left Bank.
1.
As elsewhere, they come in, seemingly from nowhere,...
They Tell Us Nothing But Lies: Paul Craig Roberts
Paul Craig Roberts
(RINF) - A British governmental inquiry has concluded that Russian President Putin...
‘It’s a Way to Ignore the Failures That Exist in the US’
Janine Jackson interviewed Laura Carlsen about the arrest of Mexican drug cartel leader Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman for the January 15, 2016, CounterSpin. This...
The Object of US Propaganda
The United States Senate Select Committee to Study Governmental Operations with Respect to Intelligence Activities found in 1975 that the CIA submitted stories to...
America’s Arab Allies Debate Need for Genocide Against ‘Infidels’
Eric Zuesse, originally posted at strategic-culture.org
Two key allies of the United States are the fundamentalist-Sunni governments of Qatar and Saudi Arabia – two fundamentalist...
Punishing El Chapo and Preserving US Hegemony
Mexican military personnel carry out an operation to recapture Joaquin Guzman Loera, the drug kingpin known as "El Chapo" in Los Mochis, Mexico, January...
Obama’s Invasion Plan of Syria Was Drawn Up by Kim Roosevelt in 1957
Eric Zuesse
The same person, Teddy Roosevelt’s grandson, who planned and headed the CIA coup to overthrow Iran’s progressive secular democratic anti-communist President Mohammed Mossadegh...
Here’s the Thing About Terrorism Obama Won’t Tell You
Peter Certo
State of the Union screen grab by Steve Baker / Flickr.
One in 3.5 million: That’s your annual risk of dying from a terrorist...
Here’s the Thing About Terrorism Obama Won’t Tell You
State of the Union screen grab by Steve Baker / Flickr.
One in 3.5 million: That’s your annual risk of dying from a terrorist attack...
Africa’s Success Story
Ian Khama (GovernmentZA / Flickr)
The most impressive person I met in Botswana barely said a word.
She was an older woman, small in stature. We...
Murder, Inc.
Terror, intimidation and violence are the glue that holds empire together. Aerial bombardment, drone and missile attacks, artillery and mortar strikes, targeted assassinations, massacres,...
The Sauds’ Impunity
Eric Zuesse
No matter how bad the fundamentalist Sunni-Islamic Saud royal family are, America’s government still supports them and condemns the countries that the Sauds...
The War Against the Cowboys
As our old republic fades
into history, replaced by a voracious global Empire, the division between
foreign policy and domestic policy is erased. A conquistador treats...
What Are the Chances for Peace in 2016?
Each year more than one trillion dollars goes up in smoke. More accurately,
it is stolen from the middle and working classes and shipped off...
The Nobel Laureate vs. the Dictator
Svetlana Alexievich
The prestigious Nobel Prize in Literature 2015 has been awarded to my compatriot from Belarus, writer and journalist Svetlana Alexievich. Many Belarusians pin...
The Origin of Jihadism
Eric Zuesse, originally posted at strategic-culture.org
The origin of jihadism is prohibited from being reported truthfully – this truth is prohibited by all of the...
Bad Government Decisions That Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time
In the U.S. Constitution, the nation’s founders originally conceived of a very
limited federal government that protected, rather than usurped, the liberty
of its people (not...
New World Disorder
“The easiest way to gain control of a population is to carry out acts of terror. will clamor for such laws if their...
A Christmas Message of Peace
Despite the commercialism of Christmas, some positive messages break through, often in movie classics, such as Frank Capra’s “It’s a Wonderful Life” and Charles...
Inside the U.S. Drone War on the Islamic State
(Photo of the Boeing X-48B unmanned – despite apparent windows in front – aerial vehicle: NASA / Wikimedia Commons)
On October 7th, at an “undisclosed...
US military provided Assad with intel on extremists via Russia, Israel & Germany –...
The Pentagon’s Joint Chiefs of Staff has been indirectly providing Syrian military with intelligence on Islamic extremists fearing the Obama administration’s agenda to oust...
Challenging US Overseas Military Bases
Though the U.S. government denies that it runs an empire, it maintains a bristling global network of military bases unprecedented in world history, including...
Historic New Harpers Article Exposes Who Controls America
Eric Zuesse
There can be little doubt now: America’s decades-long catastrophic failures to make significant progress in eliminating even a single one of the numerous...
Obama: The Fairy-Tale President?
(Photo: Wikipedia)
In fairy tales, the hero makes a wish. After a few trials the wish comes true, and everyone lives happily ever after. But...
Russia Losing Its Battle Against Jihadists in Syria
Eric Zuesse
According to Russia’s Defense Minister on Friday December 11th, Russia had underestimated the jihadist forces in Syria when it entered the war against them on...
Cornering Russia, Risking World War III
Official Washington is awash with tough talk about Russia and the need to punish President Putin for his role in Ukraine and Syria. But...
So Why Did Turkey Shoot Down That Russian Plane?
Conn Hallinan
(Image: DonkeyHotey / Flickr)
Why did Turkey shoot down that Russian warplane?
It was certainly not because the SU-24 posed any threat. The plane is...
Real Questions for President Obama
Part of Official Washington’s problem is that most journalists — at least those called on at presidential news conferences — represent the same “group think”...
The Afars: Eritrea’s Forgotten Refugees
(Photo: Carsten ten Brink / Flickr)
Thousands of refugees have made their way to eastern Ethiopia across Eritrea’s porous southern borders in recent years.
Many traveled...
NATO Picks a New Fight with Russia
Exclusive: The Obama administration and much of Official Washington have dangerously lost touch with reality, ginning up a costly new Cold War with Russia...
The West’s Deadly Mideast Fantasies
By Mike Lofgren
Around the time of the 2003 Iraq invasion and the silliness of “freedom fries” (served in the cafeterias of the House office...
Thankfully, Russian Leaders are Rational
Chris Ernesto
(RINF) - Can you imagine what the United States would do if Turkey - a country that has supported ISIS - shot down...
Britain’s David Cameron Wants To Use Bombs To Prospect For Gold In Syria
John Chuckman
(RINF) - Jeremy Corbyn, leader of the British Labour Party, is a man of genuine integrity and honesty in his opposition to British...
The Downing of Russia’s SU-24 by Turkish F16s over Syria
Alla Pierce
A Planned operation
On November 24th a Russian SU-24 bomber was shot down by an air to air missile fired from a Turkish F-16...
Insights Into the Resistance Movement in Turkey (Second in a Series)
Turkish authorities could have investigated suspects in the July 20 suicide bombing in the Kurdish town of Suruç, but instead allowed them to remain...
Class, War and David Cameron
British Prime Minister David Cameron has said it is time for Britain to join air strikes against Islamic State in Syria (ISIS). After the...
America’s Awesome Corruption – Especially in the Military
Eric Zuesse, originally posted at strategic-culture.org
On November 16th, the great journalist on international strategic and military issues, F. William Engdahl, headlined at journal-neo, “Do We...
Who Needs Gates And Monsanto? Confronting Hunger, Poverty and Climate Change: “Tremendous Success” of...
It is essential that we get off the chemical treadmill that the modern industrial urban-centric food and agriculture system is based on. It is...
Politico Reports Bush Knew 2001 Terror-Attack Was Imminent and Wanted It
Eric Zuesse, originally posted at strategic-culture.org
A stunning news-report at Politico on November 12th, titled “The Attacks Will Be Spectacular,” reveals that the then CIA Director George...
No Payoff for Netanyahu
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu came to Washington to collect his
payoff for being disgruntled over the agreement limiting Iran’s nuclear program,
which was signed by...
Paris; Totally Expected, No Surprise, Guess What Next?
The horrific Paris terrorist attacks have been met with shock and panic. In truth though, surprise would not a word used by the French...
U.S. SecDef Ashton Carter Implies Russia & China Are Enemies of U.S.
Eric Zuesse
INTRODUCTION
On Saturday November 7th, U.S. Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter, who had started his career at the Defense Department during the Reagan Administration...
Poisoned Agriculture: Depopulation and Human Extinction’
There is a global depopulation agenda. The plan is to remove the ‘undesirables’, ‘the poor’ and others deemed to be ‘unworthy’ and a drain...
America’s Middle-Class Squeeze-Out
The crushing of America’s Great Middle Class continues apace with new statistics on the soaring death rate among middle-age whites. But the pattern is...
EU and NATO Set to Destabilize Russia by Anti-Putin Propaganda Operation
Eric Zuesse, originally posted at strategic-culture.org
German Economic News | Published:10/31/15 01:23Clock |
http://deutsche-wirtschafts-nachrichten.de/2015/10/31/eu-und-nato-wollen-russland-mit-unterwanderung-der-medien-destablisieren/
(Translated here by – and then with closing commentary from – Eric Zuesse)
EU, US and NATO are...
A Close Call on Doomsday
The risk of nuclear extermination is real, especially at times of revved-up tensions between the U.S. and Russia, when a political miscalculation or a...
Video: Complicity in Neoslavery: Chris Hedges Calls Out Corporate America for Exploiting Prison Labor
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhvuTWMoDxE&w=580&h=385]
Democracynow.org - Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, activist and Presbyterian minister Chris Hedges, whose latest book is "Empire of Illusion: The End of ...
Via Youtube
America in Search of a Cause?
"If the Cold War is over, what’s the point of being an American?"
said Rabbit Angstrom, the protagonist of the John Updike novels.
A haunting remark,...
Corporate Media Won’t Tell You Hillary Clinton is a Lying Fascist
She was practiced at the art of deception
I could tell by her blood-stained hands
– Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, “You Can’t Always Get What...
Video: CrossTalk on Syria: Sulking Superpower
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bzebWR0s4U&w=580&h=385]
The sulking empire: Washington's Syria policy lies in tatters with the Russian military making short order of illegal groups and other foreign-paid terrorists.
Via...
9/11 truth would destroy American imperialism
The truth about the September 11, 2001 terror attacks would not only destabilize the American political system but it would also take down the...
Will New Global Dynamic Push USA Into Starting World War III?
by Stephen Lendman
(RINF) - It was just a matter of time. Pure evil only goes unchallenged for so long.
Putin’s intervention in Syria represents a...
The Saudi Dynasty, Key U.S. Ally, Tops the World in Barbarism
Eric Zuesse
The richest person in the world isn’t anyone in the Forbes list, which excludes calculations for any heads-of-state, but is instead King Salman...
Wal-Mart’s Worst Stock Crash In 27 Years Is Another Sign That The Economy Is...
Michael Snyder
(RINF) - Now that a major global recession has begun, you would expect major retailers like...
Anderson Cooper: Opposing Illegal CIA Wars Is Unelectable
Robert Naiman
A key reason that the US has so many wars is that big US media have a strong pro-war, pro-Empire bias. You rarely...
Defense Spending Bill: $600 Million More to Train ‘Moderates’ in Syria
Last year’s National Defense Authorization Act allocated half a billion dollars to train “vetted,” “moderate” rebels to attack ISIS in Syria and also to...
Obama’s “60 Minutes” interview and the crisis of US policy in Syria
By Barry Grey
In an extraordinary interview Sunday evening on CBS News’ “60 Minutes” program, President Barack Obama sought to defend his policy in Syria against...
Russia Supplants U.S. in Global War Against Jihadists
Eric Zuesse
A meeting between Russia’s Vladimir Putin and Saudi Arabia’s Defence Minister Prince Mohammed bin Salman (son of King Salman) ended on early Monday,...
Video: America’s Unofficial Religion – The War on an Idea
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVPKHYf2vJo&w=580&h=385]
The Empire has a range of weapons to maintain its power: from it's courts to it's military. But it also has effective ideological...
Russia Is #1 in the World Now; U.S. Still Fights to Win Long-Term
Eric Zuesse, originally posted at strategic-culture.org
On October 7th, Reuters headlined, “Iraq Leans Toward Russia in War on Islamic State,” and reported, from Baghdad, that,...
Malala Yousefzai Aims to Be Pakistan’s Prime Minister
Eric Zuesse
On Saturday, October 3rd, the India Today TV channel telecast an interview with the Pakistani 2014 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Malala Yousafzai, who...
HISTORIC NEWS: Finally, EU and U.S. Are Breaking Apart
Eric Zuesse
German Economic News headlined on October 2nd, “US wants to exclude EU from peace talks on Syria,” and reported that, “The US government...
Obama v. Putin: Their Debate on Crimea
The Source of the ‘New Cold War’: The Basic Disagreement Between Obama and Putin
Eric Zuesse, originally posted at strategic-culture.org
INTRODUCTION
The basic disagreement between U.S. President...
The World’s Biggest Prison System
The Empire holds by far the most prisoners than any other country on earth, in both absolute numbers and per capita. In this edition...
The Superpower as Victim: Three Exceptional Facts About America
Why it’s safe to be paranoid in the U.S.
Given the cluttered landscape of the last 14 years, can you even faintly remember the moment...
Imperial legacy: Jamaica demands slavery reparations from Britain
Prime Minister David Cameron has been reminded of his family’s links to slavery as he faces calls for Britain to pay Jamaica millions of...
Video: Abby Martin & Chris Hedges: War, Propaganda and the Enemy Within
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0LOYvk0y3o&w=580&h=385]
Abby Martin interviews Chris Hedges on American myths, war and revolt. Hedges explains the 'folly of Empire,' the dangers posed by right-wing extremism...
Decline of Western Ethnic States
The neocon-driven wars in the Middle East have unleashed a demographic tidal wave on Europe, the arrival of refugees from Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya...
Agent of the Warmongering, Imperial State
By now we have heard chapter and verse, repeatedly so, on the failure of Bernie Sanders to take an antiwar position, much less a...
Modi and Monsanto: A Wake Up Call For India
Immediately prior to Narendra Modi being elected India’s PM last year, there were calls from some quarters for him to usher in a Thatcherite-style...
Video: Enter the biggest prison system in history
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The Empire holds by far the most prisoners than any other country on earth, in both absolute numbers and per capita. Abby Martin...
Video: David Cameron Says Jeremy Corbyn is a National Threat
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxuyc7t-SIY&w=580&h=385]
Prof. Leo Panitch says Jeremy Corbyn is a principled opponent of British involvement in the American Empire and he supports a more decentralized...
Big Lie: U.S. Allies with Saudis ‘Because We’re Addicted to Their Oil’
Eric Zuesse
In Syria and elsewhere, the U.S. allies with Saudi Arabia and other Sunni nations that back or even install ISIS and Al Qaeda...
Vladimir Putin’s Foreign-Policy Objectives, & His Desire for U.S. to Be an Ally
Eric Zuesse, originally posted at strategic-culture.org
On September 4th, Russia’s President Vladimir Putin restated, as he has many times before, that he seeks a U.S.-Russian...
The Neocon Foreign Policy Walmart
One of the most depressing things about watching — even from a distance —
the quadrennial race for the White House is seeing what passes...
U.S. Drops Bombs; EU Gets Refugees & Blame. This is insane.
Eric Zuesse, originally posted at strategic-culture.org
Starting in 2011 in Libya, the United States dropped bombs on Libya in order to replace its pro-Russian dictator,...
Global Gladio: NATO Terror Network Reaches into Asia
Tony Cartalucci
(RINF) - An unprecedented blast in Bangkok, Thailand last month left 20 dead and over 100 injured. The blast was the latest in...
False Reports of Russian Military Intervention in Syria
by Stephen Lendman
(RINF) - After numerous US-led Western reports of nonexistent “Russian aggression” in Ukraine, how could anyone believe its military intervened in Syria...
Europe’s Refugee Crisis and the Warped Morality of David Cameron
UK Prime Minister David Cameron this week said "as a father I felt deeply moved" by the image of a Syrian boy dead on...
Mom, Is it War Yet?
by T.P. Wilkinson
For me 2015 began with a suicide. I was on my way to Berlin with an early train just after midnight on...
Mass protests against failing infrastructure shake Lebanon
By Jean Shaoul
Thousands have taken to the streets of Lebanon’s capital Beirut over two successive weekends to protest the mountains of trash that have lain...
Where is Neo When We Need Him
Paul Craig Roberts
(RINF) - In The Matrix in which Americans live, nothing is ever their fault. For example, the current decline in the US...
Western Democracy Is An Endangered Species On Its Way To Extinction
Paul Craig Roberts
(RINF) -The British Labour Party no longer represents the working class. Under...
Zionists Latest Anti-Semitic Inducing Provocation: Trying to Destroy a Highly Worthy and Sane Nuclear...
The same Neo-Con-Artists, and the same lying and blackmail game players AIPAC Lobby, and the same mainstream news media newspapers and televisions stations are...
Video: Trump Tower Was Built On The Backs Of Illegals
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The Donald may denounce illegal immigrants as 'rapists,' but his empire's crown jewel was erected on land cleared by a small army of...
Nobel Peace Laureates Endorse Violence
Robert J. Burrowes
In a recent letter to US President Barack Obama twelve Nobel Peace laureates declared their support for the long history of US...
US Congress and President Obama Officially Recognize Donbas’ Freedom!
George H Eliason
It's true! President Barack Obama beat Russia's President Putin to the punch by recognizing the right of Donbas to ascend to the...
Putin Giving Up on Assad, Says Erdogan
Eric Zuesse
Turkey’s President, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, was asked by an interviewer last week, “On the question of Syria, have you seen changes in the...