Ready for Nuclear War over Ukraine?

Robert Parry | 23 Feb 2015 A year after a U.S.-backed coup ousted Ukraine’s elected president, the new powers in Kiev are itching for a “full-scale war” with Russia — and want the West’s backing even if it could provoke a nuclear conflict, a Strangelovian madness that the U.S. media ignores. A senior Ukrainian official is…

The backlash against war

NZ Herald | 26 Feb 2015 There’s been widespread sceptism and outrage in response to the Government’s announcement that New Zealand troops will be sent to Iraq. This can be seen most clearly in my aggregation of reactions in two blog posts: Top tweets about the NZ Govt decision to go into Iraq and Cartoons…

The grand illusion

John Chuckman | 25 Feb 2015 The truth is that the risk of an American being killed by terrorism is close to zero, having been calculated at 1:20,000,000 In the years since 9/11, American police alone have killed at least twice as many Americans as died in that single large event, the annual toll of…

The Arab Revolt of World War One

Lost Islamic History | Aug 2004 No war has had as big an impact on the modern Middle East as the First World War, which lasted from 1914-1918. The war signaled the end of the Ottoman Empire, a major world power since the fifteenth century, and the final victory of Western European imperialism. In the…

25 Facts About the Pharmaceutical Industry, Vaccines and “Anti-Vaxers”

Julie Lévesque | Global Research | February 25, 2015 During the recent measles outbreak, the mainstream media blamed the epidemic solely on non vaccinated children, even though people who were vaccinated caught the disease and some vaccines have proven to be inefficient in the past. Without the slightest nuance, the mainstream media constantly portrays people reluctant to accept…

IPCC has lost its scientific objectivity

GWPF | 25 Feb 2015 GWPF Calls On Governments To Overhaul ‘Missionary’ IPCC   The GWPF has, for a long time, warned policymakers and the public that the leadership of the IPCC has been losing its scientific objectivity and has been adopting environmentalism as a missionary cause. The astonishing letter of resignation released yesterday by its…