1,000 Days and Counting by Stephen Lendman December 13 marked the 1,000th day of Bahraini protests. At issue are long denied fundamental rights.  Majority Shias face systematic discrimination. The ruling Al Khalifa monarchy governs lawlessly. Ruthlessness reflects official state policy. Since mid-February 2011, pro-democracy demonstrators rallied nearly daily. They demand fundamental civil and human rights. ... Continue Reading →

Making the World Safe for War Profiteers by Stephen Lendman Adam Smith said governments are "instituted for the defense of the rich against the poor." Wars are waged to make them richer. Howard Zinn called war "terrorism magnified a hundred times." Make it many thousands of times. Michael Parenti said "the best way to win... Continue Reading →

Friday, December 20 at 10AM US Central time: Paul Craig Roberts Roberts was former Assistant Treasury Secretary under Ronald Reagan, a Wall Street Journal Associate Editor, and holder of numerous academic appointments, including at Georgetown University's Center for Strategic and International Studies. He now prominently criticizes destructive, repressive state policies, harming people everywhere. Major world... Continue Reading →

Rigging Foreign Exchange Markets by Stephen Lendman It's the world's largest financial market. It trades around $5 trillion daily. It's more than all global equity markets combined. It operates round-the-clock. It's manipulated for profit. More on that below. Grand theft reflects official Wall Street policy. It's longstanding. High crimes go unpunished. Bankers make money the... Continue Reading →

Obama Violates Geneva Agreement by Stephen Lendman American agreements aren't worth the paper they're written on. US history reflects it. Iranians aren't surprised. More below on Washington's latest betrayal. Native Americans suffered through centuries of heroic lost struggles. From 1492 to today, they experienced promises made and broken. Winning the West involved betraying them. One... Continue Reading →

Hardball US Geopolitics by Stephen Lendman America seeks unchallenged global dominance. No holds barred tactics pursue it. Rule of law principles don't matter. Means justify ends. Might makes right. Events are manipulated. Wars, economic disruption, financial terrorism, and other upheavals play out in real time. Grand schemes reflect them. Ongoing Ukrainian protests didn't erupt by... Continue Reading →

Beltway Bandit Named Senior Obama Adviser by Stephen Lendman On December 11, Obama named John Podesta senior "counselor to the president." According to the White House, he'll mainly advise on energy, climate, and healthcare issues.  Expect him to heavily involved in others. One of his many tasks will be selling Obamacare. He's is a longtime... Continue Reading →

The Iran Sanctions Game by Stephen Lendman Iran threatens no one. It's nuclear program is peaceful. Multiple rounds of US-dictated sanctions are illegal. They target millions of ordinary Iranians. They target Iran's economy. Neocons want stiffer sanctions imposed.  Last July, House members passed more overwhelmingly. The Senate drafted a similar bill. Introducing it was postponed. ... Continue Reading →

Venezuelan v. US Budget Priorities by Stephen Lendman Both countries are polar opposites. Bolivarian fairness defines Venezuela. Government of, by and for wealth, power and privilege describes America. Venezuela treats all its people equitably. America exploits millions of ordinary ones callously. Conditions today are worse than ever in modern times. Force-fed austerity when vital aid... Continue Reading →

US Hawks Want War on Iran by Stephen Lendman Neocons infest Washington. Norman Podhoretz is one many loathsome examples. On December 11, he headlined a Wall Street Journal op-ed "Strike Iran Now to Avert Disaster Later." No respectable editors would touch this trash. Responsible ones would denounce it. Journal editors embrace it. More on this... Continue Reading →