Assange’s Arrest Criminalizes Truth-Telling Journalism by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org - Home - Stephen Lendman) In August 2012, Assange sought and was granted asylum in Ecuador’s London embassy (by then-President Correa) to avoid arrest, extradition to Sweden on phony rape and sexual assault charges.  They were all about wanting him handed over to the US to... Continue Reading →

USA v. Julian Assange: DOJ Indictment on Phony Charge Revealed by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org - Home - Stephen Lendman) Following Assange’s Thursday  arrest by UK police in Ecuador’s London embassy after his asylum status was illegally rescinded by President Lenin Moreno, acting in cahoots with the US and Britain, the DOJ confirmed what’s widely known.... Continue Reading →

Major Media Support Assange’s Unlawful Arrest by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org - Home - Stephen Lendman) Prosecuting Assange for the “crime” of truth-telling journalism risks elimination of virtually all fundamental freedoms in the US, UK, and other Western societies. It reflects the triumph of tyranny over the rule of law, as well as equity and justice... Continue Reading →

The NYT Gives Feature Op-Ed Space to Venezuelan Coup Plotter by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org - Home - Stephen Lendman) The self-styled newspaper of record finds new ways of disgracing itself - featuring propaganda rubbish by anti-Bolivarian Julio Borges. His fascist credentials are indisputable. The former National Assembly opposition president (January 2017 - January 2018) fled... Continue Reading →

Police State Britain: UK Police Forcibly Arrest Julian Assange by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org - Home - Stephen Lendman) What’s going on is a developing story. Events are fast moving. Here’s what’s known so far. Days earlier, WikiLeaks accused Ecuadorian embassy personnel in London of “extensive spying” on Assange, according to its editor-in-chief Kristinn Hrafnsson, saying:... Continue Reading →

Longstanding US Russia Bashing by Stephen Lendman Except during WW II, the neoliberal 90s when Boris Yeltsin was Kremlin leader, and end of the Reagan era, Russia bashing has been intense since its 1917 revolution - notably throughout Vladimir Putin’s tenure, especially since Trump triumphed over media darling Hillary. US history is pockmarked with hostile... Continue Reading →

Mike Pence’s Security Council Rage Against Venezuelan Social Democracy by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org - Home - Stephen Lendman) US imperial arrogance was front and center Wednesday at the Security Council as it is whenever the self-styled indispensable nation tries to force its will on other nations. Trump regime hardliners are desperate. Neocon hardliner, imperial war... Continue Reading →

The NYT: Imperial Cheerleader by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org - Home - Stephen Lendman) The self-styled newspaper of record never met a US war of aggression, color revolution, or old-fashioned coup it didn’t wholeheartedly endorse and cheerlead - ignoring UN Charter principles, other international law, and the US Constitution, forbidding aggression under its Supremacy Clause (Article... Continue Reading →

Rex Tillerson Was Right About Trump by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org - Home - Stephen Lendman) Replacing Tillerson with neocon extremist Pompeo smoothed things for waging war on Iran and Venezuela by other means, along with escalating hot wars in multiple theaters - raging endlessly with no prospects for resolution. Geopolitical know-nothing Trump is manipulated by... Continue Reading →

Dead Heat in Farcical Israeli Elections by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org - Home - Stephen Lendman) With over 97% of votes counted, Netanyahu and leading challenger Benny Gantz each won 35 of the Knesset’s 120 seats, according to the unofficial tally. Apartheid right wing parties won a super-majority on Tuesday, results similar to recent past elections.... Continue Reading →