Abbas Building Lavish West Bank Presidential Palace by Stephen Lendman Palestinians under PA governance are ill-served, abused, lied to and exploited. Abbas is an illegitimate president - installed by Israel in a 2005 rigged election. His term expired in January 2009. He refuses to step down. He’s a longtime Israeli collaborator - enforcing its harshness... Continue Reading →

Maidan 2.0 Erupting in Ukraine? by Stephen Lendman A previous article explained overwhelming anti-regime opposition. Ordinary people are fed up with economic conditions creating enormous hardships - ignored to enrich privileged interests and wage war on Donbass. Sporadic protests erupted various times before - again Monday in front of parliament violently after police stopped thousands... Continue Reading →

US Presidential Aspirants Irresponsibly Bash Putin by Stephen Lendman Putin’s advocacy for peace, stability and multi-world polarity along with opposing US imperial lawlessness makes him America’s public enemy number one - recklessly bashed at a time US/Russian cooperation is vitally needed to avoid the unthinkable, a possible devastating nuclear confrontation. US presidential aspirants represent America’s... Continue Reading →

US Presidential Aspirants Resemble an FBI Most Wanted List by Stephen Lendman America is run by a criminal aristocracy - a one-party system with two wings, serving monied interests exclusively at the expense of beneficial social change. Their agenda no matter who’s president or heading key congressional committees features:  an obsession with national security at... Continue Reading →

NYT Features Anti-Russian Propagandist by Stephen Lendman A previous article described Marsha Gessen as follows: She’s a US propagandist/Putin basher living in Moscow - a former controversial Washington controlled Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty Russian Service director. Her job then and now is proliferating anti-Russian/anti-Putin propaganda. Virtually everything she says and writes is rubbish - fabrications... Continue Reading →

US Occupies Yemeni Island by Stephen Lendman Fars News said “(t)he US has invaded and occupied Yemen’s strategic Island of Socotra (part of the Yemeni archipelago) in the Indian Ocean and is now building up its biggest naval base there, media reports said.” More on this below. Obama’s war on Yemen using Saudi-led regional proxies... Continue Reading →

West Point Professor Calls Anti-War Legal Scholars Fifth Column Threats by Stephen Lendman Lunatics in America aren’t just in Washington. London Guardian national security editor Spencer Ackerman explained West Point Law Professor William Bradford claims “legal scholars critical of the war on terrorism represent a ‘treasonous’ fifth column that should be attacked as enemy combatants.”... Continue Reading →

France, Germany and Russia Back Ceasefire in Donbass: Hold the Cheers by Stephen Lendman Hollande, Merkel and Putin discussed ongoing conflict in Donbass by phone. On Saturday, a Kremlin press statement said: “Angela Merkel and Francois Hollande informed (Putin) about the results of their recent meeting with the president of Ukraine in Berlin.”  “Vladimir Putin... Continue Reading →

Why the Refugee Crisis? by Stephen Lendman Thousands of refugees and asylum seekers head for safe havens daily - a human flood entering Europe, risking life and limb to get there. Why? Washington bears full responsibility. Endless US direct and proxy wars force desperate people to seek safety out of harm’s way.  Numbers fleeing war... Continue Reading →

Ukrainians Overwhelmingly Oppose Junta Rule by Stephen Lendman Ukraine is a Nazi-infested police state - an illegitimate US-installed coup d’etat regime, run by criminal thugs, wrecking the economy, abolishing freedoms, waging war on their own people. No wonder a poll conducted by Rating Group Ukraine found 0% full support for its regime. Poroshenko scored 3%... Continue Reading →