Opinion: “I’m confused”

Who remembers the children of Donbass? British journalist, writer, broadcaster and blogger Neil Clark writes: […] The first thing I’m confused about is the refugee crisis currently affecting Europe....

UK charity which shares Syrian opposition “aims and objectives” benefits from Alan Kurdi tragedy

from “Fabrication in BBC Panorama ‘Saving Syria’s Children'” Hand in Hand for Syria, the UK registered charity at the heart of the controversial 2013 BBC Panorama programme Saving Syria’s...

What happened to the moral center of American capitalism?

by Robert Reich at RobertReich.org An economy depends fundamentally on public morality; some shared standards about what sorts of activities are impermissible because they so fundamentally violate trust that...

Luke Harding : the hack who came in from the cold

Catte Black Luke Daniel Harding (born 1968) studied English at University College, Oxford. While there he edited the student newspaper Cherwell. He worked for The Sunday Correspondent, the Evening...

Death by Droning: the World isn’t changing, it is changed

Yesterday David Cameron admitted to murder. He did it loudly, in public, with self-justications primed and a self-important look plastered across his quivering jowls.

The Guardian’s faux progressiveness

by E.F Nicholson Whether we like it or not, our ever increasing participation in the world of consumption allows us to be sliced and diced by advertisers into increasingly...

Ukraine: ATO army on threshold of PTSD epidemic

Photo Anastasia Vlasova Politnavigator reports: The Defense Ministry underestimates the number of soldiers suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), says the Kiev magazine “New time”. The publication reports that...

Why has one small child’s horrific death been turned into a media event and war cry? – UPDATED

As we predicted the ghastly tragedy of little Aylan is now unquestionably being exploited with psychopathic cynicism to re-launch the call for war in Syria. The lies about chemical...

Guardian journalists can read minds

In the daily media march to war with Syria, as Tony Abbott, Andrew Mitchell and the former arch-bishop of Canterbury all start tooting their war horns – it’s important...

Guardian and NYTimes Completely Misrepresent China’s Military Parade

by Joaquin Flores via Russia Insider Chinese leadership knows what China can do, has done, and what it represents to the world. China apparently felt it unnecessary to ‘over-project’...

The Telegraph being the Telegraph

Today the Telegraph accidentally sort of implied Russia is sending troops in to Syria… Vladimir Putin confirms Russian military involvement in Syria’s civil war …while admitting in the body...

It didn’t take them long to prove us right…

by BlackCatte If there was any doubt about what constitutes at least part of the agenda behind the shameless media exploitation of the refugee crisis, it’s been entirely eliminated...

US analysis: “The Western media narrative about Ukraine is coming unglued”

by Systematic Photo Valentyn Ogirenko / Reuters Patrick L. Smith writes in Salon: […] there is an aspect of this new phase in the Ukraine crisis that needs to...

War Crimes in Gorlovka – The Anna Tuv Story

On May 26, 2015 three civilians were killed when artillery shells landed in the Ozeryanovka district of Gorlovka, a town controlled by the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) opposite the...

The Guardian: “bomb Assad and save the refugees”

by BlackCatte The Guardian is currently providing us with a good example of what is often called the “problem-reaction-solution” method of controlling public discourse. Step One: Find, create, emphasise,...

The Douma Market Attack: a Fabricated Pretext for Intervention?

by Eric Draitser via Counter Punch The August 16, 2015 attack on a market in the Syrian town of Douma, just outside the capital Damascus, has caused international outrage....

DPR: Kiev’s decentralization reform a farce

by Systematic A pro federalization rally in Kharkov, April 2014. Photo dozor.kharkov.ua TASS reports: The constitutional reform being conducted in Ukraine is not in the slightest in line with...

RT: Ukraine to default if parliament rejects debt restructure proposal – finance minister

by Systematic Natalya Yaresko. Photo Michail Polinchak/RIA Novosti) RT reports: The Ukrainian government will declare a default if its parliament, the Verkhovnaya Rada, rejects creditors’ proposals on restructuring the...

In Syria, Putin Calls Obama’s Bluff, Joins War Against ISIS

by Eric Zuesse According to German Economic News (September 1st, based on reports from ynetnews and others), Russia’s President Vladimir Putin has apparently decided to establish in Syria a...

“Russian data law provokes fear in persons unknown” – Shaun Walker

by Kit It seems many people have forgotten who Edward Snowden is. To refresh your memories, he is an ex-NSA intelligence analyst currently hiding out somewhere in Moscow. Two...