No Letup in Israeli State-Terror Against Palestinians During a Public Health Crisis by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org - Home - Stephen Lendman) In its weekly report for the March 12 - 18 period, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) reported no letup in Israeli excessive force against defenseless Palestinians. Netanyahu regime security forces rampage daily... Continue Reading →

Now Is the Time for the World Community No Longer to Tolerate Illegal US Sanctions by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org - Home - Stephen Lendman) US sanctions on targeted nations are acts of aggression by other means. They’re illegally imposed to crush economies and immiserate the people of nations the US doesn’t control. They’re illegal because... Continue Reading →

COVID-19: A US Scheme for Greater Consolidation of Wealth and Power? by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org - Home - Stephen Lendman) Earlier global crises were manufactured to enhance the power of US ruling authorities, serve corporate favorites, and transfer wealth from ordinary people to privileged ones. Since the neoliberal 1990s alone, that’s what the 1997-98 Asian... Continue Reading →

China Braces for Further Economic Shockwaves by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org - Home - Stephen Lendman) For the past 40 years, China achieved sustained high-level economic growth, experiencing short-term bumps alone along the way. On a purchase price basis, what a basket of goods costs compared to the US, China already is the world’s largest economy,... Continue Reading →

Is COVID-19 a US Bioweapon? by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org - Home - Stephen Lendman) In all its preemptive wars on nations threatening no one, the US uses chemical, biological, radiological, and other banned weapons. US genocide against Native Americans included infecting them with deadly diseases, the earliest form of US biological warfare against a targeted... Continue Reading →

US Hot War in Syria and by Other Means on Iran by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org - Home - Stephen Lendman) Permanent war by hot and other means is longstanding policy by both right wings of the US war party against all nations Washington doesn’t control as vassal states serving its interests. Mid-March marked the 9th... Continue Reading →

Martial Law in the US Coming? by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org - Home - Stephen Lendman) Crises are opportunities for ruling authorities to institute policies not easily introduced during normal times. Post-9/11 and at other extraordinary times, the public is willfully deceived to believe that by sacrificing personal freedoms, greater security is possible — not realizing... Continue Reading →

Shelter in Place the New Normal by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org - Home - Stephen Lendman) It’s hard keeping up with changes worldwide relating to COVID-19 outbreaks. While not at epidemic or pandemic levels as falsely reported, there’s risk that things could reach these levels in the weeks and months ahead. At times like now, the... Continue Reading →

Israeli Lockdown, Spreading COVID-19, and Netanyahu’s Power Grab Tactics by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org - Home - Stephen Lendman) On Thursday, the Netanyahu regime ordered a nationwide shelter-at-home policy — except for essential services, shopping for food and medicines, aiding an elderly or sick person, outdoor exercise, attending religious services, and other limited activities. On national... Continue Reading →

Russian Foreign Ministry on Venezuela, Syria, and COVID-19 by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org - Home - Stephen Lendman) Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova (MZ below) denounced the ideological viciousness of some nations and entities for failing to work cooperatively with countries in need at a time of a COVID-19 public health emergency. Bowing to US hegemonic... Continue Reading →