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The Largest Act of Terrorism in Human History – Daniel Ellsberg on RAI (4/8)
The British bombing of Hamburg in 1942, and the American firebombing of Japan in March 1945 that killed as many as 120,000 people in one night, created the conditions for the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki which were considered mere extensions of the firebombing tactics, says Daniel Ellsberg on Reality Asserts Itself with Paul…(inc.… Continue reading
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Truman Delayed End of WWII to Demonstrate Nuclear Weapons – Daniel Ellsberg on RAI (3/8)
To intimidate the Soviet Union and prove to Congress the nuclear program should be funded, Truman dropped nuclear weapons on Japan to end the war; no scientist came forward to warn of the dangers to life on earth, says Daniel Ellsberg on Reality Asserts Itself with Paul Jay (inc. transcript) Continue reading
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Blue Wave, Red Tide
2 November 2018 — Anti-Capital EDITORIAL It’s November, and here in the US in the even-numbered years between Halloween and Thanksgiving, we indulge in mid-term elections for the House of Representatives, parts of the Senate, some governors, etc. etc. Continue reading
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Pipe Bombs: Frantic Denunciations of the False Flag Concept By Prof. Graeme McQueen
Onto the 24-hour reality show that is U.S. politics, 15 package bombs recently made their entrance. The devices were sent to vocal opponents of Mr. Trump, most of them prominent members of the Democratic Party. The incident became public on October 25, less than two weeks before the November 6 elections that mark the middle… Continue reading
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The US Cyber Command has launched an offensive against Russia by Ruslan Ostashko
1 November 2018 — The Saker Translated and subtitled by Eugenia Continue reading
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Hitler Wouldn’t Risk Doomsday, But The United States Did – Daniel Ellsberg on RAI (2/8)
Hitler ended the German nuclear weapons program in 1942 when told it could end life on Earth—the Americans were willing to take the risk; since the end of WWII the Cold War was to a very large extent, from beginning to end, a marketing campaign for subsidization of the aerospace industry, says Daniel Ellsberg on… Continue reading
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Deepfakes And Political Manipulation By Leonid SAVIN
One Google project convincingly shows, that for just $100 you can create the illusion that a Russian company is trying to influence public opinion within America. All you need to do is buy a mobile phone and a few SIM cards in Panama, choose a common Russian name and surname and use it to set… Continue reading
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Alleged “Sonic Attacks” Against US Diplomats in Havana: Rebuttal By Arnold August
The explanatory Commentary and Editorial published in Cortex on October 9 and 13, 2018, is timely, given that the U.S. has, for quite some time, been ratcheting up its rhetoric against Cuba. The Commentary and Editorial in this new scientific publication appears as we approach the UN’s October 31 vote on the blockade, when Washington… Continue reading
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The Doomsday Machine: The Big Lie of the Cold War – Daniel Ellsberg on RAI (1/8)
On Reality Asserts Itself, Daniel Ellsberg tells host Paul Jay that US intelligence agencies knew that Stalin was not planning to invade Western Europe or seek world domination, but based on the myth, the world came close to nuclear war – and it’s all happening again Continue reading
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Trump and the Khashoggi Conundrum By Melkulangara BHADRAKUMAR
There is growing clarity about the denouement to the Jamal Khashoggi affair. The strong likelihood – a virtual certainty, one may say – is that the Saudi regime has weathered the storm. But issues remain. Continue reading
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US Trashing INF – Another Reckless Blow to World Security
The United States this week gave notice it is scrapping the second of three major arms control treaties. President Trump’s announced withdrawal from the INF Treaty this week follows the unilateral abrogation of the Anti-Ballistic Missile (ABM) Treaty in 2002 by his predecessor GW Bush. Continue reading
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INF Treaty Newslinks 25-26 October 2018
26 October 2018 — The New Dark Age Gorbachev hopes US allies will refuse to act as launch pads for new American missiles http://tass.com/politics/1027959 INF treaty withdrawal to undermine global trust in US — Czech leader http://tass.com/world/1027951 Continue reading
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Why Washington is courting Hanoi in Vain By Martin Berger
More than half a century ago, at the height of Vietnam war US intelligence agencies were demanded to put an end to the partisan movement supporting the National Front for the Liberation of South Vietnam. This resulted in the so-called Phoenix Program being launched which, according to historians, allowed CIA and a number of military… Continue reading
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Jair Bolsonaro, Brazil’s Political Nightmare: a Neo-Nazi ‘Phenomenon’ Made in the USA By Edu Montesanti
The candidate of the Liberal Social Party (PSL, totally in favor of privatizations, and deeply nationalist) who leads the polls, has once said that a civil war is the only solution for Brazil. Bolsonaro often attacks his opponents with much violence, especially leftists and homosexuals promising a “zero tolerance” against them once he is elected,… Continue reading
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Nation Transfixed In Horror By Toy Bombs While Destroying Lives With Real Ones By Caitlin Johnstone
President Trump, whose administration has been dropping even more bombs than its predecessor after expanding the use of drone strikes and peeling back regulations on air strikes designed to protect civilians, was quick to condemn the headline-grabbing pipe bomb campaign which did not hurt anyone whatsoever. Continue reading
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Who profits from the end of the mid-range nuclear treaty? By Pepe Escobar
The US move to shelve the Intermediate-range Nuclear-Forces treaty could accelerate the demise of the whole post-WWII Western alliance, and herald a bad remix of the 1930s Continue reading
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INF Treaty Newslinks 24-25 October 2018
25 October 2018 — The New Dark Age “Trump Breaks the Historic Nuclear Treaty with Moscow”: The White House Prepares the Return of the Euromissiles https://www.globalresearch.ca/white-house-prepares-return-euromissiles/5657952 Austria concerned about US plans to exit INF Treaty, says top diplomat http://tass.com/world/1027811 Continue reading
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The White House prepares the return of the Euromissiles By Manlio Dinucci
The announcement that “Trump breaks the historic nuclear treaty with Moscow” – the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF) – was no surprise. Now, however, it is official. To understand the scope of this act, we should review the historical context from which the INF Treaty was born. Continue reading
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Striking a Strategic Balance – Putin’s Preventive Response
I think that Vladimir Putin at Valdai not at all incidentally started talking about the increased danger of nuclear war, repeated the axiom about the readiness of Russia to take away the whole world with itself, and discussed the existence of the right to make a preventive strike. Continue reading
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Republicans and Democrats prepare bipartisan agenda of social cuts and war By Patrick Martin
The Democrats and Republicans are raising and spending a record amount, more than $5 billion, to carry out mudslinging attacks on each other and promote the illusion that voters have a real choice between these two equally right-wing parties controlled by the corporations and the wealthy. Continue reading
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