May 2018
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Black Agenda Report 10 May 2018: Limitations of the Poor Peoples Campaign, Trump's Economic War on the Planet, Trump & Israeli Collusion
10 May 2018 — Black Agenda Report Barber Sermon on Militarism Reveals Philosophical & Political Limitations of the Poor Peoples Campaign – Bruce A. Dixon , BAR managing editor The PPC is the voice of the Institutional Church in the US. It pinpoints immoral policies and people as root causes of war, empire, militarism and Continue reading
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At 70, Israel more than ever deserves a cultural and academic boycott
Recent events have highlighted why the continuing refusal by many Western academics and artists to take up the Palestinian call for an academic and cultural boycott of Israel is so wrong-headed. Continue reading
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Syria News Links 9-10 May 2018
10 May 2018 23:29:35 — williambowles.info Has Israel opened a new front in Syria’s war? https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/05/israel-opened-front-syria-war-180510122121138.html World leaders call for restraint after Israeli raids in Syria https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/05/world-leaders-call-restraint-israeli-raids-syria-180510172343321.html Continue reading
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Iran News Links 9-10 May 2018
10 May 2018 23:23:57 — williambowles.info UN chief urges Israel and Iran to immediately end hostilities on Golan Heights http://tass.com/world/1003767 Has Israel opened a new front in Syria’s war? https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/05/israel-opened-front-syria-war-180510122121138.html Continue reading
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Toxic Truth: New Evidence for Banning Monsanto’s Roundup Weedkiller
As reported this week in the Guardian, new tests show that when Roundup’s key active ingredient, glyphosate, is combined with other chemicals to create the final product, the herbicide is more toxic to human cells than glyphosate alone. Continue reading
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Syria Sets New Rules For Israeli Strikes
The Israeli government claims that Iranian support for Syria is a threat to its country. That is a bogus claim. The Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahoo uses the “Iran threat” as boogeyman to divert attention from other issues like the various corruption cases against himself. Continue reading
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National Security Archive: The Guatemala Genocide Ruling, Five Years Later
Washington D.C., May 10, 2018—Five years ago today, one of the most celebrated human rights trials in Latin America came to a stunning conclusion when Guatemalan dictator, retired army general, and self-proclaimed “president” Efraín Ríos Montt was convicted for genocide and crimes against humanity by a panel of three Guatemalan judges. To commemorate that milestone,… Continue reading
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The CIA Black Sites Program and the Gina Haspel Nomination
Today, the Archive provides the basis for an evidence-based review of the Rendition, Detention and Interrogation (RDI) program, posting a selection of the most recent versions of declassified documents that reveal the RDI’s background. Continue reading
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CNN's Iran Fearmongering Would Make More Sense Coming Directly From Pentagon By Adam Johnson
The only named source in Barbara Starr’s report (CNN, 5/8/18), aside from the Iranian president, is British Maj. Gen. Felix Gedney, who says he’s seen “no change” in the behavior of Iranian-backed forces. Why doesn’t CNN Defense Department reporter Barbara Starr just leave CNN and instead work directly for the Trump DoD? Continue reading
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Selected Articles: The US-Israel Alliance Is a Threat to World Peace
9 May 2018 — Global Research News Video: The Art of War: The B61-12, America’s New “Nuclear Parcel Bomb” By Manlio Dinucci, May 09, 2018 The program provides for the production of about 500 B61-12’s, beginning in 2020, for a cost of approximately 10 billion dollars. (This means that each bomb will cost twice what it would Continue reading
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America Planned to Break "Iran Nuclear Deal" Years Before Signing It By Tony Cartalucci
The so-called “Iran Nuclear Deal,” officially known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) signed on 2015 now under threat by a backtracking US – was billed at the time of its signing as a historic agreement that provided a path forward towards peace between the US and Iran. Continue reading
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Syria News Links 8-9 May 2018
9 May 2018 14:15:10 — williambowles.info Turkey: After Afrîn, the Ottoman dreaming of Sultan Erdogan http://links.org.au/turkey-afrin-ottoman-dreaming-sultan-erdogan What’s Really Happening in Syria: Who Started the War, Who Can You Trust to Tell the Truth? https://www.globalresearch.ca/whats-really-happening-in-syria-who-started-the-war-who-can-you-trust-to-tell-the-truth/5570297 Continue reading
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Iran News Links 8-9 May 2018
9 May 2018 14:13:43 — williambowles.info Maybe Israel is interfering in our politics over Iran deal? Naaah! http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheGreanvillePost/~3/c9_s4PhXfRg/ Iran nuclear deal: UK won’t walk away, says Boris Johnson http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-44044946 Continue reading
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Has Trump Ended the Iran Nuclear Deal?
8 May 2018 — Global Research News US President Donald Trump is set to declare his decision on the Iran Nuclear Deal before the deadline on May 12. Should Trump decertify the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), he is not only compromising the possibility of dialogue with Iran but more so risking the world towards annihilation. Is the Continue reading
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Militarization, “War is Good for Business”
7 May 2018 — Global Research News Scheme to Let OPCW Name Perpetrators of Alleged Syria Chemical Attacks By Stephen Lendman, May 07, 2018 No evidence suggests Syrian use of CWs anytime during years of war. Plenty indicts US-supported terrorists, toxic agents supplied by Saudi Arabia and Turkey, perhaps by Washington and Israel as well – each Continue reading
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Netanyahu’s Long History of Crying Wolf over Fake ‘WMDs’ in Iran and Iraq
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has a long history of crying wolf over supposed nuclear weapons in Iran and Iraq – Ben Norton reports. (Inc. transcript) Continue reading
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Netanyahu’s Long History of Crying Wolf over Fake ‘WMDs’ in Iran and Iraq
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has a long history of crying wolf over supposed nuclear weapons in Iran and Iraq – Ben Norton reports. (Inc. transcript) Continue reading
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Iran News Links 7-8 May 2018
8 May 2018 — williambowles.info As Iraq Prepares for Elections, Iran’s Influence Looms Large https://www.usip.org/publications/2018/05/iraq-prepares-elections-irans-influence-looms-large NEWSMAKER-Iranian-backed Shi’ite militia chief aims to lead Iraq https://www.compuserve.com/news/world/story/0002/20180508/M1L8N1SB2FR_1312456628 Continue reading
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Syria News Links 7-8 May 2018
8 May 2018 — williambowles.info Syrian Civilization Confronts Western Barbarism https://www.globalresearch.ca/syrian-civilization-confronts-western-barbarism/5639543 Reality Check: Who’s Funding the White Helmets? https://www.strategic-culture.org/news/2018/05/08/reality-check-whos-funding-the-white-helmets.html Continue reading
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China’s Determined March Towards An Ecological Civilization By Andre Vltchek
So, are we now dealing with the thoroughly hopeless scenario? Did the world go mad? Is it ready to get sacrificed for the profit of the very few? Are people simply going to stand passively, watching what is happening around them, and die, as their world goes literally up in flames? It appeared so, until… Continue reading
The New Dark Age 