Hawkish US Media Have an Iran Problem by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org - Home - Stephen Lendman) Establishment media never met a sovereign independent country they didn’t want transformed into a US client state. Iran and Venezuela are in the eye of the storm, Cuba and Nicaragua next in line, US control over Russia and China... Continue Reading →

Trump to Lift Ban on Tech Sales to China’s Huawei? by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org - Home - Stephen Lendman) In May, the Trump regime placed China’s tech giant Huawei and its 70 affiliates on its so-called Entity List. The action shut them out of the US market, along with banning sales of US tech products... Continue Reading →

Trump’s Dubious Outreach to North Korea by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org - Home - Stephen Lendman) US relations with other countries, especially sovereign independent ones it doesn’t control, are long on unacceptable demands, woefully short on seeking cooperative relations. Two summits between Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un failed to improve bilateral relations. They featured... Continue Reading →

Russian Foreign Ministry on Syria, Venezuela, and US Support for ISIS by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org - Home - Stephen Lendman) Russia’s Deputy Foreign Ministry spokesman Artyom Kozhin (AK below) discussed endless war in Syria — launched by Obama, escalated by Trump. It continues in its 9th year with no prospect for resolution because US hardliners... Continue Reading →

Things Back on Track Between the US and China? by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org - Home - Stephen Lendman) Xi Jinping/Trump talks on the sidelines of the Osaka, Japan G20 summit turned out as expected — replicating the outcome of their talks at the Buenos Aires G20 summit late last year. Then and now, both leaders... Continue Reading →

JCPOA Talks Fall Short, US Middle East Military Buildup by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org - Home - Stephen Lendman JCPOA nuclear deal Joint Commission members include Iran, Britain, China, France, Germany and Russia.  On Friday, talks in Vienna involving officials of these countries fell short, Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi saying the following at their... Continue Reading →

Media Slam Trump for Not Taking (Nonexistent) Russian Election Meddling Seriously by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org - Home - Stephen Lendman) The US intelligence community created, establishment media supported Big Lie about Russian US election meddling, no evidence remotely suggests happened, is one of many whoppers that won’t die. When disinformation, Big Lies, and fake news... Continue Reading →

US Media Unanimously Against Venezuela’s Social Democracy by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org - Home - Stephen Lendman) Money-controlled one-party rule with two extremist right wings reflects America’s deplorable state, a democracy in name only, never the real thing, a notion it deplores and wants eliminated wherever it exists.  The same goes for its major media, a... Continue Reading →

The Trump Regime’s Let Em Eat Cake Deal of the Century by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org - Home - Stephen Lendman) A peace conference without participation of warring sides is an affront to what the process is supposed to be all about. Trump’s no-peace/deal of the century peace plan was partly introduced at the so-called June... Continue Reading →

JCPOA Nuclear Deal on Life Support by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org - Home - Stephen Lendman) Trump’s illegal withdrawal from the unanimously adopted agreement by Security Council members, making it binding international law, risks dissolution of the deal altogether. Year of efforts crafting it will be for naught if things turn out this way. The deal... Continue Reading →