US-backed forces are using tactics that cause a ‘staggering’ number of civilian deaths, but military action won’t defeat ISIS
Michael Hudson, author of the newly released J is for Junk Economics, says the media and academia use well-crafted euphemisms to conceal…
Interview on the status of the presidential recall referendum in Venezuela, and the opposition-held National Assembly’s recent attempt to impeach the president
Interview on the foreign policy aspects of the second presidential debate
The image of Venezuela as an oppressive failed state is really very far from what’s happening on the ground
MF’s concern about Greek debt is bogus, this is full scale financial war, forcing Greece give up ports, pensions, properties and much more
Of the over 300 arrested in those four days, the only people that have been charged and put up for trial have been members of the BLM LA chapter
“Anyone who has the power to make you believe absurdities has the power to make you commit injustices.” – Voltaire, 1767 FOREGROUNDING…
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