Selected Articles: The Sham of US-Sponsored “Democracy”

By Eric Zuesse, October 25 2015
An analysis of Federal Election Commission records, by TIME, shows that the 2012 donors to Mitt Romney’s campaign have been donating more to Hillary Clinton’s 2016 campaign than they have been donating to the campaign of — listed here in declining order below Clinton — Lindsey Graham, Rand Paul, Carly Fiorina, Chris Christie, Rick Perry, Mike Huckabee, Donald Trump, Bobby Jindal, Rick Santorum, George Pataki, Martin O’Malley, Jim Web, Jim Gilmore, or Lawrence Lessig.
Counter-Terrorism Vs. “Regime Change” in Syria. US-Russia Clash at the UN Security Council
By Carla Stea, October 25 2015
On September 30, the Ministerial level UN Security Council meeting was entitled: Maintenance of International Peace and Security. Settlement of Conflicts in the Middle East and North Africa and Countering the Terrorist Threat in the Region.
The Pantomime of Democracy: Portugal’s Coup against Anti-Austerity
By Binoy Kampmark, October 25 2015
Meanwhile in Portugal we are witnessing the makings of a genuine coup with the unwillingness of the establishment there to accept the outcome of an election and the support won by parties who oppose EU austerity. – Gerry Adams, Sinn Féin, Oct 24, 2015
Israel’s Killing Machine: “Bloody Friday” in Palestine
By Stephen Lendman, October 25 2015
Israel’s killing machine raged on Friday, continuing into Saturday. The Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) said Israeli forces wounded over 290 Palestinians yesterday alone, many seriously – 48 from live fire, 44 using rubber-coated steel bullets.
US Sponsored “Occupation Democracy”: Haiti’s Cité Soleil Fights Back
By Dady Chery, October 25 2015
What if there were an election and nobody came? It happened in Haiti on August 9, 2015. Language fails us. Words like election, plebiscite and democracy no longer matter. If there had been a word for an election under foreign occupation, then the vacuous exercise would have carried its proper name.