Hidden Agenda behind Operation “Offshore Leaks”? by Valentin Katasonov From the beginning of April this year, the subject of «Offshore leaks» has become a favourite with the world’s media. Even the issue of Cyprus has paled in significance. Loosely speaking, «Offshore leaks» can be defined as the leakage of sensitive information about offshore companies and their clients. Offshore leaks is […]
How the FBI Fosters, Funds and Equips American Terrorists by James Corbett The Boston Marathon bombing has provoked shock, grief and outrage from around the world. After decades of conditioning, the public automatically equates such terrorism with Muslim radicals. But the evidence shows that every major terror plot on American soil in the past 10 years has been fostered, funded […]
By Joseph Stiglitz LEONA HELMSLEY, the hotel chain executive who was convicted of federal tax evasion in 1989, was notorious for, among other things, reportedly having said that “only the little people pay taxes.” As a statement of principle, the quotation may well have earned Mrs. Helmsley, who died in 2007, the title Queen of Mean. But as a prediction […]
Western Imperialism Resorts to Medieval Barbarity by Finian Cunningham The human suffering in Syria, which has escalated from crisis to disaster over the past two years, is the nefarious work of Western governments and their regional allies. It is a simple, provable, glaringly obvious truth. Yet, the thought-control Western mainstream media manage to somehow turn reality on its head, and […]
By Margaret Kimberley “You know, I suspect that on Social Security we’ve got a somewhat similar position.” – Barack Obama in debate with Mitt Romney “When a Democrat gets away with austerity and wars of aggression it is truly time to admit that a new paradigm is needed.” Yes Virginia, there is a class war going on in America. There […]
The media has vilified Chavez relentlessly. After his December 1998 election, New York Times Latin American correspondent Larry Roher, called him a “populist demagogue, an authoritarian….caudillo (strongman).” He lied saying so by Stephen Lendman In death as in life, denunciation continued. Chavez was hemispheric villain number one. Independent leaders aren’t tolerated. The threat of a good example concerns Washington and […]
…That Has Helped Create a Permanent Overclass Is Over a Century in the Making Pulling back the curtain on how intent the wealthiest Americans have been on establishing a propaganda tool to subvert democracy by Andrew Gavin Marshall Where there is the possibility of democracy, there is the inevitability of elite insecurity. All through its history, democracy has been under a […]
Venezuela’s post-election crisis is growing deeper, with seven people killed during clashes between the opposition and police. Sixty-one others have been injured. Meanwhile, President Nicolas Maduro has accused Henrique Capriles of staging a coup by RT The deaths occurred on Monday, when hundreds of protesters took to the streets in various parts of Caracas and other cities. The demonstrators blocked […]
“Corporations are not persons” by Mike Ferner When Judge Debbie O’Dell-Seneca, recently directed a corporate “fracking” combine in Western Pennsylvania to unseal the terms of a settlement with citizen-plaintiffs, she struck a clear blow for the public’s right to know. But far beyond the borders of Washington County PA, her ruling is being celebrated by a national movement working to […]
By John Chan In meetings with Chinese leaders last weekend, US Secretary of State John Kerry engaged in a barely disguised form of blackmail to pressure Beijing to use “all options” to force its ally North Korea to dismantle its nuclear programs and destroy its nuclear weapons. Impoverished North Korea is completely dependent on China for vital imports, including oil […]
More than 30,000 people signed an Independent petition calling for a ban by Nigel Morris The use of wild animals in travelling circuses will be outlawed in two years’ time under plans to be announced tomorrow by the Government. More than 30,000 people signed an Independent petition calling for a ban, while MPs voted unanimously in favour of the move. […]
by Pepe Escobar PARIS – And now some breaking news coming from the Islamic Emirate of Syriastan. This program is brought to you by the NATOGCC corporation. Please also tune in for a word from our individual sponsors, the United States government, Britain, France, Turkey, the House of Saud and the Emir of Qatar. It all started early this week, […]
