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MSM Adamantly Avoids The Word “Coup” In Bolivia Reporting
MSM Adamantly Avoids The Word “Coup” In Bolivia Reporting There has been a military coup in Bolivia backed by violent right-wing rioters and the US government, but you’d hardly know this from any of the mainstream media headlines. “Bolivian President Evo Morales steps down following accusations of election fraud” proclaims CNN. “Bolivia’s Morales resigns amid scathing election report, rising protests” reports The Washington Post. […]
Iran Finds New Oil Field With Over 50 Billion Barrels: Rouhani
Iran Finds New Oil Field With Over 50 Billion Barrels: Rouhani Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has made an unusual announcement distinct from his normal emphasis on mere ‘defiance’ of US sanctions; instead, he is now boasting of the discovery of a new oil field with over 50 billion barrels of crude in the country’s south. “I am […]
David Stockman on How the Deep State Really Works
David Stockman on How the Deep State Really Works International Man: Last year, President Trump took the unusual step of bypassing his advisors to announce his intention to withdraw all US troops from Syria quickly. The decision rattled Washington and the mainstream media. It caused former Defense Secretary Mattis to resign. Almost a year later, […]
Iran Reportedly Shoots Down “Foreign Drone” Over Southern Port City Of Mahshahr
Iran Reportedly Shoots Down “Foreign Drone” Over Southern Port City Of Mahshahr Moments ago, local Iranian news outlets confirmed the Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran have shot down a drone from a “foreign country.” IRANIAN OFFICIAL CONFIRMS DOWNING OF A DRONE BY ARMY, SAYS IT BELONGS TO A FOREIGN COUNTRY – YOUNG JOURNALISTS CLUB COMMANDER OF […]
Saudi Bases and the Bin Ladens: A Love Story
Saudi Bases and the Bin Ladens: A Love Story What is Trump really up to? It’s almost unknowable. At the same time that the president was pulling (some) troops out of Northeast Syria, giving an antiwar speech, and then sending other troops back into Syria to “secure the oil,” he also quietly sent another 1800 service members into Saudi Arabia. What little […]
There’s No Stopping The World’s Most Politically Charged Pipeline
There’s No Stopping The World’s Most Politically Charged Pipeline This week, Denmark granted Gazprom approval for its Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline project, a project that is set to bring 55 billion cubic meters of Russian gas into Europe annually. It is one of the most controversial pipeline projects in the world and is now moving ahead […]
US Needs To Occupy Syria Because Of Kurds Or Iran Or Chemical Weapons Or Oil Or Whatever
US Needs To Occupy Syria Because Of Kurds Or Iran Or Chemical Weapons Or Oil Or Whatever President Trump reiterated to the press today that the United States is maintaining its military presence in Syria not to patrol the nation’s border with Turkey, but to control its oil fields. “We’ve kept the oil,” Trump said. “We’ve stayed back and […]
First Images Of US Troops Occupying Syria’s Oil Fields Stir Outrage
First Images Of US Troops Occupying Syria’s Oil Fields Stir Outrage The reality of American foreign policy all in one stunning image: regional Iraqi Kurdistan24 television has broadcast the first footage of the United States Army seizing and ‘protecting’ a Syrian oil field in the country’s northeast. Specifically the images are of a US armed convoy at Rumelan […]
Assad Calls Trump “Best US President” Ever For “Transparency” Of Real US Motives
Assad Calls Trump “Best US President” Ever For “Transparency” Of Real US Motives Arguably some of the most significant events since the eight-year long war’s start have played out in Syria with rapid pace over just the last month alone, including Turkey’s military incursion in the north, the US pullback from the border and into […]
How Central Banks Fund Our Age of Endless War
How Central Banks Fund Our Age of Endless War [This talk was delivered at the Mises Circle in New York City on September 14, 2012.] The 20th century was the century of total war. Limitations on the scope of war, built up over many centuries, had already begun to break down in the 19th century, but they […]
Is The Era Of U.S. Energy Dominance Already Over?
Is The Era Of U.S. Energy Dominance Already Over? The global oil industry is a highly lucrative sector that is strongly influenced by geopolitical developments. As the Post-Cold War era comes to an end, a new status quo is arising. The U.S. was once the only player with the capability to significantly influence energy markets around the […]
Trump Loses More than Just the Battle Over Nordstream 2
Trump Loses More than Just the Battle Over Nordstream 2 For the past three years the U.S. has fought the construction of the Nordstream 2 pipeline from Russia to Germany every inch of the way. The battle came down to the last few miles, literally, as Denmark has been withholding the final environmental permit on […]
In A Society Built On War, We Must Do More Than Just Prefer Peace
In A Society Built On War, We Must Do More Than Just Prefer Peace American activist Angela Davis once said, “In a racist society it is not enough to be non-racist, we must be anti-racist.” Our responsibility to truth and justice isn’t fulfilled by merely witnessing the perverse tendency in western society toward white supremacy without […]
U.S.-China Relations in the Years Ahead: The Trade War Is a Sideshow
U.S.-China Relations in the Years Ahead: The Trade War Is a Sideshow As President Trump has said many times, we rebuilt China over the past 25 years. No truer words were spoken, but those days are over. The United States now recognizes China as a strategic and economic rival. – Vice President Mike Pence during a […]
RAY McGOVERN: Thanks to a Soviet Navy Captain — We Survived 1962
RAY McGOVERN: Thanks to a Soviet Navy Captain — We Survived 1962 Captain Vasili Alexandrovich Arkhipov spared humanity from extinction on what has been called “the most dangerous moment in human history.” Oct. 27, 1962, is the date on which we humans were spared extinction thanks to Soviet Navy submarine Captain Vasili Alexandrovich Arkhipov. Arkhipov insisted on […]
