The New Colonialism: Greece and Ukraine

Telesur | 209 Aug 2015 Greece and Ukraine represent the development of a new, more direct management of wealth extraction. A new form of colonialism is emerging in Europe.  Not colonialism imposed by military conquest and occupation, as in the 19th century. Not even the more efficient form of economic colonialism pioneered by the U.S.…

Minsk Agreement Has Failed

Paul Craig Roberts | 18 Aug 2015 Will the failure lead to Putin’s failure? It appears that the Russian government has made a mistake with regard to its approach to the breakaway Republics consisting of Russian peoples in former Russian territories who reject being governed by the anti-Russian coup government installed in Kiev by Washington.…

Propaganda, Intelligence and MH-17

Ray McGovern | 17 AUg 2015 Exclusive: Propaganda is the life-blood of life-destroying wars, and the U.S. government has reached new heights (or depths) in this art of perception management. A case in point is the media manipulation around last year’s Malaysia Airlines shoot-down over Ukraine, says ex-CIA analyst Ray McGovern. By Ray McGovern During a recent interview, I…

Ukraine government bans books and films

The New Cold War | 12 Aug 2015 On August 5, the Ukrainian government published a list of 38 Russian language books it has banned from importation or sale in Ukraine. The list was issued by the State Committee of Television and Radio Broadcasting. The books are deemed to be “anti-Ukrainian”. The list of banned…

Malaysia plays UN court jester in MH17 vote

NEO | 1 Aug 2015 “Journalism is printing what someone else does not want printed. Everything else is public relations.”… George Orwell Malaysia played the fool this week by pushing for a UN-sponsored international commission on the MH17 shoot down, which it knew would be vetoed by Russia. Its only motivation might have been wanting…