RT | 3 Feb 2015 The US is behind the attempted coup in Venezuela – that is the accusation President Nicolas Maduro has leveled amid widespread protests back home. And it’s none other than Vice-president Joe Biden who’s behind the entire operation, Maduro alleges. This is the first time a direct accusation of this gravity…
Gordon Duff | VT | 1 Feb 2015 Editor’s note: This is an article from 2012. At this time, Steve Rosen of AIPAC was suing that organization because it fired him after he was arrested by the FBI for spying. In a nutshell, his basis what this: They hired me to be a spy and…
PaulCraigRoberts.org | January 27, 2015 Washington’s attack on Russia has moved beyond the boundary of the absurd into the realm of insanity. The New Chief of the US Broadcasting Board of Governors, Andrew Lack, has declared the Russian news service, RT, which broadcasts in multiple languages, to be a terrorist organization equivalent to Boko Haram and…
Mark Taliano | Global Research | January 26, 2015 “Human rights” or “democracy” have nothing to do with current wars of conquest except that these words are used as cover to hide institutionalized mass murder and theft. In fact, human rights and democracy are usually the first casualties of any invasion. The “West”, however, understands the value of…
William Blum | Anti-Empire Report | 20 Jan 2015 Murdering journalists … them and us After Paris, condemnation of religious fanaticism is at its height. I’d guess that even many progressives fantasize about wringing the necks of jihadists, bashing into their heads some thoughts about the intellect, about satire, humor, freedom of speech. We’re talking…
Ron Holland | The Market Oracle | 26 Dec 2004 You’ve got to know when to hold ’em Know when to fold ’em Know when to walk away And know when to run You never count your money When you’re sittin’ at the table There’ll be time enough for countin’ When the dealin’s done. “The…
Patrick Martin | World Socialist Web Site | 22 Dec 2014 Coming soon to a theater near you, a US imperialist propaganda blockbuster, the latest production from CIA Pictures, made in participation with Pentagon Entertainment, and with the collaboration of American Media Partners: Cyberwar North Korea. Such an announcement would have been useful last week, to alert…
William Blum | The Anti-Empire Report | 19 Dec 2014 In 1964, the Brazilian military, in a US-designed coup, overthrew a liberal (not more to the left than that) government and proceeded to rule with an iron fist for the next 21 years. In 1979 the military regime passed an amnesty law blocking the prosecution…
Paul Craig Roberts | 17 Dec 2014 Financial Market Manipulation Is The New Trend: Can It Continue? A dangerous new trend is the successful manipulation of the financial markets by the Federal Reserve, other central banks, private banks, and the US Treasury. The Federal Reserve reduced real interest rates on US government debt obligations first…
Eric Zuesse | Global Research | December 17, 2014 The world is more nervous about the drift toward nuclear war between the U.S. and Russia than at any time since 1962’s Cuban Missile Crisis. When French President Francois Hollande urgently side-tracked his return-flight from a diplomatic mission recently, in order to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin at…