Defending Assange and Basic Freedoms: Think Bigger – Much Bigger
Al Burke Around the globe, well-informed and dedicated souls have for years been explicating the persecution of Julian Assange and its much broader implications. They include the likes of...
The Democratic Party’s AIPAC Candidates
Eric Zuesse Joe Biden and Kamala Harris might as well be Israelis, though they’re both running for the Presidency of America. The PAC (officially a “lobbying organization”) called AIPAC (American...
Publishing Stolen Material: WikiLeaks, the DNC and Freedom of Speech
It may well be a finding of some implication should Julian Assange find his way into the beastly glory that is the US justice system. In its efforts...
Kamala or Tulsi
It is true that the DNC’s manufactured extravaganza, with its heavy hand in favor of those most simpatico to the party line, offered a series of semi-trivial ‘questions’ as...
East-West Strategic Temperature Hotting up in Asia-Pacific
My former professional background as a policy planner ( 1985-90) in the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and related areas where I worked for 30 years enabled me...
Does the U.S. army really intend to leave Syria?
Last December, the U.S. President Donald Trump announced that the Pentagon started the process of withdrawing its troops from Syria. Even then, many people were quite skeptical about the...
Jessica Yaniv and the Return of the Cooing Doves
Jenn Smith It has been a while since I was last published in either the mainstream or the alternative press, but with the current furor over the Jessica Yaniv...
Why should Iran be defended?
Those of you, my readers, living in the West: Study; study quickly. Then ask this question to your government: “What is the reason for this terrible scenario?” Rent Iranian...
Life Expectancy Falters in the UK
Colin Todhunter A special report in the Observer newspaper in the UK on 23 June 2019 asked the question: Why is life expectancy faltering? The piece noted that for...
When Warriors Become Saints
Edward Curtin As I sit on the small balcony on the top floor of an old house in the working-class neighborhood of Alfama in Lisbon, Portugal, it is early...
The EU’s other Periphery
Frank Lee We’ll start with the 10 per capita poorest countries in the whole of Europe. In rank order: Moldova – GDP US$2560 Ukraine – GDP US$3560 Kosovo –...
How the Western media support state terror – while millions die
Matthew Alford, Florian Zollman, Alan Macleod, Jeffery Klaehn, and Daniel Broudy, August-September issue of PeaceNews When Noam Chomsky first observed that the United States had attacked South Vietnam, he...
WATCH: MH17 — Call for Justice
Bonanza Media Bonanza media investigative team of independent journalists conduct exclusive interviews with one of the suspects in the downing the MH17, the Malaysian prime minister, the colonel that...
Venezuela defeats new power sabotage in hours
Gloria La Riva The author is currently on the ground in Venezuela This morning at 1:30 a.m., engineers and electrical workers restored Venezuela’s power after a massive cyber sabotage...
CrowdStrikeOut: Mueller’s Own Report Undercuts Its Core Russia-Meddling Claims
by Aaron Maté, July 5, 2019 At a May press conference capping his tenure as special counsel, Robert Mueller emphasized what he called “the central allegation” of the two-year...
Lunar Narratives: Landing on the Moon, Politics and the Cold War
Binoy Kampmark Anniversaries are occasions to distort records. The intoxicated recounting of the past faces a record in need of correction. Couples long-married hide their differences before guests. Creases...
Beyond Liberalism: The emergence of new identity politics
Shahzada Rahim Liberalism emerged as the most enduring philosophy of the enlightenment era but since the dawn of the 21st century, it seems dying in a vault. ‘Philosophy will...
Discuss: Boris Johnson is the New PM
We've all known it was coming for sometime - and finally, it's here. Boris Johnson is Prime Minister, it would be funny if it weren't so sad. At NATO...
March of the Uyghurs
Andre Vltchek Important note: The Uyghurs have managed to create a very old and deep culture. Most of them are good, law-abiding citizens of the PRC. Also the great...
The US Police-State Is Now Undeniable: The Assange Case
Eric Zuesse It’s not just that the United States has a higher percentage of its people in prison than does any other nation on the planet. (El Salvador —...
