Do Wars Really Defend America’s Freedom?

Lawrence S. Wittner | History News Network | 16 Nov 2014 U.S. politicians and pundits are fond of saying that America’s wars have defended America’s freedom. But the historical record doesn’t bear out this contention. In fact, over the past century, U.S. wars have triggered major encroachments upon civil liberties. Shortly after the United States…

Theological Explanations Are A Diversion When Looking at the Rise of Islamic State

Myriam Francois-Cerrah | The New Statesman | 13 Nov 2014 What transforms Ancient Texts into radical handbooks for justifying mass murder? The political conditions under which they are being read … Look beyond the smokescreen of Islamic “essence” when analysing the motives of Islamic State. In a “post-ideological” West, the “East” is persistently filtered through the…

Germany To Abandon 2020 Climate Change Targets

GWPF | 17 Nov 2014 Economics Minister: “Is it clear that the 2020 target is no longer viable.” The German coalition government is planning to withdraw from its 2020 climate change goals. Notwithstanding public protest, Federal Economics Minister Sigmar Gabriel (SPD) has abandoned the requirement of cutting 40 percent of CO2 emissions compared to 1990 levels by…

Israel and MH17

Gordon Duff | Veterans Today | 15 Nov 2014 The Hand of Netanyahu Shows Itself Some thought the Gaza attacks were to take heat off Israel’s involvement in MH17.  Gaza went on so long, so many children murdered, that if so, it was like putting out a fire on your pant leg by pouring on…

New MH17 satellite photos – a warning

by Alexander Mercouris | The Saker | 15 Nov 2014 I have deliberately helped back on the story about the satellite photos that supposedly show a Ukrainian fighter shooting down MH17 to see what the response would be, whether any more evidence would come to light and what the Russian government and military would say…