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Making a Killing: The 1.2 Billion Euros Arms Pipeline to Middle East

by Lawrence Marzouk, Ivan Angelovski and Miranda Patrucic via Balkan Insight An unprecedented flow of weapons from Central and...

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VIDEO: Protesters blocked access to seats at DNC

This video, posted to Facebook and YouTube last night, apparently shows Sanders supporters from California returning to their section...

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What is Fethulla Gülen?

by F. William Engdahl, for NEO Since the failed coup attempt in Turkey of July 15 there has been...

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War on Two Fronts: Twin assaults on democracy bridge the Atlantic

From the out-set Jeremy Corbyn and Bernie Sanders were destined to be compared, though they are very different men,...

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The Olympics as a tool in the new Cold War

by Oriental Review The 6th Fundamental Principle of Olympism (non-discrimination of any kind, including nationality and political opinion) seems...

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NATO’s Warsaw Communiqué: Planning the Crime of Aggression

by Christopher Black, via New Eastern Outlook I have been a defence lawyer most of my working life and...

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The Encirclement of China is Well Underway: France Prepares to Lead EU Missions in the South China Sea

by Asia-Pacific Research The naval encirclement of China is well underway. It was started over a decade ago by...

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9/11: Bush’s Guilt, And the ‘28 Pages’

Eric Zuesse On Friday July 15th, as the national newsmedia were either on vacation or preparing for the opening...

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Post-failed-coup geopolitics of the Turkish situation

by George Ades After the “chilling” of relations between Russia and Turkey following the downing of the Russian jet...

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NATO, Back in Business at the Old Stand

by Patrick Armstrong, via Sic Semper Tyrannis Spare a thought for the travails of NATO drones over the past...

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Behind the CIA's Failed Coup in Turkey: Was It Only a Dry Run?

from the Corbett Report: “…As we predicted last year, the deep state coup against Erdogan finally materialized last weekend…but...

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Obama and the Ukrainian Nazis – The reality no one wants to speak of

by Clarity of Signal, via JackPineRadicals The US government is currently financing the training and supply of the Ukrainian...

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Failed coup in Turkey – Initial Thoughts

from The Saker When I first heard that a coup was in progress in Turkey my first thought was...

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Putin’s “Threats” to the Baltics: a Myth to Promote NATO Unity

by Gary Leupp, for CounterPunch In his book 2017: War with Russia published a few months ago, former deputy commander...

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NATO Reaffirms Its Bogus Russia Narrative

by Robert Parry, for ConsortiumNews It’s unnerving to realize that the NATO alliance – bristling with an unprecedented array...

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Washington's 'New Managers' in Latin America: Oligarchs, Bankers and Swindlers

by James Petras, via 99GetSmart Introduction: Amid raging corruption, social pathologies and outright political thuggery, a new gang of...

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Anatomy of a Failed Coup in the UK Labour Party

by Richard Seymour, for TeleSurTV Worst. Coup. Ever As the Chilcot Inquiry report is released to the public, those...

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America's Real Foreign Policy: Global Corporatization by Force

by Noam Chomsky, via Common Dreams (2014) The question of how foreign policy is determined is a crucial one...

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NATO Summit Closes By Condemning Russia

by Eric Zuesse The issues that were discussed at this year’s NATO Summit were mainly preparations for a possible...

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Chilcot: Internal memos show Syria may have been on the agenda since 2001

The Chilcot Report was released On Wednesday, and a hard copy can be yours for just £767 (though I...

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