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Trump and China: Towards a Cold or Hot War? [Marc Vandepitte – Global Research, 12.12.2018]

At first glance, the dispute between the US and China revolves around unfair competition and theft of intellectual property. On closer inspection it is about something much more…

Who is Peter Comey and Why it Matter [F. William Engdahl – New Eastern Outlook, 12.10.2018]

On December 7 after weeks of legal resistance, former FBI Director James Comey was forced to appear at a closed-door hearing convened by Republicans in the House of…

All US Presidents, Living and Dead, are War Criminals [Glen Ford – Black Agenda Report, 12.06.2018]

Especially at state funerals, media and politicians pretend that US presidents are honorable men, instead of the mass murderers that all of them become in office. The daily…

Business as Usual: Washington’s Regime Change Strategy in Venezuela [Garry Leech – Counterpunch, 11.23.2018]

For those who have been following Venezuela closely in recent years there is a distinct sense of déjà vu regarding US foreign policy towards that South American nation….

Yemen Genocide About Oil Control [William Engdahl – New Eastern Outlook, 11.20.2018]

The ongoing de facto genocide in the Republic of Yemen in a war whose most intense phase began in 2015, has until very recently been all but ignored…

“Mysterious helicopters” continue to evacuate ISIS members from battlefields across Middle East [South Front, 11.14.2018]

There have been sporadic, but regular reports of “mysterious helicopters” extracting ISIS militants from battlefields in the Middle East. Most recently, on November 13th, Syria’s official news agency…

Make no mistake, Netanyahu is not a man of peace [Jonathan Cook – The National, 11.18.2018]

While hardline nationalists make political capital by publicly demanding an attack on Gaza, Israel’s prime minister is opting to keep Palestinians there voiceless and isolated. Palestinians in Gaza…

In Greece, the Globalists Take It All – Life, Liberty, God, and the Future [Phil Butler – New Eastern Outlook, 11.11.2018]

The big push is on to convert Greece into a bastion of liberal democracy and godlessness. At least this is what the latest news from Athens presages. Prime…

A Mother’s Plea to Save Her Son… Julian Assange, Held 8 Years Without Charge by the UK Government [Mairead Maguirre – Global Research, 11.09.2018]

On 4th November, 2018, Christine Assange, mother of Julian Assange, made a deeply moving video public  appeal to  save the life of her son Julian.   Julian Assange is Editor in Chief of…

Welcome to the Jungle [Pepe Escobar – Consortium News, 10.29.2018]

A troubling new era has begun in Brazil with the election on Sunday of the far-right Jair Bolsonaro as president, writes Pepe Escobar. It’s darkness at the break…

Khashoggi, Erdogan and the Truth [Craig Murray, 24.10.2018]

The Turkish account of the murder of Khashoggi given by President Erdogan is true, in every detail. Audio and video evidence exists and has been widely shared with…

As dictator Kagame unmasked, it is time to reveal Canadian connection [Yves Engler, 10.24.2018]

Canada’s paper of record pulled another layer off the rotting onion of propaganda obscuring the Rwandan tragedy. But, the Globe and Mail has so far remained unwilling to challenge prominent Canadians…

Top Secret: Rwanda War Crimes Cover-Up [Christopher Black – New Eastern Outlook, 10.22.2018]

The United States and its allies are experts at covering their crimes and finding scapegoats to take the blame for them. They are doing it now with their…

Nicola and Independence [Craig Murray, 10.13.2018]

I have been gently chided for not giving my reactions to the SNP conference, which I attended as a delegate. Nicola’s major speech was very good. The media…

Truth Is Evaporating Before Our Eyes – Does anyone notice? [Paul Craig Roberts, 09.24.2018]

On September 17, I posted my column, “Evidence is no longer a Western value”. I used as an example the blame that has been put on Russia for…

Rwanda : the UDF-inkingi warmly welcomes the release of its President Mrs. Victoire Ingabire Umuhoza but remains cautious [09.15.2018]  

Press Release(pdf) We have received with great joy the news about the release of Mrs. Victoire Ingabire Umuhoza, President of FDU-Inkingi. We are also pleased that another prisoner…

Only African Resources, Not Migrants, Are Welcomed Into Western Countries [Yasin Kakande – Truthout, 08.26.2018]

Amidst waves of anti-immigrant populism that have crashed into European politics, the focus of what drives migration demands more attention. In Africa, specifically, the unchecked exploitation of the…

Washington’s Silent Weapon for Not-so-quiet Wars [William Engdahl – New Eastern Outlook, 08.20.2018]

Today by far the deadliest weapon of mass destruction in Washington’s arsenal lies not with the Pentagon or its traditional killing machines. It’s de facto a silent weapon: the…

Religious Divisions Threaten to Further Inflame Ukrainian Civil War [Dmitry Babich – Consortium News, 08.19.2018]

Not admitting the head of the Russian Orthodox Church to Kiev is like barring the Pope from Rome, but that is just what the U.S.-backed Ukrainian government has…

U.S. Is Complicit in Child Slaughter in Yemen [Kathy Kelly – Voices for Creative Nonviolence, 08.10.2018]

On August 9, a U.S.-supported Saudi airstrike bombed a bus carrying schoolchildren in Sa’ada, a city in northern Yemen. The New York Times reported that the students were on a…

Wikileaks: Rwandan Reconciliation Is a Lie [Ann Garrison – Black Agenda Report, 08.08.2018]

“If there is another bloodbath, the blood will all be on US officials’ hands.” On Sunday I joined the three-day YouTube vigil for imperiled Wikileaks founder Julian Assange. The next…

Rwandan Dictator Paul Kagame’s Paranoia Strikes Deep [Ann Garrison – Black Agenda Report, 08.01.2018]

“Dissidents say Kagame shuttered houses of worship because they were the last spaces in Rwanda where people felt safe from his totalitarian grip.” He’s the President of Rwanda and…

In Refusing To Defend Assange, Mainstream Media Exposes Its True Nature [Caitlin Johnstone – Medium, 07.28.2018]

Last Tuesday a top lawyer for the New York Times named David McCraw warned a room full of judges that the prosecution of Julian Assange for WikiLeaks publications would set a very…

Catalonian Quest for Independence is Undeterred [Attilio Moro – Consortium News, 07.25.2018]

In an interview with Consortium News, an independence leader and member of the Spanish parliament tells Attilio Moro that Catalonians are not finished seeking separation from Madrid. “Freedom…

Climb Down From the Summit of Hostile Propaganda [Norman Solomon – TruthDig, 07.18.2018]

Throughout the day before the summit in Helsinki, the lead story on the New York Times home page stayed the same: “Just by Meeting With Trump, Putin Comes Out Ahead.”…

Israel is bulldozing Khan Al Ahmar – and with it the two-state solution [Jonathan Cook – The National, 07.08.2018]

Israel finally built an access road to the West Bank village of Khan Al Ahmar last week, after half a century of delays. But the only vehicles allowed…

Global Affairs Canada Statement: Disconnect From Realities on the Ground in Syria, Tacit Endorsement of Al Qaeda [Mark Taliano – Global Research, 06.30.2018]

Global Affairs Canada made the following announcement on behalf of the Government of Canada: Statement June 29, 2018 – Ottawa, Ontario – Global Affairs Canada “Canada is gravely concerned…

British Parliament Confirms ‘Conspiracy Theory’ – Torture and Renditions Continue [Moon of Alabama, 06.29.2018]

On December 13 2005 the British Secretary of State Jack Straw was questioned by the British Parliament Committee on Foreign Affairs about illegal “renditions”. Straw responded: Unless we all start…

The IMF is back in Argentina: “an economic and social crisis, even more serious than the present one, looms large on the horizon” [Eric Toussaint and Sergio Ferrari – CADTM, 06.27.2018]

The vicious circle of illegitimate debt grapples the Argentine people once again IMF’s $ 50 billion loan surpasses Greece’s previous record Sergio Ferrari from Berne, Switzerland interviewed Eric…

How Long Can The Federal Reserve Stave Off the Inevitable? [Paul Craig Roberts, 26.06.18]

When are America’s global corporations and Wall Street going to sit down with President Trump and explain to him that his trade war is not with China but…

Julian Assange and the Mindszenty Case [Ray McGovern – Consortium News, 06.19.2018]

Courageous publishers like Julian Assange and principled churchmen like Cardinal Jozsef Mindszenty are a rarity: Neither would be silenced; and both had to seek asylum; but the similarity ends there,…

Real and Fake Threats to U.S. Vital Interests [Philip Giraldi – American Herald Tribune, 06.18.2018]

There has been considerable chatter inside the Washington Beltway about the meaning of President Donald Trump’s recent forays into international trade at the G-7 meeting in Canada and…

Trump “War Games” Announcement Shocks South Korea, US Military Forces [Tyler Durden – Zero Hedge, 06.12.2018]

In what was perhaps the most surprising announcement to emerge from today’s Trump-Kim summit, president Trump agreed to suspend military exercises with South Korea in return for a commitment to denuclearisation…

OAS Facing Call for New Probe into RFK Murder [William Pepper and Andrew Kreig – Consortium News 06.06.2018

Robert Kennedy was shot on June 5 and died June 6, 1968, fifty years ago today. A new examination of evidence is forcing human rights organizations — including the…

America is In a Debt Trap Death Spiral [F. William Engdahl – New Eastern Outlook, 06.02.2018]

The US economy and its financial structures have never recovered from the great financial meltdown of 2008 despite the passage of ten years. Little discussion has been given…

Facebook Is Teetering at the Top of the Beanstalk [Phil Butler – New Eastern Outlook, 05.31.2018]

Facebook and other social media were supposed to foster community and give a voice to the greater masses. This was the appeal of social media in the first…

Letter from the lawyer of Victoire Ingabire to the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Rwanda [Caroline Buisman, 05.28.2018]

Mr Johnston Busingye Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Republic of Rwanda Ministry of Justice of Rwanda PO Box: 160 Kigali-Rwanda moj@minijust.gov.rw; mjust@minijust.gov.rw Amsterdam, 28 May…

French colonies in Africa [Yves Engler – Pambazuka News, 05.16.2018]

Fake news, propaganda, public relations, advertising — it goes by many names, but at the core of all these terms, is the idea that powerful institutions, primarily governments…

West’s failure to act will be cause of the next Gaza massacre [Jonathan Cook – The National, 05.15.2018]

The contrasting images coming out of Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories on Monday could not have been starker – or more disturbing. Faced with protests at the…

Brzezinski’s Ghost Shapes Washington Eurasia Geopolitics [F. William Engdahl – New Eastern Outlook, 05.14.2018]

One of the most outstanding features of a truly standing-out Trump Presidency to date is how precisely the actual policy developments, when we clear away the deliberate smoke…

Ecuador to Expel Assange from its London Embassy? [Stephen Lendman, 05.13.2018]

In August 2012, Ecuador granted WikiLeaks founder, director and editor-in-chief Julian Assange asylum in its London embassy – granting him citizenship in December 2017. He’s been there since…

Countdown To War On Iran [Moon of Alabama, 05.12.2018]

John Bolton is a ruthless man: In early 2002, a year before the invasion of Iraq, the Bush administration was putting intense pressure on [José] Bustani to quit as…

On sixth Friday of Gaza protests, Israeli snipers shoot 70, but kill none [Ahmad Kabariti–Mondoweiss, 05.05.2018]

“You! the one with the red T-shirt that has just insulted me, as a the son of a bitch. I promise to respond to you. We are ready…

Roméo Dallaire and Canadians’ relationships with Rwanda [Yves Engler – Pambazuka News, 05.04.2018]

General Roméo Dallaire has gone from shaking hands with the devil to promoting Africa’s most blood-stained ruler. Last week, Roméo Dallaire attended a screening of “Rwanda — The Royal Tour” in…

Why the time is right for universal jurisdiction [Inder Comar, 04.26.2018]

In hindsight, it is almost too extraordinary: the leader of a Western-friendly government responsible for the deaths of thousands, and the torture of tens of thousands, arrested and…

10 irrefutable, devastating 9/11 facts [Elias Davidsson and Craig McKee–Truth and Shadows, 04.20.2018]

Scholars who attempt to elucidate the crime perpetrated on 9/11 – who are commonly referred to as 9/11 truthers – are often criticized for relying on conjecture and speculation…

Fox in the Hen House: Why Interest Rates Are Rising [Ellen Brown–Truthdig, 04.20.2018]

The Fed is aggressively raising interest rates, although inflation is contained, private debt is already at 150% of GDP, and rising variable rates could push borrowers into insolvency….

Here’s why the Chemical Attack in Syria’s Douma Is Just Another “Fake News” from the “White Helmets” [Inside Syria Media Center, 04.14.2018]

Not much time has elapsed since the tragedy in Syria’s Douma, which was the last stronghold of Jaish al-Islam militants. Several videos with the testimony of participants of…

Are We Over the US/UK Fomented Crisis In Syria? [Paul Craig Roberts, 04.14.2018]

It appears from the very limited US missile attack, most of which were intercepted and destroyed by Syrian air defenses, that the US military prevailed over the crazed…

Nobel Peace Prize to Lula Da Silva [Adolfo Pérez Esquivel-Nobel Peace Prize 1980, 04.05.2018]

This is the letter I will present to the Norwegian Nobel Committee in September 2018, nominating Luiz Inácio “Lula” Da Silva to the Nobel Peace Prize 2019. I…