Julian Assange Hospitalized
Caitlin Johnstone Julian Assange’s Swedish lawyer Per Samuelson has told the press that “Assange’s health situation on Friday was such that it was not possible to conduct a normal...
Who cares how war criminals vote?
And so ends the Labour career of Alastair Campbell, Tony Blair's PR man, one of the key architects of the "dodgy dossier", a man complicit in every death that...
WATCH: Costas Lapavitsas Discusses the EU
Labour Leave Costas Lapavitsas, former member of the Syriza government, is a professor of economics at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. Since August of...
Robert Stuart vs the BBC
It’s a David vs Goliath story. A former local newspaper reporter, Robert Stuart, is taking on the British Broadcasting Corporation. Stuart believes that a sensational video story about an...
OffG DoS attack update
It’s looking as if the server issues we have been experiencing since May 23 is some form of denial of service (DoS) attack. May 23-25 the server was experiencing...
No, “Remain” did NOT win the European Elections
There's an argument doing the rounds that, although Brexit Party got the most seats and the most votes, actually the European Elections shows Remain is more popular. It is...
Peace with Iran is a Good Thing
Renee Parsons After weeks of drama perpetuating assorted Iranian ‘threats’ and after having conducted classified briefings with Congress on Tuesday, acting Pentagon chief Patrick Shanahan, with Secretary of State...
Ukraine: Was the Overthrow of Yanukovych a ‘Coup’?
Eric Zuesse INTRODUCTION This question is important, because it concerns the validity, or not, of the rationale for the economic sanctions against Russia, and of the NATO military buildup...
The Geography of War: No Iraq…? No Iran!
Brett Redmayne-Titley No other country in the Middle East is as important in countering America’s rush to provide Israel with another war than Iraq. Fortunately for Iran, the winds...
Democracy vs. The Putin-Nazis
CJ Hopkins Back in January 2018, I wrote this piece about The War on Dissent, which, in case you haven’t noticed, is going gangbusters. As predicted, the global capitalist...
The DNC’s Dumb-Down Opinion Survey
Renee Parsons In its recent Official 2020 Issues Survey, DNC Chair Tom Perez solicited input on the ‘top’ issue for the upcoming June debate as the Dems will use...
May Ends in June
History will not be kind to Theresa May. By the standards she forthrightly set herself at the outset of her premiership, she has been a dismal failure. ...
We are having major server issues
We’re having MAJOR server issues and have been as of last night (23/04/19). Nothing so far has been diagnosed. Clearly it’s possible some malfeasance is responsible, but so far...
Discuss: European Elections
The European elections are here, and Theresa May’s political future hangs in the balance. As it seems to have done for years. Her party, fresh off being wiped out...
How the OPCW Leak Makes Trump a War Criminal
Eric Zuesse On May 13th, Tim Hayward of the Working Group on Syria made public on his website an utterly damning document that had been suspiciously excluded from the...
Debt is the Hidden Issue in The European Elections
The citizens of the European Union are called to vote this week for the European Parliament. It is not a real parliament, and it lacks prospects for becoming one,...
The Disinformationists
CJ Hopkins So, the election-meddling Putin-Nazi disinformationists are at it again! Oh yes, while Americans have been distracted by Russiagate, Obstructiongate, Redactiongate, or whatever it’s being called at this...
The Pompeo Bolton Tag Team from Hell
Renee Parsons There was little pretense that when former UN Ambassador John Bolton became President Trump’s National Security Adviser and former Rep. Mike Pompeo moved into the Secretary of...
Illegal Bt Brinjal In India
Colin Todhunter What is the point in central government orders and carefully thought out regulatory norms if government officials and regulators act with blatant disregard? This is precisely what...
Masters of Myths – From Homer to Hollywood
Hugh O’Neill The great enemy of truth is very often not the lie–deliberate, contrived and dishonest–but the myth–persistent, persuasive and unrealistic. Too often we hold fast to the cliches...
