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The US-Kenya Bilateral Free Trade Agreement. Garbage In, Garbage Out By Asad Ismi, January 26 2021

Washington hopes a free trade pact with Kenya will give it a beachhead in its hot war with Al-Shabab and cold war with China—and an African dumping ground for GMOs and plastic waste. What Kenya gets in exchange is not

“Privacy Poor” vs. “Privacy Rich” in a “Digital Bastille”. The “Death of Privacy” under the Helm of the World Economic Forum (WEF) By Prof. Bill Willers, January 26 2021

“Citizen concerns over privacy ….. will require adjustments in thinking”. -Klaus Schwab, 2016

The World Economic Forum (WEF), the Switzerland-based NGO of “elites” noted for political power and extreme wealth, has taken it upon itself to dictate the future

Trump’s Unpardonable Pardons By Philip Giraldi, January 26 2021

One keeps hearing that former President Donald Trump will be judged well by the history books because he was the only American head of state in recent memory who did not start any new wars. Well, the claim is itself

Action Education in Morocco: An Enduring Throwback for the Future By Dr. Yossef Ben-Meir, January 26 2021

Social scientists across their different disciplines have shared an enduring observation. They have found that the people who apply methods in real settings to understand social life find more elucidation of the inquiry process than those who seriously analyze the

Discrepancies in Moderna’s FDA Report Demand Answers By Dr. James Lyons-Weiler, January 26 2021

Search the scientific literature for examples of long-term vaccine randomized clinical trials that use inert placebos — you will not find them. Short-term studies are the preferred mode of vaccine manufacturers — even when there is no emergency — leaving

Pandemic, Lockdown, Economic Disaster: Are We at War? By Peter Koenig, January 26 2021

Are we at War? This has become a legitimate question over the last 12 months in the western world.

And we are not talking of war by the west against Russia or China, or the east in general. It’s a

California Man Dies Several Hours After Receiving COVID Vaccine, Cause of Death Unclear By Children’s Health Defense, January 26 2021

Multiple local, state and federal agencies are investigating the Jan. 21 death of a California man several hours after receiving the COVID vaccine.

Placer County Sheriff’s office said in a Jan. 23 Facebook post that agencies are “actively investigating this …

COVID Mask: The Psychology of Surrender? By Julian Rose, January 26 2021

Wearing ‘the mask’ is for those who suffer feelings of fear and/or guilt. Think about it.

One might reject such a notion “No, no, I’m just worried about being fined, that’s why I wear it”. Or “I don’t want to

Russia’s 2020 Foreign Policy. A Thaw in US-Russia Relations? Foreign Minister Lavrov By Andrew Korybko and Aaron Glantz, January 26 2021

Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov held his annual press conference last week reviewing his country’s foreign policy over the preceding year, the top two dozen highlights of which are touched upon in this analysis for those who don’t have the time

Nursing Home Fires Workers for Refusing COVID-19 Vaccination By Patrick Delaney, January 26 2021

A nursing home run by Rock County is receiving significant pushback after mandating its employees receive the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine regimen or face layoff.

Officials at Rock Haven issued a memo on December 23 informing workers that reception of the …

Video: A Conversation with Leaders of the Mayangna Nation By Arisio Genaro Selso, Eloy Frank Gomez, and Tortilla Con Sal, January 26 2021

Tortilla con Sal: What is your perception of the seriousness of the problem of the intrusion of outsiders into indigenous lands, in your case of the Mayangna people?

Arisio Genaro Celso: We need to go back a bit to the …

When Fascism Comes, It Will be Wearing a Mask By Rep. Ron Paul, January 26 2021

Almost immediately after his inauguration, President Joe Biden began creating new government dictates via executive orders. Many of these executive orders concern coronavirus, fulfilling Biden’s promise to make ramping up a coronavirus-inspired attack on liberty a focus of his first

US Oil Firm Operating in ‘Murky’ Syria Oil Business By Middle East Monitor, January 26 2021

“Pioneering” American entrepreneurs have waded into the “murky” oil business in Syria, according to a report by the Financial Times which investigated the US oil firm Delta Crescent Energy (DCE). The company was founded by a member of a former

Death by 1,000 Cuts: Are Major Insect Losses Imperiling Life on Earth? By Liz Kimbrough, January 26 2021

Scientists warn of ongoing global insect abundance losses and say we lack a full understanding of invertebrate extinction causes and synergies. Action to curb extinction rates desperately needed: Studies.

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Chances are, the works of the world’s insects touch your …

US Targets China over Tibet By Brian Berletic, January 26 2021

The US Congress has recently passed the so-called Tibetan Policy and Support Act (TPSA) – slipped into a COVID-19 relief package and a 1.4 trillion dollar government spending bill, US State Department-funded Voice of America reported in their article, “US

Global Ice Loss Increases at Record Rate By University of Leeds, January 26 2021

The rate at which ice is disappearing across the planet is speeding up, according to new research.

And the findings also reveal that the Earth lost 28 trillion tonnes of ice between 1994 and 2017 –  equivalent to a

Biden’s First 48 Hours Affirm U.S. ‘Greatest Purveyor of Violence’ By Black Alliance for Peace, January 26 2021

Every year, we fight a battle on the birthday of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

On one side is the U.S. state. Forced to offer a concession to the middle-class elements of the Black civil-rights movement in the

A Totalitarian Regime Is Coming to America? Or Is It Just an Old Ball Game? By Dr. Ludwig Watzal, January 25 2021

Dutch-Jewish historian Jacques Presser remarked as early as 1947: “Fascism, should it ever return, will undoubtedly present itself in the guise of anti-fascism.” Having watched the surreal inauguration, the Green Zone in Baghdad popped up.  The occupation in Washington was

No Safe Space for Philippines’ Indigenous Youth as Military Allowed on Campus By Mongabay, January 25 2021
The Media Destroyed America By Dr. Paul Craig Roberts, January 25 2021

It did not take long for the Lie Machine, aka American media, to create the false news and fake narrative of the “storming of the US Capitol” on January 6 by a “white supremacist insurrection.” 

Here is an example from

In the Asian Flu of 1957-58, They Rejected Lockdowns By Jeffrey A. Tucker, January 25 2021

The Asian flu of 1957-58 was a deadly pandemic with a broader reach for severe outcomes than Covid-19 of 2020. It killed between 1 and 4 million people worldwide, and 116,000 in the US in a time with half the

Human Civilization and the Recreation of Wilderness By S. M. Smyth, January 25 2021

Far from the madding crowd’s ignoble strife,
Their sober wishes never learn’d to stray;
Along the cool sequester’d vale of life
They kept the noiseless tenor of their way.
Thomas GrayElegy Written in a Country Churchyard

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The ‘Humanitarian’ Left Still Ignores the Lessons of Iraq, Libya and Syria to Cheer on More War By Jonathan Cook, January 25 2021

The instinct among parts of the left to cheerlead the right’s war crimes, so long as they are dressed up as liberal “humanitarianism”, is alive and kicking, as Owen Jones revealed in a column last week on the plight of

The Will to Believe: Americans and Their Divine Masters By Edward Curtin, January 25 2021

“Ah, mon cher, for anyone who is alone, without God and without a master, the weight of days is dreadful.  Hence one must choose a master, God being out of style.”    – Albert Camus, The Fall

Propagandists are smart …

The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC). Strained Relations with India? By Shahbazz Afzal, January 25 2021

In September 2013, at the Association of Southeast Asian Nations summit, the Chinese President, Xi Jinping, presented his vision and plan for the ‘Belt and Road Initiative’ (BRI) – an ambitious vast complex trade and commercial network for China

Biden and the Democrats will Sow Chaos in Latin America By Timothy Alexander Guzman, January 25 2021

US President Joseph Biden, a relic from Washington’s old political establishment will continue the same imperialist policies in Latin America as did his predecessors including that of Donald Trump.  There is a clear indication that Washington’s hostilities towards Venezuela’s

Joe Biden’s Policy on Israel Isn’t “Transformative” or “Decent” By Rima Najjar, January 25 2021

Many are noting happily that Joe Biden’s flurry of executive orders are “surprisingly” progressive … and decent. In an essay in Jacobin titled ‘If Joe Biden Moves Left, You Can Thank the Left’, Lisa Featherstone acknowledges that, though “deeply

US-Pak Reset to Advance Biden’s Afghan Settlement By M. K. Bhadrakumar, January 25 2021

Mark Twain is credited with the saying ‘History never repeats itself, but it does often rhyme.’ The echoes of history resonate as the new US administration prioritises the Afghan problem for policy review. 

The highlight of the White House readout

CDC Quietly Removes Website Headline Claiming “Vaccines Do Not Cause Autism” By NWO Report, January 25 2021

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has removed a headline from its website claiming that “vaccines do not cause autism” following a legal challenge questioning that assertion.

The change was quietly made last August, with no announcement, following a …

Eurostar Train Near Collapse, Asks for Bailout, Becomes Hot Potato By Nick Corbishley, January 25 2021

Eurostar, the company that operates the cross-Channel train service that connects the UK with France, Belgium and the Netherlands, is on the brink of collapse, the company’s management warned this week. With passenger numbers down 95% in the final quarter

German Court Rules that COVID-19 Lockdowns Are Unconstitutional By Great Game India, January 25 2021

A German court in a landmark ruling has declared that COVID-19 lockdowns imposed by the government are unconstitutional. Thuringia’s spring lockdown was a “catastrophically wrong political decision with dramatic consequences for almost all areas of people’s lives,” the court said,

Biden Administration Vows to Consult with Israel on ‘All’ Regional Issues By Middle East Eye, January 25 2021

In the first official contact between the new US administration and the Israeli government, President Joe Biden’s National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan vowed to his Israeli counterpart that Washington will “closely consult with Israel on all matters of regional security”.

New START Survives By Daniel Larison, January 25 2021

The Biden administration is pressing ahead with extending New START for the full five years allowed in the treaty:

President Biden proposed Thursday that a centerpiece U.S.-Russia nuclear arms treaty be extended for five years, a decision that marks the

The Responsibility to Disarm and the Nuclear Ban Treaty By Ramesh Thakur, January 25 2021

In 1984, President Ronald Reagan noted the nuclear emperor had no clothes: “The only value in our two nations (the United States and Soviet Union) possessing nuclear weapons is to make sure they will never be used. But then

California Refuses to Disclose COVID-19 Data Used to Drive Lockdowns By Zero Hedge, January 25 2021

California Governor Gavin Newsom (D) promised months ago that the state’s COVID-19 policy decisions would be driven by transparent data that would be shared with the public.

Now, his administration is refusing to disclose key information used to determine when

Senior MP: British Public Will “Rise Up and Bring Down” Lockdown if Exit Plan Isn’t Outlined By Steve Watson, January 25 2021

British MPs within his own party are demanding that Prime Minister Boris Johnson outline some sort of exit strategy for the nationwide lockdown in the country, with one senior minister warning that if he doesn’t people will begin to “rise

The UN Prohibits Nuclear Weapons and What Does Italy Do? By Manlio Dinucci, January 25 2021

Today, January 22, 2021, is the day that can go down in history as the turning point to free humanity from those weapons that, for the first time, have the ability to erase the human species and almost every other

Video: “War with Russia” — Last Hope of U.S. Globalists By South Front, January 25 2021

In the span of just one stint in the presidency, Donald Trump, with some assistance from MSM and a good part of the Washington establishment, has faced two impeachments. Finally, he has managed to lose the Presidency, the House

The Illusion of Democracy: Power and Secrecy By Rod Driver, January 24 2021

In 2003, millions of people protested against the invasion of Iraq. If Britain and the US had genuine democracies, where the views of ordinary people matter, the invasion, slaughter and torture in Iraq would not have happened. Our governments ignored

The Biden Presidency: Business as Usual or a New Departure? By Dr. Leon Tressell, January 24 2021

Joe Biden‘s inauguration as US president was unprecedented in modern times. The US capital resembled a war zone as 25,000 National Guardsmen plus thousands of police enforced severe restrictions over civilian movement on the streets. Roadblocks policed by soldiers

Double Suicide Bombing: Baghdad Blast Responsibility in Question By Steven Sahiounie, January 24 2021

A deadly double suicide bombing ripped through a second-hand clothing market in Tayaran Square, located in Bab Al-Sharqi commercial district of Baghdad on Thursday.  Hassan Mohammed Al-Tamimi, Iraq’s Health Minister, said at least 32 people were killed and 110 others

Did Vaxxing for Covid Kill Sports Hero Hank Aaron? By Stephen Lendman, January 24 2021

On January 22, legendary baseball Hall of Fame home run king Hank Aaron reportedly died in his sleep — no cause of death given so far.

More below on the loss of a figure Sports Illustrated said “transcended baseball like …

Why Donald Trump Had to Go. He’s Not a Globalist By Peter Koenig, January 24 2021

There is an agenda. A huge agenda. It is a Globalist agenda that is in the process of inflicting gigantic harm to humanity. It is called Covid-19 – The Great Reset, issued by the World Economic Forum (WEF), authored by

U.S. Censorship Mania: A Threat to Independent Media. The Secretive Plan to Shut Down the Internet By Eric Sommer, January 24 2021

A censorship mania going far beyond the necessary social media banning of Trump’s fascist coup incitement is appearing in U.S. Democratic party leadership circles leading to the necessity to warn of the possibility that socialist and progressive social media presence

Sham Trump “Second Time” Senate Impeachment Trial to Begin February 9 By Stephen Lendman, January 24 2021

In February last year, Trump was tried and acquitted by the Senate on the following two phony charges:

“Article I: Abuse of power, falsely claiming Trump sought foreign interference from Ukraine in the US 2020 presidential election.

Article II: Obstruction

Anthony Fauci Joins the Long List of People Incapacitated by Coronavirus Vaccine By Adam Dick, January 24 2021

Anthony Fauci, the director of the United States government’s National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, told reporters Thursday that he was “knocked out” for about 24 hours after, on Tuesday, taking the second dose of experimental coronavirus vaccine. Fauci

Masking Up under Biden: The Perils of Tribalism, Bureaucracy and Lawsuits By Dr. Binoy Kampmark, January 24 2021

One crackling theme streaking through the US elections of 2020 was the issue of mask wearing.  Critics initially felt that face masks were of the too important category in combating the novel coronavirus: purchasing and using them was tantamount to

Keep Swinging for Justice and Freedom: The Legacy of Hammerin’ Hank Aaron By John W. Whitehead, January 24 2021

“My motto was always to keep swinging. Whether I was in a slump or feeling badly or having trouble off the field, the only thing to do was keep swinging.”—Hank Aaron

My father, a rabid St. Louis Cardinals fan, listened …

Iraq: Biggest Corruption Scandal in History By Dirk Adriaensens, January 24 2021

In her article “Iraq’s century of humiliation in the globalised age”, Aneela Shahzad writes:

“In May 2020, the Special Representative of Secretary General for the UN Assistance Mission for Iraq announced that the poverty rate in Iraq would double to

A Life Saving Hope or Death Defying Jab? Three Perspectives on the Experimental COVID Vaccine By Michael Welch, Mary Holland, and Dr. Meryl Nass, January 24 2021

I believe that people should be aware that side effects can happened, that it is not good for everyone and in this case destroyed a beautiful life, a perfect family, and has affected so many people in the community. 

We Are at War By Peter Koenig, January 24 2021
We, the common people, are at war against an ever more authoritarian and tyrannical elitist Globalist system, reigned by a small group of multi-billionaires, that planned already decades ago to take power over the people, to control them. That’s why vaccination is needed to inject us with transgenic substances that may change our DNA
The Pentagon Speaks By Jacob G. Hornberger, January 23 2021

The Joint Chiefs of Staff have spoken. Issuing a remarkable memorandum to all members of the Armed Forces, the JCS have declared that Joe Biden will be the new president of the United States. The memo may have been not

The Stock Market Is Broken as a Bellwether; Here’s How to Fix It By Pam Martens, January 23 2021

I sat behind a trading terminal at two Wall Street firms from 1986 to 2006. I can assure you that if the President of the United States was refusing to accept the outcome of a presidential election and urging a

Video: France’s Medical Doctors Speak Out. “Pour la vérité de Covid-19” By Peter Koenig, January 23 2021

The New Tang Dynasty (NTD) broadcast a Press Conference of 9 January 2021 of independent French medical doctors for the truth about Covid-19. It is called “Coordination Santé Libre” or “Free Health Coordination”.

The Group, based in France, represents more

Towards US “Hyper-interventionism” in the Middle East? Biden’s Secretary of State Nominee Anthony Blinken By Daniel McAdams, January 23 2021

While the saccharine continues to ooze from the mainstream media for the incoming Biden Administration, the real iron fist of what will be the Biden foreign policy is starting to materialize. As if on cue, major bombings in Baghdad –

So President Biden – I Call on You to End this Murderous Madness in Syria By Janice Kortkamp, January 23 2021

If President Joe Biden intends to restore America’s credibility in the world, he needs to take these steps regarding Syria. Much of this applies to other countries as well:

1) End all sanctions and blockades. US sanctions are not …

Police Killings in America: Eric Garner’s Mother Says We Must Push for Justice that Her Son Didn’t Receive By Prof. Marjorie Cohn, January 23 2021

The mother of Eric Garner, who was brutally murdered by New York City police officers applying a chokehold as he pleaded “I can’t breathe,” testified this week before the International Commission of Inquiry on Systemic Racist Police Violence Against People

Video: Sen. Rand Paul Challenges New Sec. of State over Regime Change in Syria By Al-Masdar News, January 23 2021

U.S. Senator (Kentucky) Rand Paul recently challenged the new Secretary of State nominee Anthony Blinken on his history of pushing regime change in the Middle East and North Africa.

Sen. Paul began his argument by questioning Blinken’s role in the …

Pivot to Asia: China Tech Ban Mirrors 1980s Attempts to Destroy Japanese Competition By Alan MacLeod, January 22 2021

In the 1980s, the US imposed a 100% tariff on virtually all Japanese electronics and forced Tokyo to sign a one-sided trade deal that reserved much of its domestic semiconductor sector for American companies.

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Can US Workers Be Dismissed for Refusing to Be Vaxxed? By Stephen Lendman, January 22 2021

According to Law Professor Dorit Reiss:

“Requiring a vaccine is a health and safety work rule, and employers can” fire noncompliant staff.

Attorney David Betras explained that “workplace vaccination requirements aren’t new, and they passed constitutional muster long ago,” …

Round Up the Usual Suspects; Don’t Forget Putin By Ray McGovern, January 22 2021

Interviewed by Mrs. Clinton Monday, Speaker Nancy Pelosi eagerly rose to the bait when Clinton spoke of “her concerns that the outgoing commander-in-chief was compromised by the Kremlin”. Setting the stage, Clinton expressed the hope that “we’ll find out who

The Illusion of Democracy: Government by the Rich for the Even Richer By Rod Driver, January 22 2021

“Democracy has little meaning when big business rules the life of the country through its control of the means of production, exchange, transportation, and communication, reinforced by command of the press, press agents and other means of publicity and propaganda”.

The Fatal Consequences of High Atmospheric Methane Levels By Dr. Andrew Glikson, January 22 2021

It is hard to think of a more Orwellian expression than that describing the increase in toxic atmospheric methane gas as “gas-led recovery.”

Several of the large mass extinctions of species in the geological past are attributed to …

Casualties of the Old Cold War Should Inform Opposition to U.S.’ New Cold War Against China By Danny Haiphong, January 22 2021

The US share of the global economy has shrunk dramatically since 1960.  On the other hand, China is on pace to surpass the U.S. in GOP terms in 2030. 

This past week, the United States celebrated another Martin Luther King

Biden’s Mask-Wearing Mandate By Stephen Lendman, January 22 2021

Biden and his press agent media won’t explain what’s vital for everyone to know.

On his first day in office as selected, not elected, president, he signed a blizzard of executive orders.

Among them was mandatory wearing of face masks …

Imperialism Is Bipartisan: Biden Recognizes Juan Guaidó as President of Venezuela By Otto Fars, January 22 2021

The Biden administration will continue to recognize Juan Guaido as president of Venezuela and maintain devastating sanctions. For Venezuelans, there is no lesser evil — imperialism is bipartisan.

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Anthony Blinken, President-Elect Joe Biden’s nominee for Secretary of State, has …

Boris Johnson Has Done Modi a Favour By M. K. Bhadrakumar, January 22 2021
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A New Day for Human Survival: On the Promise of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons By Dr. Joseph Gerson, January 22 2021

On Friday, January 22, people in cities and towns across in the United States and around the world, will celebrate the entry into force of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW).

Those gathering, online and elsewhere, stand …

WHO Finally Admits COVID-19 PCR Test Has a ‘Problem’ By Dr. Joseph Mercola, January 22 2021

In an “inauguration” of its own while Joe Biden was being sworn into office, the World Health Organization (WHO) initiated new rules regarding the PCR assays used for testing for COVID-19.

Even though they’ve been widely used across the U.S. …

US President Biden: How to Deal With China By Tom Clifford, January 22 2021

The lexicon has changed. Words and phrases that seemed to define our world until quite recently now belong to a bygone era. Remember BRICs? The grouping of the next economic superpowers. Well, Brazil, Russia, India and China now resemble a

The Making of US Empire at the Dawning of Its End By Pepe Escobar, January 22 2021

This article was originally published on Asia Times.

As the Exceptional Empire gets ready to brave a destructive – and self-destructive – new cycle, with dire, unforeseen consequences bound to reverberate across the world, now more than ever it

US Backs Al-Qaeda in Yemen while Dubbing Its Houthi Enemies ‘Terrorists’ By Ben Norton, January 22 2021

The US State Department designated Yemen’s Houthi movement — the most effective force in fighting al-Qaeda — as a “terrorist” organization. Meanwhile Washington and Saudi Arabia have supported al-Qaeda.

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The United States government has designated the main enemy of …

Pompeo’s Last Stand By Philip Giraldi, January 22 2021

It is finally over. Joe Biden has been inaugurated President of the United States while his predecessor Donald Trump has retired to Florida. Trump intends to remain the driving force in the Republican Party but there are many in the

Biden Exploits His Capitol Gains By Diana Johnstone, January 22 2021

First published by Consortium News on January 11, crossposted on Global Research on January 13, 2021

Joe Biden’s own language certainly sounded less like a magnanimous winner uniting his people than like that used by autocrats and dictators to hold

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President Joe Biden’s “Dark Winter”: Code Name for a Scenario in Which a Biological Weapon Was Used Against the American Populace By Michael Snyder, January 21 2021

Global Research Editor’s Note

This article was published on November 29, 2020.

“Dark Winter” was mentioned by Joe Biden in the course of the election campaign. 

 According to Michael Snyder in this incisive and carefully researched article “Joe Biden specifically

Shut Down Dissent. Going After the New “US Domestic Terrorists” By Stephen Lendman, January 21 2021

Post-9/11, war on dissent in the US raged.

In 2010, the ACLU said “freedom is under fire in the US.”

“There is a pall over our fire. (There are) attempts to squelch dissent.”

“A chilling message has gone out across

Video: “The New Normal” Documentary By happen.network, January 21 2021

We are at the crossroads of one of the most serious crises in World history. We are living history, yet our understanding of the sequence of events since January 2020 has been blurred.

Worldwide, people have been misled both by