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They do it in moderation
by Bryan Hemming After a few years of not being able to distinguish ‘moderate rebels’ from extreme terrorists in...
The revolutionary act of telling the truth
by John Pilger George Orwell said, “In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act.”...
Obama’s Case for Syrian War – Proven Lies
by Eric Zuesse President Obama’s central case against Syria’s Bashar al-Assad (and his central argument against Assad’s supporter Russia...
Stop Bombing Syria: a Letter from Mark Rylance, Brian Eno, John Pilger et al.
via Counter Punch News Service We are gravely concerned at the possibility of a parliamentary decision to bomb Syria....
No Brains in Washington
by Paul Craig Roberts Washington’s IQ follows the Fed’s interest rate — it is negative. Washington is a black...
60% of Americans Want a New Political Party
by Eric Zuesse A Gallup poll issued on September 25 is headlined “Majority in U.S. Maintain Need for Third Major...
U.S. to Station New Nuclear Weapons in Germany Against Russia
by Eric Zuesse Germany’s ZDF public television network headlines on Tuesday September 22nd, “New U.S. Atomic Weapons to Be Stationed...
UN Condemns Ukrainian Government Cover-Ups
by Eric Zuesse On September 18th, the UN’s Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights headlined “Statement of...
Crimea blockade under barrage of criticism
Sputnik International reports: The Right Sector/’Tatar activist’-organized food blockade of Crimea is off to a rocky start, with a...
“The Russians are Coming!”
by Eric Margolis via Information Clearing House The Russians are coming! The Russians are coming! So echoed the cry...
Has 2015 become a Brave New World?
Theatre director James Dacre has just opened a new adaptation of Aldous Huxley’s dystopian novel Brave New World, and...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Death by Droning: the World isn’t changing, it is changed
Yesterday David Cameron admitted to murder. He did it loudly, in public, with self-justications primed and a self-important look...