Diplomatic Jousting Over Venezuela's Bid for UN Security Council Seat Heats Up - by Stephen LendmanUS Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice is stepping up a late US diplomatic high-pressure blitz to convince nations she's meeting and speaking with not to support Venezuela's bid for the UN Security Council seat for a two year term beginning... Continue Reading →

Afghanistan: The Other Lost War - by Stephen LendmanIn his important new book Freedom Next Time, dealing with "empire, its facades and the enduring struggle of people for their freedom," John Pilger has a chapter on Afghanistan. In it he says that "Through all the humanitarian crises in living memory, no country has been abused... Continue Reading →

Journalism, Wall Street Journal-Style - by Stephen LendmanIt takes great courage to venture onto the editorial pages of the Wall Street Journal - especially on Fridays when Mary Anastasia O'Grady's Americas column appears. This is a woman who surely will have a serious back problem one day resulting from her permanent position of genuflection to... Continue Reading →

Venezuelan Foreign Minister Illegally Detained at JFK Airport and Strip-Searched - by Stephen LendmanVHeadline.com broke the news early Saturday evening that Venezuelan Foreign Minister Nicolas Madura was prevented by airport officials from departing the US from JFK airport on a commercial flight on Saturday following the UN General Assembly meeting. He said officials demanded he... Continue Reading →

A Courageous Man Speaks Out - Hugo Chavez Was In Rare Form at the UN - by Stephen LendmanHugo Chavez chooses his authors, political and social thinkers well, and there's no one better than Noam Chomsky. In his dramatic and courageous speech yesterday to the 61st UN General Assembly, Chavez held up a copy of... Continue Reading →

Hugo Chavez's New World Vision - by Stephen LendmanAfter agreeing to supply discounted oil to the richest city in Europe - London - to help its low income residents use the city's buses at a reduced cost after earlier providing discounted heating oil for the poor in several northeastern US cities including its richest one... Continue Reading →

Imperialism 101 - The US Addiction to War, Mayhem and Madness - Part II - by Stephen LendmanPart I of this article explained that the US was always a warrior, imperial nation, building it in steps and addicted to its madness. First we took it from its original inhabitants; then we expanded it beyond our... Continue Reading →

Imperialism 101 - The US Addiction to War, Mayhem and Madness - Part I - by Stephen LendmanThe US-led aggression in the Middle East and the three failed attempts to oust Venezuela's Hugo Chavez since 2002 (with a fourth now planned and likely to be implemented soon) are just the latest examples of this country's... Continue Reading →