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Police Killed Over 500 People in the US this Year By Tom Hall and Andre Damon, June 12 2015

The number of people killed by police so far this year topped 500 this week as the nationwide epidemic of police violence continued, with cops killing 20 people over the past seven days alone.

The US media largely has ignored …

The Death of the Former Prime Minister of Iraq, Tariq Aziz. Message from Fr. Miguel d’Escoto By Miguel d'Escoto Brockmann, MM, June 12 2015

We went to mass together in the outskirts of Baghdad in what I think was a very old church from Nestorian times. I had the opportunity to meet all of its priests and have breakfast with them, together with your

War on Donbass Resumes, Western Media Remains Silent By Eric Draitser, June 12 2015

The recent shelling of Donetsk and surrounding areas, carried out by Kiev’s military forces, has effectively ended the ceasefire and whatever illusions still remained of the Minsk 2 agreements. While there had been instances of violence before that of recent

U.S. Military Bases and The Derogation of Women’s Rights in the Philippines By Liza L. Maza, June 11 2015

Women’s Organizing for Peace in the Philippines

Speech delivered as a part of Women Cross the DMZ events at the Women’s Peace Symposium on May 26, 2015, in Seoul, Korea 

Greetings of peace to all especially to the  courageous and …

The FDA and Big Pharma’s Latest Killer Agenda: Destroy Homeopathic Medicine By Joachim Hagopian, June 11 2015

Like pretty much everything these days, money equates to power in the big business world of both geopolitics and monopolized corporate control designed to eliminate individual liberties and personal choice around the globe. We’ve seen it with the treasonous US

Israel Spied on Hotels Used for P5+1 Iran Nuclear Talks By Stephen Lendman, June 11 2015

It’s not the first time Israeli spying on Iran nuclear talks was discovered. An earlier article discussed the following:

On March 23, the Wall Street Journal headlined “Israel Spied on Iran Nuclear Talks with US,” saying:

Washington and other P5+1 …

Big Pharma’s Hidden Hand In Rise of Antibiotic-Resistant Superbugs By Sarah Lazare, June 11 2015

From the World Health Organization to the National Academy of Sciences, scientists are warning that rising antibiotic resistance poses a public health threat across the world. Now, a new report from consumer advocacy group Sum Of Us examines an

Washington Post Plays Ukraine’s Lapdog By Robert Parry, June 11 2015

Image: The Washington Post building. (Photo credit: Daniel X. O’Neil)

There once was a time when the U.S. news media investigated U.S. imperial adventures overseas, such as Washington-sponsored coups. Journalists also asked tough questions to officials implicated in corruption even

Roundup Ready, Bt-Toxin and GMOs — A Dangerous Trinity That Encourages Gluten Intolerance and Celiac Disease By Carolanne Wright, June 11 2015

In 2012, at least 283.5 million pounds of glyphosate (the active ingredient in Monsanto’s Roundup Ready) was used in U.S. alone.

For those who are unconcerned about the environmental or human impacts, this number may not be cause

Israel Hints at Legal Measures Against Boycott, Divest and Sanctions (BDS) Movement By Middle East Monitor, June 11 2015

Israeli Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked said that she had issued directives to the international department in the ministry to prepare judicial measures against BDS, Pls48.net reported yesterday.

The move comes in the wake of boycott measures taken by numerous academic, …

Israel in Action: Spoiling the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty By Dr. Binoy Kampmark, June 11 2015

More should have been made about it last month, but the security patrons and aficionados heaved a sigh of relief more than despair when it concluded.  Effectively, efforts to obtain a consensus document at the end of the UN Nuclear

The Monsanto We Know and “Love” Could Soon Be “Dead”. CEO Says Name Change Could Be Coming Soon By Nick Meyer, June 11 2015

Image: Photo: BizJournals.com

The Monsanto Company has set an unofficial record for most people united against it, with over 2 million people marching in the streets annually each May as part of the March Against Monsanto movement.

The name Monsanto …

South African Lawyers Call for Arrest of Egypt’s President Sisi By Global Research News, June 11 2015

A lawyers association in South Africa has filed an official request for the arrest of Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi when he arrives in Johannesburg on Friday to attend the 25th African Union Summit.

“We believe al-Sisi committed war crimes …

Spying on British Citizens: Over 20 Fake Mobile Phone Towers Found in UK By Press TV, June 11 2015

More than 20 fake phone poles, which are said to be tools to spy on public communications, have been found in the United Kingdom, according to a new investigation.

The investigation was conducted by the UK-based Sky News, and its …

No Growth Boost from Developing Economies Says World Bank By Nick Beams, June 11 2015

In the years immediately following the global financial crisis of 2008, the claim was frequently advanced that, while the major capitalist economies were severely impacted, the so-called developing economies would provide a new base for world growth.

This upbeat assessment …

One Year Since the Fall of Mosul: More US Troops Headed to Iraq By Bill Van Auken, June 11 2015

The White House announced Wednesday that 450 more American troops are being sent to Iraq as “trainers” and “advisers,” bringing the officially acknowledged US force there to over 3,500. The latest escalation of Washington’s renewed military intervention in a country

Vladimir Putin: The Deterioration of EU-Russia Relations, Causes and Consequences, Interview By Pres. Vladimir Putin, June 11 2015

It’s almost two o’clock in the morning when we get to the end of the interview. Vladimir Putin responded to our questions for just shy of two hours. “Mr. President—asks the editor of Corriere della Sera, Luciano Fontana—is there one

“Gaza is on the Brink of Collapse”: Humanitarian Crisis, Imminent Explosion to Rock Gaza By Global Research News, June 11 2015

The figures and the statistics regarding the humanitarian situation in Gaza have never been shocking as is the case in these days; as they unveiled the miserable lives of about two million citizens which may lead to what Palestinian observers

Two Pools, Two Worlds of News Coverage regarding Police Violence in America By Global Research News, June 11 2015

by Beirut Report

By now much of the world has seen the brutal image of a Texas police officer literally sitting on top of a young African American girl wearing nothing but a swimsuit–after having tossed her around and shoved

Empty Boxes – The West and Ethiopia’s Elections By Dr. Fikrejesus Amahazion, June 11 2015

To no one’s surprise, Ethiopia’s ruling party, the Ethiopian People’s Ruling Democratic Front (EPRDF), swept the country’s recent national elections. In the last election, the ruling party collected 99.6 percent of the parliamentary seats, while during these elections it has

Failures of Central Banks, Interest Rates, Derivatives and Crisis in the Credit Market By Bill Holter, June 11 2015

Global markets are changing drastically and showing volatilities like we saw back in late 2008.  I am not talking about stock markets, it is the debt and currency markets that are schizophrenic.  Oddly, even after all of the various Western

Missing Evidence of Prior FBI Relationship with Boston Bomber By James Henry, June 11 2015

Ever since the early days of the Boston Marathon bombing investigation, it’s been commonly understood that Tamerlan Tsarnaev first came to the attention of the FBI thanks to a March 2011 “warning” from the FSB, Russia’s security services.

We now …

United Nations Official in Gaza Quits, Spotlights Gazans’ Spirit By Ghada Ageel, June 11 2015

The recently announced decision of Robert Turner to resign as director of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency in Gaza, after three years in the post, is a blow to the people he worked so hard to help. Yet

Escalation, Dangerous Crossroads: Did the War in Syria Just Become a Regional War? By Eric Draitser, June 11 2015

There are growing indications that the war in Syria has now entered a new and dangerous phase that threatens to engulf the entire Middle East in a broad regional war. The news that Iran has sent significant numbers of Iranian,

The FIFA Scandal: Playing Hard Ball with Soft Power By Diana Johnstone, June 11 2015

The FBI agents who broke the International Football Federation scandal in late May by getting a bunch of foreigners arrested in Switzerland are naturally convinced that their sole purpose is to combat corruption. American ideologues who advocate “R2P” – the

BBC: Media Disinformation and the “Substitution” of Video Images By Robert Stuart, June 11 2015
Response from Complaints Director, BBC Editorial Complaints Unit to myemail of 1 June 2015.
From: Colin Tregear
Sent: 01 June 2015 11:47:20
To: Robert Stuart

 

Dear Mr Stuart

Thank you for your email.

I hope I can clarify

Mysterious Military Vehicles Spotted on Hungarian-Ukrainian Border By Sputnik, June 10 2015

Image: © Photo: karpathir.com

Hungarian news site Karpathir.com published several photos Tuesday of what appeared to be a NATO convoy concentrated on the Hungarian-Ukrainian border.

The vehicles, lined up in the Hungarian border town of Zahony, eastern Hungary on Tuesday …

Convicted Criminal David Petraeus to Represent US at Bilderberg By Kurt Nimmo, June 10 2015

In April former CIA director and retired general David Petraeus pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of handing over classified information to his mistress and biographer, Paula Broadwell. He was sentenced to two years probation and a $100,000 fine.

Petraeus

Furthering a Failed Strategy, Obama to Send More Ground Troops to Iraq By Jon Queally, June 10 2015

Image: U.S. President Barack Obama speaks during a media conference at the conclusion of the G-7 summit on Monday, June 8, 2015. (Photo: Markus Schreiber/AP)

In a move anti-war critics and foreign policy experts are certain to call simply an

German Banker: Obama Is Destroying Europe By Eric Zuesse, June 10 2015

Interviewed on June 6th by German Economic News, the chief economist at Bremer Landesbank, Folker Hellmeyer, says that because of Obama’s sanctions against Russia, German exports declined year-over-year by 18% in 2014, and by 34% in the first two

Why the United States Has Targeted FIFA: The Russian Connection By George Wright, June 10 2015

 May 27th the United States Department of Justice issued a 47-count indictment against nine International Federation of Association Football (FIFA) officials and five executives of FIFA-affiliated sports management firms.

The charges the United States pressed included racketeering, wire fraud, and

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Caught Lying about Big Pharma Bribery and Collusion By J. D. Heyes, June 10 2015

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention once had a rather good reputation among Americans and the world, but that reputation continues to take hits as more information becomes available about how the agency functions and its ties to industry.

Through the Glass Darkly: Tariq Aziz and Iraq’s Tragedy By Dr. Binoy Kampmark, June 10 2015

Image: Tpbradbury

A useful way to start evaluating the disaster in Iraq, and more regionally, should begin with the late Tariq Aziz, born on April 28, 1936 in the town of Sinjar as Mikhail Yuhanna.  With his death on Friday 

Obama’s Stupid Propaganda Stuff. Blaming Everything on Putin By Robert Parry, June 10 2015

Image: President Barack Obama talks with German Chancellor Angela Merkel at the G7 Summit at Schloss Elmau in Bavaria, Germany, June 8, 2015. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

President Barack Obama must know better regarding the crisis in

West Coast of North America to be Slammed with 80% As Much Fukushima Radiation As Japan by 2016 By Washington's Blog, June 10 2015

A professor from Japan’s Fukushima University Institute of Environmental Radioactivity (Michio Aoyama) told Kyodo in April that the West Coast of North America will be hit with around 800 terabecquerels of Cesium- 137 by 2016.

EneNews notes that this …

The Death of Kalief Browder: Human Rights Violations in the US Prison System By Andre Damon, June 10 2015

The suicide of Kalief Browder, who at 16 was accused of stealing a backpack and thrown into New York’s Rikers Island prison, where he was tortured and starved in solitary confinement without ever having been convicted of a crime, has

Protests Mount against US-backed Regime in Ukraine By Thomas Gaist, June 10 2015

In the latest eruption of mass protests against the US puppet government of Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, thousands of demonstrators swept through the streets of Kiev this weekend. Marchers demanded cancellation of martial law decrees, the repeal of subsidy cuts

Palestinian Authority set to file War Crimes Complaints against Israel at International Criminal Court (ICC) By PNN, June 10 2015

Foreign Minister Riyad al-Maliki says the Palestinian Authority is planning to file two war crimes complaints against Israel at the International Criminal Court (ICC).

Al-Maliki said Tuesday that the two files, which are over Israel’s illegal settlement activities in the …

War and Peace in Donbass: The Reversal of Kerry’s Ukraine Statement Came from Obama, Not Nuland By Eric Zuesse, June 10 2015

When Assistant Secretary of State Victoria Nuland on May 15th contradicted her boss John Kerry’s statement of three days earlier, in which Kerry had warned Ukraine’s President Petro Petroshenko not to violate the Minsk II agreement, and not to invade

Monsanto’s PR, Organic Farming vs. GMO: How the Great Food War Will Be Won By Dr. Jonathan Latham, June 10 2015

By conventional wisdom it is excellent news. Researchers from Iowa have shown that organic farming methods can yield almost as highly as pesticide-intensive methods. Other researchers, from Berkeley, California, havereached a similar conclusion. Indeed, both findings met with

USA Police State Celebrated as “Defense of Freedom” By William Boardman, June 10 2015

One needs a wicked sense of humor these days to fully appreciate the present moment in American history, as a supposedly free country debates which police state practices to adopt, while ignoring any thought that maybe the United States should

The Destabilization of Myanmar: U.S. Plan for Carving Out A South Asian “Kosovo” in “Rohingyaland” By Andrew Korybko, June 10 2015

(Please read Part I prior to this article)

Carving Out The Asian “Kosovo”

There was no way that the US could resist politicizing such a tempting geopolitical crisis, and as expected, it found a way to diplomatically intervene. Senate majority …

US Intelligence Responds: ”No Comment” To Questions of the US Government “Knowingly” Supporting The Islamic State (ISIS) By Brandon Turbeville, June 09 2015

On May 25, I wrote an article entitled “DOD Admits Supporting ISIS, Buffer Zones In Syria,” where I detailed the importance of documents obtained by Judicial Watch via a lawsuit filed by the watchdog organization against the Defense

What Is the “Real Risk” from Terrorism in America? By Washington's Blog, June 09 2015

As We Show In This Updated list, You’re Much More Likely to Be Killed By Brain-Eating Parasites, Toddlers, Lightning, Falling Out of Bed, Alcoholism, Food Poisoning, Choking On Your Meal, a Financial Crash, Obesity, Medical Errors or “Autoerotic Asphyxiation” than

Apple’s “Contactless Payment Technology”. Moving the World Closer to a Global Cashless Society? By Steven MacMillan, June 09 2015

This summer, Apple is set to introduce its “contactless payment technology” Apple Pay to Britain, shortly after a secret meeting was reported to have taken place in London to “end cash”. The iPhone is already fitted with a

Secretive Agendas behind Closed Doors: World Bank Whistleblower Writes to Bilderberg By Kurt Nimmo, June 09 2015

Karen Hudes worked in the World Bank legal department for more than 20 years and held the position of Senior Counsel. She was fired or blowing the whistle on corruption inside the World Bank.

Ms. Hudes knows exactly what the

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America, 4% of the World Population: A “World View” from the Other 96% By David Swanson, June 09 2015

Exposing Lies of Empire by Andre Vltchek is an 800-page tour of the world between 2012 and 2015 without a Western tour guide. It ought to make you spitting-mad furious, then grateful for the enlightenment, and then ready to get

Obama Wants More Sanctions against Russia By Stephen Lendman, June 09 2015

Obama commented after two days of G-7 discussions. He repeated tired old demagogic boilerplate we’ve heard many times before.

“(W)e’re…here to stand up for the fundamental principles that we share as democracies: for freedom; for peace; for the right of …

War Crimes and the Ghost Children of Homs, Syria By Régis Le Sommier, June 09 2015

When you walk along these dusty and mostly abandoned streets, the Syrian city of Homs seems like a grim Hollywood set.

The buildings are hollowed out from bombings. Not a single window, not a single door, are untouched by bullets.…

Capitalizing on the Syrian War: Israeli Politician Says Syria “No Longer Exists” By Timothy Alexander Guzman, June 09 2015

Israel’s Education Minister Naftali Bennett is calling for the world to recognize its 1981 annexation of the Golan Heights because “Syria no longer functions as a country that could reclaim the strategic plateau” according to the Jerusalem Post.

Mr. Bennett

The Network of Powerful Israel Partisans Who Are Pushing to Bomb Iran By Robert Parry, June 09 2015

 In a recent TV ad, a van snakes its way through an American city. As the driver fiddles with the radio dial, dire warnings about the perils of a “nuclear Iran” spill out of the speaker from Senator Lindsey

BBC Panorama: Promoting GMO and Cultivating Ignorance By Colin Todhunter, June 09 2015

“There is no global or regional shortage of food. There never has been and nor is there ever likely to be. India has a superabundance of food. South America is swamped in food. The US, Australia, New Zealand, and Europe

Pfizer ‘Hid Link’ Between Anti-Depressants and Birth Defects By Anthony Gucciardi, June 09 2015

Pharmaceutical mammoth Pfizer faces more than 1,000 lawsuits from victims who say that the company knew about the relationship between birth defects and their #1 best-selling anti-depressant. A claim that Pfizer has, of course, battled against.

Now, however, new reports …

Hillary’s Presidential Prospects Are Tanking: Will Democrats Wake Up in Time? By Pam Martens and Russ Martens, June 09 2015

Image: Hillary Clinton at Press Conference on Status of Her Emails While Secretary of State

The chickens are coming home to roost in the campaign of the quintessential Wall Street Democrat, Hillary Clinton. The mountains of cash sluiced into the

Sri Lanka’s President Bans Glyphosate Nationwide to Protect the Health of the People By J. D. Heyes, June 09 2015

In one of his first official acts, Sri Lanka’s newly elected president, Maithripala Sirisena, announced that his country’s importation of the world’s most used herbicide, glyphosate, was to be banned immediately and that the release of stocks already in the

African American and Palestine Liberation: A Response to the Mainstream Media and Their Imperialist Masters By Abayomi Azikiwe, June 09 2015

A series of opinion articles have been published recently in Newsweek contradictorily condemning and praising the Obama administration’s efforts to reassure the State of Israel that United States imperialism is on their side all the way in suppressing and eliminating

Recent ISIS and Al Qaeda Rebel Gains in Syria and Iraq: A Result of US Support to Extremists By Steven Chovanec, June 09 2015

The rebel opposition in Syria has in recent months made a series of gains against the Syrian army, most notably in Idlib, Palmyra, and Ramadi in Iraq.  However, given that from the very beginning the opposition had taken “a clear

Ten Reasons the TPP Is Not a ‘Progressive’ Trade Agreement By Ralph Nader, June 09 2015

Image: “History shows the very opposite of progress,” writes Nader, “when it comes to these democratic sovereignty-shredding and job-exporting corporate-driven trade treaties — unless progress is referring to fulfilling the deepest wishes of runaway global corporations.” (Photo: CWA/flickr/cc)

“We have

What’s Wrong with the Obama Administration’s Trade-Deal Arguments? “A Corrupt Con-Job” By Eric Zuesse, June 09 2015

Here is from the June 3rd article at the pro-trade-deals Americas Society & Council of the Americas, “Summary: The Trans-Pacific Partnership – What’s at Stake for the Western Hemisphere?” in which the Democratic congressman, Gregory Meeks, a Co-Chair of the

What Is the “Real Risk” from Terrorism in America? By Washington's Blog, June 09 2015

As We Show In This Updated list, You’re Much More Likely to Be Killed By Brain-Eating Parasites, Toddlers, Lightning, Falling Out of Bed, Alcoholism, Food Poisoning, Choking On Your Meal, a Financial Crash, Obesity, Medical Errors or “Autoerotic Asphyxiation” than

Nonsense at the G7 Summit: Russia, Greece and Convenient Threats By Dr. Binoy Kampmark, June 09 2015

Oh, the misdirected fury of it all. The self-appointed elect, those states at the G7, have decided to have a chat about matters deemed critical for them.  A few interlopers are also present – Nigeria, Tunisia and Liberia, for instance. 

Can United Nations Talks in Geneva Bring Peace to Yemen? By Abayomi Azikiwe, June 09 2015

Even though peace talks are slated to begin on June 14 in Geneva, Switzerland between the major parties involved in the current phase of the conflict over the control of Yemen the fighting rages on inside this underdeveloped Middle Eastern

Cold War II to McCarthyism II: US Media Propaganda on Russia By Robert Parry, June 09 2015

Perhaps it’s no surprise that the U.S. government’s plunge into Cold War II would bring back the one-sided propaganda themes that dominated Cold War I, but it’s still unsettling to see how quickly the major U.S. news media has returned

G7 Leaders Escalate War Threats against Russia By Thomas Gaist, June 09 2015

During their second day of discussions in the resort town of Garmisch-Partenkirchen in the German Alps on Monday, the leaders of the major imperialist powers affirmed their commitment to a policy of escalating strategic and military pressure against Russia.

“We

Michel Chossudovsky’s “The Globalization of War”: A Riveting Read By Dr. Paul L. Williams, June 09 2015

In Michel Chossudovsky’s thesis as presented in The Globalization of War: America’s “Long War” against Humanity, the United States has become the Big Brother of George Orwell’s 1984, a totalitarian state that brainwashes its citizens into believing that a

Washington’s Death Squads By Bill Van Auken, June 09 2015

In a lengthy article published Sunday, the New York Times provided a glimpse into the criminal and grisly methods employed by Seal Team 6, a secret unit within the Pentagon’s Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC).

The unit was made famous

Fracking Has Contaminated Drinking Water in Eleven States, EPA Study By Neela Banerjee, June 09 2015

After years of asserting that hydraulic fracturing has never tainted drinking water, the Obama administration issued a long-awaited study of the controversial oil and gas production technique that confirmed “specific instances” when fracking “led to impacts on drinking water resources,

Islamic State (IS) closes in on Libya’s Oil Crescent By Global Research News, June 09 2015

by Middle East Eye

Members of the Islamic State (IS) have their sights set on gaining full control of an area known as Libya’s oil crescent, according to residents in the Libyan town which has become IS’s latest conquest.

At …

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“Imminent” Collapse of the Antarctic Ice Shelf and a “New Era” in the Arctic By Dahr Jamail, June 09 2015

As human-caused climate disruption progresses, sea level rise is happening far faster than previously expected. (Photo: Iceberg via Shutterstock)

Recently, two friends and I attempted to climb Washington State’s beautiful, glacier-clad Mount Baker. Roped up while climbing up a glacier,

War Propaganda and “Dirty Lies” support the “Dirty War on Syria” By Prof. Tim Anderson, June 08 2015

Next came brave Syria, which has resisted at terrible cost; but the propaganda war runs thick.

Few in the west seem to be able to penetrate it.

What was at first said to be a nationalist and secular ‘revolution’ –

U.N. Spurns Palestinian Children. Ban Ki-moon Decides Not to Include Israel in the List of Violators of Children’s Rights By Global Research News, June 08 2015

Ban Ki-moon’s decision not to include Israel on the list of violators of children’s rights twists the knife in the heart of every Palestinian parent, making it very clear that in the eyes of the United Nations, Palestinian children’s lives

“It’s Like a Jail”: Account of Life in Lebanon’s Refugee Camps as Told by a Syrian-Palestinian Refugee By Louisa Lamb, June 08 2015

“Lebanon’s 12 refugee camps have become more crowded since March of 2011, but in large numbers starting in mid-December 2012, when Yarmouk Palestinian  refugee camp was heavily bombed. Between 70,000 and 90,000 Syrian-Palestinians have entered Lebanon and are staying mainly

Government Is Using Secrecy As a Weapon. Mass Surveillance on all Citizens By Washington's Blog, June 08 2015

“Everything Secret Degenerates”

Everyone knows Lord Acton’s famous quote:

Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely.

But few have heard this equally profound quote from Lord Acton:

Every thing secret degenerates, even the administration of justice; nothing is …

China refuses sending Workers to West Bank Settlements By PNN, June 08 2015

China has told Israel it will not allow migrant builders to work on settlements in the occupied West Bank, a senior Israeli government official said on Monday.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pledged during his reelection campaign to step up …

Canada’s Harper Government Provides Military Training to Neo-Nazi Ukraine National Guard By Prof Michel Chossudovsky, June 08 2015

The Canadian media has highlighted Prime Minister Harper’s one on one meeting with Ukraine’s president Poroshenko in Kiev (June 5, 2015). The official story which has been fed to Canadians is that Ottawa is providing “non-lethal aid” as well support

Monsanto Ordered To Pay $93 Million For Poisoning Residents With Agent Orange By Amanda Froelich, June 08 2015

Earlier this month the State Supreme Court of West Virginia dealt a huge blow to the biotech company Monsanto, ordering it to pay $93 million to the small town of Nitro, West Virginia for poisoning local citizens with Agent Orange

Drone Warfare and “Collateral Damage”. Ninety-eight Percent of the Victims are Innocent Civilians By Tim Martin, June 08 2015

Tim Martin, a HVAC engineer and camera-shy freelance writer with a degree in philosophy, in his article in the Eureka Times Standard, asks:

“What does drone warfare say about the direction our country is headed in? I believe

Fukushima Radiation: 800 Tera Becquerel of Cesium-137 to Reach West Coast of North America by 2016: Researcher By Global Research News, June 08 2015

About 800 tera becquerel of Cesium- 137 is going to reach West Coast of North America by 2016, equivalent to 5 percent of the total Cs-137 amount discharged to the Pacific Ocean after the Fukushima nuclear disaster, a Japan researcher

Former Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Scientist Speaks Out Against GMOs By Christina Sarich, June 08 2015

A former senior scientist from the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has been speaking out against GMOs, but his voice is especially noteworthy among the many scientists who talk about genetically modified organisms. Why? Because he studied the impacts of

Once Again, Israel Bombs Gaza By Stephen Lendman, June 08 2015

Overnight Saturday, a Gaza-based Salafist group claimed responsibility for firing a rocket at Ashkelon in southern Israel.

The group issued a statement saying it fired a Kaytyusha 130 rocket. It admitted firing two others last week.

Saturday’s rocket landed in …