Selected Articles: TTIP, Syria, Israel, Northeast Eurasia, and US Martial Law. Analysis and Commentary.

TTP-TTIP-Corporations-ControlMass European Protest Against TTIP Corporate Takeover: EU Commission Sanctions “Revolution Against Law”

By Graham Vanbergen, November 05 2015

The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) has its objectors – mainly the citizens of the countries involved in what can only be seen as confirmation of a corporate takeover. Governments have confirmed that democracy is no longer a principle worth pursuing.

Obama tarnishes Nobel Peace Prize with “indiscriminate” military action in LibyaU.S. Prepares War Against Russia in Syrian Battlefield

By Eric Zuesse, November 05 2015

On November 3rd, U.S. Defense Department spokesperson Laura Seal told The Daily Beast that twelve F-15C air-to-air combat planes are being sent to the Incirlik Turkey Air Base for deployment in Syria against Russia’s Su-30 air-to-air combat planes. Neither the F-15C nor the Su-30 can destroy ground-targets, only air-targets — enemy planes.

Ileana Ros-Lehtinen

House Adopts Anti-Palestinian Resolution, Sustains “Israel’s Right to commit the Highest Crimes”

By Stephen Lendman, November 05 2015

On Tuesday, a one-sided bipartisan non-binding House resolution with 71 co-sponsors was adopted by voice vote, no opposition registered. The entire process on an issue this sensitive took 30 minutes, no debate needed. Rubber-stamp approval sufficed, more proof showing Palestinians are on their own, sustained resistance their only recourse. Changing the deplorable status quo is impossible any other way.

Eurasian_continentNortheast Eurasia as Historical Center: Exploration of a Joint Frontier

By Nianshen Song, November 05 2015

In this paper I use a transborder lens to investigate the region encompassed by the Russian Far East, northeast China, eastern Mongolia, northern Korea, and the Sea of Japan. We need to transcend the framework of nation-states and restore the region’s historical agency in a broader geographic, geopolitical, and economic context.

US_empire_cartoon-warThe Pentagon’s Law of War Manual: Total War, Mass Detention and Martial Law

By Tom Carter, November 05 2015

This is the third of four articles analyzing the new US Department of Defense Law of War Manual. The first article was posted November 3. The second article was posted November 4. The Department of Defense (DOD) Law of War Manual represents the most advanced ideological expression of the striving of US imperialism to dominate and control the entire world by means of military force.


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