The New Dark Age

25-26 January 2017 — Information Clearing House

Russia Will Join Forces With Syria, Rebel Groups to Fight Islamic State
By Ed Adamczyk

Defense Secretary Mattis Emphasizes NATO Commitment On First Day
By Tom Vanden Brook 

Mattis, in his call to Fallon, “emphasized the United States’ unshakeable commitment to NATO”. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/46299.htm  

Why Trump Won’t Scrap ‘Obsolete’ NATO
By Finian Cunningham 

Trump’s views on NATO are not as radically dismissive as some observers may have gleaned. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/46301.htm  

Will Trump Hop on an American Silk Road?
By Pepe Escobar 

Beijing has already landed a 1-2-3 punch, pre-empting the possibility of a US-initiated trade war? http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/46306.htm  

State-Sanctioned Torture in the Age of Trump
By Marjorie Cohn 

‘Torture committed by Americans in the past continues to kill Americans today.” http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/46302.htm  

Here Is The List Of Donald Trump’s “Priority” Infrastructure Projects
By Tyler Durden 

The document obtained by the Star proposes funding the projects as public-private partnerships, http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/46307.htm  

Get Ready for the First Shocks of Trump’s Disaster Capitalism
By Naomi Klein 

This is the disaster capitalism blueprint, and it aligns with Trump’s own track record as a businessman all too well. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/46303.htm  

US Is No Longer A Full Democracy, EIU Warns
By Nyshka Chandran 

The U.S. has been demoted from a full democracy to a flawed democracy for the first time. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/46300.htm  

Obama’s Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy: Chelsea Manning as Bait
By James Petras 

Why is nonviolent action so powerful? And why is using it strategically so transformative? http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/46305.htm