Speaking the Unspeakable: The Assassination and Martyrdom of Thomas Merton
A Quasi-Review by Edward Curtin of The Martyrdom of Thomas Merton by Hugh Turley & David Martin Killing a man who says ‘No!’ is a risky business,” the priest...
Syria and Chemical Weapons: Debating the Regime-Change War in Syria
by Roger Annis, A Socialist In Canada, April 24, 2018 Like the rest of Canada’s corporate media, the state-run CBC is virulently anti-Russia and a constant voice favouring the...
ITV Journo accuses Russian OPCW Ambassador of threatening a child…
Please note, that as of the time of posting, NO evidence has been cited that these people have changed their story, and NO evidence has been cited that they...
Douma: Part 1 — Deception in Plain Sight
Media Lens UK corporate media are under a curious kind of military occupation. Almost all print and broadcast media now employ a number of reporters and commentators who are...
Is False-Flag Attack On US Navy Ship Next?
by Nick, via The Saker, April 23, 2018 The USS Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group left the east coast Naval Station Norfolk, VA on 11th April. The aircraft...
What was the success-rate of the April 14th missiles against Syria?
by Eric Zuesse The U.S. and Russia provide diametrically opposite accounts of the percentages of U.S.-and-allied missiles that hit their targets in Syria on the night of April 13th-14th....
“When Israelis murder Palestinians, it's a tragedy — for Israelis.”
by Richard Hugus Since the start of the latest massacre in Gaza — the killing with live fire of almost 40 and wounding of almost 3,000 unarmed Palestinian protestors...
Diagnosing the West with Sadistic Personality Disorder (SPD)
Western culture is clearly obsessed with rules, guilt, submissiveness and punishment. By now it is clear that the West is the least free society on Earth. In North America...
The Timeline of Shame
by Thomas G. Clark, Another Angry Voice, April 16, 2018 In March 2018 the Saudi tyrant Mohammed bin Salman began a month-long tour of Western nations, securing new arms...
USA: No Restitution to Syria
by Eric Zuesse On April 22nd, an anonymous U.S. “Senior Administration Official” told a press conference in Toronto, that the only possible circumstance under which the U.S. Government will...
Western Media Shorthand on Venezuela Conveys and Conceals So Much
by Joe Emersberger, for FAIR, April 23, 2018 A Reuters article (4/18/18) reports that the European Union “could impose further sanctions on Venezuela if it believes democracy is being...
UN Security Team Still Won’t Let Inspectors Visit Douma
by Jason Ditz, Anti-War.com, April 20, 2018 Inspectors on ‘Standby’ Waiting for Permission from UNDSS Two weeks after the alleged chemical attack in Douma, chemical inspectors from the Organization...
Russian Missile Tech has Made America's Trillion Dollar Navy Obsolete
by Dmitry Orlov, via Russia Insider, April 21, 2018 Times have changed and America can no longer project its military power like it did in Iraq. Those days are...
Alexander Shulgin to the OPCW
The following is the unofficial translation of the statement made by Alexander Shulgin, the head of Russian delegation at the OPCW, at that body’s April 18 Executive Council meeting...
Island Russia
by Paul Robinson, April 10, 2018 Vladislav Surkov, long considered an important ideological figure within the ‘Putin regime’, has previously been described as a ‘relative Westernizer’ among Vladimir Putin’s...
Barcelona, Roger Waters, White Helmets
by Phillip Roddis A Pink Floyd fan for half a century, and neutral on the band’s acrimonious eighties divorce, I was thrilled by Roger Waters’ denunciation – an unequivocal...
Another look at “that” Guardian article
Our occasional contributor VT responds to the already infamous Guardian article Russia spread fake news via Twitter bots after Salisbury poisoning – analysis After 37 hours this article remains...
The Guardian as George Orwell’s Ministry of Truth
by Eric Zuesse On Sunday April 15th, Britain’s Guardian bannered “OPCW inspectors set to investigate site of Douma chemical attack” and pretended that there was no question that a...
The Victims in Gaza and Douma
by David William Pear, first published by The Greanville Post In their book Manufacturing Consent Edward Herman and Noam Chomsky distinguished between two kinds of victims: the worthy victims...
From Troy to Damascus: Seeing the Light
by Hugh O’Neill One of the oldest cities in the world, Damascus was already 2,000 years old at the time of Homer’s Trojan War (1200 BC). In order to...
