How Left Remain Campaigners Sold Out the Working Class: Lesser Evilism in the EU Referendum

by Tom Barker There are few illusions about the reformability of the EU on the left, even amongst those campaigning for Remain. Paul Mason has stated that “it is...

Beware the Liberal Jabberwocky on the Topic of Brexit

by Luciana Bohne The Brits have voted for Brexit.  How will the more “enlightened” liberal Eurocrats in Bruxelles spin the debacle and save the financial autocracy of the European...

Well…

The referendum was, after all, a genuine surprise. Even with all the "serious" mainstream media backing Remain, and even after all the fairly insensitive exploitation of the tragic death...

Samantha Power, Henry Kissinger & Imperial Delusions

by Daniel Kovalik, via Delphi Initiative Quite revealingly, the self-proclaimed crusader against genocide, Samantha Power, was awarded the 2016 Henry A. Kissinger Prize in Berlin.  That Power would be...

The Rise of the Corporatocracy

by Graham Vanbergen, via truepublica.org.uk Transnational corporations are wreaking havoc on financial, economic, social and ecological systems in a creeping colonisation of public life where just 147 organisations now...

Is there a ban on [Br]exit polling today?

The official story is that the referendum taking place in the UK today will not have exit polls, which are banned. As The Telegraph points out, however, YouGov is...

Your vote is crucial because it won't count

As the  polls taken by now indicate, the UK public is almost evenly split between those in favour of staying in the EU and those who want Britain to...

"the referendum will be rigged"?

Do the PTB leave such crucial votes as the Brexit referendum to chance any more? OffG doesn't necessarily endorse Jeff Nielson's perspective here, but given what we know about...

EU Basics – Your Guide to the UK Referendum on EU Membership

by Professor Richard A. Werner, June 20, 2016 The British people should be clear about just what they will be voting on at the EU referendum this Thursday. What...

Crimeans Recount Their Experiences When The West Took Ukraine

by Eric Zuesse This news-report consists of a compilation of accounts that Crimeans have given to human rights groups or directly posted to the internet, regarding their experiences when...

The Left and the EU: Why cling to this reactionary institution?

by Joseph Richardson, via Counterpunch Why is it that many people who consider themselves left-wing have such difficulty grasping that the EU is a deeply reactionary institution? The mere...

75 years after Germany Invaded Russia, Putin sees history repeating itself

Vladimir Putin's address to the closing session of the Duma highlights Russia's increasing anxiety over the warmongering rhetoric issuing from Washington and NATO. His emphasis - yet again -...

Greece: Open Letter to the UK citizens about the June 2016 Referendum

by Tyler Durden, via ZeroHedge The Amesi Dimokratia Press writes to advise us that they are sending a document signed by Greek personalities from political parties and groups, as...

Bob Fitrakis: US elections don't meet minimum standards of transparency

CPR News, June 15, 2016: Among other things, an interview with election lawyer Bob Fitrakis, who points out that the vectors between the exit polls and the vote count...

Bernie's Capitulation and Hillary's Syrian War to Come

by Garry Leupp, via Counterpunch In his quasi-concession speech last Thursday, broadcast without a live audience (probably due to the fear of loud boos), Bernie Sanders began with the...

Bilderberg Seen Through the Looking Glass

by Pepe Escobar, via Strategic Culture So the annual Bilderberg meeting placidly came and went behind heavily secured doors (and fence) at the Hotel Taschenbergpalais Kempinski in Dresden –...

Did Obama push Dutch & Australian govts to start war with Russia after MH17?

by John Helmer at Dances with Bears NOTE: bold emphases are ours -OffG President Barack Obama and his advisors spent at least a week, and as much as three...

History as ghastly repetition – Anna Lindh & Jo Cox

In 2003, just four days before the Swedish referendum on joining the Eurozone, a prominent pro-Euro MP, Anna Lindh, was stabbed to death in a public place. The man...

Jack Matlock: We must return to the position Reagan and Gorbachev set out

via East West Accord On Tuesday, Ambassador Jack Matlock testified before the House Foreign Affairs Committee.  Amb. Matlock told the Committee that he is “deeply concerned with the direction...

Syria: French Academic Exposes Left-Wing Charlatans as Harbingers of Terrorism

by Bruno Guigue,  21st Century Wire Following the death of a prominent leader of the Arab-Lebanese resistance, murdered by the Zionist forces while on Syrian soil, I address this...