US Inadvertently Draws Comparison between US, Venezuelan Treatment of “Suspected Terrorists”

from Washington’s Blog Practices in the US and Venezuela were called into relief this week when the US issued rhetoric condemning Venezuela for trying a suspected terrorist/coup-plotter and, when...

We Must Move Away from Death Economy

John Perkins is the American author best known for his book “Confessions of an Economic Hit Man,” in which he reveals the role he and his then colleagues played...

Zaporozhye to Kiev

by Vaska In Ukraine, resistance to the Empire continues. Here’s the city of Zaporozhye mocking current Kiev authorities. The sign reads: “There is no power but from God.”

Nick Cohen wants us to forget the west uses chemical weapons

Yesterday in the Guardian Nick Cohen could be found using his talents to shill for more lovely humanitarian war. Nothing odd about that. The MSM almost always shills for...

“Does the US want Al Qaeda to take over Syria?”

by Robert Parry OffG says: Some may say Parry is here too forgiving of Obama, and it could certainly be said he over-credits him for “Syria’s 2013 agreement to...

exploiting refugees for hegemony & profit: business as usual in the Empire

by Andrew Korybko Russia has taken the lead in supporting Syria this summer, actively initiating efforts to bring a diplomatic resolution to the country’s crisis and assemble an inclusive...

Is EU Finally breaking away from U.S?

by Eric Zuesse On Saturday, September 12th, United Kingdom’s Labour Party elected as its leader and their candidate to lead the UK, Jeremy Corbyn, who has been the most...

Jeremy Corbyn’s Victory Highlights the Power BTL

Jeremy Corbyn won the Labour leadership election. You probably heard. He wasn't supposed to win - he wasn't even supposed to run - but he did it. Not only...

Ukraine: Assassination attempt on Interior Minister by volunteer battalion commander foiled

Andriy Yangolenko, seen here with his wife, was detained by the Security Service of Ukraine on Friday in Kharkiv.  Euromaidan Press reports: Security Service of Ukraine has told in...

‘UK bombed Syria to protect Iraq’: Cameron changes his story in UN letter

Russia Today reports that Britain’s ambassador to the UN is claiming Britain’s killing of Islamic State militants in Syria was legal because the drone strikes that caused the fatalities...

US Media Control: the backstory

by Eric Zuesse The show aired on September 5th, and interviewed their contracted expert KT McFarland. Watch the clip here. TRANSCRIPT, starting at 4:45: Interviewer: The other place that...

A Repeat of the Libya Fiasco?

by Vaska Writing for New Eastern Outlook (September 8), Toni Cartalucci reports on a June 2015 Brookings Institute paper which lays out a US plan to invade and take...

Mosaic of facts

from RT Can you tell truth from lies in mass media? RTD’s Miguel Francis-Santiago delves deep to try to understand the intricacies of information war. He meets media experts...

OffGuardian tells Jessica Valenti why ‘Comment is Free’ matters (because she apparently doesn’t know)

by BlackCatte The Guardian is unraveling. Having tried to manage its own readers with draconian moderation, it now admits even that policy is a humiliating failure and – today...

CENTCOM Analysts: ISIS intelligence manipulated

The Daily Beast reports: More than 50 intelligence analysts working out of the U.S. military’s Central Command have formally complained that their reports on ISIS and al Qaeda’s branch...

VIDEO: German man could not bear media lies about refugees

German media: “The days of Yatsenyuk are gone”

Sputnik International reports: Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk may soon lose his office, after his reputation was severely damaged by corruption reports, dragging on parliamentary reforms and working in...

VIDEO: Fox News blames European refugees on Russia and China

by Kit Yes. Seriously. You may have thought that the refugees pouring out of Iraq were fleeing ISIS. You may have thought that the people braving the sea voyage...

Is Russia losing patience after a Year of US Phony War on ISIS?

From Tarpley.net According to unconfirmed reports carried by Reuters, Russian military forces in Syria are now engaged in combat, presumably against one of the terrorist rebel factions arrayed against...

the Guardian mods are terrified the ‘Putinbots’ will turn us all into pod people

by BlackCatte We urge everyone to check out the Guardian’s latest and strangest attempts to build a wave of terror in its readership about Putinbots. In the thin guise...