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[It is no coincidence that the United States is stepping up its involvement in Syria now that Russia has entered into the fold. The US seems to believe that Syria's problems can be solved by flooding the region with more weapons with the hope they will stay in the hands of their "moderate" allies. The... Continue Reading →
[Following the announcement of the nuclear deal with Iran, Israel's head war-monger is livid. Of course this news comes as no surprise to most people. It is also a very real possibility that the United States is counting on Israel's "loose cannon" behavior to keep Iran in check while maintaining a sort of plausible deniability.... Continue Reading →
[The US knows that people in glass houses shouldn't throw stones. If they were honest they would recognize the Armenian genocide for what it was, and they would also start referring to the wholesale slaughter of American Indians and the destruction of their cultures as genocide as well. -Uziel] WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama... Continue Reading →
(http://www.telesurtv.net/) Published 9 April 2015 (22 hours 33 minutes ago) We Recommend One of the greatest protest musicians in American history took his life exactly 39 years ago. Driven into a deep depression by both his own demons and the demoralization that faced radical leftists in the mid-70’s, Phil Ochs in many ways died with... Continue Reading →
[The US currently has a hand in almost every major conflict on the globe. As of 2013 the US Special Operations Command, or SOCOM, has been operating in 134 countries. -Uziel] RIYADH/ADEN (Reuters) - The United States is speeding up arms supplies and bolstering intelligence sharing with a Saudi-led alliance bombing a militia aligned with... Continue Reading →
(sputniknews.com) Only days after President Obama announced that troops would remain in Afghanistan through 2015, a new study reveals the massive cost of war. Through its campaigns in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan, the US may be responsible for the deaths of millions. The study, conducted by the Nobel Prize-winning NGO Physicians for Social Responsibility, found the estimated... Continue Reading →
SM Gibson April 2, 2015 (ANTIMEDIA) American soldiers and military contractors who sexually abused at least 54 Colombian girls between 2003 and 2007 will not face charges for their horrific crimes due to diplomatic immunity. An 809-page report entitled “Contribution to the Understanding of the Armed Conflict in Colombia”, was commissioned by the Colombian government and rebel group FARC... Continue Reading →
[Obviously...] (NYPOST) The United States is the greatest threat to world peace. That’s the finding of an end-of-the- year, WIN/Gallup International survey of people in 65 countries. Of the 66,000 people polled, just under a quarter named Uncle Sam as the greatest threat to world peace. Other menaces didn’t even come close: 8 percent named... Continue Reading →
[The only country in the world that has used atomic weapons on human beings is leading the charge on preventing Iran from pursuing its nuclear program. Once again the hypocrisy of the imperialists is on display. -Uziel] Munich (Germany) (AFP) - Secretary of State John Kerry stressed to his Iranian counterpart Friday that the US... Continue Reading →
[The US cries out for human rights in other countries while ignoring its own abhorrent record at home and abroad. The imperialists will not stop their interference with Cuban affairs. What remains to be seen is the effects the thawing of relations will have on Cuba and its people. Time will tell. -Uziel] WASHINGTON (AP)... Continue Reading →
[This is nothing new. Social-democrats have always attacked the proletariat. They have a long history of supporting imperialist war. The thing is that Sanders' politics are reflective of middle America, working America. It is not just the richest in America who are imperialist, the American population itself is. So Bernie Sanders is exactly what we... Continue Reading →
[Despite the attacks on the people by Bahrain's dictatorship, US corporations pump money into the dictatorship's economy. Capitalism does not really care about human rights. - NP] MANAMA, Bahrain (AP) — The U.S. food company behind Oreo cookies and Ritz crackers says it has begun construction of a $90 million biscuit plant in Bahrain to... Continue Reading →
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