24 January 2018 — FAIR
The Washington Post (10/2/17) maintains that is unfair to compare the wealth of its owner with that of ordinary people.
The vaunted Washington Post fact-checking team (10/2/17) took a look at this assertion:
Bernie Sanders Claims the World’s Six Wealthiest People Have as Much Wealth as Half the Global Population
24 January 2018 — National Security Archive
24 January 2018 — InvestigatingImperialism
Illusion and Reality
It’s interesting reading comments on the essays I write that get published around the world on various websites (at least those that permit comments) regarding Jeremy Corbyn.
What appears to generate the most ire are my views on Jeremy Corbyn and the Labour Party as the alleged vehicle for radical, social transformation. It seems the man can do no wrong. He appears to have achieved some kind of saintly status amongst those on the left and amongst progressives in general, let alone the millions who voted for him. So is it any wonder that my decidedly unfashionable views provoke such negative reactions?
23 January 2018 — Global Research
Ankara is militarizing the Afrin district of Syria with operation code-named “Olive Branch” to establish a “safe zone” along the Turkish-Syrian border. The district is controlled by US-backed People’s Protection Units (YPG) which are allegedly the target of the Turkish forces in the region.
Will this invasion mount up the existential crisis in the Middle East?
Read our selection of articles below and share it far and wide, post it on your social media accounts and discuss with your cliques.
23 January 2018 — WSWS
The United States government, in the closest collaboration with Google, Facebook, Twitter and other powerful information technology corporations, is implementing massive restrictions on Internet access to socialist, antiwar and progressive websites. Similar repressive policies are being enacted by capitalist governments in Europe and throughout the world.
The New Dark Age 