February 16, 2014
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Global Research Week in Review 16 February 2014: The Decline of U.S. Press Freedoms and the Rise of Opium Production
16 February 2014 — Global Research Convicted Criminals Serve as “Freedom Fighters” in Syria: Saudi, Pakistani and Iraqi Prison Inmates Replenish Al Qaeda Ranks, Prof Michel Chossudovsky, February 16, 2014 Continue reading
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How do you plead? Saving the megaspecies rhinos, elephant, tigers—the debate heats up By Simon Jenkins
If you really want to save the elephants, farm them The war on ivory, like the war on drugs, intensifies demand. Legalise the trade and breed the animals for their tusks Continue reading
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Mandela Eulogies: Reinventing His Disturbing Legacy By Stephen Lendman
They infest world governments. They run America. They inflict enormous harm. Mandela exceeded the worst of South African apartheid injustice. He deserves condemnation, not praise. White supremacy remains entrenched. Extreme poverty, unemployment, homelessness, hunger, malnutrition, and lack of basic services for black South Africans are at shockingly high levels. They’re much worse than under apartheid. Continue reading
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Video: Venezuelan Protests & Maduro’s Rocky Tenure: Interview with Mark Weisbrot
Economist Mark Wiesbrot speaks to CCTV America about the recent opposition protests and violent clashes in Venezuela. Continue reading