Assad in his own words: the Syrian president talks to RT
An opportunity to hear President Bashar al-Assad’s perspective on the ongoing crisis in Syria, in full and in his own words. A transcript of this interview is available on...
Freudian Slip
by Bryan Hemming Here’s a Freudian insight into the mind of the average Guardian journalist. Although today’s article headlined: “UK warship will be used to ‘board, seize and divert’ refugee...
Convenient memory lapses of the Anglo-American Press
by Vaska A quick scan of today’s major press outlets in the US, Britain and Israel reveals the Empire’s continuing attempt to conceal the full depth and extent of...
Fallujah: the Hidden Massacre
WARNING: This video contains images that depict the reality and horror of what weapons such as white phosphorous can do to living people. It should only be viewed by...
US Drones Attack Syria’s Military, “Disguised as an Airstrike against ISIS”
by Stephen Lendmann via Global Research On September 11, a publication called Russian Spring reported US unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) attacks on Syrian military positions – “disguised as an...
China getting go ahead to build nuclear power plants in UK as part of ‘low carbon fuel policy.’
According to numerous outlets, including the Express, the UK Prime Minister, David Cameron is about to sign a long-debated deal with China and France to build a “prototype” nuclear...
US Inadvertently Draws Comparison between US, Venezuelan Treatment of “Suspected Terrorists”
from Washington’s Blog Practices in the US and Venezuela were called into relief this week when the US issued rhetoric condemning Venezuela for trying a suspected terrorist/coup-plotter and, when...
We Must Move Away from Death Economy
John Perkins is the American author best known for his book “Confessions of an Economic Hit Man,” in which he reveals the role he and his then colleagues played...
Zaporozhye to Kiev
by Vaska In Ukraine, resistance to the Empire continues. Here’s the city of Zaporozhye mocking current Kiev authorities. The sign reads: “There is no power but from God.”
Nick Cohen wants us to forget the west uses chemical weapons
Yesterday in the Guardian Nick Cohen could be found using his talents to shill for more lovely humanitarian war. Nothing odd about that. The MSM almost always shills for...
“Does the US want Al Qaeda to take over Syria?”
by Robert Parry OffG says: Some may say Parry is here too forgiving of Obama, and it could certainly be said he over-credits him for “Syria’s 2013 agreement to...
exploiting refugees for hegemony & profit: business as usual in the Empire
by Andrew Korybko Russia has taken the lead in supporting Syria this summer, actively initiating efforts to bring a diplomatic resolution to the country’s crisis and assemble an inclusive...
Is EU Finally breaking away from U.S?
by Eric Zuesse On Saturday, September 12th, United Kingdom’s Labour Party elected as its leader and their candidate to lead the UK, Jeremy Corbyn, who has been the most...
‘UK bombed Syria to protect Iraq’: Cameron changes his story in UN letter
Russia Today reports that Britain’s ambassador to the UN is claiming Britain’s killing of Islamic State militants in Syria was legal because the drone strikes that caused the fatalities...
US Media Control: the backstory
by Eric Zuesse The show aired on September 5th, and interviewed their contracted expert KT McFarland. Watch the clip here. TRANSCRIPT, starting at 4:45: Interviewer: The other place that...
A Repeat of the Libya Fiasco?
by Vaska Writing for New Eastern Outlook (September 8), Toni Cartalucci reports on a June 2015 Brookings Institute paper which lays out a US plan to invade and take...
Is Russia losing patience after a Year of US Phony War on ISIS?
From Tarpley.net According to unconfirmed reports carried by Reuters, Russian military forces in Syria are now engaged in combat, presumably against one of the terrorist rebel factions arrayed against...
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...
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...