I Once Admired George Monbiot. but His Grim Trajectory Shows Us Where Politics Is Heading
March 17, 2023
What‘s been the most significant threat to journalism – the lifeblood of a free society – over the past decade? Maybe we can turn to George Monbiot, the doyen of the British liberal-left, for an answer. He has a weekly column at the Guardian newspaper in which he exposes the abuses of state and corporate […]
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On This Iraq Anniversary, Recalling the Shame of the ‘Free Press’
March 17, 2023
With such powerful forces determined to use 9/11 as a justification to invade Iraq and topple Saddam Hussein for good, the American people really didn’t have a chance in proverbial hell to stop it. As Woodrow Wilson knew with the U.S. entry into WWI, the media must play a central role in controlling the message, […]
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GOP Civil War? With DeSantis and Trump, Realists Take Both Top Slots
March 16, 2023
From today’s Ron Paul Liberty Report: Florida Governor and presumptive Republican presidential candidate Ron DeSantis shocked the GOP establishment with a statement rebuking further involvement in the Ukraine/Russia conflict. Suddenly a neocon paper like the Washington Post are panicking about a new “isolationist” GOP. Also today, what about that US drone brought down near Russia? […]
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Is Sen. Duckworth Taking ‘Hard Look’ at Pushing WWIII With F-16 Letter?
March 16, 2023
My IL Senator Tammy Duckworth signed on to a bi-partisan letter to President Biden promoting possible US F-16’s to fight in our proxy war against Russia destroying Ukraine. "After speaking with US, Ukrainian, and foreign leaders working to support Ukraine at the Munich Security Conference last month, we believe the US needs to take a […]
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The Tragic Reality of Rachel Corrie’s Death
March 16, 2023
Twenty years ago on March 16, the world got a tragic glimpse into what the state of Israel was going to become. Given the green light in the Oval Office by President George W. Bush, then-Prime Minister Ariel Sharon – “a man of peace," Bush said at the time – started the now-inevitable march to […]
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Constructive Diplomacy Isn’t Possible When We Are Demanding Capitulation
March 15, 2023
State Department spokesman Ned Price answered a question on North Korea diplomacy today, and his answer unwittingly demonstrated the folly of the US approach: On your first question, it unfortunately is a purely hypothetical question. It’s an academic question, because we have been clear and consistent in conveying publicly and through all channels available to […]
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Roger Waters Concert CANCELLED Over Israel Criticism
March 15, 2023
From Breaking Points: Sign the petition supporting Roger Waters here.
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US Brokers War; China Brokers Peace – Who’s Winning the 21st Century?
March 15, 2023
A seismic shift in world power politics occurred March 10. But the US government and its compliant corporate media largely yawned, ignored it and moved on. Five days ago Iran and Saudi Arabia announced they were reestablishing diplomatic relations, ending their 7 year long diplomatic estrangement. This represents a huge development toward possible peace in […]
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Conflicts of Interest: Congress Votes to Indefinitely Occupy Syria
March 15, 2023
On COI #394, Kyle Anzalone and Connor Freeman cover how Washington and Seoul’s massive war games are inflaming tensions on the Korean Peninsula, the Pentagon’s confirmation that Kiev is now using US precision guided bombs, Congress voting down a War Powers Resolution that sought to end the indefinite US occupation of eastern Syria, the Israelis’ […]
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Blood Does Not Wash Away Blood
March 14, 2023
The extraordinary March 10, 2023 announcement that China’s top diplomat, Mr. Wang Yi, helped broker a rapprochement between Saudi Arabia and Iran suggests that major powers can benefit from believing that, as Albert Camus once put it, "words are more powerful than munitions." This concept was also acknowledged by General Mark Milley, Chairman of the […]
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