Kosovo Liberation Army Leader Hashim Thaçi on Trial for War Crimes

By Peter Schwarz and Prof Michel Chossudovsky, April 19, 2023

From the very outset those crimes against the people of Serbia and Kosovo were committed on behalf of the Atlantic Alliance. The KLA had extensive links to organized crime involved in drug trafficking. In the wake of the 1999 war, 24 years ago, a Mafia State was installed in Kosovo.

Scandinavia’s “Media Investigation” on Russia’s Alleged “Sabotage Plans”: Intended to Distract from Sy Hersh’s Nord Stream Report?

By Andrew Korybko, April 19, 2023

Scandinavia’s fake news about Russia was released at this particular point in time and specifically included the claim that Moscow is considering acts of sabotage in NATO-controlled waters so as to distract from Hersh’s report and revive the false story that the Kremlin blew up Nord Stream.

American De-industrialization: Paul Craig Roberts

By Dr. Paul Craig Roberts, April 19, 2023

Last week, I explained how economists and policymakers destroyed our economy for the sake of short-term corporate profits from jobs offshoring and financial deregulation. See this.

NATO’s Growing Military Presence in Latin America and the Caribbean

By Sergio Rodríguez Gelfenstein, April 19, 2023

At present, it has become customary to speak of NATO’s expansion “towards Eastern Europe”, which, while effective, is a reductionist concept. The truth is that since the end of the bipolar world, the United States, believing itself to be the master of the world, has used NATO to expand throughout the planet.

Speak Your Truth: Don’t Let the Government Criminalize Free Speech

By John W. Whitehead and Nisha Whitehead, April 19, 2023

Under the pretext of clamping down on online stalking, Colorado wants the power to be able to treat expressive activities on social media as threats without having to prove that the messages are both reasonably understood as threatening an illegal act and intended by the speaker as a threat.

Leaked Pentagon Document Reveals US Spying on UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres

By Dave DeCamp, April 19, 2023

Classified documents allegedly leaked by Air National Guardsman Jack Teixeira have revealed that the US is closely spying on UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and is not happy with his engagement with Moscow.

Big Oil Willow Project in Alaska. ConocoPhillips Fossil Fuel Extraction. Devastating Impacts on Wildlife and the Environment

By Center For Biological Diversity, April 19, 2023

A federal judge today ruled in favor of oil giant ConocoPhillips by denying a motion for preliminary injunction brought by environmental groups as part of a lawsuit challenging the Willow project in Alaska’s Western Arctic.

Undercover in Broad Daylight: Israeli Military Raids in West Bank Cities

By Ola Marshoud, April 19, 2023

Since 2021, the Israeli army has intensified its raids into West Bank towns, where detention and assassination operations are usually conducted by undercover special forces. Israeli soldiers would appear in Palestinian neighbourhood dressed like locals – including disguised as Muslim clerics, workers, journalists, or medics – to conduct highly secretive military operations.

Bombshell Filing: 9/11 Hijackers Were CIA Recruits

By Kit Klarenberg, April 19, 2023

A newly-released court filing raises grave questions about the relationship between Alec Station, a CIA unit set up to track Al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden and his associates, and two 9/11 hijackers leading up to the attacks, which was subject to a coverup at the highest levels of the FBI.

Blair Misled Parliament Over 1998 Iraq Bombing, Files Show

By Mark Curtis, April 19, 2023

Declassified documents from 1998, when the UK and US bombed Saddam Hussein’s Iraq, show Tony Blair was consistently informed military action was unlawful without UN authorisation. But he told parliament Britain had “the proper legal authority”.