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Brexit: What Happens Next? Cameron Resigns, Will Other Countries Leave the EU? By Kavaljit Singh, June 24 2016

Britain has voted to leave the European Union. In a referendum held on Thursday (June 23), close to 52 per cent of Britons favored leaving the EU. The referendum results reveal that the arguments put forward by Brexiters found greater

The Tory Chickens Come Home to Roost. Brexit, What Next? By William Bowles, June 24 2016

Ask yourself this: Why has immigration been made the pole around which, this entire referendum ‘debate’, has revolved?

Why has the closet Nazi Nigel Farage of UKIP been given so much airtime?

Could it be the masses, hammering at the

Brexit it Is! Cameron Resigns… By Dr. Binoy Kampmark, June 24 2016

The Vote Leave chief executive Matthew Elliot was wishing to get voters out for the cause, circulating a message that, “There is a very real chance that voters in London and Scotland will vote to keep us in the EU

Death of the Bees due to Neonicotinoid Pesticides Produced by Bayer-Monsanto, Sygenta By Nika Knight, June 24 2016

‘What’s happening today to pollinators is no different than what happened 50 years ago with the collapse of the bald eagle due to the use of DDT’

Advocating for a ban on toxic pesticides that have led to massive bee

From Iraq to The Brexit Referendum: Tony Blair’s Toxic Legacy. Yes, He Should Stand Trial for War Crimes By Felicity Arbuthnot, June 24 2016
Anthony Charles Lynton Blair currently back in Britain, cast a dark shadow over those campaigning to stay in the European Union in the 23rd June referendum.
Canada Supports The ISIS and Every Other Terrorist Group which is Trying to Destroy Syria By Mark Taliano, June 24 2016

Any country that openly or covertly supports illegal regime change in Syria, necessarily supports ISIS  — they have shared goals.

Canada, like the U.S., has been very open about its support for illegal regime change.  Canada’s Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan

The FBI Criminal Investigation into Clinton’s Email Server: It’s Time for Hillary to Concede to Bernie Sanders. By Diana Price, June 24 2016

Since the beginning of the Democratic primary campaign, Bernie Sanders’ supporters have been complaining about national establishment media skewing their coverage in favor of Hillary Clinton, noting the connections between ownership of those major media outlets to Clinton campaign donations.

US Bombing of Syrian Troops Would Be Illegal By Prof. Marjorie Cohn, June 23 2016

Secretary of State Kerry met with dissident State Department “diplomats” to hear their call for U.S. airstrikes on Syrian government troops, but the plan is both dangerous and illegal, writes Marjorie Cohn.

In an internal “dissent channel cable,” 51 State …

University of Alaska Study to Examine 9/11 Controlled Demolition of WTC Building 7 By 21st Century Wire, June 23 2016

This is long overdue.

The University of Alaska is sponsoring a study that will examine whether of not WTC Building 7 was brought down by a controlled demolition on September 11, 2001.

For those who may not be aware, standing …

Clinton E-Mail on Libyan Conquest: We Came, We Saw, We Got Oil By Ann Garrison, June 23 2016

On Oct. 20, 2011, Muammar Qaddafi was grotesquely murdered on camera. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton had said, “I want him dead,” and after his death she made her famously imperial boast, “We came, we saw, he died,”

French Construction Firm Lafarge Paid “Taxes” to ISIS to Continue Operating in Syria By Stuart Hooper, June 23 2016

French construction material giant Lafarge paid ‘taxes’ to ISIS in order to continue its business operations in Syria throughout the still on-going conflict.

The company had a plant located in Jalabiya, northern Syria – an area under the control of

Israeli Rabbi Asks Settlers to Poison Palestinian Water “In Order to Kill Them” By Days of Palestine, June 23 2016

Israeli Jewish Rabbi Shlomo Mlma asked on Sunday Israeli Jewish settlers to poison Palestinian water resources in order to kill them.

Mlma, the chairman of the Council of Rabbis in the West Bank settlements, asked the settlers to do so

Why Does It Look Like The U.S. Is Rescuing ISIS? By Rep. Ron Paul, June 23 2016

The ongoing war in Syria may see some escalation soon. A report that 51 State Dept. employees (out of 13,000 foreign service officers) signed a memo urging President Obama to change his focus in Syria from fighting ISIS to fighting

Selected Articles: Brexit: What Is It About? What is at Stake? By Global Research News, June 23 2016
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Brexit: What Is It About? What is at Stake?

By Dr. Paul Craig Roberts, June 22 2016

If you read the presstitute media, Brexit—the referendum tomorrow on the UK’s exit from the EU— is about racism.  According to the

Syria: ISIS Terrorists Regain Control of Southeastern Raqqa Province By South Front, June 23 2016

The ISIS terrorist group has regained control of the al-Zakia Junction and al-Zayn Hills in the southeastern part of Raqqa province after the Syrian Arab Army withdrew to Ithriyah. Pro-government sources argue that this was a tactical move and no

Who Should Formulate Policy in America, the People or the Politicians? The Essentials of “Good Government” By William John Cox, June 23 2016

In the midst of what undoubtedly will be the nastiest and most expensive presidential campaign in American history, it is important to remember that the question is not so much whether a candidate is a good or bad person, but

Donald Vs. Hillary: Leading Antiwar Progressives Speak Favorably of Certain Aspects of Trump’s Foreign Policy By John V. Walsh, June 23 2016

Until recently the progressive mind has been resolutely closed and stubbornly frozen in place against all things Trump.

But cracks are appearing in the ice.  With increasing frequency over the last few months some of the most thoughtful left and

ISIS as a Mirror By J. B. Gerald, June 23 2016

In part, the rapacious ugliness of ISIS is a reflection of the policies which formed it.

We flinch at recognizing in ISIS atrocities the embodiment of the cruelty in NATO’s policies,…the callousness of Madeleine Albright evaluating the lives of Iraqi

The US Economy Is Unable to “Emerge from the Mud” By Ariel Noyola Rodríguez, June 23 2016

The US labour market has begun to stumble.

In the past month of May, non-agricultural labour added 38 thousand new jobs while the Wall Street investors hoped for an increase of 160 thousand, Janet Yellen, the President of the Federal

Brexit Referendum Is Non-Binding. UK Parliament Not Voters has Final Say By Stephen Lendman, June 23 2016
Politics alone will drive what happens ahead, not the will of the people. Special interests decide things. Whatever voting turns out, government policy “is to remain in the EU.” Leaving would require Prime Minister David Cameron invoking Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty, unlikely given his vocal opposition to Brexit.
Brits Dump Pound Sterling Ahead of Brexit Vote. Long Queues Outside Foreign Exchange Bureaux By Zero Hedge, June 23 2016

When one thinks of lines of people waiting patiently to obtain “hard currency”, one may think Russia, as was the case in December 2014 when the currency was plunging…

long queues stretched outside foreign exchange bureaux in the City

The UK’s ‘Brexit’ Vote Is Actually a Referendum on Xenophobia By Ellie Mae O'Hagan, June 23 2016

The EU referendum may have ramped up tensions around the issue of migration, but it is only pushing the limits of an already hostile political climate.

The British public are not voting on whether to leave the EU on Thursday.

Brexit Would Hit the UK Economy much Harder than its Promoters Expect: “Potential Dismemberment of the U.K.” By Jeff Faux, June 23 2016

On June 23, British voters will accept or reject a proposal that Britain leave the European Union. The latest polls show the vote in favor of the British exit, or “Brexit,” narrowly ahead.

The case for getting out has largely

MISSING DETAILS: Orlando Shooting 911 Transcripts Questioned, Alleged Survivor’s Story Challenged By Shawn Helton, June 23 2016

The FBI have finally released the written transcripts from shooter Omar Mateen’s supposed 911 call – and now apparently unredacted.

Meanwhile, another story of survival at Pulse nightclub is called into question.

Will this tell us anything new about this

The Inhumanity of Brexit By Dr. Binoy Kampmark, June 23 2016

While the Brexit debate has become a matter of colliding blocs of speculators and crystal ball gazers, a glaring aspect has come to the fore.  Virtually nothing has been said about the role played by human rights, Britain’s role in

Global Financial Warfare: Neoliberalism and the New World Order By Prof Michel Chossudovsky and Bonnie Faulkner, June 23 2016

Historically, impoverishment of large sectors of the World population has been engineered through the imposition of IMF-style macro-economic reforms. Yet, in the course of the last 15 years, a new destructive phase has been set in motion. The World has

Hillary Clinton Pushes GMO Agenda, Hires Monsanto Lobbyist, Takes Huge Dollars from Monsanto By Mike Adams, June 23 2016

First published in May 2015

Democrats who had been programmed to blindly vote for Hillary Clinton are picking their jaws up off the floor after learning the truth about Hillary’s ties to Monsanto. The ties run so deep that she’s

Brexit, Financial Volatility and the Bank of England. Mark Carney, Governor of the … “Bank of Goldman Sachs” By Prof Michel Chossudovsky, June 22 2016
Foreknowledge of statements and decisions by central banks are often used by financial institutions in speculative operations. Inside knowledge and connections are the "bread and butter" of the "institutional speculator".
Brexit: Goldman Sachs Pledged Substantial Six-figure Sum to British pro-EU Group By Anthony Bellchambers, June 22 2016

This article was first published by GR in January 2016.

A former Goldman official who is not even a British citizen currently runs the Bank of England. How convenient… Goldman Sachs has inside information from within the Bank of England

EU Basics – Your Guide to the UK Brexit Referendum on EU Membership By Professor Richard A. Werner, June 22 2016

The British people should be clear about just what they will be voting on at the EU referendum this Thursday.

What does it actually mean to stay in the EU?

What does it mean to exit?

Concerning the second question,

Brexit Market Volatility? The Big Financial Blockbuster. Three Scenarios By Dr. Jack Rasmus, June 22 2016

“Global financial markets are churning and growing more volatile in expectation of a possible ‘Brexit’—a United Kingdom referendum to vote on leaving the European Union scheduled for June 23, 2016. Brexit has literally become the big financial blockbuster event of

Syria: The Islamic State Terrorists Counter-attack By South Front, June 22 2016

Syrian Arab Army and Hezbollah units have entered the al-Bahariyah village in Eastern Ghouta, engaging in heavy clashes with militants that had controlled the town. Following series of clashes, the SAA and its allies liberated the village and the nearby

Operation Barbarossa, June 22, 1941: Nazi Germany Invades the Soviet Union: Putin addresses State Duma By Stephen Lendman, June 22 2016

On June 22, 1941, Hitler launched perhaps the largest ever invasion by one country against another.

Operation Barbarossa involved up to four million combat and support troops – Hitler’s fatal error, miscalculating, overreaching, hubris and arrogance defeating him. 

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America Trashes NATO Founding Act; Rushes Weapons to Russia’s Borders By Eric Zuesse, June 22 2016

The NATO Founding Act was agreed to between the US and Russia in 1997 in order to provide to Russia’s leader Boris Yeltsin some modicum of assurance that America wouldn’t invade his country. When his predecessor Mikhail Gorbachev had ended

Part of the European Union? What Should Socialists Argue in the UK Brexit Referendum? By Christina Delistathi, June 22 2016

Can socialists take a principled position in relation to the UK’s European Union membership referendum on 23 June, or should we wish ‘a plague on both your houses’? Christina Delistathi puts the case to ‘leave’, Charlie Hore for a

Boat to Gaza, Break the Illegal Israeli Blockade By Canadian Boat to Gaza Team, June 22 2016

The people of Palestine – both Gaza and the West Bank, arbitrarily split by Israeli separation policies which are illegal in international law – suffer daily abuse, deprivation and oppression. The United Nations, as well as major aid agencies such

The Gardasil Vaccine Medical Scandal By Dr. Gary G. Kohls, June 22 2016

“…only 1 in 10,000 HPV-infected women develop cervical cancer”  (Health Impact News)

“I predict that Gardasil will become the greatest medical scandal of all times because at some point in time, the evidence will add up to prove

Clinton Foundation Hacked, “Foundation Vulnerabilities” Document Leaked By Zero Hedge, June 22 2016

Moments ago the newswires lit up with news that the Clinton Foundation“was among the organizations breached by suspected Russian hackers in a dragnet of the U.S. political apparatus ahead of the Nov. election, Bloomberg reports according to three people

FBI Instructed Orlando Shooter’s Wife Not to Tell the US Media that He Was Gay By Telesur, June 22 2016
In an interview with Brazilian TV, the ex-wife of Omar Mateen claimed the U.S. agency told her to keep quiet about his homosexuality.

The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation told the former wife of the Orlando shooter Omar Mateen, Sitora

Is There a Role for the Peace, Antiracist and Social Justice Movements in the 2016 Elections? By Abayomi Azikiwe, June 22 2016

Neither major party offers a program to reverse the present course of militarism and income inequality 

These are difficult times in the United States and the world requiring a greater degree of preciseness in our analysis and discipline in the …

Bernie Sanders, Purgatory and the Third Candidate By Dr. Binoy Kampmark, June 22 2016

Creating parties from establishments is often more complicated that generating Eve from Adam’s birth giving rib.  For one, there will be dissent, viciousness and obstruction.  The establishment can never demand to be shown a mirror of its rotting tendencies; all

Brexit: What Is It About? What is at Stake? By Dr. Paul Craig Roberts, June 22 2016

If you read the presstitute media, Brexit—the referendum tomorrow on the UK’s exit from the EU— is about racism.  According to the story line, angry rightwing racists of violent inclinations want to leave the EU to avoid having to accept

Smearing Russia in the Eyes of Public Opinion: Politics, Propaganda, and the Weaponization of the Rio Olympics By Eric Draitser, June 22 2016

The decision by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) to ban the Russian track and field team from competing in the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro is as much about politics as it is about doping and fair play. 

Michele Flournoy: A Clinton Administration’s Likely Secretary of War By Stephen Lendman, June 22 2016

America’s Defense Department is misnamed. Its designation sanitizes its warmaking mission – endless aggression against nonbelligerent states.

The endgame is clear – unchallenged US global dominance.

Flournoy is scary, cut out of the same dangerous cloth as Clinton, reportedly her

“Killing Europe”: US Sponsored Economic Sanctions Are Not Just against Russia, EU is Under a De facto Sanctions Regime By Umberto Pascali, June 22 2016

The Italian-American analyst Umberto Pascali explains the presence of Italian prime minister Matteo Renzi at the Saint-Petersburg Economic Forum and the extension of EU sanctions against Russia:

Germany is beginning to work against its own self-interests.

While this process of

Monsanto Roundup Herbicide Disrupts Rats’ Uterine Development. “Glyphosate-based Herbicides Might be Endocrine Disruptors”. Study By Claire Robinson, June 22 2016

Glyphosate herbicide disrupts the development of the uterus of female rats when they are exposed for 7 days after birth, a new study (abstract below) by Argentine researchers shows.

The glyphosate herbicide caused cell proliferation and structural changes in the

Selected Articles: The Corporate Funding of Islamophobia By Global Research News, June 21 2016
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The Corporate Funding of Islamophobia, A Multimillion Dollar Operation in Support of Donald Trump

By Prof Michel Chossudovsky, June 21 2016

Inciting hate towards Muslims has become a multimillion-dollar endeavor, supported by neocon corporate foundations, according to The Guardian 

Video: “Diplomats” Urge War. 51 State Department Officials Call For US-led War against Syrian Government and its Russian Ally By Rep. Ron Paul and Daniel McAdams, June 21 2016

Recently, 51 State Department employees signed a memo urging the president to change his focus in Syria from fighting ISIS to fighting the secular Assad government. They argued that targeting Assad would weaken Assad’s enemy, ISIS. The logic is not

A Clinton Presidency: Humanity’s Worst Nightmare. Hillary’s “Rage for War” By Stephen Lendman, June 21 2016

Since Soviet Russia’s 1991 dissolution, successive US administrations governed increasingly lawlessly and recklessly – Bill Clinton worse than his predecessors, Bush worse than him, Obama worst of all, at war with multiple invented enemies throughout his tenure – from inaugural

Who Are Syria’s White Helmets? “First Responders” for the US and NATO’s Al Nusra/Al Qaeda Forces? By Vanessa Beeley, June 21 2016

Who are the White Helmets? This is a question that everyone should be asking themselves.

A hideous murder of a rising star in UK politics, Jo Cox MP, has just sent shock waves across the world. Within hours of

The Slow Crash. The Shrinking of the Real Economy By Prof Michael Hudson and Bonnie Faulkner, June 21 2016

We discuss in detail with Dr. Michael Hudson, the concept of debt deflation; housing, student loan and automobile debt; the oil market; the stock market; negative interest rates; currencies; and the shrinking of the real economy.

Most people think

“NATO’s Next Act” [against Russia] by General Philip M. Breadlove, Strangelove-ian War Hawk, Secretary of Defense in a Hillary Clinton Administration? By Dr. Gilbert Doctorow, June 21 2016

Ex-NATO Commander Breedlove was so bellicose toward Russia that the Germans objected to his dangerous provocations, but he is now strutting his stuff in hopes of landing a job in a Clinton-45 administration, says Gilbert Doctorow.

At this conclusive stage

Beyond Brexit: Favorable Opinion of EU Plunges Everywhere, Especially France By Mike "Mish" Shedlock, June 21 2016

The UK is not the only country with increasing doubts about the EU.

A Pew Research Center study on Euroskepticism Beyond Brexit shows a huge dip in EU favorability across the board.

France has an even lower overall favorable rating

The Corporate Funding of Islamophobia, A Multimillion Dollar Operation in Support of Donald Trump By Prof Michel Chossudovsky, June 21 2016

Inciting hate towards Muslims has become a multimillion-dollar endeavor, supported by neocon corporate foundations, according to The Guardian quoting a recent report by the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) and the University of California at Berkeley’ Center for Race

Terror in East Africa: Al Shabaab By Igor Pejic, June 21 2016

Since the collapse of the Somali government in 1991, the constant struggle and chaos had engulfed the country. Corruption, violence, strong external influence and insecurity are some of the factors which are common in Somali’s day-to-day politics. From all of

Germany Urges NATO to Work With Moscow: Stop Carrying out War Games on Russia’s Border By Sputnik, June 21 2016

German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier is calling for Europe, and especially NATO members, to work with Moscow and stop carrying out military exercises close to the Russian border.

Conducting military exercises close to the Russian border is no way to 

Washington’s “Second Nuclear Age”. Threatening Russia and China By Andre Damon, June 21 2016

With virtually no discussion in the media and no mention in the presidential election campaign, the United States is moving ahead with its trillion-dollar nuclear weapons modernization program.

Last week, the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute published a report noting …

America Threatens China: Two US Aircraft Carriers in War Games in Western Pacific By Peter Symonds, June 21 2016

In a provocative move directed against China, the US Navy dispatched two huge nuclear-powered aircraft carriers—the USS John C. Stennis and the USS Ronald Reagan—to engage in three days of military exercises in the Philippine Sea—adjacent to, but not in,

If You Value Life, Wake Up! Great Danger: US-NATO Missiles Threatening Russia By Dr. Paul Craig Roberts, June 21 2016

Putin: “We Know and they Know that we Know…People do not Understand how Dangerous the Situation Really Is” (quoted  by Global Research)

Do you remember how close we came to Armageddon in the early 1960s when Washington put nuclear …

Migrant Crisis Fueled by Libya War By Abayomi Azikiwe, June 21 2016

Battle for Sirte and continuing division prompts imperialist rationale for further intervention

Fighting for control of the western coastal city of Sirte, Libya has resulted in the fleeing of more people from this embattled North African state which five years

Washington’s ‘Regime Change’ Wars and the Potential of Nuclear Confrontation with Russia By Center for Citizen Initiatives, June 21 2016

A group of Americans, concerned about the U.S. government’s obsession with “regime change” wars and frightened about the potential for a nuclear confrontation with Russia, urges a national debate on these policies.

On June 16, the New York Times reported

African American and Women Studies Majors Eliminated at Western Illinois University By Abayomi Azikiwe, June 21 2016

Board of trustees’ decision represents trend towards eurocentrism and economic austerity

At Western Illinois University (WIU) it was announced at the conclusion of the spring semester that degree programs in African American and Women’s Studies would be eliminated.

Programs dealing …

The Economics of America’s Private Prison System By Lauren Karaffa, June 21 2016

The American prison system is a massive — if invisible — part of our economy and social fabric.

Slavery has been abolished in the United States since 1865, when the 13th Amendment was passed in the ashes of the …

Immigrants Imprisoned to Boost US Prison-Corporation Profits By Eric Zuesse, June 21 2016

93% of the people who are locked up in the U.S. in order to meet the minimum legal requirements for the number of people who must be locked up on possible violations of U.S. immigration laws, are locked in for-profit

Video: Syrian Arab Army (SAA), supported by Russian Warplanes Takes Control of Oil field Held by ISIS Terrorists in Raqqa Province By South Front, June 20 2016

The Syrian Arab Army (SAA), supported by Russian warplanes, has taken control of the Al Thawrah oil field from the ISIS terrorist group in the province of Raqqa. Now, pro-government forces are advancing on Al Hawrah, paving the way to

Selected Articles: Distorting Fascism to Sanitize Capitalism By Global Research News, June 20 2016

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By Prof. Ismael Hossein-Zadeh, June 18 2016

The facile and indiscriminate use of the term fascism has led to a widespread misunderstanding and misuse of its meaning. Asked to define fascism, most people would

The Pseudo-Left’s “People’s Summit” in Chicago: Preparing the Switch from Sanders to Clinton By Patrick Martin, June 20 2016

Some 3,000 supporters of the Bernie Sanders presidential campaign met in Chicago June 17-19 for what was billed as the “People’s Summit.”

The ostensible purpose of the meeting was to take stock after the failure of Sanders’ bid for the

Sanders Calls for Supporters to Back Clinton, “Transform” Democratic Party By Tom Hall, June 20 2016

On Thursday, Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders delivered a speech to his supporters live over the Internet in which he laid out the next stage of his “political revolution” in the aftermath of the Democratic Party primaries. The speech exposed the

Hiroshima, Vietnam, Cuba: A Hegemonic Power Never Says Sorry… By Dr. Chandra Muzaffar, June 20 2016

A hegemonic power never says sorry.

Three recent episodes underscore this truism.

When US President Barack Obama offered a floral wreath at the cenotaph of the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park on 27 May 2016, some peace advocates in the United

Crimeans Recount Their Experiences Following the US Sponsored Coup, When the West Took Ukraine By Eric Zuesse, June 20 2016

This news-report consists of a compilation of accounts that Crimeans have given to human rights groups or directly posted to the internet, regarding their experiences when the freely elected President of Ukraine, Viktor Yanukovych, who had received 75% of the

Threat of Brexit – How Cameron Delivered Victories to Big Finance By Corporate Europe Observatory, June 20 2016

From the day a referendum on UK membership of the EU was first announced in 2013, the financial sector started using Cameron’s re-negotiation process to promote its deregulatory agenda. Sometimes lobbying was required, but more often the UK government did

Fidel Castro and Cuba’s “Battle for Ideas”, For Peace and Justice By Prof Susan Babbitt, June 20 2016

Some suggest more abstract “theoretical” questions are a luxury. There is no time, given global crises, for such ivory tower work. Yet no less a revolutionary than Fidel Castro said that people suffer because of concepts. He made the point

The FBI, Not “ISIS”, Radicalized the Orlando Shooter By Tony Cartalucci, June 20 2016

As predicted, the FBI is revealed to have approached Orlando shooting suspect Omar Mateen in 2013 with informants posing as terrorists in an attempt to “lure” him into participating in a terrorist attack.

USA Today’s TC Palm reports in an

Did George W. Bush Authorize Israel’s Killing of Yasser Arafat With Polonium? By Sputnik, June 20 2016

French jurists delayed their decision on whether to reopen an investigation into the cause of Yasser Arafat’s death, but mounting evidence of polonium poisoning and shocking admissions suggest an explosive assassination cover-up has been underway for over a decade.

On

Entrapment: FBI Tried to Lure Orlando Shooter into a “Terror Plot” in 2013 By Telesur, June 20 2016

A police officer in Florida has revealed that Omar Mateen was targeted by an FBI informant in a failed attempt to push him to commit a terror attack.

The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation tried to “lure” Orlando shooter Omar

GBP2.8 Billion UK Arms Sales to Saudi Arabia. UK’s biggest Arms Customer and Most Shameful Relationship By CAAT - Campaign Against Arms Trade, June 20 2016

Saudi Arabia is the UK’s biggest arms customer and most shameful relationship. 

One of the world’s most authoritarian regimes, its repression at home and aggression abroad is propped up and supported by UK arms sales.

Not only does it brutally

“Great Danger”: US-NATO Missiles Threatening Russia. Putin: “We Know and they Know that we Know…People do not Understand how Dangerous the Situation Really Is” By RT, June 20 2016

The US anti-missile defense systems being installed near Russia’s borders can be “inconspicuously” transformed into offensive weapons, Vladimir Putin has said, adding that he knows “year by year” how Washington will develop its missile program.

Talking about NATO’s ballistic missile

Dirty “Progressive” Politics, Liberals and “Leftists” for Hillary Clinton. Voters’ only “Rational Choice”: Oppose Both Candidates By Stephen Lendman, June 20 2016

Progressive politics and political pluralism aren’t Beltway attributes. America was never beautiful – now the greatest threat to world peace. Bipartisan neocons infesting Washington risk the unthinkable.

Many self-styled liberals support Clinton – the most recklessly dangerous presidential aspirant in …

Dreams about Terrorists: Wolves, Wolf Packs and Resources By Dr. Binoy Kampmark, June 20 2016

Terrorists provide alibis for hungry security establishments in search of themselves.  Their physical effect is always small relative to the psychic disturbances they cause.  Know thyself, urges the Delphic maxim, but self-knowledge implies an acceptance of ignorance. Nothing doing when …

Brexit: Leaving the European Union, the Orlando Shootings, Australia’s Elections By Michael Welch and Dr. Binoy Kampmark, June 19 2016

“If we vote to stay, we are not settling for the status quo … we are voting to be a hostage locked in the boot of a car driven by others to a place and at a pace that we