Implementing “Democracy” and Regime Change in “Enemy Countries”: The “Electoral Integrity Project”

Prof. Tim Anderson | Global Research | March 16, 2015 A multi-million dollar Australian Government funded project at the University of Sydney, linked to Washington A multi-million dollar Australian Government funded project at the University of Sydney, linked to spin doctors in Washington, is using a biased and secretive method to help discredit elections in a…

The Foiling of a Coup Plot in Venezuela

Gloria La Riva | CounterPunch | 25 February 2015 A coup plot against President Nicolas Maduro and the Bolivarian Revolution was thwarted this week as a retired Venezuelan Air Force general and 10 military and civilian opposition figures were arrested. The bombing of the Presidential Palace, the National Assembly, Telesur TV network, the Defense Ministry and…

America’s Interventionist Legacy: “Regime Change” and “Failed States”

Stephen Lendman | Global Research | February 18, 2015 Wherever America intervenes, failed states follow. Pro-Western stooge regimes replace sitting governments. They fail to provide essential functions, services and/or responsibilities required of sovereign independent ones. Failed state examples include Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Haiti, Honduras, Somalia, Yemen and Ukraine. Syria’s government maintains power despite having lost control of…

Libya crisis ‘created by NATO intervention’

World Bulletin | February 18, 2015 Possible alliances between local militias and ISIS militants Italy called on Wednesday for urgent international action to halt Libya’s slide into chaos, and pledged it was ready to help monitor a ceasefire and train local armed forces.   The U.N. Security Council is due to meet later on Wednesday…

US Britain and Canada Involved in Foiled US Venezuelan Coup Plot

Stephen Lendman | Global Research | February 16, 2015 Britain and Canada were co-conspirators in the latest plot to topple Venezuela’s government. TeleSUR provided detailed coverage of Washington’s war on Venezuelan democracy. Its dirty hands manipulate violence and instability worldwide. US funded and supported key opposition fascist figures Antonio Ledezma, Maria Corina Machado and Leopoldo Lopez…

‘Almost All’ Opposition Leaders Knew About Venezuelan Coup Plot

Telesur | 15 Feb 2015 Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro added that a U.S. Embassy advisor drafted the script that the coup plotters read in video they planned to air. In a televised address Saturday night, Venezuela’s president Nicolas Maduro revealed new information on the foiled coup attempt against his government, including accusations that the country’s opposition leaders were aware…

The war on democracy: John Pilger documentary

John Pilger | 2007 [vimeo 16724719 w=500 h=281] ‘The War On Democracy’ (2007) was John Pilger’s first for cinema. It explores the current and past relationship of Washington with Latin American countries such as Venezuela, Bolivia and Chile. Using archive footage sourced by Michael Moore’s archivist Carl Deal, the film shows how serial US intervention,…

New Video Evidence of America’s Coup in Ukraine — and What it Means

Eric Zuesse | Global Research | February 09, 2015 [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9hOl8TuBUM?feature=player_detailpage&w=640&h=360] New video evidence has been added to the already-conclusive video evidence which shows that the U.S. Government was the controlling power behind the extremely violent  and illegal 18-27 February 2014 Ukrainian coup, which overthrew the democratically elected and never legally removed-from-power Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych. This new evidence proves, even more than before (if…