Dirty Secrets of the Temple - by Stephen LendmanYears ago I read William Greider's excellent book published in 1987 on how the US Federal Reserve System works. It was detailed and explicit and makes wonderful and informative reading, except for the solution he suggests to a huge problem. His was far too timid. This article... Continue Reading →

The Wall Street Journal Calls Hugo Chavez A Threat to World Peace - by Stephen LendmanYou won't find commentary and language any more hostile to Hugo Chavez than on the editorial page of the Wall Street Journal. Their June 23 piece by Mary Anastasia O'Grady in the Americas column is a clear, jaw-dropping example. It's... Continue Reading →

Wall Street Journal Gives Hugo Chavez A Mixed Review - by Stephen LendmanIn contrast to its one-sided stance on Hugo Chavez, the June 16 Wall Street Journal had an interesting article on US based activists in Boston, New York, San Diego, Miami, Cincinnati and other cities around the country forming Bolivarian Circles and other groups... Continue Reading →

Comments on John Pilger's New Book Freedom Next Time - by Stephen LendmanJohn Pilger is an award-winning journalist and documentary filmmaker and one of the truly great ones of our time. For nearly 50 years, he's courageously and brilliantly done what too few others in his profession, in fact, do - his job. John has... Continue Reading →

VENEZUELA'S BOLIVARIAN MOMENT - ITS PROMISE AND PERILS - by Stephen LendmanVenezuela today, under its democratically elected President, Hugo Chavez Frias, is imbued with the spirit of Bolivarianism and his Bolivarian Revolution. It's based on the vision of Simon Bolivar, the Caracas born 17th and 18th century general who defeated the Spanish, liberated half of... Continue Reading →

Comments on Greg Palast's New Book Armed Madhouse - by Stephen LendmanI've known about and followed Greg Palast's important work for some time. I read his eye-opening book The Best Democracy Money Can Buy a few years ago and have mentioned it several times in some of my other writing. Greg is one of the... Continue Reading →

Colombian and Peruvian Elections Prove Stalin Was Right - by Stephen LendmanJoe Stalin wasn't just an ordinary dictator, he was a very savvy one. He had to have been to have held on to power for over 30 years, succeed in outfoxing his rivals, and even be able to break the back of the vaunted... Continue Reading →

Sham US Proposal to Iran Evokes Memories of Past Similar Ones - by Stephen LendmanIt may be a new month, but it's the same old Wall Street Journal trumpeting the latest US gambit designed to hide its real intentions toward Iran. Again it was in a front page feature story on June 1 headlined: "In... Continue Reading →