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Selected Articles: Afghanistan: A Morally Corrupting War By Global Research News, July 21 2017

Global Research strives for peace, and we have but one mandate: to share timely, independent and vital information to readers across the globe. We act as a global platform to let the voices of dissent, protest, and expert witnesses and

Saudi Arabia – Bin Salman’s Coup Is a Model For His Own Ouster By Moon of Alabama, July 21 2017

Someone wanted the public to know that the new Saudi clown prince Mohammed Bin Salman (MbS) took up his new position by unceremoniously disposing his predecessor Mohammed bin Nayef (MbN) by force. The juicy details, true or not, were briefed 

Codex Alimentarius and Monsanto’s Toxic Relations By Colin Todhunter, July 21 2017

“Our soils are sick from greed-based, irresponsible agricultural practices, pesticides, chemical fertilizers, erosion and mineral depletion, all of which stop or reduce adequate microbial activity in the soil, rendering them sick and/or dead and sterile. Sick soils make for sick

Geopolitical Turbulence in the Caucasus By Stephen Karganovic, July 21 2017

If at the mention of Azerbaijan its delicious lamb and rice national dish plov comes to mind, or the equally tasty vinegret salad in the case of Georgia, that certainly would not be the wrong association. Lamentably, however, both countries

Oil, Qatar, China and the Global Conflict By Caleb T. Maupin, July 21 2017

Oil prices remain below $50 per barrel. Saudi Arabia and its longtime ally Qatar are now clashing. The situation on the Korean Peninsula is intensifying. The USA is being more and more hostile to China, while Venezuela faces an internal

The Ending of the CIA’s Covert Operation in Syria Will Not Bring the Syrian Tragedy to an End By Adeyinka Makinde, July 21 2017

Reports by major Western news outlets such as the Washington Post regarding US President Donald Trump’s undertaking to end the covert CIA operation to arm rebels in Syria are essentially misleading. It assumes that there is truth to the

Demands of Colonialism Reparations to the Caribbean By Colonialism Reparation, July 21 2017

Colonialism Reparation supports the demands of reparations to the Caribbean and calls on the United Nations for the complete withdrawal of MINUSTAH and the compensation of victims of the cholera epidemic.

On June 1, 2017 the Court of Basse-Terre in

Damascus: Life Returns Five Years After NATO Destabilization Efforts By Eva Bartlett, July 21 2017

Featured image: The croissant stand in Aamarie district of Thomas Gate is known not only to Damascenes but visitors from other areas of Syria. While prices for most goods have risen all across Syria, the stand keeps its prices low:

The Russian Revolution, Debt Repudiation, War and Peace By Eric Toussaint, July 21 2017

In early January 1918, the Soviet government suspended payment on foreign debt, and in early February 1918 it decreed that all Tsarist debts were repudiated as were those contracted to continue the war by the provisional government between February and

United States Drowning in an Ocean of Subjectivism. Make America What? By John Stanton, July 21 2017

“The very idea of freedom presupposes some objective moral law which overarches rulers and ruled alike. Subjectivism about values is eternally incompatible with democracy. We and our rulers are of one kind only so long as we are subject to

America’s Invasion of Syria. US Government Has Supported “Rebels” Allied or Led by Al Qaeda By Eric Zuesse, July 21 2017

The U.S. government has invaded and occupies Syria to overthrow its President, Bashar al-Assad and also to destroy ISIS, which is one of the jihadist organizations that are (like the U.S.) trying to defeat Syria’s government forces (Assad’s forces). The

The Reign of Propaganda. Unfettered Lies Turned into Self-evident Truths By Dr. Paul Craig Roberts, July 21 2017

If truth has a chance it is in a different country than America.

Masters of propaganda from its inventor, Jewish public relations expert Edward Louis James Bernays, to the Nazi Minister of Propaganda Paul Joseph Goebbels, agree that

Political Insanity in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Crisis in Qatar, The Plight of the Camels By Felicity Arbuthnot, July 21 2017

The last straw will break the camel’s back. (Various attributions.)

After his visit to the Kingdom in May, Donald Trump decided to back the Saudi-led blockade of tiny Qatar (2015 population 2.235 million, but just 313,000 citizens) imposed less than

Video: Syrian Government Forces Regain More Oil Wells in Raqqah Countryside By South Front, July 21 2017

The Syrian Army Tiger Forces and Tribal Forces have captured Qurat Rumailan, the Rumailan Dam, and 15 oil and gas wells 10km east of Dibisan in the southern Raqqah countryside. Government troops have also captured the Dibisan 1 and Dibisan

Afghanistan: A Morally Corrupting War By Prof. Alon Ben-Meir, July 21 2017

Sixteen years have passed and we are still fighting a war in Afghanistan which is not only the longest in American history (at a cost approaching one trillion and the blood of thousands of brave soldiers), but one which is

Japan Plans to Expose Its People and 2020 Tokyo Olympians to Fukushima Radiation By Dahr Jamail, July 20 2017

Featured image: Contaminated earth storage area within the Iitate Village evacuated zone, December 2014. Photo: Eric Schultz / EELV Fukushima via Flickr (CC BY-NC-SA).

Former nuclear industry senior vice president Arnie Gundersen, who managed and coordinated projects at 70

Hollywood’s Crusade against Muslims, Film Portrayal of Arabs. The Writings of Media Critic Jack Shaheen By Barbara Nimri Aziz, July 20 2017

Featured image: Jack Shaheen (Source: NPR)

The event of 9/11 is unparalleled in history, in drama, in audacity, in the terrorific images, in deaths, in its live transmission, in its ongoing controversies. It remains a traumatizing American experience with continually

Ottawa Must Seek Justice for Hassan Diab By Bernie M. Farber and Mira Sucharov, July 20 2017

GR Editor’s Note We bring to the attention of our readers the following opinion article published in theToronto Star. What this analysis raises and which requires further investigation:  Was the Harper government elected in 2006, in any way unduly pressured

Venezuela’s Rightwingers Are No ‘Beleaguered Democrats’ By Susan Grey, July 20 2017

Venezuela’s right-wing opposition groups are often portrayed in parts of the international media as defenders of democracy, but nothing could be further from the truth.

Since Hugo Chavez was first elected president in 1998, right-wing groups have used every method …

Meet Hassan Diab, Canada’s Latest Casualty of the War on Terror By Judith Deutsch, July 20 2017

I first heard about Hassan Diab several years before his extradition, at a talk by his wife Rania Tfaily and activist journalist Matthew Behrens, and was immediately struck by his story.

I joined the Hassan Diab Support Committee and …

Selected Articles: Fake News? What the Mainstream Media Is Not Telling You By Global Research News, July 20 2017

Who are the real sponsors of terrorism in Syria and Iraq and the instigators of regime change in Venezuela?

What is the real threat posed by the US state aggression against Russia?

And who are backing up Israel in its

Archaic Obstacles: Australia, Parliament and Dual Citizenship By Dr. Binoy Kampmark, July 20 2017

Dusting away the must on a constitutional text may be a rare thing, but it should be a point of order for the elected officials of a country. Often, these contain laws that are irretrievably archaic, and resist change by

“Computational Propaganda”: Armies of Cyber-Troops Manipulating Public Opinion. By True Publica, July 20 2017

The Computational Propaganda Research Project (COMPROP) investigates the interaction of algorithms, automation and politics. This work includes analysis of how tools like social media bots are used to manipulate public opinion by amplifying or repressing political content, disinformation, hate speech,

Dramatic Increase in Israel’s Arrest of Palestinian Children, Abused, Deprived of Food, Beatings, Denied Legal Council By Middle East Monitor, July 20 2017

Some 331 Palestinian minors were arrested by Israel between January and May this year, a 62 per cent increase on figures from 2012 to 2015, NGO Defence for Children International – Palestine (DCIP) revealed yesterday.

According to a report released …

Venezuela: Once Again, Interference From the USA in Latin America By Timothy Bancroft-Hinchey, July 20 2017

Remember the attempted coup d’état in Venezuela in 2002, which failed miserably as Hugo Chavez thrashed his treacherous assailants like a Grand Master of Chess humiliating a rookie with a fool’s mate in three seconds flat? Well ladies and gentlemen

Billions of Dollars’ Worth of Weapons Brought into Syria, “Arms Traffic Organized by CIA and Pentagon” By Thierry Meyssan, July 20 2017

Over the last seven years, several billion dollars’ worth of armament has been illegally introduced into Syria – a fact which in itself is enough to disprove the myth according to which this war is a democratic revolution. Numerous documents

A Tale of Two Nations: Russia vs. USA Economic Prospects By F. William Engdahl, July 20 2017

Taking the extraordinary USA and EU economic sanctions against Russia and low oil prices since 2014 into account, Russia’s economic outlook looks excellent going forward while that of Trump’s America looks bleak, to put it mildly. Paraphrasing the memorable 1992

The Crossed Wires of the “Syrian Revolution” By Ollie Richardson, July 20 2017

Given impetus after the September 11th attacks in New York in 2001, the technology of “colour revolutions” as an element of fourth generation warfare has become the primary method of hijacking the functions of a foreign sovereign State. This is

Trump’s Deadly Legacy: The First Six Months, Timeline of US Policy Changes, News Highlights By Michael T. Bucci, July 20 2017

Note: With few exceptions, sources are from mainstream media.

GR Editor’s Note:

This compilation does not constitute an endorsement of the mainstream media stories below. The list of news headline stories is intended to reveal the details of a political

Kingdom of Olives and Ash: Writers Confront the Israeli Occupation of Palestine By Jim Miles, July 20 2017

A collection of twenty-six writers, Kingdom of Olives and Ash touches on all the main elements of the Israeli occupation of Palestine. All are well written, as they should be for a collection of experienced writers, some tending towards emotional

Pentagon Furious After Turkey Leaks U.S. Base Locations in Syria: “Hard Not to See This as a F-You” By Zero Hedge, July 20 2017

So much for NATO-alliance members working for the common good.

In a move that has angered the U.S. for obvious reason, Turkey’s state-run news agency Anadolu Agency has leaked the precise locations of U.S. bases in northern Syria. The move

The Deep State As Fake News By Douglas Valentine and Bonnie Faulkner, July 19 2017

First published in March 2017

The deceptive nature of the concept of a “deep state”;

The state is knowable if enough time is spent studying it; 70 years of fake news; Central Intelligence operates illegally and unaccountably;

how the CIA

It Took Obama More Than Two Years to Kill This Many Civilians. It Took Trump Less Than Six Months. By Andrea Germanos, July 19 2017

A new investigation shows that President Donald Trump‘s bombing campaign against ISIS (the Islamic State) over several months has already led to nearly as many civilian deaths as those overseen by the Obama White House over several years.

According …

Shades of Dr. Strangelove: How NATO’s ever expanding Reach Threatens Global Security By Antony C. Black, July 19 2017

This incisive article by Anthony C. Black was published by GR in 2010

Around the globe an ominous build-up of military might is taking place, and it is doing so almost entirely beneath the radar of public attention.

Since 2005 …

CNN: “Russia Is an Adversary, Ukraine Is Not.” By Gary Leupp, July 19 2017

Monday morning. David Chalian, CNN Political Director, on CNN’s “New Day” program. News ticker: “How do Trump-Russia and DNC-Ukraine compare?

New Day co-anchor Alysin Camerota (former Fox anchor) puts the question to her Political Director.

Chalian’s mechanical reply: “Russia …

Canada’s Involvement in Supporting Terrorism and Aggressive Warfare By Mark Taliano, July 19 2017

The Canadian government has disgraced itself by involving itself in aggressive warfare and by supporting terrorism.

Publicly endorsing illegal regime change operations and falsely demonizing President Assad[1] and the Syrian government create a framework that falsely legitimizes terrorism in

Time For the “International Left” to Take a Stand on Venezuela By Gregory Wilpert, July 19 2017

Venezuela is heading towards an increasingly dangerous situation, in which open civil war could become a real possibility. So far over 100 people have been killed as a result of street protests, most of these deaths are the fault of

Emmanuel Macron’s Extraordinary Error in Joining the Israel Lobby By Anthony Bellchambers, July 19 2017

The French President Emmanuel Macron has showed his unfortunate inexperience as a politician by voluntarily joining the American Israel lobby that supports and finances the illegal settlements in the Occupied Territories that now hold over 600,000 Israeli citizens on land

Struggle for Power from the Ruins of Libya: Is Saif Gaddafi in the West’s Crosshairs? By Richard Galustian, July 19 2017

The struggle for power from the ruins of Libya is likely to get even uglier, and what is becoming decidedly more noticeable is the role of other interfering states who are betting on one side or another in the game

Video: Syrian Army Advancing on ISIS-held Town of Sukhna By South Front, July 19 2017

On Monday, the Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) repelled an attack of pro-Turkish militants in the direction of Ayn Daqnah in the northern part of Aleppo province. According to pro-Kurdish sources, the attack was supported by Turkish artillery units. The

Alexander Zakharchenko
Donetsk People’s Republic Announces the Creation of a New Country: Malorossiya By Paul Chuprina, July 19 2017

Featured image: Chapter DNR Alexander Zakharchenko. (Source: RIA Novosti / Sergey Averin)

The head of the Donetsk People’s Republic Aleksandr Zakharchenko spoke about the establishment of a new State – Malorossiya. According to him, this decision was made by the …

All Ten Most Popular Governors Are Republicans. Implications for Presidential Politics. By Eric Zuesse, July 19 2017

Morning Consult reported on July 18th, that the 11 U.S. state governors who have the highest approval-ratings in their state are:

1. Charlie Baker, MA, 71%

2. Larry Hogan, MD, 68%

3. Matt Mead, WY, 67%

4. Doug Burgum,

“All Eyez on Me”: How Hollywood Depoliticized the Life and Death of Hip Hop Artist Tupac Shakur By James F. Tracy, July 18 2017

All Eyez on Me (2017) is a lavish dramatization of controversial hip-hop artist Tupac Shakur’s brief, tragic, and largely misjudged life. The motion picture’s emergence more than twenty years after his untimely death is especially significant because it purports to …

Bring Hassan Diab Home! The Incarceration of an Innocent Canadian By Hassan Diab Support Committee, July 18 2017

Dear Friend and Supporters,

Let me begin with a BIG “Thank You” to all of you who donated to the “Bring Hassan Home” 2017 Fundraising Campaign. Thank you for your generosity and thank you for the heartwarming notes we

The Doomsday Clock is Ticking: Veterans Call on U.S. to Sign the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons By Brian Trautman, Gerry Condon, and Samantha Ferguson, July 18 2017

On July 7th, 2017, the United Nations (UN), in a historic decision, approved a legally binding instrument to ban nuclear weapons, the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. Months of negotiations involving over 130 countries began in March

The U.S. Police State’s Answer to Free Speech. Tear Gas, Guns and Riot Squads… By John W. Whitehead, July 18 2017

Forget everything you’ve ever been taught about free speech in America. It’s all a lie. There can be no free speech for the citizenry when the government speaks in a language of force. What is this language of force?

Militarized

With New D.C. Policy Group, Dems Continue to Rehabilitate and Unify with Bush-Era Neocons By Glen Greenwald, July 18 2017

One of the most under-discussed yet consequential changes in the American political landscape is the reunion between the Democratic Party and the country’s most extreme and discredited neocons. While the rise of Donald Trump, whom neocons loathe, has accelerated

Tibet Rises From Poverty: Fantasy and Reality By Caleb T. Maupin, July 18 2017

Featured image: A village in Shannan City, Tibet Autonomous Region, China [Xinhua]

As a result of Hollywood and a fascination with Buddhism among certain celebrities and in some bohemian circles, many Americans are deeply misinformed about Tibet.

The reality is …

The Logic in North Korean ‘Madness’ By Colonel Ann Wright, July 18 2017

Despite the rhetoric from the Trump administration about military confrontation with North Korea, the common theme of many U.S. experts on North Korea is that the U.S. presidential administration must conduct a dialogue with North Korea — and quickly. Military

Mohammad bin Salman
Can Washington Prevent the Death of the Gulf States? By Moon of Alabama, July 18 2017

U.S. Secretary of State Tillerson is angry that Saudi Arabia and the UAE rejected his efforts to calm down their spat with Qatar. His revenge, and a threat of more serious measures, comes in the form of a WaPo “leak”

The Six Day War: The Breaking of the Middle East By Jim Miles, July 18 2017

Between a short Introduction that attempts to construct the underlying social science rationale for the outbreak of the Six Day War and a short epilogue that simply highlights the major trend of the Six Day War lies what appears to

Russiagate Exposed: It’s a Fraud. “Leaks from Inside the DNC” By Eric Zuesse, July 18 2017

It has now been incontrovertibly proven that Russia had nothing whatsoever to do with getting the information that was on the computer-files of the Democratic National Committee and of Hillary Clinton’s campaign chairman John Podesta, to Wikileaks —

Donald Trump Performance Signals Decline of US Power, Australian Perspective By Dr. Binoy Kampmark, July 18 2017

Featured image: Australian Journalist Chris Uhlmann (Source: The Sydney Morning Herald)

It’s all well and good to huff at the current President of the United States, who has managed to get under more irritated skin than an army of dedicated

Poll: Americans’ Massive Disapproval of Both Parties By Eric Zuesse, July 18 2017

The “Monthly Harvard-Harris Poll: June 2017” is the latest poll in that series, and it scientifically sampled 2,258 U.S. registered voters, of whom (as shown on page 30) 35% were “Democrat,” 29% were “Republican,” and 30% were “independent”). It indicates

US-Linked Terrorism in Southeast Asia. Where US Interests are Threatened, ISIS Coincidentally Appears… By Tony Cartalucci, July 18 2017

Where US interests are threatened, ISIS coincidentally appears, threatening those standing in the way. What is behind this increasingly transparent pattern of geopolitical coercion? 

As protracted warfare continues in southern Philippines between government forces and militants linked to the so-called …

The “Deep State” Then and Now By Edward Curtin, July 18 2017

“…since grasping the present from within is the most problematic task the mind can face.” – Frederic Jameson

Have you ever seen a photograph of yourself from the past and laughed or grimaced at the way you were dressed or

“The Putin-Trump Handshake in Hamburg Is a Historic Opportunity: Let’s Not Miss It”. Gorbachev By Giulietto Chiesa, July 18 2017

At about 12.00 pm, my telephone rang. On the other end of the phone, Mikhail Gorbachev was speaking, former Russian president and my old friend. He asked: ‘Do you have news about the meeting of yesterday in Hamburg?’

I replied …

Greece Under the Brunt of the IMF’s Deadly “Economic Medicine”… By Eirini Chrysolora, July 18 2017

The International Monetary Fund has again found that Greece’s debt is unsustainable under every scenario, according to the report the Executive Council will be discussing on Thursday to decide on the Fund’s participation in the Greek program, sources say.

The …

US Missile Defense Will Protect You From North Korea By Jim Naureckas, July 18 2017

“US Missile Defense Plans to Zap North Korean Threats” was the headline of a USA Today story (7/17/17)—or “US Racing to Quash N. Korean Nuke Threat,” in the print edition.

Strikingly, the piece contains no sources at all …

One Week After Mosul’s “Liberation,” Horror of US Siege Continues to Unfold By Bill Van Auken, July 18 2017

One week after Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi proclaimed the “liberation” of Mosul, Iraq’s second-largest city, the scale of destruction wrought during a nine-month, US-backed siege is becoming clearer, even as reports mount of collective punishment being meted out to

Japan’s Legacy of War Crimes in China By Kim Petersen, July 18 2017

During World War II, Japan’s imperialist military invaded Northeast China and afterward spread throughout Southeast Asia, then on to an ill-fated attack on Pearl Harbor. Japanese crimes were many during the war and included the coerced services of ianfu (comfort

Video: Israel Opposed to Syria Ceasefire Brokered by US and Russia By South Front, July 18 2017

The Syrian Army Tiger Forces and Tribal forces have liberated Bir al-Zamlah, Bir Rumaylan, Eastern Zamlah, the Zamlah pumping station and the gas fields of Zalmah and Khala, and Fahed and Dubaysan oil fields from ISIS terrorists in the southern

Qatar – Problem-Packed Peninsula By J. Michael Springmann, July 18 2017
Prince Mohammad bin Salman has been the architect of Saudi Arabia's disastrous foray into Yemen and its increasing hostility towards Iran. Now, he has added Qatar to his list of major mistakes. Of course, Trump might want to give a thought to his massive air base at al-Udeid. What would happen if the Saudis waltzed in.
The Spoils of War: Afghanistan’s Multibillion Dollar Heroin Trade By Prof Michel Chossudovsky, July 17 2017

This article was first published in April 2004 and was subsequently incorporated as a chapter in the author’s book America’s War on Terrorism.  published in 2005.

Control of the drug trade was a central objective of the US-NATO led invasion,

Silencing the Truth? The Mainstream Media Declares War on the Alternative Media By Timothy Alexander Guzman, July 17 2017

First published in December 2016

When it came to the art of lying to the public, German politician and Reich Minister of Propaganda Joseph Goebbels said it best:

“If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people

The “Salaries” ISIS-Daesh Terrorists Get for Their Atrocities By Sputnik, July 17 2017

According to the document, payments differ depending on the family status of a Daesh militant as well as the number of children in the family. 

Single militants receive the lowest salary, about 72 dollars, or 95,000 Iraqi dinars.

By contrast, …

ISIS, Al-Nusra, Al-Qaeda Get Their Money and Ideology From America’s Allies By RT News, July 17 2017

Featured image: Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif (Source: Wikimedia Commons)

The Iranian Foreign Minister has accused Washington’s allies in the Middle East of sponsoring terrorism. Mohammad Javad Zarif was speaking to CNN, commenting on US President Donald Trump’s apparent

Challenging Nuclearism: The Nuclear Ban Treaty Assessed By Prof. Richard Falk, July 17 2017

On 7 July 2017 122 countries at the UN voted to approve the text of a proposed international treaty entitled ‘Draft Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons.’ The treaty is formally open for signature in September, but it only

Selected Articles: US War in Syria Far From Over By Global Research News, July 17 2017

Global Research strives for peace, and we have but one mandate: to share timely, independent and vital information to readers across the globe. We act as a global platform to let the voices of dissent, protest, and expert witnesses and

In Victory for Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, Court Finds that Approval of Dakota Access Pipeline Violated the Law By The Indigenous American, July 17 2017

The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe won a significant victory today in its fight to protect the Tribe’s drinking water and ancestral lands from the Dakota Access pipeline.

A federal judge ruled that the federal permits authorizing the pipeline to cross …

Israel Against Peace in Syria. Netanyahu Supports the Jihadists? By Mehmet Ersoy, July 17 2017

Yesterday, a meeting between French President Emmanuel Macron and Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu concluded in Paris. At the press conference after the meeting, PM said that Israel rejected the ceasefire in southwestern Syria brokered by Russia and the U.S.,

Fairy Tales and Globalisation: Bringing Up the Young in the Values and Virtues of Great Civilisations By Prof. Yakov M. Rabkin, July 17 2017

Introduction

Globalisation affects children’s values, self-images and world outlook through targeted marketing of fairy tales, games and assorted media products. This article analyses these effects and proposes a number of measures to counteract them. Pro-active, grassroots approaches on the part

Who Should be Held Responsible for the Cruel Bloodshed in Syria By Martin Berger, July 17 2017

It goes without saying that it’s mainly due to the unprecedented courage of certain journalists that go above and beyond to report the truth, we know that that there’s a whole list of Western countries that continue arming such radical

US War in Syria Far From Over By Stephen Lendman, July 17 2017

VISIT MY NEW WEB SITE: stephenlendman.org (Home – Stephen Lendman). Contact at [email protected].

All post-9/11 US wars of aggression continue directly or indirectly through proxies – endless unresolved conflicts, trillions of dollars spent for imperial madness, the

Israel in Palestine as “Dysfunctional Judaism” By Rima Najjar, July 17 2017

I view Saudi Arabia as a dysfunctional manifestation of Islam. In the same way, I view Israel as a dysfunctional manifestation of Judaism. This is not to mean, I hasten to say, that either Judaism or Islam is inherently at

Brzezinski Wanted NATO to Become the “Hub of a Globe-Spanning Web” of Security Pacts By Steven MacMillan, July 17 2017

The end of May marked the death of a man who had been at the center of global affairs for decades. Zbigniew Brzezinski, born in Warsaw in the 1920s, was one of the most influential foreign policy advisers in

The US Deep State: Sabotaging Putin-Trump Ceasefire Agreement in Syria By Federico Pieraccini, July 17 2017

The most eagerly anticipated meeting of the year, that between Putin and Trump, lasted far more than the scheduled 20 minutes, extending past two hours. This is not too much of a surprise given the points of friction that needed

How Russia-gate Met the Magnitsky Myth By Robert Parry, July 17 2017

Near the center of the current furor over Donald Trump Jr.’s meeting with a Russian lawyer in June 2016 is a documentary that almost no one in the West has been allowed to see, a film that flips the

As Anti-Trump / Anti-Russia Campaign Fails – The Feeding of New Lies By Moon of Alabama, July 17 2017

Featured image: Yascha Mounk (Source: @Yascha_Mounk / Tiwtter)

The U.S. borg is vehemently trying to set up Russia as an enemy of the “west”. Their anti-Russian propaganda has become part of the campaign against U.S. President Trump who seeks

“Social Murder” by a London Local Authority By Anthony Bellchambers, July 17 2017

One of the richest local authorities in Britain today stands accused of the ‘social murder’ of over eighty residents in one of its council-owned tower blocks. Grenfell Tower

The allegation is that council officials knowingly authorised, specified and paid for