Lurching Toward Catastrophe: The Trump Administration and Nuclear Weapons
November 24, 2018
In July 2017, by a vote of 122 to 1, with one abstention, nations from around the world attending a United Nations-sponsored conference in New York City voted to approve a treaty to ban nuclear weapons. Although this Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons received little coverage in the mass media, its passage was […]
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Assange Under Siege… Where Is Justice? Ron Paul Talks With Lew Rockwell
November 21, 2018
What kind of justice system do we have in the US when publishers of the truth that government does not want you to know are threatened with imprisonment and even the death penalty? Ron Paul and Lew Rockwell discuss the terrible and shameful treatment of publisher, journalist, and truth-teller Julian Assange: Reprinted from The Ron […]
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The Victims of Iran Sanctions
November 19, 2018
Originally appeared on The American Conservative. Iranians’ access to medicine is being choked off by the Trump administration’s illegitimate reimposition of sanctions: The number of European and Iranian banks conducting such transactions has dwindled, observers say. The refusal to process payments has alarmed Iranian importers. Some say they fear transactions with outside banks could cease […]
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Progress or Failure in North Korea?
November 17, 2018
In this same week the New York Times asserted North Korea is engaged in a “great deception” over its nuclear forces, South Korean unification minister Cho Myoung Gyon is visiting the United States with plans to meet Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, a Member of Congress, and to address several forums. Will he speak of […]
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Saudi Arabia and the Canadian Arms Lobby
November 16, 2018
One has to admire the Canadian government’s manipulation of the media regarding its relationship with Saudi Arabia. Despite being partners with the Kingdom’s international crimes, the Liberals have managed to convince some gullible folks they are challenging Riyadh’s rights abuses. By downplaying Ottawa’s support for violence in Yemen while amplifying Saudi reaction to an innocuous […]
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Counting the Real Costs of the War on Yemen
November 16, 2018
Originally appeared on The American Conservative. The fighting in Yemen has killed at least 57,000 people, and the real death toll is likely much higher: The database gives an indication of the scope of the disaster wreaked in Yemen by nearly four years of civil war. At least 57,538 people – civilians and combatants – […]
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Jim Bovard: Hitchhiking to an Antiwar Awakening
November 15, 2018
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BXVt1OzBTEo&ytbChannel=null
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New Study: War on Terror Cost $5.9 Trillion (and Counting). Do You Feel Safe?
November 15, 2018
Seventeen years of “war on terror” has cost the United States nearly six trillion dollars. How are we doing? Any victories? Nope. Not a one. In Afghanistan the Taliban re-claim new territory daily. Iran’s influence has increased due to our policies. Al-Qaeda was viewed by the Washington warmongers as an ally in the fight to […]
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Rep. Tulsi Gabbard Calls on Congress to End U.S. Military Support of Saudi Arabia’s Genocidal War in Yemen
November 14, 2018
November 14, 2018 Washington, DC – Following a move by House Republicans to block a vote on bipartisan resolution (H. Con Res. 138), legislation that would have ended U.S. military support for Saudi Arabia’s genocidal war in Yemen, Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (HI-02) today spoke on the House floor, urging Members of Congress to vote against […]
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