The US Police-State Is Now Undeniable: The Assange Case
Eric Zuesse It’s not just that the United States has a higher percentage of its people in prison than does any other nation on the planet. (El Salvador —...
The Guardian’s Latest Venezuela Hatchet Job
David William Pear The Guardian used to be a superb member of the Fourth Estate. It was the “guardian” for the people from the excesses and abuses of power...
Business as Usual: Washington’s Regime Change Strategy in Venezuela
Garry Leech via GreanvillePost, Nov 23rd 2018 For those who have been following Venezuela closely in recent years there is a distinct sense of déjà vu regarding US foreign...
The Destructiveness of America’s Alliances
byEric Zuesse, originally posted at strategic-culture.org Alliances between nations are military. Without being military, they would be nothing. Trade agreements don’t require any alliances at all. World War I...
My Fellow Americans: We Are Fools
by Margot Kidder, via Information Clearinghouse There is something I am going to try and explain here after watching the Democratic National Convention this evening that will invite the...
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 vassal regimes has taken-over Latin America. The new rulers are...
The Agenda is Set: Elect the War-Hawk for the Sake of "Progress"
With the democratic nomination now officially all but certain (Sanders, quite obviously, never had a chance), the Guardian has thrown their full editorial weight - such as it is...
The Most Viable and Bloodless Option
by Peter Koenig, via DDP What happens when the accuser of terrorism are themselves the terrorists? – Namely the supra-national corporations and financial oligarchs acting in their own profit-driven...
President Obama: The Race for the Imperial Legacy
by James Petras, via 99GetSmart Introduction President Obama is racing forward to establish his imperial legacy throughout Russia, Asia and Latin America. In the last two years he has accelerated the buildup...
When "fundamentally" = "not"
by Black Catte Jill Abramson, the latest EMT wheeled out to provide life support for Clinton’s clinically dead reputation, is telling us via the Guardian (where else?) that “this...
Hillary Clinton Pretends to Be Progressive: She’s Actually Conservative
by Eric Zuesse The contrast between Hillary Clinton’s stated positions and her actual record, is stark. The record shows that she actually supports international trade treaties that allow the...
