Obama prosecuted whistleblowers for working with media, not with foreign govts – Assange to RT

RT | 8 Sept 2015 “Academic censorship” in journalism and foreign relations is one of the US’ greatest sins according to whistleblower Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks. Assange spoke to RT about the “US Empire” and mechanisms it uses to expand its powers worldwide. “Obama has prosecuted more whistleblowers under the espionage act than…

Moscow calls media reports about its position on Syria “fabrications and falsifications”

Tass | 7 Sept 2015 Several European media outlets reported earlier that the United States, Russia and Saudi Arabia stroke a deal on removing Syrian President Bashar Assad from power Moscow does not engage in “social engineering” in the Middle East, especially in Syria, Russian Foreign Ministry’s official spokesperson Maria Zakharova said on Monday. Several…

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.…