February 2018
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Genocide Washington Style – Venezuela Next? By Peter Koenig
7 February 2018 — Global Research Why does nobody dare to pronounce the term “Genocide” in connection with the Washington committed atrocities around the globe? – If there is one nation that is guilty of mass-murder it is the United States of America and her Zionist handlers. But nobody seems to pay attention. Or, rather, Continue reading
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Damp, Mould and Dying of Cold: Fuel Poverty in Austerity Britain by Clare Hymer
Like people in over 4m UK households, Lea, a 59 year-old woman from Worthing, is living in fuel poverty. Every winter – come snow, storms and sub-zero temperatures – low-income individuals and families already struggling with basic living expenses are faced with the additional cost of heating their homes. In many cases, people are forced… Continue reading
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Julian Assange loses initial bid to overturn British arrest warrant By Mike Head
A judge in London yesterday rejected an application by WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to withdraw a British arrest warrant issued against him in 2012. In a judgment full of obvious contradictions, she ruled that way even though a Swedish-initiated European arrest warrant—the trigger for the British warrant—was cancelled in May 2017. Continue reading
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Trump’s Nuclear Button Entails Genocide: Selected Articles
6 February 2018 — Global Research Trump Considers “Bloody Nose” Strike on North Korea By Peter Symonds, February 06, 2018 The Trump administration, or a powerful military-intelligence faction within it, is pushing for a pre-emptive military strike on North Korea, in the wake of, or possibly even during, the Winter Olympics due to start in South Continue reading
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Africa: New evidence of ongoing corporate looting By Patrick Bond
Africa’s smash-and-grab ‘development policies’ aiming to attract Foreign Direct Investment have, even the Bank suggests, now become counter-productive: “Especially for resource-rich countries, the depletion of natural resources is often not compensated for by other investments. The warnings provided by negative ANS in many countries and in the region as a whole should not be ignored.”… Continue reading
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Meet Whistleblower Katherine Gun in London
Fifteen years ago, Katharine Gun leaked a GCHQ memo revealing U.S. spying operations on UN Security Council members. This simple act of bravery helped to galvanise the mass movement of opposition to the Iraq War. It also served as a telling reminder of the essential role played by the press in speaking truth to power… Continue reading
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New Defense Strategy: War With Great Nations & Arms Race By Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers
This week, following the recent announcement of a new National Defense Strategy that focuses on conflicts with great powers and a new arms race, the Pentagon announced an escalation of nuclear weapons development. The United States’ military is spread across the world, including several dangerous conflict areas that could develop into an all-out war, possibly… Continue reading
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Danger of US-Russia Confrontation: Selected Articles
4 February 2018 — Global Research FISA Memo Released. Will witch-hunt Russiagate investigations end? Will Trump and his campaign team be exonerated? By Stephen Lendman, February 04, 2018 The FBI and Justice Department sought multiple FISA warrants based on unverified information from former MI6 spy Christopher Steele’s dodgy dossier on Trump – his work funded by Hillary and Continue reading
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Fourteen-year-old Ghada was the latest victim of Israel’s dehumanising machine By Jonathan Cook
How did a 14-year-old Palestinian girl who has never set foot in the open-air prison of Gaza find herself being dumped there by Israeli officials – alone, at night and without her parents being informed? Continue reading
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Al-Quds/ Jerusalem — the capital By Eric Walberg
Al-Quds is, literally, the holy city, for believers, Jewish, Christian, Muslim alike, called by non-Muslims Jerusalem (from “City of Shalem” after a Canaanite deity, during the early Canaanite period (approximately 2400 BCE)). Continue reading
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Industrializing Class War By William Bowles
Have you noticed that it’s no longer PC Dixon of Dock Green who mediates the relationship between the state and its citizens as he goes about his beat in your neighbourhood? Instead, it’s a Kevlar-armoured, video-monitored, taser-equipped, drone-surveilled, spit-masked supplied soldier, straight out of Star Wars, who now staggers along under the weight of an… Continue reading
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Black Agenda Report 1 February 2018
1 February 2018 — Black Agenda Report Looking Down That Deep Hole: Parasitic Intersectionality and Toxic Afro-Pessimism, Part 2 – Bruce A. Dixon , BAR managing editor Last week we declared intersectionality a deep hole, afro-pessimism a shovel, and suggested we stop digging. This week we take a longer look down that hole, and explain Continue reading
The New Dark Age 