Trump Willing to Meet with Iran to Improve Ties? Hold the Cheers by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org - Home - Stephen Lendman) US relations with Iran have been dismal since its 1979 revolution, Trump more hostile than his predecessors. Longstanding US policy calls for regime change. A joint US/Israeli working group was established to destabilize the... Continue Reading →

Travel to Israel is Hazardous by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org - Home - Stephen Lendman) Everyone supporting peace, equity and justice is unwelcome in Israel. Backing Palestinian rights is practically considered terrorism. Following passage of Israel’s racist Nation State Law, non-Jews (especially Muslims) are officially considered separate and unequal under Israeli Basic Law - its equivalent... Continue Reading →

The NYT v. Trump on Fake News by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org - Home - Stephen Lendman) Trump is on the wrong side of virtually every major issue affecting peace, equity and justice.  He’s a tool of dark forces running America - a front man for the imperial state and Wall Street-led monied interests, an enemy... Continue Reading →

Congress Passes Record Amount for Militarism and Warmaking by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org - Home - Stephen Lendman) Annual US spending for war on humanity is euphemistically called “national defense authorization” legislation. Since WW II ended in August 1945, America’s only enemies have been invented ones. No real ones existed for nearly 75 years, notably since... Continue Reading →

Syrian Forces Regain Control of Border with Occupied Golan by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org - Home - Stephen Lendman) For the first time since 2014, Syrian forces largely regained control over the border with Israeli-occupied Golan - freeing the area from US-supported ISIS and other terrorists. AMN News reported the triumph as follows, saying “the Syrian... Continue Reading →

Trump Regime Wants Tuberculosis Drugs Kept Unaffordably High by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org - Home - Stephen Lendman) TB is the world’s leading infectious disease killer - despite 53 million lives saved since 2000, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Its director general Dr. Tedros Adhanom said “actions and investments don’t match political rhetoric” to... Continue Reading →

Ahed Tamimi: Redoubtable Symbol of Palestinian Resistance Now Free by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org - Home - Stephen Lendman) 17-year-old Ahed is a fearless international symbol of Palestine’s liberating struggle. An activist since age-10, she’s remarkably mature, eloquent and steadfast for her age - a model for everyone resisting tyranny. Her arrest and imprisonment defied international... Continue Reading →

Horrific Mistreatment of Unwanted  Alien Children in US by Stephen Lendman Last May, documents obtained by the ACLU revealed “pervasive abuse and neglect of unaccompanied immigrant children detained by US Customs and Border Protection.” According to ACLU border litigation project staff attorney Mitra Ebadolahi, “(t)hese documents provide a glimpse into a federal immigration enforcement system... Continue Reading →

Fruits of the Great 2017 GOP Tax Cut Scam by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org - Home - Stephen Lendman) During the bipartisan 2008 too-big-to-fail Wall Street bailout, a popular main street slogan was banks got bailed out. We got sold out. The Obama regime was guilty throughout its tenure. His “shared sacrifice” scheme was all about... Continue Reading →

Israel Kidnaps Humanitarian Activists to Gaza by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org - Home - Stephen Lendman) Israel’s blockade of Gaza since mid-2007 is a flagrant breach of international law.  It’s a declaration of war against two million Strip residents, wanting freedom from Israeli viciousness. Since blockade was instituted solely for political, not security, reasons, Israel waged... Continue Reading →