August 2015
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America’s Dark History of Supporting Ukrainian Fascists and War Criminals By Andrey Panevin
1 The American support of contemporary Ukrainian fascism albeit shocking is in fact not a new political phenomenon. Documents declassified by the CIA under a FOIA request entitled The NAZI War Crimes Declassification Act show that not only was the CIA monitoring Ukrainian fascist groups during and after WWII, it was also actively aiding them… Continue reading
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Revolutionary Greece By Andre Vltchek
In the recent history, Greece already lost countless sons and daughters during the German, Italian and Bulgarian fascist occupation. It was also choked by North American and British imperialism, which supported Greek military and its horrid dictatorship. That is when the Pinochet-style disappearances, torture, and assassinations took place. Hundreds of thousands of Greek patriots had… Continue reading
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COLDTYPE SPECIAL ISSUE – Edward S. Herman & David Peterson on The Srbrenica Massacre'
In this special 66-page issue of ColdType, Edward S. Herman and David Peterson critically examine how and why the figure of 8,000 for the number of Bosnian Muslim “men and boys” allegedly executed after the fall of the Srebrenica “safe area” in July 1995 became sacrosanct. They also assess the credibility of this number. Continue reading
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US-NATO Military Deployments, Economic Warfare, Goldman Sachs and the Next Financial Meltdown By Prof Michel Chossudovsky
US led wars in the Middle East under the humanitarian mantle of the “global war on terrorism” largely serve the interests of Wall Street, the Anglo-american oil conglomerates, the so-called ‘defense contractors”, the biotech conglomerates (Monsanto et al), Big Pharma and the corporate media. Continue reading
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New at Strategic Culture Foundation 2-8 August 2015
8 August 2015 — Strategic Culture Foundation Nicaragua to Build Inter-Oceanic Waterway 08.08.2015 | 00:00 | Nil NIKANDROV The Latin American presidents who dare to adopt policies independent from the United States have to be vigilant. Anything can happen; even an assassination is not excluded. Recently media outlets have been reporting more frequently about the empire Continue reading
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Unilever’s Toxic Mercury Spill in India: Tweet the CEO
They dumped tons of toxic waste, devastated an entire town and poisoned thousands of their own workers. That’s Unilever: a huge UK corporation that makes billions of pounds in profit. But they aren’t paying up for a massive toxic mercury leak they caused in the Indian town of Kodaikanal. Continue reading
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Black Agenda Report for August 6, 2015: #BlackLivesMatter, African America Regains Its Senses, Dead Lions & Dead Black Men
6 August 2015 — Black Agenda Report Where’s the #BlackLivesMatter Critique of the Black Misleadership Class, or Obama or Hillary? By BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon If #BlackLivesMatter is a movement, just what does that mean? Obama’s 2008 campaign said it was “the movement” too. If modern movements are indistinguishable from brands, to whom Continue reading
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Media Lens: Whitewash – The Guardian Readers’ Editor Responds On Jeremy Corbyn
As we have seen, high-profile Guardian journalists and others have been lined up to direct a flood of ‘disaster’ warnings, dismissals, derision, disbelief and mockery at Corbyn, and only Corbyn. Nothing remotely comparable has been directed at Burnham, Cooper or Kendall. This is a spectacular example of bias. Continue reading
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Cops gun down un-armed journalist’s career
The story: On July 27, the LA Times fired their long-time columnist and cartoonist Ted Rall for fabricating a story of police misconduct. The LA Times’ evidence? A tape recording provided by the LAPD. Problem was, the tape was muffled—possibly tampered with. Continue reading
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Statewatch News Online, 5 August 2015 (20/15)
5 August 2015 — Statewatch • e-mail: office@statewatch.org You can access as a pdf file at: http://www.statewatch.org/news/2015/aug/e-mail-med-4-8-15.pdf Statewatch coverage of the migrant crisis in the Mediterranean and its effect inside the EU New key documents and Commentaries Continue reading
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National Security Archive: The Atomic Bomb and the End of World War II
Extensive Compilation of Primary Source Documents Explores Manhattan Project, Petitions Against Military Use of Atomic Weapons, Debates over Japanese Surrender Terms, Atomic Targeting Decisions, and Lagging Awareness of Radiation Effects Continue reading
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COLDTYPE ISSUE 102 August 2015 – is now on line
2 August 2015 — Coldtype Download and read it – free of charge at www.coldtype.net 64 PAGES of great writing and photography. Two activists take the spotlight this month. Cover story features Canadian Kevin Neish, who has been involved in protests throughout Central America and aboard two of the Boats to Gaza; while we also have an excerpt from Continue reading
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War in Our Time By Andrey Panevin
1 August 2015 — Slavyangrad War In Our Time The Crisis of Distraction “Accepting the absurdity of everything around us is one step, a necessary experience: it should not become a dead end. It arouses a revolt that can become fruitful.” –Albert Camus In 2015 we are barrelling towards a third world war at breakneck speed Continue reading
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New at Strategic Culture Foundation 26 July – 1 August 2015
1 August 2015 — Strategic Culture Foundation UN Srebrenica Resolution Vetoed by Russia (Lending Helping Hand to Those in Need) 01.08.2015 | 00:00 | Dmitry BABICH The Republika Srpska (RS), populated by Orthodox Christians, has recently come under growing pressure from the United States and the European Union frowning on the decision taken by the country’s President Continue reading