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Russian TV Says U.S. Breaks Peace Treaty
Eric Zuesse Headlining “‘More US troops at our borders’ – Russian Defense Ministry”, Russian Television (whose U.S. broadcasts the U.S. Government is considering to ban) reported, on Friday, October...
Antifa in Theory and Practice: Storm Troopers of the Neoliberal War Party
Diana Johnstone >Fascists are divided into two categories: the fascists and the anti-fascists.” Ennio Flaiano, Italian writer and co-author of Federico Fellini’s greatest film scripts. In recent weeks, a...
Three candidates for Sicily: A signal for Italy
by Giulietto Chiesa, October 9, 2017, via DefendDemocracyPress In Europe someone is trying to cheat voters by shrugging off Brexit and promoting a “new pact for Europe” which will...
Pepe Escobar: The House of Saud bows to the House of Putin
Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) and Saudi Arabia’s King Salman attend a welcoming ceremony ahead of their talks in the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia October 5, 2017. Sputnik/Alexei Nikolsky/Kremlin...
The “Non-Citizens” of the Baltic States: Α European Scandal nobody speaks about!
by Tatjana Zdanoka, 4 October 2017, via DefendDemocracyPress The negotiations on Brexit are attracting a lot of attention. In particular, the possible erosion of the rights of around three...
"Russia Interfered!" – By Purchasing Anti-Trump Ads?
from Moon of Alabama After the ludicrous “Russian hacking” claims have died down for lack of evidence, the attention was moved to even more ludicrous claims of “Russian ads...
52 years after fascist genocide, Indonesians scared of “communist ghosts”
From Jakarta and Yogyakarta: Andre Vltchek It was once again a hot, muggy day in Jakarta. The air was full of pollutants, epic traffic jams blocking entire center of...
Baltic States Sacrifice Economy on Altar of Politics
by Adomas Abromaitis Making negative statements concerning Russia, the Baltic States set Moscow against themselves and force it to respond. Especially they irritate it making unproven warlike statements for...
A Balanced View of the Economics of Independence in Catalonia
by Angel Ubide, PIIE, September 15, 2015 Editor’s Note: In the light of the recent independence referendum in Catalonia, in which some 43% of the population took part despite...
The End of the Cold War and Shakespeare’s Macbeth
by Vladimir Golstein It is naïve to think that Macbeth is only about some “vaulting” and murderous ambition. Macbeth does not acquire the throne with the intention of controlling...
Chris Hedges: The End of Empire
Chris Hedges in TruthDig: The American empire is coming to an end. The U.S. economy is being drained by wars in the Middle East and vast military expansion around...
It Hurts When Empires Fall
This article by Pål Steigan was originally published here. Translated by Graham Healey. There is a genre of landscape painting from the 17th and 18th centuries that ought to...
Vladimir Putin’s 17 years in power: The scorecard
Alex Krainer The Naked Hedgie Today, October 7, 2017, Russia celebrates the 65th birthday of Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin. To mark the occasion, we are posting Alex Krainer’s review of...
Google’s New Search Engine Bias is No Accident
by Jonathan Cook, October 1, 2017, via Dissident Voice Alternet has gone public with concerns about the way Google and Facebook have limited traffic to its website and, more generally,...
First Opinion Poll held in War-torn Syria
Sophie Mangal, Inside Syria Media Center There had been general public opinion poll conducted by independent sociologists and political scientists from all around the world in war-torn Syria. The...
Safe-Zone Judo as Syrian Forces Cross the Euphrates
by Tony Cartalucci, October 2, 2017, via Land Destroyer Report Syrian forces with the support of their Russian and Iranian allies, have crossed the Euphrates River near the city...
A Doctor's Report from Yemen
by Adrian Rossi, Sanaa, Yemen, October 2, 2017 I will start this by saying I’m not a very sentimental person. Perhaps it has to do with not having reached...
Middle East, post-Daesh: Some Possible Scenarios
by Denis Churilov ISIS/Daesh is likely to be defeated in Syria and Iraq very soon. But will it bring peace to the region? No. There are many potential local...
The problem with modern "journalism" summed up in one story
by Kit That a protest Facebook/twitter account focusing on the mistreatment of black people by American police was actually a fake account run by Russians to make the US...
Greece has become the EU’s third protectorate
by Jan Zielonka, August 14, 2015, OpenDemocracy The EU looks increasingly like an empire, having just created its third protectorate in the Balkans. Greece will effectively be run by...
