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Russia’s Diversity of Opinion
Russia’s Diversity of Opinion The usual U.S. depiction of Russian media is that all you get is Kremlin propaganda, but prime-time talk shows actually offer wider diversity of opinion and more substantive debates than what appears on American TV, says Gilbert Doctorow. I remember with a shudder an exchange I had with Elmar Brok on March […]
The Future of Geopolitics and Energy Markets
The Future of Geopolitics and Energy Markets Energy prices and geopolitics have been interconnected since the beginning of the twentieth century, but expanded globalization, increased industrialization, and booming fossil fuel supplies have made this relationship increasingly brittle. The political actions of energy-producing states such as Saudi Arabia, Russia, Iran, and the United States impact energy prices. Conversely, […]
Chomsky: Europe Bows to Its ‘Washington Masters’ on Everything From Snowden to Iran
Chomsky: Europe Bows to Its ‘Washington Masters’ on Everything From Snowden to Iran (ANTIMEDIA) United States exceptionalism has created a preternaturally excessive number of military installments, deployments, and bases around the world. In point of fact, as David Vine described for the Nation in September 2015: “While there are no freestanding foreign bases permanently located in the United States, there […]
If Russia Had ‘Freed’ Canada
If Russia Had ‘Freed’ Canada Special Report: The U.S. government defined events in Ukraine as a “pro-democracy” revolution battling “Russian aggression” — at least as far as the world’s mainstream media was concerned. But what if the script were flipped, asks Joe Lauria. As the United States plans to move thousands of NATO troops to Russia’s […]
Ripe for Regime Change
Ripe for Regime Change Russia Today reports: “The Prosecutor General’s Office has ruled…the National Democratic Institute, chaired by a former Secretary of State (Albright,) poses a threat to Russian security and constitutional order. It proposed including this NGO on the list of undesirable organizations. According to NDI’s website the group operated in Russia directly since […]
America’s Biggest of All Big Lies (I)
ERIC ZUESSE | 05.05.2016 | WORLD America’s Biggest of All Big Lies (I) On April 26th, Reuters headlined from Romania, «‘We’re Not Here to Provoke,’ Say US Pilots on Putin’s Doorstep», and gave as an example: «‘We’re not here to provoke anybody, we’re here to work with our allies,’ says Dan Barina, a 26-year-old pilot on his first trip to a […]
Russia to form 3 new divisions to counter NATO buildup
Russia to form 3 new divisions to counter NATO buildup Russia is to deploy two new divisions in the west and one in the south to counterbalance NATO’s increased military presence near Russian borders, Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu announced. “The Defense Ministry is taking a number of measures to respond to the NATO military buildup […]
World War III Has Begun
World War III Has Begun The Third World War is currently being fought. How long before it moves into its hot stage? Washington is currently conducting economic and propaganda warfare against four members of the five bloc group of countries known as BRICS—Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa. Brazil and South Africa are being […]
Is the US trying to destroy ISIS?
Is the US trying to destroy ISIS? Someone asked me to find war lies during the past few years. Perhaps they had in mind the humanitarian pretenses around attacking Libya in 2011 and Iraq in 2014, or the false claims about chemical weapons in 2013, or the lies about an airplane in Ukraine or the […]
Russian Aggression Unmasked (Sort Of)
Russian Aggression Unmasked (Sort Of) Provocative Fighter Jocks Back in 2014, a Russian jet made headlines when it passed several times close to the USS Donald Cook in the Black Sea. As CBS reported at the time: “A Pentagon spokesperson told CBS Radio that a Russian SU-24 fighter jet made several low altitude, close passes in […]
Washington Launches Its Attack Against BRICS
Washington Launches Its Attack Against BRICS Having removed the reformist President of Argentina, Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, Washington is now disposing of the reformist President of Brazil, Dilma Rousseff. Washington used a federal judge to order Argentina to sacrifice its debt restructuring program in order to pay US vulture funds the full value of defaulted […]
US Assaults British Sovereignty
US Assaults British Sovereignty The Washington elite believe that the British people should serve Washington’s interest and not their own. To this end, President Obama has been sent to London to emphasize that the UK must remain in the EU. Does this make you wonder why it is important to Washington for the British people […]
Erdogan’s war on media: Sputnik Turkey chief banned from entering Istanbul, told to fly to Russia
Erdogan’s war on media: Sputnik Turkey chief banned from entering Istanbul, told to fly to Russia Russian news agency Sputnik’s Turkish bureau chief has been blacklisted by Ankara, who refused him entry to the country in an airport, and seized his residence permit and press credentials. “I landed in Istanbul at 0:40 today with Aeroflot’s […]
America Now Preparing for World War III
America Now Preparing for World War III Because this article states so many things that might be likely to contradict what most people in Western countries have been led to believe, readers here are especially strongly encouraged to click onto any allegation which seems at all questionable, in order to get to the sources behind […]
