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Biden Opens Africa Summit With Sanctioning African Leaders
The Biden administration is holding a summit with some 40 leaders of African countries. The New York Times headline of its reporting on the summit is revealing: Biden Is Bringing Africa’s Leaders to Washington, Hoping to Impress Continue reading
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The Cuban Missile Crisis @60: POSTMORTEMS
Washington, D.C., December 13, 2022 – In the immediate aftermath of the resolution of the Cuban Missile Crisis, Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev met with the Czechoslovakian Communist Party leader, Antonin Novotny, and told him that “this time we really were on the verge of war,” according to minutes of their October 30, 1962, meeting posted today… Continue reading
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The U.S. Cuckoo in the European Nest
For Europe, its unreflective taking of this American ‘cuckoo’ thinking into its own European nest is nothing short of catastrophic. Continue reading
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Will Belated Open Letter by The New York Times and other Media Outlets Be Enough to Compel Julian Assange’s Release From Prison?
Or will vindictive elites exposed as war criminals in documents Assange released and who engaged in deep-reaching smear campaign directed against him try to lock up the heroic truth-teller forever? Continue reading
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Watch Lowkey and Matt Kennard on The British-American Project
Lowkey is joined by investigative journalists Matt Kennard (Declassified UK) and Asa Winstanley (Electronic Intifada), along with activist Huda Ammori (Palestine Action), for a special episode of The Watchdog. Continue reading
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Eighteen Years Ago Today, Journalist Gary Webb Was Murdered After Exposing CIA Drug Trafficking
On December 10, 2004, the body of journalist Gary Webb, 49, was discovered in his home near Sacramento after a moving company worker found a note posted to his front door that read: “Please do not enter. Call 911 and ask for an ambulance.” Continue reading
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Ella Fitzgerald Jailed for for Singing to an Integrated Audience
Home of the brave, land of the free? Continue reading
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Macron’s US visit tells Europe’s alienation
The state visit by French President Emmanuel Macron to the United States stands out as a signpost of the alignments taking place against the backdrop of the historic churning in the world order. The two leaders went to extraordinary lengths to display bonhomie but how far that impressed the two statesmen — Macron, an erudite mind… Continue reading
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Is History Repeating Itself? And Who Will Be Today’s Ted Hall? An Interview with the Director of “A Compassionate Spy”
[In this piece, Ron Ridenour interviews Steve James, the director of A Compassionate Spy, and Joan Hall, Ted Hall’s wife. See Ron’s review of the documentary here.—Editors] Continue reading
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Can An American Scientist Who Smuggled Critical Nuclear Secrets to the Russians After World War II Be Considered a “Good Guy”? New Film Says Yes
Controversial New Documentary Reveals How A Teenage Army Physicist Named Ted Hall Saved The Russian People From A Treacherous U.S. Sneak Attack In 1950-51—And May Well Have Prevented A Global Nuclear Holocaust Continue reading
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#FreeAssange MOMENTUM: NY Times letter, Lula and Albanese Speak Out, and Cryptome’s Founder Says, “Prosecute Me!”
It’s been a huge week for the #FreeAssange movement and you can feel the momentum building! On the heels of the open letter from major press outlets denouncing the U.S. government’s prosecution of Julian Assange, mainstream coverage of the case has spiked. Even comedy legend Jon Stewart joined in! Continue reading
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Watch: The Secret Reason The US Is Still In Syria
This week Lee Camp delves into the ongoing US military presence in Syria. Continue reading
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Reflections on Events in Afghanistan — 41
The time has come to pick up threads from my blog of January 27 titled The West co-opts the Taliban. Indeed, the wheel has come full circle: the three-day conclave in Oslo on January 23-25 between a core group of Western diplomats with Taliban officials failed to work out a reasonable a modus vivendi. The pendulum… Continue reading
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Is there an Offramp in the Offing?
The last six months have presented Western leaders with first the opportunity to wave a big stick at Moscow, then realize that the Russian Bear is a good deal less frightened of the stick than those economies that need Moscow’s materials. This article will look at certain events over the last month that may indicate… Continue reading
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Media regurgitates fake news from US spies, risking World War III with Russia
Top news outlet the Associated Press falsely claimed Russia fired a missile at NATO member Poland, risking WWIII. This fake story came from an anonymous US spy. Continue reading
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Ukraine – Running On Empty
Thursday, 24 November 2022 — Moon of Alabama Yesterday the Pentagon announced another transfer of weapons to the Ukrainian military: According to the Pentagon, the package includes: Additional munitions for NASMAS 150 heavy machine guns with thermal imagery sights to counter Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) Additional ammunition for HIMARS 200 precision-guided 155mm artillery rounds 10,000 120mm mortar Continue reading
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Outrageous Brainwashing Event—Sponsored By Bush Institute and CIA-Backed National Endowment for Democracy (NED)—Deliberately Falsifies History to Inflame American Hatred Against Russia and China
Head of International Republican Institute Dan Twining ridiculously compares Putin-Xi meeting to Ribbentrop-Molotov Pact between Hitler and Stalin, while former Under Secretary of State for Global Affairs accuses Russia of igniting protests in Chile Continue reading
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The Real Reason The US Is Against The Entire World on Cuba
This week Lee Camp examines the cruelty and futility of the U.S. embargo on Cuba. Continue reading
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The Gambler
The need to produce staggering amounts of propaganda means anyone shameless enough to toe the line will profit enormously. This has been a clarion call for a colorful cast of characters who have descended on Ukraine, willing to roll the dice in search of fame and fortune from the suffering of others. Continue reading
The New Dark Age 