War of Words on Iran - by Stephen Lendman Provocative rhetoric followed release of the IAEA report on Iran's nuclear program, despite baseless allegations in it. In October 2009, the Agency leaked a document titled "Possible Dimensions of Iran's Nuclear Program" to the New York Times. At issue was circumventing then IAEA head Mohamed ElBaradei.... Continue Reading →

America's Media War on Iran - by Stephen Lendman When Washington goes to war or threatens it, America's media march in lockstep, cheerleading. Fiction substitutes for fact. News is carefully filtered, dissent marginalized, and supporting imperial belligerence substitutes for full and accurate disclosure. As a result, patriotism means going along with rogue policies. Never mind... Continue Reading →

The Russell Tribunal on Palestine: South Africa Session - by Stephen Lendman Launched on March 4, 2009, "The Russell Tribunal on Palestine (RToP) seeks to reaffirm the primacy of international law (to settle) the Israeli-Palestinian conflict (by focusing on) the enunciation of law by authoritative bodies (and) address(ing) the failure of application of law even... Continue Reading →

Iran: WMDs Redux - by Stephen Lendman Here we go again. Everything that goes around, comes around. We've seen it all before, each time fake. Nothing's different now. Previous articles said US intelligence assessments through March 2011 found no evidence of Iranian nuclear weapons development. During his December 1, 1997 - November 30, 2009 tenure... Continue Reading →

Washington and Israel v. Iran and Flotilla Activists - by Stephen Lendman While high stakes nuclear roulette continues, the fate of Freedom Waves to Gaza activists hangs in the balance. On November 2, Canada's Tahrir and Ireland's Soairse (Freedom) sailed from Fethiye, Turkey. Israel warplanes and naval vessels shadowed them in international waters. Israeli warships... Continue Reading →

Fabricated IAEA Report on Iran Released - by Stephen Lendman Previous articles said US intelligence assessments through March 2011 (the latest one) found no evidence of Iranian nuclear weapons development. During his December 1, 1997 - November 30, 2009 tenure as IAEA director general, Mohamed ElBaradei concurred. He carefully avoided anti-Iranian rhetoric and baseless charges.... Continue Reading →

Kicking the Cannes Down the Road - by Stephen Lendman They met. They talked. They agreed to talk more and solved nothing. A November 4 Guardian editorial headlined, "G20 summit: slumping to the occasion," saying: "Yes they Cannes? Sadly, in the end, no they couldn't." It's well known these summits are more talk than substance.... Continue Reading →

War Winds Target Iran - by Stephen Lendman Anti-Iranian rhetoric and saber rattling is one thing, baseless accusations another if serve as pretext for aggressive war. Whether or not it's coming isn't known. Heated tensions are worrisome if boil over. Leaked information on an imminent IAEA report may or may not precipitate it even though... Continue Reading →

Israel Assaults Freedom Waves to Gaza Activists - by Stephen Lendman A previous article explained the following: On November 2, two vessels blocked last summer from reaching Gaza sailed again from Fethiye, Turkey. Canada's Tahrir and Ireland's Soairse (Freedom) comprise the Freedom Waves to Gaza mission. On board were 27 international activists, journalists, and crew.... Continue Reading →

The Progressive Radio News Hour Guests for November 10, 12 and 13, 2011 Thursday, November 10, at 10AM US Central time: Bob Chapman For over 50 years, Chapman has written on business, economics and politics, now doing it twice weekly as owner and editor of the International Forecaster. It's a vital resource for information ignored... Continue Reading →