
Month: December 2018


Whatever Happened to Peak Oil? Major New Shale Oil and Gas Discovery

The ‘Iron Lady’ of Siberia Invites You to Visit Yakutsk, the World’s Coldest City

Critics of Syria Withdrawal Fueled Rise of ISIS

Syria: The Quest for Truth and Peace in the New Year

War and Climate Change: Did Bombing During Second World War Cool Global Temperatures?

Can El Paso be a Model for Peaceful Coexistence?

New Studies Show Pundits Are Wrong About Russian Social-Media Involvement in US Politics

The Geopolitics of Border Walls and Fences. Russia’s Crimea-Ukraine Fence

Occupied Palestine in 2018: Record Deaths and Injuries, Food Insecurity, Demolitions, Record Low Humanitarian Funding

Twitter and the Smearing of Corbyn and Assange: A Research Note on the “Integrity Initiative”

“Environmental Buccaneering”: Adani’s Stalling Mega-Mining Project in Northern Australia

Brazil’s Bolsonaro: ‘We Need Good Brothers Like Netanyahu’

Bolsonaro Against Cuba

Universal Basic Income Is Easier Than It Looks

US Rage for Endless Wars Threatens World Peace in the New Year. The Danger of Nuclear War is Real

Report on President’s Environmental Record so Far ‘Reminds Us that Trump Soap Opera Has Dire Real-World Consequences’

Will 2019 Change the World Just Like 1979 Did?

A Dead Child on Christmas Eve

Trump vs Mattis: Watch Out When Men of War Come to the Rescue

The History of Pan-Africanism and National Liberation

Is There a Way Out of the Afghan Deadlock?

Facing Nuclear Reality: 35 Years after “The Day After”

The Ironies of a Successful U.S. China Policy

Washington’s Silent Weapon for Not-so-quiet Wars. “A World Full of Dollars”, A 2019 Global Economic Crisis

Failed Regime Change in Nicaragua. OAS and Amnesty International: Killing, Torturing Sandinistas Is OK

There Is No Marshall Plan for Iraq. The Cruel Legacy of America’s War Machine

The “Self-Genocide” of the West, Preparing its Populations for War

Israel’s Airstrikes on Syria Threatened 2 Civilian Flights Landing in Beirut and Damascus. Russian Report

An End to Empires

Trump Selects Former Boeing Executive to Replace Former General Dynamics Board Member as Defense Secretary

Trump Pulling Out of Syria and Afghanistan? What is the Hidden Agenda?

Genetically Engineered Bt Cotton: Reckless Gamble for Profit that Placed Indian Cotton Farmers in Corporate Noose

Churchill’s “Love for War”

Obama, ISIS and the Muslim Brotherhood. The PSD-11 “Secret Blueprint” to Implement Regime Change across the Middle East

Is Kissing a “State Sponsor of Terrorism” a “Terrorist Act”?

Sudan Might be the Next Geopolitical Victim of the New Cold War

What Happens If the French Yellow Vests Win?

Do Russiagate Promoters Prefer Impeaching Trump to Avoiding War With Russia?

If Truth Cannot Prevail Over Material Agendas We Are Doomed

Ho Ho!… Washington Bears Gifts for Kiev’s Neo-Nazi Warmongering Regime

Hands Off Syria: We Can End The US War On Syria

Interest Rate Hikes, America’s Economy in Crisis: Trump Considers Replacing Federal Reserve Chairman Powell?

The Misuses of History: The Christmas First World War 1914 Truce

Jesus Was Born in a Police State

The Implications of Macron Implosion

The Pentagon Failed Its Audit Amid a $21 Trillion Scandal (Yes, Trillion)

Bolton Threatens to Force Africa to Choose Between the US and China

Washington Melts Down Over Trump’s Syria Withdrawal

Leading Brexiteers’ Funded by US Business Interests Meet to Weaken UK Food Standards

Trump’s Retreat from Syria: Why Is the US Withdrawing Its Forces?

The Fusion Doctrine, For a Totalitarian Take Over. Militarization and “Privatization of the State”

War on Peace: The End of Diplomacy and the Decline of American Power

Emmanuel Macron and the Air France Experience

The Holiday Season “US Government Shutdown”. Trump’s Fortress America, $1.2 Trillion to Nuclear Weapons

The GMO Issue Reaches Boiling Point in India. The Devastating Impacts of Genetically Modified (GM) Crops

Veterans For Peace Supports Withdrawal of U.S. Troops from Syria

Illegal Land Grab and Human Rights Abuses in the Congo

South Sudan’s Civil War: Violence, Insurgency and Failed Peacemaking

The Creation of Kosovo’s Armed Forces

Giving Credit Where Credit Is Due – Trump Is Right on Syria

Trump Takes Decisive Stand Against The Military And Congress

Leaving Syria: President Trump’s Withdrawal

Continued American Occupation of the Middle East Does Not Suppress Terrorism, It Causes It

Mattis Out as Trump Regime War Secretary

Treasury Commission: Theresa May Government Concealing Truth About Cost of Brexit

“The War on Terrorism” is “Fake”: On the Need for Mass Social Mobilizations and Transformative Changes

Terrorism is “Made in the USA”. The “Global War on Terrorism” is a Fabrication, A Big Lie

Christmas: Endorse the Teachings of Jesus Christ, the Political Activist. Confront Today’s “Money Changers in the House of God”

Influencing Foreigners Is What Intelligence Agencies Do. Spreading Disinformation and Confusion

The Constitutional Right to Boycott Israel

Huawei Launches the Evolution Strategy for 5G-oriented Wireless Target Network

National Interest or Personal Interest: Theresa May’s “War of Words” with Tony Blair

North Korea Slams Hostile US Sanctions and Pressure

Britain’s Real Enemy, Not Russia

Washington Finally Acknowledges Defeat In Syria

Iraq: The Slums of Mesopotamia

Legacy of Colonialism: Britain Robbed India of $45 Trillion and Thence 1.8 Billion Indians Died from Deprivation

The Mad World of Theresa May Has Lured the EU into a Trap

What Happens if France’s Yellow Vests Win?

Youth Entrepreneurship by Facilitating People’s Development in Morocco

The Ontario Government’s “Education Funding Guide”: A First Step Towards Privatization?

Israel: Ethnic Cleansing, Land Theft, Apartheid and Racism against Palestinians

Video: Syrian Army Is Set to Respond to Any Future Israeli Attacks

NATO-Backed Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko Poses with Pro-Nazi Soldier

South Africa Searches for a “Financial Parachute”, A $170 Billion Foreign Debt Cliff Looms. IMF “Economic Medicine”

Canada: Pro-Israel MPs Flout NDP Policy

Twenty-One Thoughts On The Persecution Of Julian Assange

Financial Bounty Hunters Testify: Clinton Foundation Operated As Foreign Agent

A Spiritual Special Ops Team’s Christmas Gift

The Vocabulary of “Economic Deception”. Dr. Michael Hudson

Nine Things to Buy with $5 Billion Instead of a Border Wall

India Caught Between Iran and Saudi Arabia

The Myth of Western Democracy

Smartphone Wars: Yandex and Huawei Challenge Western Monopolies

A Green Future for Oman: A Trail for Environmentalism in the Arab World

Operation “Northern Shield” at the Israeli-Lebanese Border: Why Hassan Nasrallah Remains Silent

BJP Loses the Semi Final

Colonialism: How the British Empire Stole $45 Trillion from India. And Lied About It.

Joint Statement of US Civil Society Groups in Support of the Peace Process in Korea

Pressured by Pro-Israel Lobby, France’s Minister of Justice Refuses to Present The French Republic’s “Official” Human Rights Award to Al-Haq, B’Tselem

Every Member of US Congress Approved Crushing Sanctions on Nicaragua

US Senate Resolution On Yemen Passes, But Passage Into Law Seems Unlikely

How We’re Getting Net Neutrality Back

How the New Silk Roads Are Merging into Greater Eurasia

The Kosovo Blunder: Moves Towards a Standing Army

Financial Bounty Hunters Testify: Clinton Foundation Operated as Foreign Agent

Breakthrough in Yemen Peace Talks? Hold the Cheers

What Brexit Means to Kensington People

Corrupt Oligarch? Britain Welcomes You as “Visa Scheme for Rich” Not Suspended

“Five Eyes” Intelligence Agencies Behind Drive Against Chinese Telecom Giant Huawei.

Averting World Conflict with China

China’s Toughness v. Weak-Kneed Russia: Beijing’s Response to Arrest of Meng Wanzhou

The Strategies of Global Warfare: War with China and Russia? Washington’s Military Design in the Asia-Pacific

European Parliament Votes to Give €13 Billion Subsidy to Arms Companies Via European Defence Fund

British Spies Infiltrated Bernie Sanders’ Campaign?

Google CEO Exposes Shocking “Full Extent” Of Russian Meddling In 2016

Vietnam Has Buyer’s Remorse after Purchasing “Israeli” Anti-Air Missiles

Ukraine Has the Capabilities to Develop Nuclear Weapons: How will Russia React?

ANC Prepares for Upcoming Elections in South Africa

Australia: Principles of Academic Freedom in Jeopardy

Trans-African Railways: Russia’s Expertise Could Reshape African Geopolitics

Canada: Workers Rights and the Phasing out of General Motors’ Oshawa. Searching for Alternatives, Plan B.

The Antidote to Civilisational Collapse

The Macron Implosion – Will it Spread to Other EU Members?

Nikki Haley’s Swansong at the UN was an Embarrassment

War Over Ukraine?

Evolving US-China Telecom Technology Trade War: Canada Grants Bail to HuaWei Sabrina Meng Wanzhou

In Early Holiday ‘Gift to Polluters,’ Trump Guts Protections for 60 Percent of Nation’s Streams, Wetlands, and Waterways

Intellectual Freedom at the University of Sydney, “Offensive to Israel”: Prof. Tim Anderson

The US Wants to Bring Back the Shah of Iran
Trump Nominates U.S. Army General Mark Milley for the Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff Who Previously Said That Russia Is the No.1 Threat to the U.S.

The Heresy of White Christianity

Uprising in France – The Anatomy of Populism and Challenging the Matrix

The Macron Implosion – Will It Spread to Other EU Members?

France’s “Official” (CNCDH) Human Rights Award to B’Tselem for Its Resolve to End the Occupation of Palestine: Hysterical Israeli Government Response

‘Terrorism’ Database Cites ‘Islamophobic’ Sources in Muslim Profiles

Participatory Development: A Humanitarian Alternative to Migration

Remembering William Blum: Washington’s Destructive Imperial Agenda

Macron’s Woefully Inadequate Concessions. The Power of Money, “Poisoned Economic Medicine”

Alberta Tar Sands Production Cuts Here to Stay: Indigenous-led Movement Will Make Sure of It

Labour Demand Government Explains £2m Taxpayers’ Cash Funding Infowars Unit Which Smeared Corbyn and Labour

Palangkaraya: The “Socialist” Capital of Indonesia, and the 1965 US-Backed “Killing Fields”

The Book: Brexit – A Corporate Coup d’état. The Great Con that Will Ruin Britain

Top Eight Ways John Kelly Was an Embarrassment as White House Chief of Staff

Beneath the Official Lies and Sordid Story Leading up to the War on Iraq: Lt. Col. Karen Kwiatkowski’s Sam Adams Award Acceptance Speech

The Legacy of William Blum, Renowned U.S. Foreign Policy Critic

Billionaires Are the Leading Cause of Climate Change

US Scrambles to Save Funding for PA Security Forces

Canada Takes A Hostage: Free Meng Wanzhou

“Terrorism Made in America”: US Sponsored ISIS-Daesh “Pockets” Inside Iraq After More than Three Years of Fighting and US Bombings

A People’s History of George H. W. Bush. “Soldier Statesman” or Criminal War Profiteer?

In Another Blow to Keystone XL, Judge Rules TransCanada Can’t Conduct Pre-Construction Work

The Significance of Human Duties and Responsibilities

Seven Days of Failures for the American Empire

Kiev Provocations directed against Russia, Ukraine Attempts to Usurp UN Security Council Agenda, Martial Law

The History of War: What the ‘Neocon Chickenhawks’ Have Wrought. One Trillion Annual Military Spending

Nominee for US Ambassador to Yemen Is No Friend of the Yemeni People

The Deathly Insect Dilemma. “It is not Normal for 50%-to-90% of a Species to Drop Dead”

‘Decimated’: Germany’s Birds Disappear as Insect Abundance Plummets 76%

Canada Arrests Meng Wanzhou, CFO of HuaWei, China’s Global Cell Phone Competitor

Fed Up with Trump’s Knickers and Golf Shirts and Insults

US-Supported Terrorists Use Toxic Chlorine against Civilians in Aleppo City. Analysis

Moscow Meddling, Trump-Putin Dialogue: Secretary of Defense Mattis Tells All Without Any Evidence

US New World Order 2.0. Russia and China Constitute An “Obstacle” Which Undermines Washington’s Imperial Ambitions

The Security Derangement Complex: Technology Companies and Australia’s Anti-Encryption Law

A Two-Pronged Policy Needed to Stem the Flow of Migrants: Poverty Alleviation, Economic and Social Development

Digital Sovereignty. A Public Service Internet for Europe? Protecting Users’ Personal Data

Brexit Threats: Tory MP Suggests Using Possible ‘No-deal’ Food Shortages in Ireland to Drop the Backstop

13-year-old Gaza Artist Shot by Israeli Soldiers While “Calling for Our Basic Right to Live a Decent Life”

Canada: Workers Rights and General Motors Plan to Shut Down its Oshawa Plant. Brutal Corporate Strategy. Relocating to China?

Misreporting Manafort: A Case Study in Journalistic Malpractice

France: The Next Move! Organize “Independently”. There is no Middle “Progressive” Ideology.

The Anti-BDS Derangement Syndrome

HuffPost’s Attack on Academic Integrity, Truth and Justice

Pakistan’s Government in Military Hands — Again?

Suicide Bombing in Iran’s Chahabar Port: “Blowback” from US-India War against the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC)?

The Pentagon’s Massive Accounting Fraud Exposed

The Saudi Dilemma: To Cut or Not to Cut Production

Video: Behind the US Attack on Chinese Smartphones

Assange Case: U.S. Espionage Act Is Illegal, Says John Kiriakou

History of Labour Rights in Canada: Big and Small Lies We Accept

When America’s Media Contradicts America’s President

“War Whores” Revisited. Flashback to Media Coverage of the 2003 Invasion of Iraq

On the Way to A Libyan Settlement? Khalifa Haftar and Fayez M. Al-Sarraj “Closed Meeting” on “The Sidelines”

The Latest Victims in a Dark Story of How Northern Ireland Deals with Its Past

George H.W. Bush’s Complicity in the 1991 “Highway of Death” Massacre.

Trump Foreign Policy: Doing the Same Thing and Expecting a Different Result

Football: Combat as Spectator Sport

George H. Walker Bush: The Bush Family and the Mexican Drug Cartel

Hightower Up Against the Corporate Wall

Controlling the Israel Message: How to Manage the American Sheeple

Comparing China and America: Economies Diverge, Police States Converge

Tanzania Orders Destruction of Monsanto / Gates’ GM Trials Due to Illegal Use for Pro-GM Propaganda

Emmanuel Macron: The Little Emperor and Humpty-Dumpty

The 2018 Firestorms: There Is No Planet B

Did Ukraine Coordinate Its Provocation in Black Sea with ‘Western Partners’?

Mexico on the Eve of AMLO – “So Far from God and So Close to the United States”

Trump Administration Approves Airgun Blasting in Atlantic Harmful to Whales, Dolphins

US Lawmakers Introduce Bill to Kill Prospects for Arms Control

Journey into Obsolescence: Australia’s Adani Carmichael Mining Project

The Migrant Caravan: Canadian and US Business Interests Place Profits over People in Central America

Tanzania Orders Destruction of Monsanto / Gates’ GM Trials Due to Illegal Use for Pro-GM Propaganda

‘They are criminals!’ Tijuana mayor threatens to sue migrant caravan organizers

Is Nuclear War Our Destiny?

The Long, Brutal U.S. War on Children in the Middle East

Gülen and Erdogan’s Islamic Rivalry and Its Consequences

India-Saudi Relations: The Modi-MBS “Political Friendship” Is All About Iran

Video: Global Warming Testimony. Questions the IPCC Consensus. Prominent Scientist
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