June 2017
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ICH Headlines 8 June 2017
8 June 2017 — Information Clearing House Former FBI Director James Comey Testifies Before Congress Video The former FBI director repeatedly called the president a liar. Continue reading
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Tasting the Bitter Pill of History By William Bowles
8 June 2017 — investigating imperialism I have to admit I took my eye off the ball. My desire to see the back of this awful government overwhelmed my powers of reasoning but hopefully it’s only temporary. That’s the problem: We want Corbyn to be real. Continue reading
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UK: Labour’s manifesto amended to stress commitment to militarism and war By Robert Stevens
19 May 2017 — WSWS Tuesday saw the official launch of the Labour Party’s manifesto for the June 8 snap General Election. The manifesto contained a number of highly significant amendments from the draft version leaked just days earlier. The draft, produced by the team around Labour’s nominally left leader Jeremy Corbyn, was subject to Continue reading
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‘A matter of life or death’
8 June 2017 — notsoloonyleft I said that this election was a matter of life and death to someone the other day. I was accused of being over dramatic. I thought for a moment am I? Am I making everything more important that it really is? Continue reading
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ICH Headlines 7 June 2017
7 June 2017 — Information Clearing House Terrorism in Tehran: Reality Confounds Rhetoric By Paul Pillar It appears the most immediate American response to the attacks will be sanctions on, not sympathy for, the victim. Continue reading
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Black Agenda Report 7 June 2017
7 June 2017 — Black Agenda Report Dumb Donald Thinks He’s Pulled the Plug on ISIS and Al-Qaida (and the CIA?) by BAR executive editor Glen Ford Donald Trump appears to think he’s convinced the Saudis “to reject jihadist terror and to punish Qatar for its support of ISIS and al-Qaida.” Trump is not very Continue reading
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NSA "Intelligence Report" Does NOT Show "Russia Executed A CyberAttack" By Moon Of Alabama
Yesterday The Intercept published a leaked five page NSA analysis about alleged Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. elections. Its reporting outed the leaker of the NSA documents. That person, R.L. Winner, has now been arrested and is likely to be jailed for years if not for the rest of her life. Continue reading
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The West’s War on Free Speech: Selected Articles
7 June 2017 — Global Research Analysis of Top Secret NSA Report “Detailing Russian Hacking” By Eric Zuesse, June 06, 2017 The Intercept headlined on June 5th, “TOP-SECRET NSA REPORT DETAILS RUSSIAN HACKING EFFORT DAYS BEFORE 2016 ELECTION” and devoted 3,811 words to saying that America’s National Security Agency alleges that “a months-long Russian intelligence cyber effort against elements Continue reading
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Media: WaPo Fails to Note Raytheon, Saudi Funding of Advocate for Raytheon Arms to Saudis
In a piece for the Just Security blog (6/5/17) about the impact of weapons industry contributions on a Saudi arms vote, Ryan Goodman notes that “money also pollutes other policy spaces that influence congressional votes”—including the news media Continue reading
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ICH Headlines 6 June 2017
6 June 2017 — Information Clearing House NSA “Intelligence Report” Does NOT Show “Russia Executed A Cyberattack” By Moon Of Alabama The report does include any evidence for the claims it makes. Continue reading
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Democratize This By Michal Rozworski
4 June 2017 — Jacobin Labour’s plans to pursue democratic models of ownership are the most radical aspect of Corbyn’s program. So much about the 2017 Labour election campaign has been heartening: the energy, the conviction, the full-throated embrace of remaking government in the service of the many. Continue reading
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Video: UK Election Polls: Can Corbyn Win?
Opinion polls for the June 8 UK General Election indicate an increasingly tight race between Labour and Conservatives, but most still give Conservative Theresa May an advantage, despite May’s weaknesses as Prime Minister, says Real Media’s Thomas Barlow Continue reading
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Should I vote for Corbyn? I mean Labour? By William Bowles
And after all the bad things I’ve said about Corbyn (here, here and here) you would think asking the question was redundant, but is it? Should I vote for Corbyn/Labour Party or perhaps abstain? What is at stake here, aside from Corbyn’s political future (and perhaps the future of the Labour Party itself)? Continue reading
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Video: Theresa May Blames ‘Tolerance of Extremism,’ But UK Gov’t Policies Help Extremists
In the aftermath of recent terror attacks, British Prime Minister Theresa May says the British people have “far too much tolerance of extremism.” But award-winning investigative journalist Nafeez Ahmed says British government policies benefit extremists and endanger civilians Continue reading
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ICH Headlines 5 June 2017
5 June 2017 — Information Clearing House Putin On Alleged Russian Election Interference (Full Exclusive) | Megyn Kelly | NBC News Megyn Kelly sits down for an exclusive interview with President Vladimir Putin. Continue reading
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UK Elections: Corbyn or May? Selected Articles
5 June 2017 — Global Research The general election in the UK is due on Thursday, June 8. Apparently, a series of “terrorist” attacks garnered attention not just domestically but more so internationally. Are these purported “terrorist” attacks part of a bigger political agenda? Read the insightful articles below to gain perspective. “We are now days away from one Continue reading
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Media Lens: ‘The BBC Has Betrayed Its Own Rules Of Impartiality’: Yemen, Saudi Arabia And The General Election
Theresa May’s support for the Saudi regime, have gone essentially unexamined by the BBC. And yet, when BBC political editor Laura Kuenssberg responded to Corbyn’s manifesto launch, her subtle use of insidious language betrayed an inherent bias against Corbyn and his policies on foreign affairs. She wrote: ‘rather than scramble to cover up his past… Continue reading
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Trump, climate and the breakdown of multilateralism By Dorothy Grace Guerrero
For social movements and climate justice campaigners, the US abandonment of the agreement is disappointing, but there is also a unity in understanding that the future of humanity on this planet does not rest on leaders alone. Continue reading
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US Military Sent over $1 Billion Worth of Light Weapons To “Multiple Armed Groups” in Iraq By Prof Michel Chossudovsky
In 2015, US Congress appropriated $1.6 billion for the ITEF program. The funds were earmarked to fight against the ISIS in response to Obama’s counter-terrorism campaign launched in Summer of 2014. In a bitter irony, a large number of these weapons landed up in the hands of terrorists including the ISIS. Continue reading
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Video: Arctic Climate Warming Twice as Fast As Anywhere Else
Prof. Subhankar Banerjee, Editor of “Arctic Voices: Resistance at the Tipping Point,” talks about the effect President Trump’s climate policies will have on the Arctic and on the rest of the planet (inc. Transcript) Continue reading
The New Dark Age 