31 August 2017 — Statewatch
Market Forces: the development of the EU security-industrial complex, a new report from Statewatch and the Transnational Institute. Read the report online here.
Press release: Corporations in the driving seat and winning big from EU’s security research agenda
30 August 2017 — Global Research
Trump Seeks Rigged Intelligence to Renege on Iran Nuclear DealBy Stephen Lendman, August 29, 2017
According to London’s Guardian, “US intelligence officials are under pressure from the White House to produce a justification to declare Iran in violation of a 2015 nuclear agreement” – despite no evidence suggesting it. Continue reading
30 August 2017 — FAIR
In the print edition, the headline was “A Third Way for Afghanistan.”
The New York Times (8/30/17) decided to turn over a large chunk of the most precious opinion space in the English-speaking world to mercenary entrepreneur Erik Prince, so he could promote his plan to privatize and profit from the US occupation of Afghanistan.
Though the Times did disclose in its bio of Prince that he was “the chairman of Frontier Services Group,” and “founded the company formerly known as Blackwater, a security contractor,” it never specified his direct profit motive in the plan. Perhaps it was thought to be implied, since Prince says the strategy is his, but the average reader could understandably miss what, exactly, “Frontier Services Group” does to generate revenue.
30 August 2017 — Black Agenda Report
30 August 2017 — National Security Archive
30 August 2017 — 38 Degrees
A new private health company called Push Doctor wants to profit by undermining the NHS. They’re on an aggressive expansion drive, pumping out adverts to lure people away from their NHS doctor. Yet they’ve just been found to be “unsafe” and “ineffective” by the official health watchdog. [1]Together we can stop their business taking root.
Push Doctor’s adverts claim “You’ll never go to your doctor’s again”. [2] These adverts aim to attract new customers, without mentioning that their service has been found to be unsafe. If we can get these adverts stopped for being misleading, we can block their growth at the source.
30 August 2017 — Drone Wars
New figures released to Drone Wars UK in response to Freedom of Information requests shows a dramatic increase in the number of RAF operations in Syria in the first six months of 2017. According to the figures, UK armed air missions in Syria rose by 480% in the first half of 2017 compared with the previous six months.
29 August 2017 — FAIR
Janine Jackson interviewed Adam Johnson about Charlottesville for the August 18, 2017, episode of CounterSpin. This is a lightly edited transcript.
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Janine Jackson: The spectre of white supremacists marching with guns and torches, throwing KKK salutes, and screaming about Jews and Commies is a test for Americans, individually and institutionally, and we’re still seeing how various folks are responding. One of the primary institutions that should be asking themselves some questions right now are corporate media. Trouble is, the press being among the most sacred of cows for the press, how likely are we to see serious consideration of their own role? Not just Fox News, which aired a video of cars driving into protestors in January, with instructions to viewers to “study the technique,” but, say, CBS, whose CEO Les Moonves joked that Donald Trump’s candidacy “may not be good for America, but it’s damn good for CBS,” a line that has yet to be seriously interrogated by media elites.
29 August 2017 — Information Clearing House
Syria and Lebanon Defeating The ISIS Terrorists
By Andre Vltchek
Syria survived; supported by its allies and at an enormous cost, it has managed to stop the imperialists and their brutal extremist. Continue reading
28 August 2017 — Global Research
Watch: Brave Congressman Explains How US Keeps Afghan Heroin Trade Alive at Your Expense
By Matt Agorist, August 28, 2017
Congressman Thomas Massie blows the lid off the US subsidized opium trade and taxpayer funds flowing into the hands of the Taliban in Afghanistan. Continue reading
27 August 2017 — Information Clearing House
By Alastair Crooke
President Trump has had his foreign policy hands and feet tied by the Russia (and Iran) Sanctions Act. Continue reading
26 August 2017 — Global Research
Venezuelan Collapse? Wishful Thinking? Caracas Oil Deals with Russia and ChinaBy Marwan Salamah, August 26, 2017
From a geopolitical aspect, this means ever closer relations with Russia and China, which together with a couple more anti-western South American countries, could result in a ‘backyard’ full of pickles! Will it be allowed to happen, or are we about to witness another ‘North Korean’ drama, but this time in South America? Continue reading
25 August 2017 — Information Clearing House
Why Can’t Wheeler-Dealer Trump Cut a Deal with North Korea? For many it’s clear that the Oslo framework, which expired in 1999, was a trap. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/47692.htm
25 August 2017 — 38 Degrees
The government is trying to keep plans to slash NHS funding secret – but together we’re doing the last thing they want by getting it all over the media. 38 Degrees members are coming together in their hundreds of thousands to get the plans revealed – share so everyone knows.
22 August 2017 — Information Clearing House
President Trump Addresses Nation on AfghanistanTrump’s Base Goes Ballistic Over His ‘Unlimited War’. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/47658.htm
24 August 2017 — FAIR
Foreign Policy‘s Paul Miller (8/22/17) liked the speech in part because “Trump said ‘win’ and ‘victory’ more times in 15 minutes than President Barack Obama did in eight years.”
Donald Trump is finally “presidential” again, pundits insist, now that he is ratcheting up another US war.
24 August 2017 — Information Clearing House
A Military Junta is Now Ruling the United States
By Moon Of Alabama
At the core of Trump’s circle is a seasoned trio of generals with experience as battlefield commanders: http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/47677.htm
24 August 2017 — Global Research
Trump calls for escalation of the war in Afghanistan. Why? Is it part of the “Global War on Terrorism”, going after the bad guys, or is it something else?
Unknown to the broader public, Afghanistan has significant oil, natural gas and strategic raw material resources, not to mention opium, a multibillion dollar industry which feeds America’s illegal heroin market.
24 August 2017 — Black Agenda Report
24 August 2017 — Global Research
The Long, Long Story: “Principled Realism”, Trump and Afghanistan
By Dr. Binoy Kampmark, August 23, 2017
Addressing the nation from Fort Myer military base in Arlington, Virginia, Trump conceded to weariness – weary, that is, of not achieving victory in Afghanistan. “I share that American people’s frustration.” Continue reading
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