Israel Absolves Itself of August 2014 Black Friday War Crimes by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org - Home - Stephen Lendman) Israeli investigations when conducted virtually always whitewash high crimes too egregious to ignore. Three times since December 2008, IDF forces waged preemptive naked aggression on Gaza, falsely claiming the Strip was attacked in self-defense. Protective Edge... Continue Reading →

Progressive Insurgency in America? by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org - Home - Stephen Lendman) The notion is laughable on its face. How can progressivism exist under one-party rule with two extremist right wings taking turns running things? Differences between them are largely rhetorical, virtually nothing distinguishing them on domestic and geopolitical issues mattering most. Republicans and... Continue Reading →

New Illegal Trump Regime Sanctions on Russia and China by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org - Home - Stephen Lendman) Unilaterally imposed US sanctions on other countries are flagrantly illegal. Yet the weak-kneed world community does nothing to contest them. Nor does it challenge US wars of aggression, letting Washington get away with mass murder time and... Continue Reading →

Facebook Restores Telesur Page - For How Long? by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org - Home - Stephen Lendman) In cahoots with dark forces in Washington, Facebook is an anti-social media censoring machine. It’s waging war on truth-telling, wanting views conflicting with the official narrative silenced - the hallmark of totalitarian societies, America on a slippery slope... Continue Reading →

Facebook an Anti-Social Media Censoring Machine by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org - Home - Stephen Lendman) On Tuesday, Caracas, Venezuela-based Latin American broadcaster Telesur reported the following: “Telesur’s English’s page has been removed from Facebook for the second time this year without any specific reason being provided.” “(T)he first time this occurred back in January 2018,... Continue Reading →

Deteriorated US Relations With Turkey by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org - Home - Stephen Lendman) Since taking office, Trump regime relations with EU countries, Russia, China, Iran, Venezuela, Canada, Mexico, and Turkey deteriorated - along with alienating Palestinians more than his predecessors. His self-styled art of the deal failed internationally by bullying, pressuring and demanding, how... Continue Reading →

Pedophiles Infest Catholic Dioceses by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org - Home - Stephen Lendman) Pedophilia is a longstanding issue suppressed by the Vatican, most often failing to hold culpable priests accountable - predators, not preachers of the faith. Instead of dealing with these child offenders responsibly, they’re usually transferred to other dioceses when their abuses are... Continue Reading →

Trump Regime Suspends Open Skies Treaty by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org - Home - Stephen Lendman) Washington is hostile to world peace, stability, and cooperative relations with other countries - seeking global dominance for unchallenged control over planet earth, its resources, and populations. The Open Skies Treaty (OST) became effective on January 1, 2002, 34 European... Continue Reading →

Zionist Ideologue Ron Lauder Defends the Indefensible by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org - Home - Stephen Lendman) Billionaire Lauder heads the World Jewish Congress (WJC), one of 52 major US Zionist organizations, one-sidedly supporting Israel - ignoring its highest of high crimes. In am shamefully published NYT op-ed, he defended Israel’s apartheid Nation-State Law, saying it... Continue Reading →

Russian Criticism of US Sanctions Not Good Enough by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org - Home - Stephen Lendman) Republicans and undemocratic Dems consider Russia their mortal enemy - for its sovereign independence, not for any threat it poses.  Differences between both countries are too irreconcilable for Moscow to resolve. Putin/Trump Helsinki summit talks achieved nothing. Nor... Continue Reading →