Afghanistan – ‘Small’ Western Propaganda Lies, Huge Impact
by Andre Vltchek Ask anyone on the streets of Kabul about the revolutions that have in recent years transformed huge parts of Latin America, and the chances are you’ll...
History might not repeat itself…But it Rhymes
In his masterpiece, The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Edward Gibbon identified the irreversible tendencies that gave rise to the end of the Roman...
This week the issue is not Trump. It is ourselves.
by John Pilger On the day President Trump is inaugurated, thousands of writers in the United States will express their indignation. “In order for us to heal and move...
President Duterte of the Philippines for Dummies
When Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez ascended to power in 1999, almost no one in the West, in Asia and even in most of the Latin American countries knew much...
Red-Baiting, Putin-Scaremongering Democrats Are Now Suddenly Worried About Offending China
by Caitlin Johnstone, via Newslogue It’s weird to see Democrats suddenly freaking out about diplomacy when they’ve spent the last five months screaming that we need to attack the...
Will Vietnam embrace China after Trump elected?
by Andre Vltchek Common wisdom says that after Donald Trump got elected in the United States, Vietnam should be in panic. True, there could be some ‘objective’ reasons for...
Politics, Language and Power
by Frank Contemporary politics consists of the usual timeless formula of Machiavelli – rule by force and fraud – but with the current emphasis being on fraud Defenceless villages...
Why are these oligarchs so concerned about African "corruption"?
Anton Du Plessis, of the ISS in South Africa, writes that "we" should no longer tolerate corruption in Africa undermining human rights.
Of course, when he says "we", he doesn't...
Brzezinski and the US national interest – a comment from Rome
by Giulietto Chiesa, Defend Democracy In summary: separate Russia from China and set them against each other, persuading whichever of the two will agree to become a privileged partner...
"Our imperial adventurism"
by Charles W. (Chas) Freeman, Jr., via LobeLog I’m here to talk about the end of the American empire. But before I do I want to note that one...
Washington Military Planners Have Gone Mad
by F. William Engdal via New Eastern Outlook To read the Western mainstream media, we would be led to believe that the big, bad Russian Bear, with Vladimir Putin...
World War III Has Begun
by Paul Craig Roberts The Third World War is currently being fought. How long before it moves into its hot stage? Washington is currently conducting economic and propaganda warfare...
China and Europe: Reconnecting Across a New Silk Road
by Xiangming Chen and Julia Mardeusz China and Europe have been closely linked since the Opium Wars, but the relative economic positions and power have reversed. Nothing illustrates this...
Propaganda as “News”: Ecuador Sells out Indigenous and the Environment to China
by Stansfield Smith The end of January a news article appeared, “Ecuador To Sell A Third Of Its Amazon Rainforest To Chinese Oil Companies,” and has resurfaced again and...
The 21st Century: An Era Of Fraud
In the last years of the 20th century fraud entered US foreign policy in a new way. On false pretenses Washington dismantled Yugoslavia and Serbia in order to...
The Facts on the Trans-Pacific Partnership Compared to the Obama Administration's Claims
by Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers, January 12, 2016 Just yesterday the World Bank published a comprehensive analysis of the TPP and concluded that by 2030 the TPP will...
America Is Being Destroyed By Problems That Are Unaddressed
by Paul Craig Roberts One hundred years ago European civilization, as it had been known, was ending its life in the Great War, later renamed World War I. Millions...
VIDEO: Chinese TV report from the Syrian frontline
A Syrian soldier in a position overlooking a valley in the Latakia province of Syria. Photo Alexander Kots/AFP. China’s 24-hour English language television channel CCTV reports from Syria....
Terror in Mali: An Attack on China and Russia?
by Eric Draitser [A selection of points made by the author. You can read the full article here.] Coming on the heels of the terrorist attack in Paris, the...
A View from the U.S.
by Heather Cottin The US has come so far on its McKindarist-Brzezinski scheme of world domination, that we are now into the EuroAsian gambit for late imperialism on the...
