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Trump Cares About Two Things – Empire and the Stock Market
Trump Cares About Two Things – Empire and the Stock Market Though not surprising, it’s nevertheless extraordinary to watch Donald Trump publicly and shamelessly morph into a George W. Bush era neocon when it comes to foreign policy, and a CNBC stock market cheerleader when it comes to the economy. Just like Barack Obama before […]
Is Trump Trying to Goad Iran Into War with the US?
Is Trump Trying to Goad Iran Into War with the US? On Monday President Trump designated Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps a foreign terrorist organization. Mainstream media is playing it up as an escalation of economic pressures on the country. The Wall Street Journal editorial board writes: The designation should deepen Iran’s international isolation, another step in the […]
The geopolitics of oil in the Trump era
The geopolitics of oil in the Trump era The United States have become the leading world producer of hydrocarbons. As from now, they are using their dominant position exclusively to maximise their profits, and do not hesitate to eliminate their major rivals in oil production, plunging their citizens into misery. Although in the past, access […]
Tomgram: Dilip Hiro, India, Pakistan, and a Planet in Peril
Tomgram: Dilip Hiro, India, Pakistan, and a Planet in Peril There are a few genuinely upbeat news stories when it comes to this planet and people trying to figure out how to save us from ourselves and our fossil-fuel addiction. This at a moment of record global surface temperatures and record ocean heating when, despite the Paris climate accord […]
Iran Revolutionary Guard Commander Warns US Carrier: Stay Away From Our Speed Boats
Iran Revolutionary Guard Commander Warns US Carrier: Stay Away From Our Speed Boats It begins: unprecedented tit-for-tat formal “terror” designations exchanged between Washington and Tehran on Monday could soon enter a hot war on the ground. A mere hours after President Trump formally designated Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist organization on Monday, Iran’s foreign […]
Juan Guaidó Confesses Being Behind the Sabotage of Venezuela’s Electric System
Juan Guaidó Confesses Being Behind the Sabotage of Venezuela’s Electric System Translated from the Spanish by Global Research. “A confession from [America’s] puppet pointing to evidence,” said journalist Gustavo Villapol Wednesday, noting that the deputy of the National Assembly in contempt Juan Guaidó confessed to be behind the attacks perpetrated against the National Electric Service (SEN) that […]
Billions Dead: 5 Times Russia and America Nearly Started a Nuclear War
Billions Dead: 5 Times Russia and America Nearly Started a Nuclear War Some history that should never be forgotten. Each crisis was eventually resolved in favor of peace, but in every case both sides relied on gambles, and survived as much by luck as by strategy. An international “crisis” is the anxious space between peace and war. It is […]
Iran Designates US Military As Terrorist Organization
Iran Designates US Military As Terrorist Organization Just hours after President Trump formally designated Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps as a terrorist organization, Iran’s foreign ministry has put forward a bill placing US Central Command on a list of organizations designated as terrorists, akin to Daesh. Statement from the President on the Designation of the Islamic Revolutionary […]
The Syrian American Council’s Pressure Campaign to Censor One of Its Major Critics
The Syrian American Council’s Pressure Campaign to Censor One of Its Major Critics “Clearly these regime change lobbyists want to burn my book because it exposes their own cynical tactics.” – Max Blumenthal The Syrian American Council and a collection of pro-war lobbyists have led an intimidation campaign aimed at bullying a major Washington-based bookstore, […]
Amid Blackouts and Food Shortages, Pence Unveils New Sanctions Targeting Venzuelan Oil Exports to Cuba
Amid Blackouts and Food Shortages, Pence Unveils New Sanctions Targeting Venzuelan Oil Exports to Cuba Peace advocacy group CodePink says, “Reminder: sanctions are an act of war. #HandsOffVenezuela.” Residents carry water that they had to obtain from a natural source from the hill El Avila after the water supply was suspended following a nationwide blackout […]
What Monroe Doctrine?
What Monroe Doctrine? Because there is a presidential election coming up next year, the Donald Trump Administration appears to be looking for a country that it can attack and destroy in order to prove its toughness and willingness to go all the way in support of alleged American interests. It is a version of the […]
The Ultimate Pivot: Saudi Betrayal of the Petrodollar
The Ultimate Pivot: Saudi Betrayal of the Petrodollar Saudi Arabia has gone nuclear, threatening the petrodollar. Or has it? The report from Zerohedge via Reuters that Saudi Arabia is angry with the U.S. for considering a bill exposing OPEC to U.S. antitrust law is a trial balloon. The chances of the U.S. bill known as NOPEC coming […]
Moscow Slams NATO Black Sea Drills As Alliance Vows Support To Ukraine And Georgia
Moscow Slams NATO Black Sea Drills As Alliance Vows Support To Ukraine And Georgia The Kremlin has slammed NATO’s multi-national “Sea Shield 2019” naval drills which kicked off in the Black Sea on Friday and will include limited Ukrainian defense forces. The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) said upon the military games’ beginning, which also happens […]
How Brzezinski’s Chessboard Degenerated Into Brennan’s Russophobia
How Brzezinski’s Chessboard Degenerated Into Brennan’s Russophobia “Russia is an inalienable and organic part of Greater Europe and European civilization. Our citizens think of themselves as European. That’s why Russia proposes moving towards the creation of a common economic space from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean, a community referred to by Russian experts as […]
Iraq’s WMDs Found…In Russia
Iraq’s WMDs Found…In Russia White House photo by Eric Draper In late 2017, actor Morgan Freeman announced in a video created by a who’s who of senior U.S. Intelligence officials that Russia had attacked the United States and that ‘we’ were at war. Freeman, whose net worth is said to be about a quarter-billion dollars, claimed that ex-Soviet ‘authoritarian’ Vladimir Putin, […]
