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Russia -Turkey Diplomatic Rapprochement, A Headache for the EU and US? By Michael Werbowski, March 12 2017

Ankara and Moscow are doing a diplomatic two step together. Conspicuously left out in the cold in this dancing duo, are two major power blocks which traditionally Turkey considers vital to its security needs: The United States and the European

All Out War is “On the Table”: U.S. Considers First-Strike Attack against North Korea. Would China and Russia be Dragged In? By Bruce Gagnon, March 12 2017

The publication called Business Insider is carrying a story promoting a US first-strike attack on North Korea.  The article includes a quote from the Wall Street Journal that reads, “An internal White House review of strategy on North Korea includes

South Koreans Celebrate Constitutional Court’s Ruling to Impeach Park Geun-hye By Hyun Lee, March 12 2017

The South Korean Constitutional Court delivered a unanimous verdict to impeach Park Geun-hye on Friday March 10, 2017 after 92 days of deliberation.

The Court had considered five grounds for impeachment as put forth by the National Assembly:

  • Violation of
Wikileaks Vault 7 Highlights Importance of Tech Self-Sufficiency By Ulson Gunnar, March 12 2017

Leaked document clearinghouse Wikileaks has recently released an immense collection of documents detailing the US Central Intelligence Agency’s (CIA) vast and literally Orwellian surveillance and spying capabilities.

The International Business Times in an article titled, “What’s in Vault 7?

Turkey’s Tyrannical Rule, Erdogan’s “Democratic Dictatorship” By Stephen Lendman, March 12 2017

Recep Tayyip Erdogan rules with an iron fist, heading a virtual dictatorship masquerading as democratic.

Anyone criticizing or challenging his leadership risks imprisonment, including public figures, journalists, academics, other intellectuals, human rights activists, even young children – on charges ranging

Analyzing Austria’s “Refugee”/Immigrant Proposal For The EU Periphery By Andrew Korybko, March 12 2017

The Austrians recently called on the Western Balkans, Georgia, and Egypt to build “refugee”/immigrant centers for processing and potentially indefinitely housing the hundreds of thousands of non-Western individuals that are streaming into the EU.

Mr. Sebastian Kurz told the German

Eurasia: The Strategic Triangle that Is Changing the World By Federico Pieraccini, March 12 2017

While the world continues to decipher, or digest, the new Trump presidency, important changes are afoot within the grand strategic triangle that lies between Russia, Iran and China.

Away from the current chaos in the United States, major developments are …

Assault on Animal Rights, Poaching in Europe’s Suburbs By Dr. Binoy Kampmark, March 12 2017

There has never been a case like this in a zoo in Europe, an assault of such violence, evidently for this stupid trafficking of rhinoceros horns. – Thierry Duguet, head of Parc Zoologique de Thoiry

It was a matter of …

“Strategic Elections” in Montenegro By Milko Pejovic, March 12 2017

As the Niksic local elections approach, the situation is becoming more and more fascinating.

On one hand, the Montenegrin opposition, aiming at the transparency and integrity of the government, boycotted the plebiscite in the country’s second largest city and turned …

Syrian Forces Preparing for Big Move against Al Qaeda and ISIS. US Forces to the Rescue of the Terrorists? By Moon of Alabama, March 12 2017

During the last week significant moves in Syria have taken place east of Aleppo. But the situation there will likely soon calm down. The next intense phase of the war may well be a Syrian army attack on al-Qaeda’s position

‘Bomb the Sh*t Out Of Them!’ – Trump Drones Yemen More in One Week Than Obama in a Year By Daniel McAdams, March 11 2017

Undeterred by the disastrous commando raid on Yemen in the first days of his Administration, where plenty of civilians were killed but the target got away, President Donald Trump has escalated US military involvement in the tragic Yemen conflict to

Trump’s National Heath Plan for a Sicker, More Profitable, America By Eric Zuesse, March 11 2017

The AP headlined on March 9th, “GOP health bill would cut CDC’s $1B disease fighting fund” and reported that this “pillar of funding for the nation’s lead public health agency,” which provides “public health programs designed to prevent illness and,

Syria: Towards a Clash of US and Turkish Forces? By Anna Jaunger, March 11 2017

According to The Daily Telegraph, Washington might get into difficulty in Syria because of the confrontation between Turkey and the Kurdish forces, who are arguing about Raqqa assault, is daily getting more and more aggravated.

Ankara considers that the Kurdish …

God in Politics or a Godless World: Time to Choose By Phil Butler, March 11 2017

The geo-political struggle between so-called “globalists” and their nationalistic (populist) counterparts has reached a feverish pitch. With trust and belief systems in the crucible, everything from our economic beliefs to our spirituality is up for grabs. At the center of

How Orientalism Pitted Hindus against Muslims in India? By Nauman Sadiq, March 11 2017

The most outstanding feature of Islam is its history; if you study Islamic history, you would come to realize that Islam did not spread by force alone, it was the superior moral appeal of its peerless ethics that won the

The Korean Crisis and the THAAD Missile Deployment: A Growing Tinderbox in the South By Caleb Maupin, March 11 2017

As the first military hardware associated with the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense, commonly called THAAD, arrives in the southern region of the Korean Peninsula, the tensions around and within the  region seem to be escalating. A number of ongoing

State Department Urges Coroner to Keep Russian UN Ambassador’s Cause-Of-Death Secret By Zero Hedge, March 11 2017

Following the unexpected death of 65-year-old Russian ambassador to the United Nations Vitaly Churkin, conspiracy theorists were stirred up as the ongoing Russophobic Deep State war combined with the deaths of nine Russian diplomats in the last year raised

Trump Spokesperson: ‘Cuba Hasn’t Made Any Concessions’ By Telesur, March 11 2017

The Trump administration has made it clear it will be reviewing all agreements with Cuba.

U.S. President Donald Trump believes that Cuba, “with all the things it has been given,” has not made any “concessions” within the process of normalization …

President Al-Assad: “Foreign Troops Coming to Syria without Permission Are Invaders” By Bashar al Assad, March 11 2017

Damascus, SANA-President Bashar al-Assad said that the solution to the crisis in Syria should be through two parallel ways: the first one is to fight the terrorists, and this is our duty as government, to defend the Syrians and use

Genetically Modified (GM) Food and Crops. Behind the Mask of Pro-GMO Neoliberal Ideology By Colin Todhunter, March 11 2017

Professor Shanthu Shantharam recently wrote a response to Viva Kermani’s well thought out article about injecting some honesty into the debate about genetically modified (GM) food and crops. Both pieces appeared the Indian publication Swarajya.

Shantharam’s response is typical of …

Protecting the Terrorists: US Forces Come to the Rescue of ISIS Commanders in Iraq By Fars News Agency, March 11 2017

Commander of Asa’eb al-Haq Movement affiliated to the Iraqi popular forces of Hashd al-Shaabi said that the US forces have carried out a rapid heliborne operation and evacuated two commanders of ISIL terrorists from Western Mosul in Northern Iraq.

Javad …

The Russian Scare By Israel Shamir, March 11 2017

Full disclosure: I’ve met with Russians. I met with a Russian this morning. She brought me coffee. Such crazy and dangerous things can occur in Moscow. I am afraid the CIA and NSA could take notice of this meeting, and

The Venezuela “Opposition” We Never Hear About By Arnold August, March 11 2017

This “opposition” has loyalties that lie with the Bolivarian Revolution and nothing else.

At 35 years of age, he is tall and slim, and his imposing stature moves about in a subtle swagger that exudes confidence tempered with a humility

Snake-Oil Alert – Encryption Does Not Prevent Mass-Snooping By Moon of Alabama, March 11 2017

The WikiLeaks stash of CIA hacking documents shows tools used by the CIA to hack individual cell-phones and devices. There are no documents yet that suggest mass snooping efforts on a very large scale. Unlike the NSA which has a

Chronicle of a Crisis Postponed: Italy After the Referendum By Ingo Schmidt, March 10 2017

Matteo Renzi assumed the role of Italian Prime Minister on February 22, 2014 as the self-proclaimed rottamatore – the ‘demolition man’ of an inefficient system. After successfully passing a series of laws by means of this very system that

Our Age Of Folly. America Abandons its Democracy By Dr. Paul Craig Roberts, March 10 2017

The United States has been growing progressively insane for a long time. For my generation, the realization descended upon us in the 1960s when the military/security complex convinced Americans that if we permitted Vietnamese nationalist leader Ho Chi Minh to

Selected Articles: Vault 7: The WikiLeaks Revelations and the Crimes of US Imperialism By Global Research News, March 10 2017
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America in Turmoil: From Deep State Insurgency to Deep State Spying – WikiLeaks’ Vault 7

By Joachim Hagopian, March 10 2017

The latest CIA crimes constitute an unprecedented assault allowing deep state to infiltrate and attack us through malware 

America in Turmoil: From Deep State Insurgency to Deep State Spying – WikiLeaks’ Vault 7 By Joachim Hagopian, March 10 2017
With this largest dump of confidential CIA files ever published, the world is beginning to realize just how far gone our privacy rights are, becoming virtually nonexistent under Obama’s second term in office.
CIA Leak Shows We’re “Sliding Down the Slippery Slope Toward Totalitarianism, Where Private Lives Do Not Exist”: Dennis Kucinich By Washington's Blog, March 10 2017

16-year congressman Dennis Kucinich writes:

That the CIA has reached into the lives of all Americans through its wholesale gathering of the nation’s “haystack” of information has already been reported.

It is bad enough that the government spies on

US Rejects Talks over North Korea, Declaring “All Options on Table”… Including War against the DPRK? By Peter Symonds, March 10 2017

Amid sharply rising tensions on the Korean Peninsula, the Trump administration has flatly rejected a Chinese proposal for negotiations with North Korea despite warnings from the Chinese foreign minister, Wang Yi, that Washington and Pyongyang were on a collision course.

WikiLeaks, “Year Zero” and the CIA Hacking Files By Dr. Binoy Kampmark, March 10 2017

It is now up to the device and OS manufacturers, like Apple, Google, or Samsung, to fix their volcanoes back into mountains. -Telegram Statement, Mar 8, 2017

The paradox with information releases that expose a supposedly grand internal stratagem is …

The WikiLeaks Revelations and the Crimes of US Imperialism By Andre Damon, March 10 2017

With increasing frequency, aggressive foreign policy moves by Washington have been palmed off by the media and political establishment as defensive responses to “hacking” and “cyber-espionage” by US imperialism’s geopolitical adversaries: Russia and China.

For months, news programs have been …

We Need to Talk about Women: The Problem with Western Liberal ‘Feminists’ By Ghada Chehade, March 10 2017

Today (March 8) is International Women’s Day. No doubt there will be numerous articles about women’s issues, women’s struggles and women’s triumphs. In this article I take a different route and address an issue that is rather taboo and off-limits,

“Afghanistan – As Only Love Could Hurt” By Andre Vltchek, March 10 2017

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It is now winter in Kabul, end of February 2017. At night the temperature gets near zero. The mountains surrounding the city are covered by snow.

It feels much chillier than it really is.

Soon it will be 16

Judicial Procedures against Trump’s Immigration Executive Orders against Muslims By Dr. Amir A. Amirshekari, March 10 2017

On 9 March 2017, Douglas Chin, A federal judge in Hawaii, challenged the new executive order of President Donald Trump, dated 6 March 2017, in which he blocked citizens of six predominantly Muslim countries from entering the United States.

Syria: Dangerous Fracture in US, Turkey and Russian Interests, as Operation to Oust ISIS from Raqqa Begins By Patrick Henningsen, March 10 2017

After six years of constant conflict between the great powers in and around Syria, the US, Russia and Turkish military leaders have gathered in Antalya, Turkey to discuss how best to coordinate their operation to drive the Islamic State of

Venezuela Cash Reserves Reach New Low Amid U.S.- Led Sabotage By Whitney Webb, March 10 2017

From 1958 up until Chávez’s presidency began in 1998, Venezuelan politics rigidly conformed to U.S. political and economic interests on all strategic issues. For nearly 40 years, Venezuela was at the U.S.’ beck and call – following Washington’s lead in

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Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) Made in Britain, Tested on Yemenis: The Reality of Working for the “Bomb-makers” By Areeb Ullah, March 10 2017

Jack sits down with his pint in the Fielden Arms in Mellor, and contemplates his latest shift making Typhoon warplanes for the Saudi air force.

Tucking into steak and chips, the 25-year-old talks of moving in with his girlfriend, his …

Video: Syrian Government Forces Crash ISIS In Aleppo, Aim Raqqah By South Front, March 09 2017

The Syrian Army’s Tiger Forces, supported by the Syrian and Russian air forces, have continued making impressive gains against the ISIS terrorist group in the province of Aleppo.

The Tiger Forces further advanced along the Euphrates River and entered the

Remembering Lynne Stewart. A People’s Lawyer By Stephen Lendman, March 09 2017

On Wednesday evening, humanity lost redoubtable civil rights lawyer Lynne Stewart. Cancer and complications from a massive stroke days days earlier, followed by mini-strokes, took her at age 77.

I and many others who knew and loved her mourn her …

Selected Articles: Trump Invades Syria, Mosul: Humanitarian Catastrophe, Erdogan’s Illusionary Ottoman Empire By Global Research News, March 09 2017
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Trump Invades Syria

By Daniel McAdams, March 09 2017

Although the Syrian army, with its ally Russia, has made significant gains against ISIS over the past week or so, the Washington Post is reporting tonight that President Trump has

Why is the Trudeau Government Escalating its Belligerence Towards Russia? By Yves Engler, March 09 2017

Yesterday it was confirmed that 200 Canadian troops would remain in the Ukraine for at least two more years. This “training” mission in the Ukraine is on top of two hundred troops in Poland, a naval frigate in the Mediterranean

Ten Things the Media Will Get Wrong About Trump’s Executive Order on Immigration By Peter Van Buren, March 09 2017

As President Trump issues a revised executive order on immigration, the media is almost certain to get many things wrong in its reporting; they did with the earlier order in late January. After 24 years of doing visa and immigration

Trump Invades Syria By Daniel McAdams, March 09 2017
President Trump has for the first time sent regular US military personnel in combat positions. This is an unprecedented escalation of US involvement, in defiance of international law. Make no mistake: this is big news. And very bad news
Syrian War Report: ISIS Defenses Collapsing in Aleppo Province By South Front, March 09 2017

The Syrian army’s Tiger Forces, backed by Russian warplanes, reached the Euphrates River in the province of Aleppo, liberating a large chunk of the area from ISIS.

The town of Khafsah and the nearby Water Treatment Station were the most

Anti-Imperialism, Pan-Africanism and Nkrumah’s Ghana. The Historic Role of Shirley Graham Du Bois By Abayomi Azikiwe, March 09 2017

With March 6 representing six decades of statehood for the West African nation of Ghana provides an excellent opportunity for a political, economic and historical assessment of post-colonial developments on the continent.

In 1957 there were very few liberated areas …

Deforestation and Industrial Pulpwood Plantations in Indonesia, Devastating Social and Environmental Impacts By Forest Peoples Programme, March 09 2017

A potential wood supplier for one of the world’s largest pulp and paper mills does not have the consent of local communities

A joint investigation report released in English on May 8, 2017 by Indonesian NGOs titled “Local Communities

“Deadly Facts”: How So-Called “Objectivity” Created a Culture of Conformity By Greg Guma, March 09 2017

About a century ago the Western world entered an age of artificial substitutes, technical ingenuity, mechanical products, technological values, and accelerating motion. The watchword of that age was objectivity – a highly illusive standard for both leaders and the led.

Erdogan: The Sultan Of An Illusionary Ottoman Empire By Prof. Alon Ben-Meir, March 09 2017

This is the fourth and last in a series of articles based in part on eyewitness accounts about the rapidly deteriorating socio-political conditions in Turkey and what the future may hold for the country. The first, second and third articles

Dangerous Crossroads: America Threatens China, US Deploys THAAD Missile System in South Korea, Beijing Warns of Nuclear Arms Race By Peter Symonds, March 09 2017

The US has begun the installation of its Terminal High Altitude Area Defence (THAAD) anti-ballistic missile system in South Korea, provoking an angry reaction from China, which warned that it could trigger a nuclear arms race in the region. The

Fresh Doubts about Russian ‘Hacking’. “Telltale Signs Planted to Incriminate Moscow” By Robert Parry, March 09 2017

The gauzy allegations of Russia “hacking” the Democrats to elect Donald Trump just got hazier with WikiLeaks’ new revelations about CIA cyber-spying and the capability to pin the blame on others, reports Robert Parry.

WikiLeaks’ disclosure of documents revealing CIA …

Moscow Diplomacy and the Geopolitical Balance of Power in the Middle East By South Front, March 09 2017

In March, Moscow became the center of the diplomatic activity of global and regional powers involved in a number of the ongoing crises in the Middle East. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is due in Moscow March 9 for a

Big Brother Spying in America. Perilously Close to a “Totalitarian State” By Stephen Lendman, March 09 2017

US spy agencies trample on Bill of Rights protections. Their spying domestically and abroad is pervasive.

Anything goes is official policy, rule of law principles circumvented. Edward Snowden earlier said he hoped his revelations would make people worldwide aware of …

Obama Awarded JFK Medal of Courage after Eight Years of War and Drone Bombings By Isaac Davis, March 09 2017

Former U.S. President Barack Obama was just named the 2017 recipient of the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award, “the most prestigious award for public servants.” Named after JFK’s 1957 book, Profiles in Courage, it is

Civilians in Iraq “Die by Mistake” as a Result of US Air Raids, Humanitarian Catastrophe in Mosul By Firas Samuri, March 09 2017

The government forces of Syria and Iraq continue to fight against terror groups with the support of their allies. Russian Air Force assists the Syrian army, and the International Coalition headed by the U.S. is “cooperating” with the armed forces

Protests Erupt in Idlib as Turkey Steals Syrian Land with New Border Wall By Paul Antonopoulos, March 09 2017

Protests have erupted as Turkey has constructed a border wall that penetrates into Syria’s Idlib province proper, in what has been described as an illegal annexation of Syrian territory.

Jenan Moussa of Al-Aan Television has chronicled the protests against the …

The US-NATO Plan for Macedonia: Keep Serbia Down and Russia Out By Marcus Papadopoulos, March 09 2017

The role of the United States in the breakup of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia is often overlooked by people who are critical of Washington’s intervention in the internal affairs of independent, sovereign countries.

For it was in the

Canada’s Fake Posturing About Islamophobia By Mark Taliano, March 09 2017

The “Wahhabi” ideology, instrumentalized by the West and its allies to grow terrorism, is the polar opposite to the religion of Islam as practiced and taught, for example, by Syria’s Grand Mufti, or by Dr. Bouthaina Shaaban, political and media

Trump’s Pay or Die Healthcare Plan By Stephen Lendman, March 09 2017

Proposed Trumpcare is a boon to America’s privileged and sickness industry, a bane for most others – leaving millions more uninsured than under Obamacare.

The plan released Monday will likely be revised before Congress votes on it later this year. …

Selected Articles: The Resilience of Palestinian Women, CIA’s Hacking Achievements, Kim Jong-nam: Dubious Murder Story By Global Research News, March 08 2017
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Palestinian Women – One for All, All for One

By Dr. Vacy Vlazna, March 08 2017

Three comrades in the fight for freedom, Hanin Zoabi, Ahed Tamimi, Samah Sabawi hailing from the fractured body of Palestine – 1948 occupied

South Korea President to be Impeached? By Seok Jin-hwan, March 08 2017

Massive protests in South Korea are barely covered by the Western media. More than 15 million have demonstrated against president Park who is supported by Washington (M. Ch. GR Editor)

Public opinion poll shows that support for Park’s impeachment has

Let’s Give the CIA the Credit It Deserves. “America’s Fantastic Hacking Achievements” By Norman Solomon, March 08 2017

For months now, our country has endured the tacit denigration of American ingenuity. Countless statements — from elected officials, activist groups, journalists and many others — have ignored our nation’s superb blend of dazzling high-tech capacities and statecraft mendacities. 

Fortunately, …

CIA Leak: “Russian Election Hackers” May Work at Langley (i.e. CIA Headquarters) By Moon of Alabama, March 08 2017

Attribution of cyber-intrusions and attacks is nearly impossible. A well executed attack can not be traced back to its culprit. If there are some trails that seem attributable one should be very cautions following them. They are likely faked.

Hundreds …

Legal Action against South Korean ROK Government. Korean Committee to Save the Victims of ‘Lawmaker Lee Seok-ki Insurrection Conspiracy Case’ By Korean Committee to Save Rep. Lee Seok-ki of the Insurrection Conspiracy Case, March 08 2017

An action for damage against the state was brought by former members of the Unified Progressive Party(UPP) that was forcibly dissolved.

A thousand of former members of the UPP bring an action for damages against the state. According to the …

The Ever-Growing List of ADMITTED False Flag Attacks By Washington's Blog, March 08 2017

The following instances are carefully documented by the author indicating sources and references. Some of the instances presented are subject to debate and interpretation (GR Editor)

Presidents, Prime Ministers, Congressmen, Generals, Soldiers and Police ADMIT to False Flag Terror

In

Swedish Doctors for Human Rights: White Helmets Video, Macabre Manipulation of Dead Children and Staged Chemical Weapons Attack to Justify a “No-Fly Zone” in Syria By Prof. Marcello Ferrada de Noli, March 08 2017

An examination of a White Helmets video, conducted by Swedish medical doctors, specialists in various fields, including paediatrics, have revealed that the life-saving procedures seen in the film are incorrect – in fact life-threatening – or simply fake, including simulated

Discussion of the Syrian Constitution: Preliminary Results By Sophie Mangal, March 08 2017

The political settlement of the Syrian crisis in the wake of the meetings in Astana in mid-February. The agenda included such issues as counter-terrorism, the transitional period, the preparation to the general election and the draft constitution of 2017.

The

CIA Documents Reveal Agency Spying On Us Through Our Computers, Phones and TVs By Washington's Blog, March 08 2017
The United States and the “Russian Devil”: 1917-2017 By William Blum, March 08 2017

Conservatives have had a very hard time getting over President Trump’s much-repeated response to Fox News anchor Bill O’Reilly’s calling Russian president Vladimir Putin “a killer”. Replied Trump: “There are a lot of killers. We have a lot of killers.

Washington’s Benevolent Mask Is Disintegrating. Humanity at Risk. The Unspoken Dangers of Russophobia By Dr. Paul Craig Roberts, March 08 2017

The few weeks of Trump’s presidency suffice to make clear that there will be no change this time either.  Normal relations with Russia are on the back burner, if not off the stove.  The material needs of the military/security complex

Trump’s New Travel Ban, Demonization of Muslims By Stephen Lendman, March 08 2017

His new executive order, issued Monday, reworked his earlier one – rejected at the federal district and appeals court levels.

How this one fares remains to be seen. It’ll likely be challenged. Like the earlier one, it’s all about politics, …

Palestinian Women – One for All, All for One By Dr. Vacy Vlazna, March 08 2017

“Palestinian women have always stood side by side with their fathers, brothers, husbands, comrades to resist the Zionist occupation, to fight for freedom and legitimate rights.

They are the first to go to the streets to protest the brutality of

Julian Mayfield, African-American Rights and “Independent Ghana” By Abayomi Azikiwe, March 08 2017

March 6 represents the 60th anniversary of the independence of the former British colony of the Gold Coast. The country was renamed Ghana at independence in order to reclaim the glorious accomplishments of the ancient kingdom in West Africa which

Syrian War Report: Military Escalation In Northern Syria, Turkey’s Fights US Supported YPG By South Front, March 08 2017

On Monday, the Jaish al-Islam militant group, known to be supported by Saudi Arabia, launched missiles against government forces positions in the Damascus countryside. Jaish al-Islam allegedly captured some missiles in the Qalamoun area in 2013. The usage of these

Wikileaks Unveils ‘Vault 7’: “The Largest Ever Publication Of Confidential CIA Documents”; Another Snowden Emerges By Zero Hedge, March 08 2017

WikiLeaks has published what it claims is the largest ever release of confidential documents on the CIA. It includes more than 8,000 documents as part of ‘Vault 7’, a series of leaks on the agency, which have allegedly emerged from

US Contemplates Attack against North Korea By Alex Gorka, March 08 2017

The fact that the White House is seriously weighing the option of using military force against North Korea is an obvious deviation from what President Donald Trump said during the election campaign. He promised that the US would keep away

Donald Trump’s Greatest Allies Are the Liberal Elites By Chris Hedges, March 08 2017

The liberal elites, who bear significant responsibility for the death of our democracy, now hold themselves up as the saviors of the republic. They have embarked, despite their own corruption and their complicity in neoliberalism and the crimes of empire,

Top NSA Whistleblower: Intelligence Agencies DID Spy On Trump By Washington's Blog, March 08 2017

Trump claims that the Obama administration bugged Trump Tower before the election.

Sound nutty?

Perhaps … but former Attorney General Michael Mukasey said that Trump is probably right that Trump Tower was bugged (by the Justice Department, not Obama personally).…

The Dubious Story of the Murder of Kim Jong-nam, Brother of DPRK Leader Kim Jong-un By Stansfield Smith, March 08 2017

In the West, even among people who consider themselves not susceptible to government-corporate media propaganda, any wild story about North Korea can be taken as credible. We should ask ourselves why that is the case, given what we know about

Syrian War Report: Government Forces Rapidly Advancing In Aleppo Province By South Front, March 08 2017

Syrian government troops deployed to the areas controlled by Kurdish forces in the countryside of Manbij on March 3, according to the Russian Defense Ministry. According to the report, Syrian troops have been deployed in the area south and southwest