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The Eerie Silence Surrounding the Assange Case
The Eerie Silence Surrounding the Assange Case Julian Assange remains cut off from the world in Ecuador’s London embassy, shut off from friends, relatives and thousands of supporters, leaving him unable to do his crucial work, as John Pilger discusses with Dennis J. Bernstein. In a recent communication between Randy Credico, an Assange supporter, comic […]
Weapons Inspector Refutes U.S. Syria Chemical Claims
Weapons Inspector Refutes U.S. Syria Chemical Claims Scott Ritter is arguably the most experienced American weapons inspector and in this interview with Dennis J. Bernstein he levels a frank assessment of U.S. government assertions about chemical weapons use. In the 1980’s, Scott Ritter was a commissioned officer in the United States Marine Corps, specializing in […]
Mainstream Media and Imperial Power
Mainstream Media and Imperial Power Noted journalist and filmmaker John Pilger’s collection of work has been archived by the British Library, but deep-rooted problems of Western media create an increasingly difficult landscape for ethical journalism, as Pilger explained in an interview with Dennis Bernstein and Randy Credico. Emmy award-winning filmmaker John Pilger is among the […]
Pesticide Use Threatens Health in California
Pesticide Use Threatens Health in California President Trump boasts about all the regulations that he has eliminated but he never mentions the important good that many of these rules were doing, as Dennis J Bernstein explains. The battle to protect farmworkers and their families from dangerous pesticides has been going on for decades. But it […]
Trump’s Continuation of US Interventionism
Trump’s Continuation of US Interventionism Criticizing his predecessors for misguided foreign wars, President Trump promised a break in that approach, but his National Security Strategy report indicates a shift more in rhetoric than substance, reports Dennis J. Bernstein. President Trump’s recent report on National Security Strategy supposedly reflected his America First “realism” but his approach […]
Russia-gate’s Reach into Journalism
Russia-gate’s Reach into Journalism The investigation to somehow blame Russia for Donald Trump’s election has now merged with another establishment goal of isolating and intimidating whistleblowers and other dissidents, as Dennis J Bernstein describes. The Russia-gate investigation has reached into the ranks of journalism with the House Intelligence Committee’s subpoena of Randy Credico, who produced […]
The Ongoing Misery of Puerto Rico
The Ongoing Misery of Puerto Rico Puerto Rico’s recovery from Hurricane Maria, which hit the U.S. territory on Sept. 20, remains slow and spotty with continued power outages, unsafe water and school closings, reports Dennis J Bernstein. It’s been nearly seven weeks since Hurricane Maria shredded the island of Puerto Rico and, still, conditions for […]
California Wildfires Inflict More Devastation
California Wildfires Inflict More Devastation Among recent natural disasters striking the U.S. are devastating wildfires that torched California’s wine country, destroyed thousands of homes and killed more than 40 people, report Dennis J Bernstein and Miguel Gavilan Molina. The Tubbs neighborhood in Santa Rosa, Sonoma County, one of the hardest hit by the recent fires […]
The Spiraling Crisis of Puerto Rico
The Spiraling Crisis of Puerto Rico Puerto Rico’s infrastructure, which already faced severe pressures because of the U.S. territory’s huge debt and demands from its creditor, has now been devastated by Hurricane Maria, as Dennis J Bernstein reports. Though President Trump bragged about the relatively low death toll from Hurricane Maria — 16 at the […]
Taking Nuclear War Seriously
Taking Nuclear War Seriously With remarkably little public debate, the U.S. government has raised the risk of a nuclear conflagration with face-offs against Russia and now North Korea, an existential issue that Dennis J Bernstein discusses with journalist John Pilger. Emmy-Award winning filmmaker John Pilger’s latest film, The Coming War on China, deals directly with […]
The Price that Julian Assange Pays
The Price that Julian Assange Pays People who challenge power are often viewed by their supporters as more icons than human beings thus missing the personal costs of their actions, a reality that Julian Assange’s mother revealed to Randy Credico and Dennis J Bernstein. June 19 marked the fifth full year that Wikileaks founder Julian […]
US Veterans Join Petition for Snowden
US Veterans Join Petition for Snowden U.S. military veterans, including lethal drone participants, are joining efforts to inform the American public about the secrets of the endless “war on terror” and are supporting Edward Snowden’s whistleblowing, reports Dennis J Bernstein. Lisa Lynn, a retired Air Force Sergeant and former U.S. Drone Program Operative, has joined a […]
Dangers from Pesticides
Dangers from Pesticides Intensive use of pesticides in California and other agricultural centers presents a risk to farmworkers and their families that is still only dimly understood, writes Dennis J Bernstein. Industrialized Agriculture is addicted to chemistry in the form of pesticides. The addiction was marketed to the American People, along with other post World […]
