(RT) Secretary of State Rex Tillerson spoke harshly of North Korea and Iran this week, drawing on a dark legacy of US vilification of so-called “backlash states” that resist the pressure to give in to global free markets and US cultural hegemony. RT America’s Anya Parampil has the details on what the US has long Read More…
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What’s Next? A SWAT Raid On Julian Assange?
Trump’s AG wants to arrest Julian Assange. It’s not clear how he plans to do this. Assange is in the Ecuadorian embassy in London. Do the British authorities plan to violate a long-standing international law and storm the embassy and arrest Assange? Or is this a message to Ecuador that it’s in their best interest Read More…
It’s Time to Stop Pretending North Korea Is a Threat to the United States
North Korea is a threat, goes the narrative. And we, as loyal Americans, should fear the potentiality of that fact. That’s why U.S. aircraft carriers, accompanied by fighter jets and warships, are currently steaming toward the Korean Peninsula. That’s why the best soldiers the United States military has to offer are currently in South Korea, Read More…
The Trump Administration Almost Forgot It Wants to Bomb Iran
Together with the mainstream media, the United States government has been so distracted playing a game of chicken with adversary states Syria and North Korea that the establishment almost forgot to tie all these developments back to the end-game of the Middle East: Iran. However, things are seemingly back on track for the neoconservatives’ agenda to finally Read More…
Controlled Opposition, Government Orchestration and the Coming Live Stream Ban
Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Email | RSSWe know that Americans were lied to about Benghazi, Libya and Gaddafi, and now that country, which once had the highest standard of living of any African nation, is a terrorist hot-bed openly selling slaves, in a clear example of how Read More…
U.S.-Led Coalition Using Idlib Chemical Attack As Pretext For War In Syria
A deadly chemical attack was carried out in northwestern Syria’s Idlib Province, killing at least 58 people. The United States and its allies have been quick to blame Syria’s government for orchestrating the attack, despite a significant lack of proof. (MPN) After an unsuccessful attempt to blame the Syrian government for a 2013 gas attack Read More…