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Xenophobia in American Politics: The “Know Nothing Party” of the 1850s and the Trump-Pence Neo-Fascist Republican Agenda for 2017 By Dr. Gary G. Kohls, February 09 2017

Glossary

Xenophobia = an intense or irrational dislike or fear of people from other countries

Nativism = the policy of protecting the interests of native-born or established inhabitants against those of immigrants

 Summaries of the First 4 Points of Lawrence

The “American Dream” and the “Invisible Empire”: Donald Trump as “Anti-Woodrow Wilson”? By Dr. T. P. Wilkinson, February 09 2017

A century ago, a Southern academic and racist emerged in Europe and the United States as a crusader to “make the world safe for democracy”.1 Wilson had been elected president in 1913, year before Europe’s imperialists plunged the world

Fidel Castro’s Historical Legacy: Defiance of US Imperialism By Arnold August, February 09 2017

The last week of January holds special significance for Cubans, and indeed for the progressive men and women around the world. This year, January 25 marks the second month since the passing of Fidel Castro (who can forget November 25,

Selected Articles: Neoliberalism and the New World Order, Trump and The Deep State, Israeli Spies in London Exposed By Global Research News, February 08 2017
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Neoliberalism and the New World Order. IMF-World Bank “Reforms”, The Role of Wall Street

By Prof Michel Chossudovsky and Bonnie Faulkner, February 08 2017

Today we discuss global financial war as outlined in Professor Chossudovsky’s article “Wall Street Behind

Castigating Trump for Truth-Telling: “You Think Our Country’s So Innocent?” By Robert Parry, February 08 2017

Gaining acceptance in Official Washington is a lot like getting admittance into a secret society’s inner sanctum by uttering some nonsensical password. In Washington to show you belong, you must express views that are patently untrue or blatantly hypocritical.

For …

US Appeals Court to Rule on Restoration of Anti-Muslim Travel Ban By Patrick Martin, February 08 2017

The Trump administration argued Tuesday for the restoration of its temporary ban on visitors from seven Muslim-majority countries and refugees from any country in an hour-long court hearing conducted by telephone.

A three-judge panel of the Ninth Circuit Court of …

Urban Homelessness in Toronto By Yogi Acharya, February 08 2017

Eighty people have died in the last two years as a direct result of homelessness in Toronto. That’s one homeless person dying every 10 days. In 1985, people fighting homelessness started keeping track of these senseless, and entirely preventable deaths.

Large-scale Offensive by Ukrainian Armed Forces against Donbass: Propaganda vs. Reality By South Front, February 08 2017

Media coverage of the recent escalation in the Donbass region in eastern Ukraine has once again shown that mainstream media provides a slanted view on the military situation in the region. It is especially interesting to observe how various mainstream

Towards the Defeat of the Islamic State: Syrian Forces Physically Cut Off Last ISIS-Daesh Supply Line To Al-Bab By South Front, February 08 2017

The Syrian army’s Tiger Forces and the National Defense Forces (NDF), supported by the Russian Aerospace Forces, have retaken the village of Ma`zulah, the Hawarah Hill, Abu Jabbar, and Birat al-Bab from ISIS terrorists in the area southeast of al-Bab

Israel’s Settlers Clear Path to Annexation with New Land Law By Jonathan Cook, February 08 2017

The Israeli parliament passed the legalisation law on Monday night – a piece of legislation every bit as suspect as its title suggests. The law widens the powers of Israeli officials to seize the final fragments of Palestinian land in

PROOF that Russia and Iran Want War! By Washington's Blog, February 08 2017

The following graphics prove that Russia and Iran want war:

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Credit: Al Jazeera and Google

These bad people are putting their countries closer and closer to our …

The Media is Ignoring Leaked US-Government Documents on Syria By Ian Sinclair, February 08 2017

Discussing western reporting of the Syrian war, veteran Middle East correspondent Patrick Cockburn recently noted “fabricated news and one-sided reporting have taken over the news agenda to a degree probably not seen since the First World War”.

Professor Piers Robinson,

As Netanyahu and Theresa May Chat, a Large Nest of Israeli Spies in London Exposed By Craig Murray, February 08 2017

The Israeli Embassy has seventeen Israeli “technical and administrative staff” granted visas by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. The normal number for an Embassy that size would be about two. I spoke to two similar size non-EU Embassies this morning,

Belgian Parliamentarian: Mainstream Media Lying About Syria By Sputnik, February 08 2017

Belgian politician Filip Dewinter, who was the head of the Belgian parliamentarian delegation which visited Syrian Aleppo on Monday, told Sputnik that the mainstream media is distorting the truth about Syria. After visiting a hospital, he learned that it

The US Secretive Government’s “Kill List”: How About NOBODY Should Be “Authorized To Assassinate US Citizens” By Caitlin Johnstone, February 08 2017

There’s a viral copypasta going around social media claiming that the National Security Council position President Trump is attempting to push Steve Bannon into entails authority over a secretive government “kill list” which authorizes assassinations of enemies of the US

U.S. Senate Approves Billionaire Enemy of Public Schools as Secretary of Education By Niles Niemuth, February 08 2017

Billionaire Betsy DeVos was confirmed as secretary of education by vote of 51 to 50 in the Senate Tuesday with Vice President Mike Pence casting the tie-breaking vote, marking the first time in US history that such a vote was

Things Will Get Worse Until the U.S. Stops Lying About Crimea By Eric Zuesse, February 08 2017

Unless the U.S. government’s lies about Crimea — the ‘Russia seized Crimea’ narratives — become acknowledged to be lies, war between the U.S. and Russia can only continue to become increasingly likely, because the world is sliding toward World War

Massacres of Muslims: In Canada Condemned, In Yemen Condoned By Christopher Black, February 08 2017

The massacre of Muslims in Canada at a Quebec City mosque on Sunday, January 29, raises a number of questions about what happened but also raises deep questions of morality and justice since the massacre of Muslims in Canada is

Hearsay Extrapolated – Amnesty Claims Mass Executions In Syria, Provides Zero Proof By Moon of Alabama, February 08 2017

A new Amnesty International report claims that the Syrian government hanged between 5,000 and 13,000 prisoners in a military prison in Syria. The evidence for that claim is flimsy, based on hearsay of anonymous people outside of Syria. The numbers

America: The Dismal Cartography of the Pre-Fascist State By Prof. Richard Falk, February 08 2017

Points of Departure

Listening to Donald Trump’s inaugural speech on January 20th led me to muse about what it might mean to live in a pre-fascist state. After reflecting on key passages and conversations with friends, I came to the

Fake and Deceptive News: “Trump’s Executive Order On Childhood Vaccination” is Fake By Global Research News, February 08 2017

We bring to the attention of our readers the following:

“On 6 February 2017, the Houston Leader web site published an article  reporting that President Trump had enacted a 90-day ban on childhood vaccinations via executive order”(Snopes)  This …

Trump Scraps The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) for Bilateral “Free Trade” By Dr. Jack Rasmus, February 08 2017

Less than a week after assuming office, President Donald Trump signed an executive order abandoning the 12 nation Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade agreement negotiated by former President Barack Obama, but not yet ratified by the U.S. Congress. He then quickly

Québec City Murder of Muslims, Islamophobia is Rooted in the “War on Terror” By Ken Stone and Ann Garrison, February 08 2017

An interview with Ken Stone by Ann Garrison

The Hamilton Coalition to Stop the War (HCSW) issued a statement on the murder of 6 Muslim worshipers and the wounding of 19 more at a mosque in Québec City, Québec, on

9/11 and the Transporter Jihad By Bonnie Faulkner, Prof Mark Crispin Miller, J. Michael Springmann, and Wayne Madsen, February 08 2017

Three presentations from the Justice In Focus 9/11 Conference at Cooper Union in New York City on September 10th, hosted by New York University Professor of Media, Culture and Communication, Mark Crispin Miller.

Trial Attorney, Lionel, on 9/11 and

Selected Articles: End of the Trump Administration?, U.N. Nuclear Weapon Ban Forum, Queen Mother Moore’s Revolutionary Legacy By Global Research News, February 07 2017
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Is The Trump Administration Already Over?

By Dr. Paul Craig Roberts, February 07 2017

Hopes for the Trump administration are not burning brightly. Trump’s military chief, Gen. Mattis, is turning out to be true to his “mad dog” nickname.

Queen Mother Moore (1898-1997): A Legacy of Revolutionary Resistance By Abayomi Azikiwe, February 07 2017

One leading figure in the 20th century movement for African liberation in the United States and around the world is Audley Eloise Moore, widely known as Queen Mother Moore. Her efforts spanned the era of Jim Crow in the

Trump Team Has Ties to Atlantic Coast Pipeline Now Being Pushed by White House By Steve Horn and Itai Vardi, February 07 2017

On January 25, President Donald Trump’s team listed the Atlantic Coast pipeline among the White House’s top priorities for infrastructure projects, an attempt to deliver on his campaign promise to invest in U.S infrastructure programs.

Of the 50 on the …

U.N. Nuclear Weapon Ban May Be Last Exit Before Extreme Tolls for Humanity By Andrew Kishner, February 07 2017

In just a few weeks from now, the first hints of a new spring will emerge in a thawing U.S. metropolis as diplomats seek shelter from chilly winds and collectively brainstorm on how to ward off the threat of a

Israel Legalizes Palestinian Land Theft: ‘Entire Land Is Ours’ By Telesur, February 07 2017

Israel passed a law Monday retroactively legalizing about 4,000 settler homes built on privately-owned Palestinian land in the occupied West Bank, a measure that human rights groups have called “theft” and one that would end any hopes for Palestinian statehood.

Amnesty Claims Mass Executions In Syria, Provides Zero Proof By Moon of Alabama, February 07 2017

A new Amnesty International report claims that the Syrian government hanged between 5,000 and 13,000 prisoners in a military prison in Syria. The evidence for that claim is flimsy, based on hearsay of anonymous people outside of Syria. The numbers

Oliver Stone Calls on President Trump To “Declassify” All Secret Documents on Ukraine Conflict By Alex Christoforou, February 07 2017
The Obama Administration, with the help of the CIA, cleverly diluted the fact they they violently overthrew the democratically elected government in Ukraine, and encouraged the illegal, putsch government to attack its own citizens in the east of the country.
President Al-Assad to Belgian Media: Cooperation between the US and Russia Is Going to Be Positive for the Rest of the World, including Syria By Bashar al Assad, February 07 2017

President Bashar al-Assad stressed that Syria is owned by the Syrians and that the peace is two things: fighting terrorists and terrorism, stopping the flowing of terrorism, every kind of logistical support. Second, dialogue between the Syrians to decide the

New Radiation Level at Fukushima Dwarfs the Highest Peak at Chernobyl By Washington's Blog, February 07 2017

The Fukushima Disaster

We noted a few days after the Japanese earthquake that the amount of radioactive fuel at Fukushima dwarfs that at Chernobyl … and that the cesium fallout from Fukushima already rivaled Chernobyl (we also noted that Fukushima …

Trump Blurts Out the Truth about US Killings and the Media Goes Wild By Bill Van Auken, February 07 2017

The furor unleashed by the remarks of President Donald Trump in response to Fox News commentator Bill O’Reilly’s calling Russian President Vladimir Putin “a killer” during an interview broadcast Sunday has continued to reverberate, drawing hypocritical condemnations from leading figures

Executive Orders and Airport Protests: Trump Clashes With The CIA By Caleb Maupin, February 07 2017

Trump signed an executive order. Airports filled up with protesters. The media screamed about a Muslim ban. Federal Judges intervened. Anger and chaos erupted.

What is actually going on? The answers from both sides of the political spectrum are loaded …

Monsanto’s Communications Guru to Visit the UK: Instead of Promoting GM, Take Responsibility for Your Company’s Actions in Wales By Colin Todhunter, February 07 2017

Monsanto is preparing a fresh effort to promote genetically modified (GM) crops to the UK public, according to a piece in The Scottish Farmer. The article notes the company recently appointed former World Bank communications strategist Vance Crowe as …

Vaccines: Threads of Corruption By Alan Phillips J.D., February 07 2017

Attorney Alan Phillips, whose practice specializes in vaccine exemption law, lays out the case for legislative activism to counter the wave of coercive state legislation mandating extensive vaccination of children, and the elimination of choice.

The 1986 National Childhood

Save Lee: The Korean Committee to Save the Victims of ‘Lawmaker Lee Seok-ki Insurrection Conspiracy Case’ By Kim Min-woong, February 07 2017

Cry in the Square

“It’s the fourth winter after I became the wife of a person who committed severe crime, rebellion. “

”I long for a day I can say.”

Six victims including my husband are still in prison in …

Trump Foreign Policy in Turmoil By Renee Parsons, February 07 2017

Within days of the flawed roll-out for Trump’s Executive Orders regarding Border Security and Immigration Enforcement Improvements and Enhancing Public Safety in the Interior of the United States, the President’s promises on the campaign trail and his Inaugural Address

Is The Trump Administration Already Over? By Dr. Paul Craig Roberts, February 07 2017

Hopes for the Trump administration are not burning brightly. Trump’s military chief, Gen. Mattis, is turning out to be true to his “mad dog” nickname. He has just declared that Iran “is the single biggest state sponsor of terrorism in

Undermining Democracy – Corporate Media Bias on Jeremy Corbyn; Boris Johnson and Syria By Media Lens, February 07 2017

Are we able to prove the existence of a corporate media campaign to undermine British democracy? Media analysis is not hard science, but in this alert we provide compelling evidence that such a campaign does indeed exist.

Compare coverage of …

Selected Articles: Eva Bartlett on Syria, Trump For a War on Iran?, Fukushima Radiation Levels Soar By Global Research News, February 06 2017
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What’s Happening in Syria? The Media “Kills the Truth”, “Terrorism” is Described as “Moderate Opposition”: Eva Bartlett

By Eva Bartlett, February 05 2017

Canadian independent journalist Eva Bartlett is the object of a smear campaign by Canada’s mainstream media. 

Portland in a Storm: A Case Study of Confronting the Human Impacts of Abrupt Climate Change By Michael Welch, February 06 2017

The growing homelessness emergency represents a humanitarian crisis and I view it as a moral imperative that we make treating it a top priority. We cannot call ourselves a progressive community while so many people are living – and

Syria: Government Troops Clash With ISIS Near Palmyra By South Front, February 06 2017

Near the ancient city of Palmyra in the province of Homs, army and NDF troops, supported by attack helicopters, are clashing with ISIS terrorists in the areas of the Jihar field, the Jazal field and Abo Kula Dam. Earlier government

Canada’s Hypocritical Response to Trump’s Anti-Muslim Order By Roger Jordan, February 06 2017

US President Donald Trump’s January 27 executive order banning travel to the US from seven majority Muslim countries and halting all refugee approvals for 120 days has prompted a hypocritical and duplicitous response from Canada’s Liberal government.

The day the …

US Defence Secretary Backs Japan, Threatens War against China over Disputed Islets By Peter Symonds, February 06 2017

US Defence Secretary James Mattis provoked a hostile response from China when he assured his Japanese counterpart Tomomi Inada on Saturday that the US alliance with Japan covered the disputed islets in the East China Sea known as Senkaku in

The Courts versus Donald Trump: Travel Ban Suspended By Dr. Binoy Kampmark, February 06 2017

The resilience of the US legal system is being tested in the first great and continuing confrontation between the Trump administration and his marshalled opponents. The battle is testing the Republic to its limits, pitting views of sovereign will and

Indonesia’s Sumatra: Unspoken “Environmental Genocide” By Andre Vltchek, February 06 2017

Outside Southeast Asia, few people know of Palembang, a city on Sumatra, the sixth largest island in the world. A gloomy and immense city, with almost two million inhabitants, most of them living in cramped and squalid conditions.

The tropical

The Charge of the Right Tirade By Dr. T. P. Wilkinson, February 06 2017

Half a tweet, half a tweet
A megabyte onward
All in the valley of Death
Chased by the hundreds
“Forward the Right Tirade!”
“Non-whites are the ones” he said
Into the valley of Death
They fled by the hundreds.

“Forward, …

Trump: Trumpeting For a War on Iran? By Soraya Sepahpour-Ulrich, February 06 2017

The Trump Administration’s rhetoric and actions have alarmed the world.  The protests in response to his visa ban have overshadowed and distracted from a darker threat: war with Iran.   Is the fear of the threat greater than the threat itself? 

Media Disinformation on Purported Aleppo Atrocities Fits Historical Pattern By Matt Peppe, February 06 2017

It has been several months since the barrage of nightmarish reports about the horrors in East Aleppo as the government army prepared to drive out the remaining rebels from the city in mid December. Purported “activists” posted their “goodbye

Meet The Awan Brothers – The (Not-Russian) IT Staff Who Allegedly Hacked Congress’ Computer Systems By Zero Hedge, February 06 2017

In an ironic twist, it appears it may not have been ‘The Russians’ that hacked America’s political system last year. As The Daily Caller reports, three brothers (Abid, Imran, and Jamal Awan) who managed office IT for members of the

Radiation Levels in the Fukushima Reactor Are Soaring Unexpectedly By Fiona Macdonald, February 06 2017

Radiation is at its highest since the 2011 meltdown.

The radiation levels inside Japan’s damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear reactor No. 2 have soared in recent weeks, reaching a maximum of 530 sieverts per hour, a number experts have called “…

Trump Travel Ban: US Court Rejects Bid to Reinstate Trump Travel Ban #MuslimBan By Middle East Eye, February 06 2017

Trump denounces judge who lifted travel ban, as airlines begin allowing passengers back on US flights

A US federal appeals court early Sunday rejected a request by the Department of Justice to immediately reinstate President Donald Trump’s travel ban.

Trump’s …

Russia, Ukraine – Neocon Ceasefire Sabotage Fails To Change Trump’s Mind By Moon of Alabama, February 06 2017

There are serious signs that the Trump administration will continue to seek better relations with Russia. It declines to get involved in the hustling in Ukraine. It is ready to give up on the catastrophic regime-change agenda the neocons implemented

US-led Coalition Destroys Drinking Water Lines In Raqqa By Jamila Assi, February 06 2017

Once again, US-led coalition targets local infrastructure in Syria causing damage to civil life instead of eliminating terrorism. Yet, marches worldwide continue to support redundant causes that ignore lives of millions besieged in their own homes because of terrorism.

The …

Is Trump Making America Safe or Unsafe? A Scorecard By Stephen Lendman, February 06 2017

The short answer is it’s too soon to tell. His Office of the Press Secretary claims otherwise, saying “(i)n only two weeks, President Trump delivers on his promise to make America safe again.”

It cites Iranian sanctions along with putting …

What’s Happening in Syria? The Media “Kills the Truth”, “Terrorism” is Described as “Moderate Opposition”: Eva Bartlett By Eva Bartlett, February 05 2017

Canadian independent journalist Eva Bartlett is the object of a smear campaign by Canada’s mainstream media.

Listen to what she has to say and then decide who is telling the truth.

The mainstream media denies the existence of terrorists linked

Breaking: Iranian Media: “Trump Is on Course to Break Us” By Andrew Korybko, February 05 2017

Last week Andrew Korybko gave an extensive interview to the leading Iranian news agency Mashregh (part Ipart II). He talked about the Eurasian dimension of his Hybrid Warfare theory, Syria crisis, Obama’s latent agenda to

Canada and the Politics of Islamophobia By J. B. Gerald, February 05 2017

The Government also promises Aboriginal people they will be welcome in their own land, with clean water, health care, safe places to live, a future. These are not forthcoming. Many Aboriginal people remain less well treated than refugees. So many

The Roots of the Refugee Situation and “Muslim Terrorist Problem”: The Geopolitical U.S. Foreign Policy Landscape By Ghada Chehade, February 05 2017

This post is a follow-up to my previous article on the refugee situation in the United States. For me, this is not about Trump. The fact that I even have to say this shows how anti-intellectual and devoid of rational

U.S. Imperialism in Asia: Trump Administration Set to Expand South China Sea Conflict By Joseph Thomas, February 05 2017

Triumphalism followed the election of US President Donald Trump, particularly among those opposed to US foreign policy under US President Barack Obama. In particular, hope was rekindled that America would withdraw from the many, provocative conflicts it was cultivating, ranging

U.S Army’s “Future Combat System” (FCS) and Ground Combat Capabilities, Military Analysis By Brian Kalman, Daniel Deiss, and Edwin Watson, February 05 2017

The U.S. Army has been plagued with costly acquisition failures in recent decades, chief amongst them the Future Combat System (FCS) program. This $200 billion program initiated in 2000, the largest U.S. military acquisition program ever attempted, failed to produce

Trump’s National Security Adviser Puts Iran “On Notice;” Foreshadowing Of War By Brandon Turbeville, February 05 2017

The new boss is now starting to look extremely similar to the old boss. Today, February 2, Donald Trump’s National Security Advisor, rabid anti-Iran warmonger, Michael Flynn, delivered a stern and open warning to Iran, officially “putting Iran on notice.”

America’s Global Military Buildup: “They Have No Reason to Consider Us a Threat. We are Not Looking for Conflict with Russia” By William Blum, February 05 2017

“Why, sometimes I’ve believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast.” – Alice in Wonderland

“Since Yalta, we have a long list of times we’ve tried to engage positively with Russia. We have a relatively short list of successes

Karl Rove’s Prophecy: “We’re an Empire Now, and When We Act, We Create our Own Reality” By Karel van Wolferen, February 05 2017

In a famous exchange between a high official at the court of George W. Bush and journalist Ron Susskind, the official – later acknowledged to have been Karl Rove – takes the journalist to task for working in “the reality-based

U.S. Should Ship The “Statue of Liberty” Back to France By Eric Zuesse, February 05 2017

Today’s America is a mockery of it. Lady Liberty weeps now. So, let’s ship her back from whence she came, and maybe Europeans will like the symbolism of it.  After all: we got it from Europe, just like we got

Cold War Redux: The “Fake Information Age” By Dr. Binoy Kampmark, February 05 2017

The great tedium of history is that those who refuse to acknowledge its immemorial works tend to see exceptional events everywhere.  The next event of terror is singular; the next act of technology inspired hacking is remarkable.

Listening to the …

The Dirty Truth Behind the World Bank’s “Commitments” on Climate Change By Bretton Woods Project, February 05 2017

The negative development impact of the International Finance Corporation’s (IFC, the World Bank’s private sector arm) investments in financial intermediaries (FIs) has once again been brought to light (see Observer Spring 2014). An October 2016 report, Disaster for us

Martin Luther King’s Legacy: The Movement against National Oppression and Economic Injustice By Abayomi Azikiwe, February 05 2017

During 1967-8 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. sought to articulate a deeper program for the movement against national oppression and economic injustice

Just three weeks prior to the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., on March 14, 1968, the …

US Embassy Relocation to Jerusalem ‘a War Crime’ By Jonathan Cook, February 04 2017

Analysts fear mixed signals from Trump administration may conceal a plan allowing the US ambassador to work out of Jerusalem 

From the windows of the grey, cube-shaped building that houses the US embassy in Tel Aviv, staff enjoy an undisturbed …

Moscow’s Proposed Draft Constitution for Syria Is Questionable By Sophie Mangal, February 04 2017

The Russian-proposed constitution for Syria is raising a storm in Media. Not only the opposition but the governmental circles are discussing it. Many forums are endlessly debating its 85-controversial articles. Some Syrians feel insulted by a charter authored by one

Trump’s Press Secretary Falsely Accuses Iran of Attacking U.S. Navy Vessel, “an Act of War” By Zaid Jilani and Alex Emmons, February 04 2017

White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer asserted at Thursday’s press briefing that Iran had attacked a U.S. naval vessel, as part of his argument defending the administration’s bellicose announcement that Iran is “on notice.”

National Security Adviser Michael Flynn on …

Trump Threatens Palestinians. Supports “Greater Israel”? By Stephen Lendman, February 04 2017

Trump has a blind spot when it comes to China, Iran and long-suffering Palestinians, apparently bent on continuing hostile policies – not a good thing. There’s no good ending to this scenario if it persists.

He warned Palestinians against suing

Border Battles: Scapegoating Immigrants Isn’t New By Greg Guma, February 04 2017

This isn’t the first time that the US has been in the grip of an anti-immigrant fever. Twenty year ago, for example, then-California Gov. Pete Wilson announced that undocumented pregnant women should be denied prenatal care. His underlying message then

Radiation Levels Are Soaring inside the Damaged Fukushima Nuclear Plant By George Dvorsky, February 04 2017

Radiation levels inside a damaged reactor at Japan’s Fukushima nuclear plant have hit a record high, and are the worst since the plant suffered a triple meltdown nearly six years ago. The latest readings now pose a serious challenge as

Netanyahu Scandals Reflect Corruption at the Heart of Israeli Society By Jonathan Cook, February 04 2017

Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu is in danger of being brought down, possibly soon, over what initially appears to be little more than an imprudent taste for Cuban cigars and pink champagne.

In truth, however, the allegations ensnaring Netanyahu reveal …

US-Russia Confrontation? Moscow Likely to Mull Action If U.S. THAAD Missile Deployment in South Korea Goes Ahead By Yonhap News Agency, February 04 2017

Russia will consider taking countermeasures to protect its own security if the United States pushes ahead with its planned deployment of an advanced anti-missile system on South Korean soil, the country’s top envoy in Seoul said Friday.

Russian Ambassador to …

World War III? Into Uncharted Territory, Trump’s Authority to Use Nuclear Weapons: “Let it be An Arms Race. We will Outmatch Them…and Outlast Them All.” By Arms Control Association, February 04 2017

We bring to the attention of GR readers this important text by Daryl G. Kimball, Executive Director of The Arms Control Association

With the inauguration of Donald J. Trump—with his confrontational style, disdain for expert advice, and penchant for Twitter-based …

Has Trump – Who Ran On an Anti-War Platform – Already Sold Out to the Warmongers … Or Is He Just Playing Unpredictable Madman to Gain Negotiating Leverage? By Washington's Blog, February 04 2017

Conservative Patrick Buchanan – who endorsed Trump for president – writes:

High among the reasons that many supported Trump was his understanding that George W. Bush blundered horribly in launching an unprovoked and unnecessary war on Iraq.

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