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The #MeToo campaign versus the presumption of innocence
Eric London, World Socialist Website In the US, the Democratic Party and its celebrity and media allies, through the...
MS Estonia – 24 Years On
Terje Maloy Just after midnight on September 28th, 1994, the passenger ferry MS Estonia sank in the Baltic Sea. It was...
Why I join the ILP
by George Orwell We’re republishing Orwell’s 1938 piece here for its continuing relevance in our times. First published by...
The Russian minority in the Baltics live under ‘apartheid’ states
Max Parry It has been nearly three decades since the dissolution of the Soviet Union. Despite Russia’s reemergence on...
European Holocaust had roots in Africa, now Namibia is suing Germany
In Africa, Namibian history is no secret. Nothing is taboo. This is what is common knowledge in Windhoek or...
The Satanic Nature of the Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
American history can only accurately be described as the story of demonic possession, however you choose to understand that...
New Zealand – The ebb & flow of History
Hugh O’Neill There is a tide in the affairs of men, Which taken at the flood, leads on to...
“Democratic Institutions?” – 10 Lessons from history that will destroy your trust in the CIA
In the hysterical wake of the Trump-Putin Summit in Helsinki, President Donald Trump was roundly criticised in the media...
The Blatant Conspiracy behind Senator Robert F. Kennedy’s Assassination
Fifty years ago on June 5 1968, Robert F. Kennedy, younger brother of the murdered president, was shot and...
The U.S. won’t say ‘genocide’ but cares about Armenian democracy?
by Max Parry “Did Armenia just dance its way to revolution?” Mass demonstrations that have shut down Armenia leading...
The Russian V-Day Story (Or the History of World War II Not Often Heard in the West)
by Michael Jabara Carley, via Strategic Culture Every May 9th the Russian Federation celebrates its most important national holiday, Victory...
From Troy to Damascus: Seeing the Light
by Hugh O’Neill One of the oldest cities in the world, Damascus was already 2,000 years old at the...
The 'Crucifixion' of the Black Messiah
On this the 50th anniversary of the assassination of Dr Martin Luther King, a soon-to-be-published book provides us the...
American “Regime Change War” Was Born in Belgrade 19 Years Ago Today
by Adam Garrie, March 24, 2018, Eurasia Future Throughout the 20th century, the US had been in the business...
Hotel Propaganda
by Anthony Black, September 8, 2014, via Canadian Dimension On the evening of April 6th 1994 a plane carrying...
“Yanks to the rescue”: Time’s not-so secret story of how Americans helped Yeltsin win 1996 presidential election
Imagine Izvestia ran a headline in January 2018 titled “Rescuing Donald”, in which it proudly boasted that a group...
The Defining Year Was 1991: The Demise of Yugoslavia and the Soviet Union
by Marcus Papadopoulos, via Global Research Whilst there are no golden ages, it is abundantly clear that the world...
The Christmas Truce 1914
The unofficial Christmas truce of 1914, year 1 of the Great War, saw German, British and French soldiers ...
Dickens’ A Christmas Carol: cosy seasonal tale or passionate condemnation of unfettered capitalism?
Today we think of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol as a cosy piece of traditional seasonal fare, replete with...
Thanksgiving for JFK
by Edward Curtin If he had lived, President John F. Kennedy would have been 100 years old this year....
