The Lincoln controversy…
The150th anniversary of the death of Abraham Lincoln and the end of hostilities in the American Civil War, has seen a new focus on the continuing – if marginalised...
The message of Anzac: Put out more flags, or shut up…
by John Pilger Following a week in Australia in which the words “heroes” and “heroism” bobbed on a tsunami of raw propaganda, a tribute is due to two unrecognised...
The Sunday Times’ Snowden story is journalism at its worst
by Glen Greenwald (updated below) Western journalists claim that the big lesson they learned from their key role in selling the Iraq War to the public is that it’s...
Who are the psychopaths?
Recently we heard that the Australian government plans on destroying and burning protected remnant old growth forests to make electricity and wood chips; and before that we discovered the...
Cancelling Trident replacement would save UK government 20 times more money than tax credit reforms
By Kate Hudson via The People’s Assembly WE’RE heading into another five years of Tory cuts. No doubt we’ll hear the same tired old lie — there isn’t enough...
New documents prove Hillary Clinton censored YouTube video
from Minds.com In response to former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s usage of her private e-mail account to conduct State Department business, 15 pages of correspondence between Clinton and...
Logistics 101: Where Does ISIS Get Its Guns?
by Tony Cartalucci Since ancient times an army required significant logistical support to carry out any kind of sustained military campaign. In ancient Rome, an extensive network of roads...
German Banker: Russian Sanctions are destroying Europe
"...People who are focused not only on Western ‘quality media’ are amazed at those media hiding the aggression of Kiev and the discriminatory laws implemented by the Government in...
From our roving correspondent, reporting from Athens, Greece
“…Greeks choose poverty, let them have their way,” said the Financial Times two days ago, with admirably Scrooge-like indifference to human suffering and a willingness to reverse truth in...
Obama’s ‘G-1-plus-6′
As much as President Obama needs President Putin’s help on Syria, Iran and other global hotspots, he has fallen in line behind U.S. hardliners in seeking to ratchet up...
Is ISIS a theatre troupe?
Interview with Eric Margolis by Lew Rockwell.com https://www.lewrockwell.com/assets/2015/05/426_Margolis.mp3 There’s something very weird and strange and not right about ISIS. I watched events unfold…nothing looks right, nothing rings right. I...
LEGENDARY JOURNALIST IN PRIVATE: “IT IS ALL FRAUDULENT, ALL OF IT, EVERYWHERE”
by John Schwarz at the Intercept Politico recently ran a fantastic historical profile of journalist Theodore H. White by the writer Scott Porch. White invented the genre of modern...
Saker predicts “very dangerous” few weeks as Poroshenko uses war to divert from economic collapse
full article here I am increasingly getting a feeling that Russia will now oppose any other kind of “efforts” or negotiations. Ukrainian suggestions that this or that new idea...
Washington’s Attack on World Soccer: another front in its war against Russia
by Paul Craig Roberts Washington’s attack on world soccer is following the script of Washington’s attack on the Russian-hosted Sochi Olympics. The difference is that Washington couldn’t stop the...
Was Blatter forced out of FIFA because of his close relations with Russia?
If you read the Guardian at the moment you will receive the impression that Sepp Blatter’s resignation is one of the biggest triumphs for democracy in the 21st Century,...
Australian government “actively considering” dangerous provocation in South China Sea
by Peter Symonds Amid escalating tensions between the US and China over the South China Sea, the Australian government is “actively considering conducting its own ‘freedom of navigation’ exercises...
The Futility and Fibbing in Munich
by Vaska In only a couple of days hence, the political elite of the G8 group minus Russia will start their meeting in Munich, judged meaningless by 30% of...
Failure of the US coup d’État in Macedonia
by Thierry Meyssan (translation by Pete Kimberley) The Kumanavo affair On the 9th of May, 2015, the Macedonian police launched a dawn operation to arrest an armed group which...
Pentagon report predicted West’s support for Islamist rebels would create ISIS
A declassified secret US government document obtained by the conservative public interest law firm, Judicial Watch, shows that Western governments deliberately allied with al-Qaeda and other Islamist extremist groups...
Noam Chomsky Reads the New York Times — Explains Why ‘Paper of Record’ Is Pure Propaganda
From Laos to the Middle East, a roundup of Times stories that piqued the interest of the esteemed scholar
