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...
Guardian and NYTimes Completely Misrepresent China’s Military Parade
by Joaquin Flores via Russia Insider Chinese leadership knows what China can do, has done, and what it represents to the world. China apparently felt it unnecessary to ‘over-project’...
The Telegraph being the Telegraph
Today the Telegraph accidentally sort of implied Russia is sending troops in to Syria… Vladimir Putin confirms Russian military involvement in Syria’s civil war …while admitting in the body...
War Crimes in Gorlovka – The Anna Tuv Story
On May 26, 2015 three civilians were killed when artillery shells landed in the Ozeryanovka district of Gorlovka, a town controlled by the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) opposite the...
The Douma Market Attack: a Fabricated Pretext for Intervention?
by Eric Draitser via Counter Punch The August 16, 2015 attack on a market in the Syrian town of Douma, just outside the capital Damascus, has caused international outrage....
In Syria, Putin Calls Obama’s Bluff, Joins War Against ISIS
by Eric Zuesse According to German Economic News (September 1st, based on reports from ynetnews and others), Russia’s President Vladimir Putin has apparently decided to establish in Syria a...
The Guardian weaves tangled web pages
by Bryan Hemming My grandfather was born in Hammerfest in Norway. Once renowned for being the northernmost town in the world, the fact he was doesn’t cut much ice...
