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The Harmful Effects of Antifa. Crisis of America’s Left By Diana Johnstone
The first step toward preventing such a constructive movement was a false interpretation of the meaning of the Trump victory, massively promoted by mainstream media. This was essentially the Clintonite excuse for Hillary’s loss. Trump’s victory, according to this line, was the product of a convergence between Russian interference and the votes of “misogynists, racists,… Continue reading
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Economic reconstruction, debt cancellation and self-determination in Puerto Rico!
President Trump tweeted suggestions that Puerto Rican workers are lazy and that FEMA and other agencies cannot remain in Puerto Rico forever. This spins the notion that Puerto Ricans are themselves to blame and should not expect any more handouts. Trump aims to build a wall between us, which doesn’t come as much of a… Continue reading
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US-Israel’s Long-standing War Plan Against Iran – Now Coming to Life? Selected Articles
21 October 2017 — Global Research Donald Trump’s Likudist Campaign Against Iran By Gareth Porter, October 20, 2017 President Donald Trump’s new Iran policy clearly represents a dangerous rejection of diplomacy in favor of confrontation. But it’s more than that: It’s a major shift toward a much closer alignment of U.S. policy with that of the Israeli… Continue reading
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Please Stop Using ‘Woman in Chador Walks by Anti-US Mural’ Stock Photo for Every Article About Iran By Adam Johnson
The general mindlessness in choosing a stock photo is what makes them so pernicious. Editors reach for an image that captures the overall theme of the article while drawing the eye of distracted media consumers—typically as an afterthought, something that accents a piece rather than defines it. It’s not an easy task, but it’s one… Continue reading
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No, US Didn't 'Stand By' Indonesian Genocide—It Actively Participated
“Standing by,” however, is not what the United States did during the Indonesian genocide of 1965–66; rather, it actively supported the massacres, which were applauded at the time by the New York Times. Continue reading
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No, US Didn’t ‘Stand By’ Indonesian Genocide—It Actively Participated
“Standing by,” however, is not what the United States did during the Indonesian genocide of 1965–66; rather, it actively supported the massacres, which were applauded at the time by the New York Times. Continue reading
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The Iran Dilemma – The Tyrant Has Spoken By Peter Koenig
This Nuclear Deal was an agreement reached after 9 years of meticulous, often perilous and at times for Iran demeaning and offending negotiations. But Iran endured, because Iran’s negotiators, notably the Foreign Minister Javad Zarif, knew what they were talking about, namely that Iran had never any plans to develop nuclear weapons, but using the… Continue reading
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US-DPRK Relations: The Calm Before the Storm? Selected Articles
14 October 2017 — Global Research North Korea and Trump’s “Reality Free Zone”: Tweeting About Armageddon By Felicity Arbuthnot, October 14, 2017 When US Ambassador to the UN, Nikki Haley, stated of North Korea (4th September 2017): “When a rogue regime has a nuclear weapon and an ICBM pointed at you, you do not take steps to lower your… Continue reading
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How Ukraine Turned into An Arms Dealer – Supplying Weapons to Al Qaeda and ISIS-Daesh By Sophie Mangal
The U.S. DOD, through U.S. SOCOM, MacDill Air Force Base, Florida, as well as Picatinny Arsenal, American military research, and manufacturing facility located in Dover, New Jersey, acquired arms in some Eastern European countries including Ukraine for their further sending to Syria. The procurement volume has already exceeded $700 billion. Continue reading
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The FBI Targets Black “Ideology” By Glen Ford
The FBI has apparently chosen a new heading under which to lump Black Americans targeted for political persecution: “Black Identity Extremists.” There’s a simple explanation for the new categorization. The FBI is a bureaucracy whose day-to-day work involves drawing up lists of people and organizations to be surveilled, disrupted and prosecuted. The dramatic increase in… Continue reading
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The lawfulness of the drone strike against Sally Jones
As a researcher whose work for the last three and a bit years has been on the lawfulness of drone strikes, the question of whether this strike was lawful or not immediately came to mind. Jones was viewed as a member of ISIS and generally the media has uncritically reported her death, implying an assumption… Continue reading
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Sputnik and Russia Today Under Investigation by US Department of Justice (DOJ) By Philip Giraldi
Somehow everything keeps coming back around to Russia. In one of its recent initiatives, the Justice Department (DOJ) appears to be attacking the First Amendment as part of the apparent bipartisan program to make Vladimir Putin the fall guy for everything that goes wrong in Washington. In the past month, the DOJ has revealed that… Continue reading
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Maria's 'Other' Victims: Puerto Rican Bondholders By Eoin Higgins
President Donald Trump, in what appeared to be an uncharacteristic display of empathy, said that the island’s $72 billion debt would have to be forgiven. Though the president’s statement was quickly walked back by administration officials, the idea of forgiving Puerto Rico’s debt is gaining political strength. In response to that push for debt forgiveness,… Continue reading
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Video: FBI Report Targets Black Activists
The FBI terrorism unit’s report warning that ‘black identity extremists’ are a violent threat is only the latest in a long tradition of targeting black activists, says the Black Agenda Report’s Glen Ford Continue reading
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Can Donald Trump really believe this slaughter will “make America great again”?
The emphasis on air power by the Trump administration has led to an unprecedented 20,650 bombs being dropped on seven countries (Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Pakistan, Somalia and Syria) during his first six months in office and a large increase in the numbers of civilians being killed. Continue reading
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Trump and ‘His Generals’ on Collision Course over Iran: Selected Articles
9 October 2017 — Global Research Nuclear Weapons, ICAN and the Nobel Prize By Dr. Binoy Kampmark, October 08, 2017 Few times in history show the remarkable gulf between international civic action and international political constipation. The will of approaching a world without nuclear weapons has been matched every step of the way with the desire and… Continue reading
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Syria: Kurdish SDF and ISIS-Daesh, An Unholy Alliance Consecrated by the U.S. By Sarah Abed
After six years of death and destruction which resulted from a carefully calculated and executed invasion and staged war against the sovereign country of Syria, a sense of normalcy is returning to most parts of the country. Many civilians have returned to their homes in government-held areas, and are living as normal a life as… Continue reading
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‘Recovery Efforts Have Continually Favored the Monied Classes By Janine Jackson
The New York Times may have meant well with their September 24 editorial headlined “Puerto Rico Is American. We Can’t Ignore It Now,” which called on “all Americans” to rally behind their “fellow citizens” as Puerto Rico faces staggering devastation after hurricanes Maria and Irma. But there’s something hollow about underscoring the “Americanness” of people… Continue reading
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Video: Puerto Rico Suffers as Debt Vultures Linger
The White House has already walked back President Trump’s suggestion of debt relief for Puerto Rico, threatening more draconian austerity Continue reading
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Before Maria, forcing Puerto Rico to pay its debt was odious. Now, it’s pure cruelty
To expect Puerto Rico to rebuild from this unnatural disaster while at the same time bailing out Wall Street financiers is to condemn its residents to a permanent state of crushing hardship and impoverishment. Continue reading
The New Dark Age 