THE WAR DRUMS ARE GETTING LOUDER AND SOUNDING A CLEAR MESSAGE - by Stephen LendmanThe way things are today, why on earth would the "big fool lunatics in charge" in Washington ever want another war or maybe two of them. Already they're "waist deep in the Big Muddy" in two out-of-control debacles in the Middle... Continue Reading →

WAR MAKING 101 - A USER'S MANUAL - by Stephen LendmanI've lived through seven decades and can remember the late 1930s before WW II began. In fact, I began my formal education in kindergarten within days of when Hitler sent his Wehrmacht across the Polish border in an act of illegal aggression and began that... Continue Reading →

THE US GULAG PRISON SYSTEM - THE SHAME OF THE NATION AND CRIME AGAINST HUMANITY - by Stephen LendmanNo, not the one you think, outrageous as it is. I'm referring to the US prison system that's with no exaggeration about as shockingly abusive as the gulag abroad. It qualifies for that label by its size... Continue Reading →

AN OPEN LETTER TO HUGO CHAVEZ, THE GOVERNMENT OFVENEZUELA AND THE VENEZUELAN PEOPLEDear Mr. President:My name is Steve Lendman, and I'm a 71 year oldretired small businessman who might be relaxing andenjoying my senior years like most others I know myage are doing. I can't imagine doing it. There's toomuch going on in my country,... Continue Reading →

CLOSING HAITI'S "OPEN VEINS" - RENE PREVAL'S IMPOSSIBLE MISSION - by Stephen LendmanOn February 7, 2006 (and with due homage to the great Uruguayan writer Eduardo Galeano) the people of Haiti were not to be denied. Few people anywhere have endured more oppression and human misery or for a longer period of time (with all... Continue Reading →