Pro-Zionism: Defending the Indefensible - by Stephen LendmanThis article responds to a March 15 Los Angeles Times Judea Pearl one headlined: "Is anti-Zionism hate?" Pearl teaches computer science at UCLA, is the father of slain journalist Daniel Pearl, and president of the Daniel Pearl Foundation. It was "formed....to continue Danny's mission and to address the... Continue Reading →

Obama's Latest No Banker Left Behind Scheme - by Stephen LendmanOn Wall Street, that is. So hyped by advance fanfare, Timothy Geithner unveiled his Public-Private Investment Program (PPIP) on March 23, the latest in a growing alphabet soup of handouts topping $12.5 trillion and counting - so much in so many forms, in "gov-speak" language,... Continue Reading →

Incriminating Evidence of Israeli War Crimes in Gaza - by Stephen LendmanThroughout its history, Israel has willfully and repeatedly committed crimes of war and against humanity, always with impunity. Yet under customary legal standards and norms (including Geneva, Hague, the UN Charter, S.C. and G.A. resolutions), it's lawless, a serial abuser, a threat to the... Continue Reading →

"Down the Memory Hole," Alan Greenspan Style- by Stephen LendmanHe's back and in denial in a March 11 Wall Street Journal op-ed headlined: "The Fed Didn't Cause the Housing Bubble." He lied, the way he did throughout his career and for 18.5 years as Fed chairman. How else could he have kept the job, be... Continue Reading →

Hopeful Change In El Salvador? - by Stephen LendmanLike other Latin American nations, El Salvador has had a long and troubled history, ruled from one decade to the next by successive military dictatorships, then since 1989 by the right wing National Republican Alliance or ARENA Party. Long-suffering Salvadorans recall the 1980s struggles when the Farabudo... Continue Reading →

Treatment of Imprisoned Muslims at Terre Haute's Communications Management Unit (CMU) - by Stephen LendmanIn February 2007, it was learned that Washington had a secret new facility for so-called "high-security risk" Muslim and Middle Eastern prisoners in violation of federal law that prohibits severely limiting or cutting them off entirely from other inmates as well... Continue Reading →

Monetary and Fiscal Failure, Fraud, and Fear of What's Next - by Stephen LendmanEven the powerful are worried with the IMF on February 7 saying advanced economies are in "depression (and) the worst cannot be ruled out." Forecasting a 2010 recovery is "very uncertain" at this time as further financial turmoil may disrupt it regardless... Continue Reading →

Updating the Militarization and Annexation of North America - by Stephen LendmanThe title refers to the Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America (SPP), also known as the North American Union - formerly launched at a March 23, 2005 Waco, Texas meeting attended by George Bush, Mexico's President Vincente Fox, and Canadian Prime Minister Paul... Continue Reading →

Health Care Reform, Obama Style - by Stephen LendmanOn February 26, The New York Times headlined: "Obama Offers Broad Plan to Revamp Health Care....a (down payment $634 billion "reserve fund" for the next decade) toward his goal of covering the uninsured, and he would pay for it in part by cutting federal payments to hospitals,... Continue Reading →

Guantanamo Under Obama - by Stephen LendmanAs The New York Times reported on January 22, Barack Obama signed Executive Orders (EOs) banning torture and "directing the CIA to shut what remains of its network of secret prisons and ordering the closing of the Guantanamo detention camp within a year, government official said."The closure EO is... Continue Reading →