Criminalizing Speech and Press Freedoms in the US and UK by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org - Home - Stephen Lendman) The persecution of Julian Assange and Chelsea Manning is all about waging war on truth-telling, about wanting journalism the way it’s supposed to be silenced, about wanting high crimes of state concealed — about creeping fascist... Continue Reading →

Unrelenting US Hostility Toward North Korea  by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org - Home - Stephen Lendman) The US needs enemies to unjustifiably justify pursuit of its hegemonic aims. Throughout the post-WW II era, none existed — so they were invented. US hostility toward the DPRK existed since the peninsula was divided. It’s all about its sovereign... Continue Reading →

Trump Regime Anti-Bolivarian Economic Terrorism by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org - Home - Stephen Lendman) On Wednesday, US envoy for replacing social democracy in Venezuela with fascist tyranny, Elliott Abrams, cheerled Trump regime economic terrorism he spearheads. He falsely claimed economic hard times in the country are unrelated to US sanctions war, saying: “Severe economic decline... Continue Reading →

Documented Israeli State Terror by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org - Home - Stephen Lendman) Palestinians face daily repression by a ruthless occupier, controlling their daily lives, imposing economic strangulation and collective punishment on an entire population for not being Jewish. Population centers are isolated, free expression and movement denied. Military orders control virtually all aspects of... Continue Reading →

Reality on Thanksgiving Weekend by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org - Home - Stephen Lendman) America’s privileged class never had things better throughout the year.  The vast majority of ordinary people struggle to get by, a few lost paychecks from homelessness, hunger and despair. The world’s richest country exploits them so wealth, power and privilege can benefit.... Continue Reading →

No Thanksgiving Joy in the Holy Land by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org - Home - Stephen Lendman) There’s nothing to give thanks for in Occupied Palestine and US war theaters — deaths, destruction and appalling human suffering a daily fact of life because of its imperial rage to dominate. US aggression in Syria continues with no... Continue Reading →

Controlling the Message in Bolivia, Silencing Dissent, Hardening Dictatorial Rule by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org - Home - Stephen Lendman) The US-installed coup d’etat regime is going all out to solidify dictatorial power. Top priorities are eliminating challenges to its tyrannical rule and silencing dissent. Pro-democracy supporters, independent journalists, human rights workers, and others supporting equity... Continue Reading →

NYT Russia Bashing Never Quits by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org - Home - Stephen Lendman) The self-styled newspaper of record is a virtual deep state propaganda bullhorn, masquerading as legitimate journalism — what it long ago abandoned in service to US imperial and monied interests. Time and again, irresponsible disinformation Russia bashing is featured in its... Continue Reading →

Tory PM Johnson Wants Britain’s National Health Service Privatized by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org - Home - Stephen Lendman) On Wednesday, Britain’s Labor Party Leader Jeremy Corbyn released secret Tory/Trump regime trade documents, showing Britain’s National Health Service (NHS) is on the table for privatization. Does Tory leader Boris Johnson want healthcare in Britain transformed into... Continue Reading →

Beijing Slams US Anti-China Legislation by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org - Home - Stephen Lendman) Time and again, the US unacceptably meddles in the internal affairs of other countries — what the UN Charter’s principle of non-intervention prohibits. House and Senate members unanimously passed the so-called Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act (HKHRDA) of 2019.... Continue Reading →