They Live, We Sleep: A Dictatorship Disguised as a Democracy

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By John W. Whitehead “You see them on the street. You watch them on TV. You might even vote for one this fall. You think they’re people just like you. You’re wrong. Dead wrong.” – They Live August 05, 2015 “Information Clearing House” – “Rutherford Institute ” – We’re living in two worlds, you and […]

Questioning The Left: Current Leftist Theory and the Collapse of the Left. How to Rebuild Leftist Policies

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By Devon Douglas-Bowers Global Research, July 31, 2015 Below is a transcript of an email interview I did with writers Gregory Smulewicz-Zucker and Michael J. Thompson who co-authored the article “The Treason of Intellectual Radicalism and the Collapse of Leftist Politics” which appeared in the Winter 2015 edition of the academic journal Logos: A Journal of Modern Society and Culture.  In […]

Change the World, the famous buzz words

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Pravda.Ru archive How many times have you heard those buzz words? If you’re like me, it seems these days anyone and everyone that thinks they are a ‘somebody’ utters that platitude with increasing zeal. And those frequent utterances come from almost every endeavor: politics, sports, film, and academia; even Anonymous threatens its own ‘calamitous global […]

Imperialism: Bankers, Drug Wars and Genocide. Mexico’s Descent into Inferno

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Mexico’s Descent in the Inferno By Prof. James Petras Global Research, July 25, 2015 Global Research 19 May 2011 In May 2011, Mexican investigators uncovered another mass clandestine grave with dozens of mutilated corpses; bringing the total number of victims to 40,000 killed since 2006 when the Calderon regime announced its “war on drug traffickers”. […]

How to make $7 billion in 45 minutes

25 July 2015 On Thursday, Amazon, the online retail giant, announced that, contrary to analysts’ predictions and after months of financial losses, it had turned a profit in the second quarter. The stock market responded with euphoria. Amazon’s share price surged by 18 percent in a single day, adding $40 billion to the company’s market […]

The Lonely American

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By Chris Hedges June 29, 2015 “Information Clearing House” – “Truthdig“- Michael P. Printup, president of Watkins Glen International, one of the country’s largest racetracks, stood with a group of about a dozen race fans at 8:30 a.m. Saturday. Next to him were boxes of free doughnuts and coffee. A line of men with towels, […]

Pillage and Class Polarization: The Rise of “Criminal Capitalism”

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By Prof. James Petras Global Research, June 11, 2015 About 75% of US employees work 40 hours or longer, the second longest among all OECD countries, exceeded only by Poland and tied with South Korea.  In contrast, only 10% of Danish workers, 15% of Norwegian, 30% of French, 43% of UK and 50% of German […]

Slave or Rebel? Ten Principles for Escaping the Matrix and Standing Up to Tyranny

By John W. Whitehead “Until they become conscious, they will never rebel, and until after they have rebelled, they cannot become conscious.”—George Orwell June 09, 2015 “Information Clearing House” – The more things change, the more they stay the same. It’s a shell game intended to keep us focused on and distracted by all of […]

Thou Shalt Not Kill

By Chris Hedges June 08, 2015 “Information Clearing House” – “Truthdig” – The military in the United States portrays itself as endowed with the highest virtues—honor, duty, self-sacrifice, courage and patriotism. Politicians, entertainers, sports stars, the media, clerics and academics slavishly bow before the military machine, ignoring its colossal pillaging of state resources, the egregious war […]

Alice And The Mad Hatter Gang Making Foreign Policy, Will Get You Killed

By Joe Clifford June 03, 2015 “Information Clearing House” – Unless Americans start paying attention to foreign policy and the insane decisions being made, we will all be dead. First a quick study of the totally irrational situation the decision makers have gotten us into, then a look at how your life is being risked […]

Golden Silences in the Propaganda System

By Edward S. Herman May 31, 2015 “Information Clearing House” – “ZMag” – Propaganda shapes the flow of information in many different ways, including, obviously, the choice of the news fit to print, its placement, and the selection of authorities to make those facts credible. But equally important, and implicit in news choices, especially where […]

A New Dark Age

By Robert C. Koehler May 14, 2015 “Information Clearing House” – “What struck me” journalist Christian Parenti said in a recent Truthout interview, referring to the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, “was the fact that these local towns and states around the region were sending the only resources they had to New Orleans: weapons and militarized […]

Mr. John Kerry, freedom of expression and improving relations

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It is reported that the United States Secretary of State Mr. John Kerry handed President Putin a list of quotes in the Russian media which were hostile to the position defended by Washington in international affairs, yet another clear display of pig-faced insolence from one who is supposed to be his country’s leading diplomat. If […]

Ready to die for fast food?

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It is an open secret that too much fast food causes obesity. Yet, large amounts of sugar, salt and other additives used for fast food, combined with the principle of “cheap and fast,” makes them so attractive that we can not abandon them, even if we know how bad they are to us health-wise. Everybody […]

Guiding Obama into Global Make-Believe

The Orwellian concept of ‘information warfare’ holds that propaganda can break down enemies and decide geopolitical outcomes, a strategy that has taken hold of the U.S. government’s approach to international crises, especially the Ukraine showdown By Ray McGovern March 15, 2015 “ICH” – “Consortium News” – CIA Director John Brennan told TV host Charlie Rose […]

Islamic State: A fight for a generation

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Various leaders have started to label the Islamic State conflict a fight for a generation. The reactions to this phenomenon, which grew up under the watchful eyes of those who embarked on a unilateralist imperialist venture in Iraq, have been varied and have invoked much criticism. The question is, what to do? While it is […]

“Saudi Human Rights Record is the Worst in the Region: One Beheading Every Four Days”

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By Sara Flounders Global Research, January 19, 2015 RT Op-Edge As long as Saudi oil is seen as a valuable resource for US oil corporations, the US will maintain relations with the feudal regime regardless of what that means for the rights of Saudi people, Sara Flounders, of the International Action Center, told RT. RT: Time […]

Obama and Cameron cowardly pressurize Russia

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U.S. President Barack Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron declare they stand firm against Russia’s aggression in Ukraine. They stated their position in an article titled “Violence Won’t Muzzle Free Speech” published in The Times. Alexei Fenenko, an associate professor of the World Politics Department of the Moscow State University, agreed to comment on […]

Scottish National Party prepares for a coalition role at Westminster

By Steve James 19 January 2015 What does the Scottish National Party’s (SNP) rejection of former British diplomat Craig Murray as a parliamentary candidate in the upcoming British general election reveal? Murray came to prominence in 2003, following his outspoken opposition to human rights abuses by the Uzbek government of President Islam Karimov. Murray, then […]

Australian PM condemns magistrate for bail decision in bogus “terror” case

By Patrick Kelly 19 January 2015 Prime Minister Tony Abbott last week denounced a magistrate for granting bail to a man who allegedly tweeted a threat to police and was also said to have expressed support online for the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS). Abbott’s statements came in support of a hysterical campaign […]

Police crackdown after Charlie Hebdo attack spreads across Europe

By Kumaran Ira 19 January 2015 This weekend, police and military forces were deployed across Europe on an unprecedented scale. Security forces in France, Belgium, Germany, Greece and Britain are continuing a crackdown on suspected Islamists, arresting dozens of people, after the January 7 attack on the editorial offices of the weekly Charlie Hebdo in […]

Princeton Study: U.S. No Longer An Actual Democracy

By Brendan JamesJanuary 18, 2015 “ICH” – “TPM” – A new study from Princeton spells bad news for American democracy—namely, that it no longer exists. Asking “[w]ho really rules?” researchers Martin Gilens and Benjamin I. Page argue that over the past few decades America’s political system has slowly transformed from a democracy into an oligarchy, […]

Current “Anti-Semitism” in Europe Result of Netanyahu Government Policies?

By Anthony Bellchambers January 18, 2015 “ICH” – “GR” – Current, dangerous anti-Semitism in Europe could be ameliorated, and eventually nullified, if the Netanyahu government were to dismantle its illegal settlements and repatriate its citizens back to Israel in accordance with the judgement of the International Court and the will of the UN, the U.S. […]

US war against ISIL is ‘total fraud’ to create a CIA base: Journalist

A Pentagon plan to arm and train the so-called moderate militants in Syria to fight against the ISIL terrorist group is a “total fraud” and “bogus” claim to carve out a CIA base in the region, an American journalist in Missouri says. The United States is fighting a “multi-front war” against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad […]

The Evils of Big Pharma Exposed

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By Joachim Hagopian Global Research, January 18, 2015 What’s wrong with America is what’s wrong with Big Pharma. And what’s wrong with Big Pharma is what’s wrong with America. This circular reality is aimed to be thoroughly covered in this presentation. This is the story of how Big Pharma seeks enormous profits over the health […]

Her Majesty’s Police State and Britain’s Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (RIPA): Keeping National Security Vague

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By Binoy Kampmark Global Research, January 18, 2015 The Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000  (RIPA) is an Act of the UK Parliament “regulating the powers of public bodies to carry out surveillance and investigation, and covering the interception of communications.” Laws have certain flexibility to them, the vast legroom that allows a degree of significant contortions.  The […]

Arrests Follow Terror Raids across Europe

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By Chris Marsden Global Research, January 18, 2015 World Socialist Web Site 17 January 2015 Terror raids have been mounted in Belgium, France and Germany in the aftermath of the January 7 assault on the offices of Charlie Hebdo. In Belgium, two suspects were shot dead by police and another seriously wounded in the town […]

Can Obama Untangle from Syria’s Civil War?

By Gareth Porter January 17, 2015 “ICH” – Contradictions between the Obama administration’s policy in Syria and realities on the ground have become so acute that U.S. officials began last November discussing a proposal calling for support of local ceasefires between opposition forces and the Assad regime in dozens of locations across Syria. The proposal […]

Netanyahu and Hollande “Hold Hands” at Paris Rally: “Dirtiest Joke of Our Time”

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By Zaher Mahruqi Global Research, January 17, 2015 Foreign Policy News The President of Turkey, Mr. Erdogan, is furious that a million-man march against the killings in France, a march intended to uphold and sanctify human life and the freedom of free speech, included Benjamin Netanyahu; a man who stands for neither. Mr. Erdogan is […]

Post-Soviet Russia: US Public Broadcasting System (PBS) Misrepresents Russia’s Vladimir Putin

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By Eric Zuesse Global Research, January 17, 2015 On January 13th, the Public Broadcasting System (PBS) telecast the FRONTLINE documentary, “Putin’s Way,” which purported to be a biography of Russia’s President, Vladimir Putin. The press release about this film states: Drawing on firsthand accounts from exiled Russian business tycoons, writers and politicians, as well as the […]

The US-UK Special Relationship: Partners in High Crimes Against Humanity

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By Stephen Lendman Global Research, January 17, 2015 Obama hosts British Prime Minister David Cameron at the White House today. Focusing on mutual issues.  Ongoing wars. Escalation plans. Choosing new targeted countries. Stepped up cyber and other forms of surveillance. New police state crackdowns. Economic and financial issues benefitting monied interests alone. Both countries represent […]

Hunger strike in Australian refugee detention camp on Manus Island

By Will Morrow 17 January 2015 The barbaric character of the anti-asylum seeker policies of the Australian government is once again on display. Security forces have reportedly been sent to repress a desperate hunger strike by hundreds of people incarcerated in Australia’s refugee prison camp on Manus Island, Papua New Guinea. All of the reports […]

Europe’s terror attacks: The blowback from Western intervention

17 January 2015 In the wake of the terrorist attacks of January 7 in Paris, police across Europe have launched a wave of arrests, rounding up dozens of alleged Islamist militants, many of whom have reportedly traveled to and from Syria, where the US and its allies have fomented a bloody civil war. Amid press […]

BBC Reporter Tim Wilcox Forced To Apologize For Comments Sympathetic To Palestinians at Paris “Free Speech” Rally

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By 21st Century Wire Global Research, January 16, 2015 21st Century Wire 15 January 2015 A BBC reporter hit the free speech trip-wire this week, after making a comment which the Jewish lobby said was offensive and also “Anti-semitic”, before being forced to make a public apology – or lose his job as a BBC […]

Partners in Terror

By Robert C. Koehler January 16, 2015 “ICH” – “Je suis Charlie. Tout est pardonné.” Muhammad in tears adorns the new cover of Charlie Hebdo: “I am Charlie. All is forgiven.” This is bigger than satire. I take a deep breath, uncertain how to write about last week’s insane shooting spree in Paris. My daughter and her […]

Ruin Is Our Future

By Paul Craig Roberts January 16, 2015 “ICH” – Neoconservatives arrayed in their Washington offices are congratulating themselves on their success in using the Charlie Hebdo affair to reunite Europe with Washington’s foreign policy. No more French votes with the Palestinians against the Washington-Israeli position. No more growing European sympathy with the Palestinians. No more […]

Glyphosate (Monsanto Roundup) Found in Hospital Feeding Tube Liquid

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By Global Research News Global Research, January 16, 2015 Moms Across America 5 January 2015 Thanks to Moms Across America supporters; our sponsors and private citizens donating thousands of dollars in three days to pay for testing, glyphosate has been found in feeding tube liquid which is given to babies and children with cancer in hospitals. Microbe […]

Australian government in disarray over doctors’ fees

By Mike Head 16 January 2015 Facing outrage among doctors and patients over its drive to force people to pay upfront fees to see general practitioner (GP) doctors, Prime Minister Tony Abbott’s government yesterday performed its second apparent backflip on the issue in a month. Health Minister Susan Ley returned early from her summer holiday […]

Obama, Cameron discuss war and state repression following Charlie Hebdo attack

By Chris Marsden and Jerry White 16 January 2015 British Prime Minister David Cameron is meeting with US President Barack Obama in the White House today to discuss the escalation of military operations by the two countries in the Middle East, further NATO provocations against Russia and, in the aftermath of the Charlie Hebdo attack […]

Financial markets rocked by decision to abandon ceiling on Swiss franc

By Nick Beams 16 January 2015 Financial markets were sent reeling Thursday when the Swiss national bank announced it was removing its ceiling on the value of the Swiss franc put in place three years ago. In one of the most dramatic movements ever seen in the history of currency markets, the value of the […]

Charlie Hebdo And The War For Civilisation

By Editor – Media Lens January 15, 2015 “ICH” – “Media Lens” – – In 2003, a top security expert told filmmaker Michael Moore, ‘there is no one in America other than President Bush who is in more danger than you’. (Michael Moore, ‘Here Comes Trouble – Stories From My Life,’ Allen Lane, 2011, p.4) […]