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Still Waiting for USS Liberty’s Truth
Still Waiting for USS Liberty’s Truth Exclusive: During the Six-Day War in 1967, Israeli warplanes and warships tried to sink the USS Liberty, killing 34 of the spy ship’s crew. Afterwards, U.S. and Israeli officials excused the attack as an unfortunate mistake and covered up evidence of willful murder, as ex-CIA analyst Ray McGovern explains. Israel’s […]
“The US Needs War Every 4 Years To Maintain Economic Growth”
“The US Needs War Every 4 Years To Maintain Economic Growth” “This is not a secret,” explains Kris Roman, director of geopolitical research center Euro-Rus, “The whole [US] economy is built on the military theme: to maintain its economic growth, the United States needs a war every 4 years, otherwise the economic growth slows down.” The Belgian […]
Russia Taking Full Advantage Of Greek Crisis
Russia Taking Full Advantage Of Greek Crisis With Greece’s debt situation spiraling downwards, the European project is showing some cracks. The July 5 referendum could amount to a vote on whether or not Greece stays in the euro. In the meantime, the turmoil offers an opportunity for Russia to advance its interests. Of course, the […]
Greece, China, and Russia – a Plan B for Greece
Greece, China, and Russia – a Plan B for Greece If the Greeks were to vote ‘No’ what would happen next? Well no one can say. But here is a quick thought on what I hope the Greek government might have been exploring if they are excluded from the euro. It’s just food for thought […]
Not Learning from Mideast Mistakes
Not Learning from Mideast Mistakes Exclusive: The neocon strategy of “regime change” has proved financially costly and strategically disastrous – setting almost the entire Middle East on fire – but almost no lessons have been learned, no accountability assessed, and no relevant questions asked, writes ex-U.S. diplomat William R. Polk. Apparently, the United States, perhaps Great Britain […]
The Pentagon’s “2015 Strategy” For Ruling the World
The Pentagon’s “2015 Strategy” For Ruling the World On Wednesday, the Pentagon released its 2015 National Military Strategy, a 24-page blueprint for ruling the world through military force. While the language in the report is subtler and less incendiary than similar documents in the past, the determination to unilaterally pursue US interests through extreme violence […]
Egypt Is On The Edge Of Full Blown Civil War
Egypt Is On The Edge Of Full Blown Civil War Via GEFIRA, In the last few days there were dozens of separate attacks in Egypt from the Sinai up to Cairo. Probably more than 60 people died while the Egyptian army used F16 attack plains to protect itself against it disgruntled population. It is clear that the Egyptian […]
Behind the Greek Crisis
Behind the Greek Crisis Exclusive: The usual narrative of the Greek economic tragedy is that the country is paying for its past profligacy, but there is deeper back story of political repression fueled by major powers intervening in Greece and contributing to a dysfunctional political system, recalls ex-U.S. diplomat William R. Polk. Focusing exclusively on the monetary […]
The Tragedy of Harper’s Canada
The Tragedy of Harper’s Canada Tilting Toward Totalitarianism “This abuse of executive power is tilting toward totalitarian government and away from the foundations of democracy and the rule of law on which this country was founded.” -Errol Mendes, Professor of constitutional and international law (University of Ottawa) The current Conservative government of Prime Minister Stephen […]
LEAKED: How the Biggest Banks Are Conspiring to Rip Up Financial Regulations around the World
LEAKED: How the Biggest Banks Are Conspiring to Rip Up Financial Regulations around the World WikiLeaks got its hands on part of the secret trade pact for services It’s almost impossible to keep anything secret these days – not even the core text of a hyper-secret trade deal, the Trade in Services Agreement (TiSA), […]
The Troika Turns Europe Into A Warzone
The Troika Turns Europe Into A Warzone So now they do it. Now the IMF comes out with a report that says Greece needs hefty debt restructuring. Mind you, their numbers are still way off the mark, in the end it’s going to be easily double what they claim. Not even a Yanis Varoufakis haircut will do […]
Is Saudi Arabia Leaving The U.S. Behind For Russia?
Is Saudi Arabia Leaving The U.S. Behind For Russia? The news from the recent St. Petersburg Economic Forum, which took place from June 18 to 20, inspired a torrent of speculation on the future direction of energy prices. But the real buzz at the conference was the unexpected but much publicized visit of the Saudi […]
The Greek People Should Vote No
The Greek People Should Vote No Greece has defaulted on its 1.3 billion euro payment to the International Monetary Fund and the euro zone is still intact, but nobody has any clear idea about what will happen after next Sunday’s referendum. Prime Minister Tsipras and Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis, a game theory expert, have […]
Revolution’s Matchstick
Revolution’s Matchstick Fighting The Trans-Pacific Partnership Rolling down the corporate-political assembly line is a trade deal so treasonous to the peoples of the world that it should serve as revolution’s matchstick. The treaty is secret, but one fact is well known: the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement is being negotiated by transnational corporations without a single US […]
Ukraine Halts Russian Gas Purchases After Price Talks Fail
Ukraine Halts Russian Gas Purchases After Price Talks Fail It has been a bad day for deals and deadlines all around: first Greece is about to enter July without a bailout program and in default to the IMF with the ECB about to yank its ELA support or at least cut ELA haircuts; also the […]
