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The Derogation of Justice and Human Rights in Rwanda: Open Letter to Rwanda’s Chief Justice on the Case of Dr. Léopold Munyakazi By Neil Price, November 09 2016

 Re: Republic of Rwanda v. Leopold Munyakazi                         

Dear  Chief  Justice:

Professor Munyakazi was deported from the United States of America following a decision by the United States Court of  Appeal in Richmond, Virginia. That tribunal has a legacy of racism …

China’s Naval Power: Growing Amphibious Capabilities in the South and East China Seas By Brian Kalman, Edwin Watson, and Daniel Deiss, November 09 2016

Beginning in 2006 with the launch of the vessel Kunlun Shan, China started along the road to modernizing its amphibious assault capabilities. The first vessel of the Type 071 class Amphibious Transport Dock (LPD), the Kunlun Shan, is the first

Imperial Nations Threatened by the Libyan Army Victory in Libya’s Oil Crescent By Alexandra Valiente, November 09 2016

By August 22 plans were in place to seize Libyan oil fields and ports that were under the control of the oil installation guards led by Ibrahim Jadhran who is allied with Tripoli’s government of accord, working under the command

EU Recommends Members States Ask Israel to Pay for Ruined Projects, Demolition of Buildings in West Bank By The Palestinian Information Center, November 09 2016

The European Union forum that deals with Middle East affairs is recommending that the EU’s 28 member states ask Israel to reimburse them for the demolition of buildings and infrastructure projects in Area C of the West Bank that they

Video: Syrian Army Liberates Key ISIS Controlled Areas in Aleppo City By South Front, November 09 2016

The Syrian army intensified operations against ISIS east of Palmyra yesterday evening when the Cheetah Forces, a subunit of the Syrian army’s Tiger Forces, launched a fresh push in the direction of ISIS-controlled town of Arak. By November 8, the

Syria’s ‘Peaceful’ Protests and “Freedom Bullets,” Testimony from the REAL Syria Civil Defence By Vanessa Beeley, November 09 2016

Two myths pervade the NATO-aligned accounts of the Syrian conflict with greater persistence than all others. First is the “peaceful uprising” suppressed by “violent and brutal government security forces, armed to the teeth,” and the second is the 2013 Ghouta

Donald Trump Elected President, Democrats and Liberals Freak Out By Joe Quinn, November 09 2016

Riding a wave of anti-establishment sentiment, Donald Trump has won 276 electoral votes, becoming the 45th president of the United States. His rival Hillary Clinton, the Democratic Party candidate, did not concede the election from her headquarters in New York

Selected Articles: The Coming Trump Revolution in The United States By Global Research News, November 09 2016

Trump-PencePolitical Earthquake: The Trump Revolution in The United States

By Prof Rodrigue Tremblay, November 09 2016

Trump’s rhetoric and proposals have been squarely anti-establishment and anti-status quo, both domestically and internationally. As such, Trump’s victory is a political revolution

American Liberals Unleashed the Trump Monster By Jonathan Cook, November 09 2016

The earth has been shifting under our feet for a while, but all liberals want to do is desperately cling to the status quo like a life-raft. Middle-class Britons are still hyperventiliating about Brexit, and now middle-class America is trembling

Putin on Trump Victory: Russia is Ready to Restore Relations with US By RT News, November 09 2016

Russia is ready and looks forward to restoring bilateral relations with the United States, Russian President Vladimir Putin said, commenting on the news of Donald Trump’s victory in the US presidential election.

“We heard [Trump’s] campaign rhetoric while still a

First Thoughts On The “Not-Hillary” Election Results. World War IIII Was Called Off… By Moon of Alabama, November 09 2016

So I just woke up and found that the world has changed. World War III was called off. Trump won, Clinton conceded. His victory speech is fair and integrating.

My “not Hillary” hunch for the election was right. That …

Illegal Israeli Settlers Steal Palestinian Olive Harvest By Middle East Monitor, November 09 2016

Israeli settlers stole the harvest of 400 olive trees planted on private Palestinian land, farmers in Nablus reported yesterday.

Ghassan Daghlas, a Palestinian official who monitors settlement activities in the northern West Bank, told Ma’an that more than 30 Palestinian

Here’s the WikiLeaks Bombshell on Clinton that Is Still to Come… In the Wake of Her Electoral Defeat By Pam Martens and Russ Martens, November 09 2016

Two partners at major law firms have likely been holding their breath since WikiLeaks released an email on November 1 showing that Obama had vetted Hillary Clinton for Vice President and the review came back “too critical,” thus leading Obama

Congratulations America: Have You Just Been Trumped? The Influence of Money… By Colin Todhunter, November 09 2016

I watched Donald Trump’s presidential victory speech. He spoke a lot about unity, the potential of ordinary, marginalised people and about making the US great again. He spoke about rebuilding the nation’s infrastructure, creating jobs and about finding common ground

Russian Navy Is Ready to Strike Terrorists in Aleppo By South Front, November 09 2016

The Russian Navy’s aircraft carrier group is ready to launch military strikes targeting terrorists in the province of Aleppo in the next 24 hours, Gazeta.ru reported Tuesday, citing a source in the Russian Ministry of Defense.

The attack will likely

Will Improved US-Russia Relations Follow Trump’s Electoral Triumph? “Will Putin Become my New Best Friend?” By Stephen Lendman, November 09 2016

The greatest risk of a Hillary electoral triumph was possible nuclear war on Russia – perhaps China and Iran to follow. Her defeat lets peace activists exhale for the first time in the campaign – but not relax.

He wants …

Hillary versus Donald: Ding Dong, The Witch Is Dead! Victory for the Wizard of Oz! By Diana Johnstone, November 09 2016

“There’s no place like home.”

That’s the lesson. Even when home is Kansas.

The real meaning of this election is not, as bitterly disappointed Hillary supporters still maintain with tears in their eyes and fear in their throats, a victory

Political Earthquake: The Trump Revolution in The United States By Prof Rodrigue Tremblay, November 09 2016

“When you give [money to politicians], they do whatever the hell you want them to do… As a businessman, I need that.” Donald J. Trump (1946- ), in an interview to the Wall Street Journal, July 29, 2015.…

Trump’s Win Wasn’t Ideological. It Was Brilliant By Eric Zuesse, November 09 2016

CNN explained well “5 surprising lessons from Trump’s astonishing win”, and the historic crushing failure of traditional Presidential-year American politics, but it really boils down to one simple fact: In the battleground states, where most of the advertising dollars

Billionaire and Real Estate Mogul Donald Trump Wins US Presidential Election By Patrick Martin, November 09 2016

CNN reported at about 2:45 AM Eastern Standard Time that Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton had made a concession call to her Republican opponent Donald Trump, acknowledging that the billionaire real estate mogul had won the presidential election in a

Vote Machines Audit Function Disabled – and Worse By Greg Palast, November 09 2016

For two decades, computer touch-screen voting machines have been derided as “push and pray” voting. You had to take it on faith that the machine records your vote as you intend. The machines lacked a “paper record” to audit and

Reasons to Risk Nuclear Annihilation By Robert Parry, November 09 2016

Obviously, I never wanted to see a nuclear war, which would likely kill not only me but my children, grandchildren, relatives, friends and billions of others. We’d be incinerated in the blast or poisoned by radiation or left to starve

Donald Trump, After Blasting Iraq War, Picks Top Iraq Hawk James Woolsey as National Security Adviser By Alex Emmons and Naomi LaChance, November 09 2016

Donald Trump named former CIA director and extremist neoconservative James Woolsey his senior adviser on national security issues on Monday. Woolsey, who left the CIA in 1995, went on to become one of Washington’s most outspoken promoters of U.S. war

Anti-Russia Hysteria, Moscow Election-Rigging: Hillary Clinton’s Exploits in McCarthyism By James W Carden, November 09 2016

Now that the 2016 election campaign is at long last over, an examination of the reckless, fact-free, innuendo-laden McCarthyite rhetoric which Hillary Clinton’s campaign surrogates deployed over the past several months is in order.

The first and most obvious point …

Trump’s Victory, “Stripping and Flipping” the Vote, Election Report from Ohio By Bob Fitrakis and Michael Welch, November 09 2016

Global Research’s Michael Welch reports from Columbus, Ohio

The pontificating about what happened on the evening of November 8, 2016 has begun, and will no doubt continue for years to come.

The mechanics of ‘stripping and flipping’ the vote is

President-Elect Trump: Hillary Lost because Power Brokers decided She was Damaged Goods By Stephen Lendman, November 09 2016
A night to remember! Talk about an Alfred Hitchcock ending! A future Hollywood film awaits about this year’s campaign. Other than for Trump diehards, the ending was a real shocker, following months of one-sided media pro-Hillary advocacy...
Who is Donald Trump? Why the US Globalist Elites Dread President-Elect Donald Trump By Joachim Hagopian, November 09 2016

This article was first published in March 2016 under the title

Ruling Elite Grows Desperate to Destroy Trump’s Presidential Bid

In the wake of the November 8 elections, it is important to reflect upon the prospects of a Trump presidency…

Hillary Clinton Bribed FBI Official, Received Money from State Sponsors of Terrorism, Trump in the Lead to becoming President of the United States By Prof Michel Chossudovsky, November 09 2016

As we go to press, Donald Trump is leading to becoming the next president of the United States, with a tense battle in the so-called swing states. 

We have published several articles on the role of FBI director Comey’s  letters

Breaking: Faulty Election Machines in Ohio. Global Research Report By Bob Fitrakis and Michael Welch, November 09 2016

Global Research’s Michael Welch reports on Faulty Election Machines in Ohio which is a Battleground State

Late afternoon on election day, Prof. Bob Fitrakis received calls from election observers in Columbia. OH. (Eastern Ohio)

Several election machines were causing complications …

FBI Director Comey’s “Flip Flop” Two Days before Election Succumbs to Pressures from Above…. By Joachim Hagopian, November 09 2016

With each near daily bombshell blast in the final two weeks before the US presidential election on November 8th, millions of Americans desiring to understand the real truth of the “bigger picture” are consumed in speculation overdrive to

Breaking: Ohio Battleground State: Voter Registration Problems, Voting Machines Breaking Down. Global Research Reporter Michael Welch By Michael Welch, November 08 2016

When Prof. Bob Fitrakis visited  Ward 55B, in the largely black inner-city district  this morning he indicated improvements over the 2004 elections. No significant line-ups, or frustrated voters in evidence at that time. 

The Driving Park Polling Station, not too …

Nine Ways the U.S. Voting System Is Rigged But Not Against Donald Trump By Jon Schwarz, November 08 2016

DONALD TRUMP IS right — the U.S. voting system is totally rigged!

It’s not rigged against him, though. It’s rigged against people without much money, and people who are members of any number of minority groups.

Some of the rigging

Al Qaeda will Vote for Hillary on November 8 …. By Prof Michel Chossudovsky, November 08 2016

Image:  Fake photo of Hillary Clinton shaking hands with Osama. 2007 Photoshop contest by FreakingNews.com

First published on November 4, 2016

Al Qaeda is a fan of the Clintons who have supported them for more than twenty years. And before

Did FBI Director Comey Seal the Election for Hillary Clinton? Eleventh Hour Con Job or Something Else? By Larry Chin, November 08 2016
It took the FBI some 12 months to barely begin to analyze 30,000 emails. And these are still being analyzed. Comey assertion is that 650,000 emails were fully reviewed in just 8 days....
Sweden’s Business with Clinton Foundation in a Geopolitical Context By Prof. Marcello Ferrada de Noli, November 08 2016

Ensuing a brief characterization of ties maintained between Sweden and the Hillary Clinton-led US Department, and summarily reviewing the Swedish political and media consensus on this and related issues, I present a list of Swedish state-owned and private companies contributing

Land of the Free? Harvard Study Ranks America Worst in the West for Fair Elections By Claire Bernish, November 08 2016

As if further proof could possibly be needed of the sorry state of the American electoral process, a new study just ranked the United States dead last in electoral integrity among established Western democracies.

The Electoral Integrity Project (EIP)’s 2015

As Americans Vote, Will Hackers Pounce? By Laura Colarusso, November 08 2016

Panelists at Kennedy School discuss DNC attacks and wider vulnerabilities

In late April, the Democratic National Committee (DNC) suspected that something was wrong with their network and called in the cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike to investigate. A few weeks later, after

Stanford University Confirms Democratic 2016 Election Fraud… “In Favor of Hillary Clinton” By Sean Adl-Tabatabai, November 08 2016

A bombshell study released by Stanford University confirms evidence of election fraud during the 2016 Democratic Party primaries. 

According to a paper released this week entitled, “Are we witnessing a dishonest election?,” a state comparison based on the …

USA Continues Drive to Plutocracy, Role of Lobbyists, Dismantling of the State By John Stanton, November 08 2016

Interest groups and lobbyists have been busy peddling their client’s interests since 1816 when Delaware manufacturer Isaac Briggs teamed up with his colleagues in an attempt to convince federal lawmakers to impose tariffs on the import of foreign made manufactures.

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The ICC and Afghanistan: The “War Crimes Game” Continues By Christopher Black, November 08 2016

A few days after Burundi, South Africa and The Gambia announced their intention to withdraw from the International Criminal Court an article appeared in the American journal, Foreign Policy, stating that the ICC is considering investigating allegations of war crimes

San Francisco, Election Day Analysis: The Presidency, “Voting American Style” By Dr. Binoy Kampmark, November 08 2016

San Francisco. This is penned on November 8, and the United States goes to the polls in a swell of turbulence. 

The milk has long soured, the wishes of the electorate curdled by dissatisfaction and disgust. The sense of wishing …

Is This Person America’s New President? Here’s Why Hillary Clinton Won’t Allow Her Corporate Speeches to be Published, Supported by Monsanto By Eric Zuesse, November 08 2016

(update added 8 November 2016)

In a previous report, I indicated “Why Hillary Clinton’s Paid Speeches Are Relevant”, but not what they contained. The present report indicates what they contained. 

One speech in particular will be cited and quoted …

Breaking: Election Day Report, Record of Vote Rigging in Ohio. Interview with Bob Fitrakis By Bob Fitrakis and Michael Welch, November 08 2016

Michael Welch for Global Research, Reporting from Columbus, Ohio.

Election Day has finally arrived here in the United States.

Ohio was the site of numerous and significant  irregularities in the 2004 election.

Tens of thousands of voters were purged from …

Selected Articles: War, Elections, and the Morning After By Global Research News, November 08 2016
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Race and Class in America: Social Unrest and Political Tensions in the Wake of the 2016 Elections

By Abayomi Azikiwe, November 08 2016

Irrespective of who wins the poll on November 8 it will not resolve the ongoing social

Election 2016: On Empire and Feminism. Whatever the Outcome, “99% of Us are Going to be Big Losers… The Only Way to Win is to Organize and Oppose the policies of US Empire” By Cindy Sheehan and Anthony Freda, November 08 2016

So we are on the eve of the 11th “Most Important Election of Our Lifetimes” (MIEoOL) since I was first eligible to vote in 1976.

This MIEoOL has me constantly shaking my head over the depths of corruption, scandal

TRUMP – A “Symptom” of America’s Great Divide, Not a “Solution” By Adeyinka Makinde, November 08 2016

First published by Global Research in March 2016

America is a divided nation.

Consistently wracked by a recurring series of ‘culture wars’ and a general dissatisfaction felt by the electorate about its political elite, it is a country beset by

Neocon Insanity and “Political Madness”: Hillary Clinton and the Dangers of Nuclear War By Joachim Hagopian, November 08 2016
As we move into the final month prior to this year’s presidential election, the tempo of dramatic world events and developments that are breaking daily is mind boggling.
Syria: The Battle for Raqqa, Another US Deception. ISIS-Daesh Was Created by Washington By Stephen Lendman, November 08 2016

There’s nothing civil about Obama’s war on Syria, one of history’s great crimes – using ISIS and likeminded jihadist extremists as US death squads, raping and destroying a sovereign state threatening no others.

America wants another imperial trophy. Terrorists …

U.S. Special Forces Suffer Casualties Near Mosul By Ahmad Salah, November 08 2016

GR Editor: US Special Forces are fighting against the ISIS which is supported covertly by the US.

They participate in the “Liberation of Mosul” against terrorist forces which are supported by Washington. There are also Special Forces within ISIS ranks.

Syria War: Russian Attack Helicopters Target ISIS Terror Groups By South Front, November 08 2016

The Syrian army captured air defence housing area between al-Deirkhabiyeh – al-Darusheh adjacent to Khan al-Sheeh in Western Ghouta and secured the road between Darushah and Buwaydiyah. Jaish al-Islam and Jabhat al-Nusra militants in Khan al-Sheeh remain the cut-off from

Oh, What a Lovely War! Delusional US Foreign Policy could bring Disaster By Philip Giraldi, November 08 2016

The American people don’t know very much about war even if Washington has been fighting on multiple fronts since 9/11. The continental United States has not experienced the presence a hostile military force for more than 100 years and war

The Battle For Just Peace In A World of War Lies By Mark Taliano, November 08 2016

Author Catherine Shakdam writes in “The Sound Of Your Silence”:

“Today silence has become more than a war crime. Today silence has become more than just the manifestation of our egocentrism and selfishness. Today silence has enabled, empowered and

FBI Wants You To Believe It Examined 650,000 Emails In 691,000 Seconds By Claire Bernish, November 08 2016

In no surprise to anyone paying even marginal attention, the FBI’s clearing Hillary Clinton of wrongdoing in its briefly reopened investigation — however, the time it took the agency to reach this conclusion is not only bereft of logic and

Final Election Projections: Clinton 323 EV, Trump 215 EV, 51 Democratic Senate seats, GOP House By Sam Wang, November 08 2016

(updated with 6:06am data for Presidential and Senate; also added confidence intervals)

Here are my best estimates. These are the final snapshots. The Presidential estimates are based on the current snapshot except for the most probable single outcome map. There, …

The Republican-stimulated Roaring 1920s: Will it Happen Again in 2016? By Dr. Gary G. Kohls, November 08 2016

“When a candidate for public office faces the voters he does not face men of sense; he faces a mob of men whose chief distinguishing mark is the fact that they are quite incapable of weighing ideas, or even of

Elections USA: It’s All a Russia/ Al-Qaeda/ WikiLeaks/ «Rogue» FBI Plot By Pepe Escobar, November 08 2016

Among the House of Cards-infested cliffhangers that defined the «circus is in town» US election (to quote Nobel Prize winner Bob Dylan’s Desolation Row), the key question in the lead up towards Election Day was why the FBI finally folded.

What’s at Stake in the US Election? The American Political System – As We Have Known It – Will Cease to Exist By Oriental Review, November 08 2016

The outcome of the 2016 presidential election will show that the American political system – as we have known it – will apparently cease to exist.  Trump is nothing like those Republican pawns who, along with the puppets of the

“Tiny Homes” Banned in U.S. at Increasing Rate as Government Criminalizes “Sustainable Living” By Justin Gardner, November 08 2016

As the corporatocracy tightens its grip on the masses – finding ever more ways to funnel wealth to the top – humanity responds in a number of ways, including the rising popularity of tiny houses.

These dwellings, typically defined as …

A Plea for “Irrelevant Education” By Prof. Sam Ben-Meir, November 08 2016

Due to the pressures of popular demand for relevance in education, we have lost sight of the purpose for which true education exists. I would like to make a plea for irrelevant education, one that does not begin with a

Caricatures for President of the U.S.: Countering Despair, “Responsibility to Wake Up”, Taking a Complete View of History… By Dr. Robert Rennebohm, November 08 2016

To counter the despair and fear generated by the American presidential campaign (and associated global chaos and wars), this essay presents a positive, constructive reaction to what is occurring.  The essay seeks to explain why the current state of affairs,

Clinton Is the Most Dangerous Person Alive By Edward S. Herman and Ann Garrison, November 08 2016

Ann Garrison: Earlier this year, you told me that you differ with Noam Chomsky, your co-author of Manufacturing Consent and other books, in that you plan to vote for the Green Party’s presidential and vice presidential candidates Jill Stein and

Race and Class in America: Social Unrest and Political Tensions in the Wake of the 2016 Elections By Abayomi Azikiwe, November 08 2016

This year’s presidential contest have been marked by an escalation in social tensions involving both national and class issues.

These divisions within the United States are manifested in the polling data which have revealed a sharply split electorate. Although most …

Moscow Accused by HRW: Attack on Idlib School ‘War Crime,’ Russian MoD Slams HRW Report as Work of ‘Liar or Madman’. “False Flag” By RT News, November 07 2016

The Russian Defense Ministry has slammed a recent Human Rights Watch report that calls the alleged October 26 bombing of a school in Syria’s Idlib province a possible “war crime,” stating it is nothing more than another information attack.

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The Strange Death of American Democracy: Endgame in Ohio By Prof Michael Keefer, November 07 2016

Recalling the 2004 elections. Prof. Michael Keefer’s January 2005 analysis at the outset of GWB’s Second term. Original article published in January 2005

So who ever thought the 2004 U.S. presidential election had the remotest chance of being honest and

Selected Articles: US Elections 2016: Political Crisis in the Aftermath? By Global Research News, November 07 2016
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US Presidential Election: Deeply Flawed Candidates. Who Will Win and Who Deserves to Win?

By David Morgan, November 06 2016

It has been widely commented that the two main contenders in the US presidential race are both deeply flawed

Universal Condemnation of the US Economic Sanctions against Cuba By Salim Lamrani, November 07 2016

For the twenty fifth consecutive year, the UN General Assembly expressed its condemnation of the economic, trade and financial blockade imposed by Washington on Cuba for more than half a century.  The obsolete sanctions – which date back to the

Chicago Cubs World Series Win Demonstrates Sports Teams Do Not Need Publicly Funded Stadiums By Matt Peppe, November 07 2016

When the Chicago Cubs closed out a thrilling 8-7 victory over the Cleveland Indians in extra innings of Game 7 of the World Series on Tuesday night, they became World Champions for the first time since 1908. Their win disproved

Five Excuses Governments (Ab)use to Justify Internet Shutdowns By Deniz Duru Aydin, November 07 2016

Together with more than 100 organizations around the world in our #KeepItOn campaign, Access Now is fighting to keep internet shutdowns from becoming the new norm.  Today, we’re participating in a talk at the Brookings Institution about how this dangerous,

On the Eve of the Vote: Trump Values, Islam and Militias By Dr. Binoy Kampmark, November 07 2016

The chugging train of fear continues to drone away on the eve of what has been considered one of the most important elections in generations. Mind you, this was the sort of stuff spouted during the campaigns of 2008, when

No, Hillary Clinton is not less Evil than Trump: “One has Funny Hair, the Other Wears Trouser-suits” By Jonathan Cook, November 07 2016

Tomorrow Americans get the chance to vote for a system – resource-hungry, war-peddling corporate capitalism – in two iterations: one has funny hair and a permatan, the other wears lipstick and trouser-suits.

Yes, there are some policy differences too, or

Election Fraud in America: A Comparative Analysis By Prof Michael Keefer, November 07 2016

This important article was first published by Global Research in November 2004 in relation to the 2004 presidential race.

A ‘president’ who takes office through fraud and usurpation can make no legitimate claim to exercise the stolen power of his

Suspected Bribe by Saudi Arabia and Qatar Paid to Bill Clinton While Hillary Was Secretary of State By Eric Zuesse, November 07 2016

BACKGROUND

A Reuters report, November 4th, contains the available information regarding the million-dollar payment, which was made in 2011, when the active effort began to overthrow Bashar al-Assad in Syria. This previously unreported payment, which was intended to go through

The Never-ending Clinton-Trump Race is Coming to a Close. Then What? By DonkeyHotey and Klaus Marre, November 07 2016

Finally! That is the prevailing thought as this presidential election is headed for the finish line. Wanting this race to be over is certainly one of the reasons why a record number of Americans have voted early. But will it

Elections 2016: Hillary’s Gas Lighting… By Ben Garrison, November 07 2016

Hillary, like many sociopaths, uses a form of abuse known as ‘gaslighting.’ The word originates from a 1944 film, “Gaslight” starring Ingrid Bergman in which she is tormented by her husband who is trying to make her doubt her own

“Election Day Chaos”? NBC Reports U.S. Prepping Possible False-Flag Cyber-Attack on Election Day? By Eric Zuesse, November 07 2016

The reliability of all of these reports can reasonably be questioned, but here they are:

On October 14th, NBC News bannered “CIA Prepping for Possible Cyber Strike Against Russia”, and reported that,

“The Obama administration is contemplating an unprecedented

A Propaganda System – How Canada’s Government, Corporations, Media and Academia Sell War and Exploitation By Jim Miles, November 07 2016

With the image that the Canadian government fosters, for both domestic and foreign affairs, and that “nine out of 10 Canadians think this country is a force for good”, it is a serious reflection that Canada has an efficient and

The Panic Train: Fear before the Elections in Trump’s America By Dr. Binoy Kampmark, November 07 2016

Coming into San Francisco, and a note of spellbinding terror can be sensed. Donald Trump haunts the political landscape with a menace that has become a caricature of terror before the fact. Even conservative bodies like the Hoover Institute run

A More Dangerous World is Probably Coming After the US Election By Dimitris Konstantakopoulos, November 07 2016

The level of irrationality, confusion and negative energy is the most astonishing signal emanating out of the US presidential election.  It is a strong indication that, whatever the result, we should be prepared for an escalation in the already serious

Elections 2016, Blaming Outsiders: An American Tradition Since 1800 By Greg Guma, November 07 2016

This isn’t the first time that the United States has faced a potential constitutional crisis or charges that the presidential race is being rigged under the influence of a foreign power.

Rumors of conspiracy and war were already rampant at …

Whose Finger on the Nuclear Button? Hillary or Donald? Election 2016 And The Growing Global Nuclear Threat By Michael T. Klare, November 07 2016

Once upon a time, when choosing a new president, a factor for many voters was the perennial question: “Whose finger do you want on the nuclear button?” Of all the responsibilities of America’s top executive, none may be more momentous